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ne areas under her Jurisdiction

that no nation except the vanuish-
cd will lose any colonies or former
mandates without its permission
And permission is considered I'M
likely. The French. for example.
will retain Indo-China. and the Brit
ish Palestine.
The conflict cannot be complete
ly resolved here at San Francisco,
because it has been declared by all
parties that no specific territories
will be discussed here That is a
matter for the Peace Conference.
The hope here is to work out a
teamwork under which territories
involved in the Peace Conference
can be handled Thus far the Uni
ted States, Britain, Australia and
France have developed such propo-
sails to be added to the World Or
ganization Charter. Russia and
China have bene involved in the dis
cussions. but have thus far set for
tn no official plan.
Molotov. speaking for the Soviet
delegation. stated at a press con
ference Monday. May 1.-THE Sow
let delegation realizes that from the
viewpoint Of the interests Of inter
national security we must first of
all see to it that dependent countr-
les are enabled as soon as possible
to take the path of national indie
pendence. This should be promot-
ed by a special organization of the
United Nations which must act with
a view to expediting the realization
of the principles of equality and self
determination of nations. The Sow
let delegation will take an active
part in the consideration of this
problem in its entirety 4"
American Proposals
Probably the most important sec
ton of the American suggestions to
the Colonials is the right to petition
the World Organization.
The U. S. proposals state that
the trusteeship commission should
have the right to send Investigators
to non-strategic areas and that pet
itions regarding grievances may be
addressed to it. The British prov
ide only for reports by the trus-
tee powers. Neither proposal says
that anything can be done if the
territory is not we'll administered
1t is ironical hat the British
spokesman on the Colonial issue.
Lord Cranborne, has pictured the
United Kingdom as the all wise
solicitous shepherd and champion Of
peoples swelling in the Colonies.
French Viewpoint.
There vas considerable question
after the last war as to the legal
citizenship of inundated peoples.
They were awarded a rather amor
phous international tatus This
time the French have indicated that
they are willing to grant full Fren-
oh citizenship to the people Of their
truteeship areas and colonies
This would achieve a double OBJ
j~ective. 1t would bind those peo-
pie closer to France. and it would
also grant them the civil rights that
citizenship implies. No such guar
antees are available in the general
trusteeship proposals.
South Africa.
Probably the most blatant af-
front to democracy was the declar-
alton by the Union of South Africa.
which announced that it will ask
the later Peace Conference to incor
porate the Territory of Southwest
Africa within the Union itself.
Southwest Africa, a German ter
ritory before the last war. was man
dated to the Union of South Africa
Despite South Africa's reputation as
the cradle of white supremacy
her petition to the UNCIO. said:--
For twenty five years. the Union
Of South Africa has governed and
administered the territory as an in
tegral part of its own territory and
has promoted to the utmost in ma
terial n moral well-being and the
social progress of the inhabitants
THE Union has introduced a pro-
gressive policy of native admins
tration. including a system Of local
government through native councils
giving the natives a voice in the
management Of their own affairs;
and under Union administration ma
tive reserves have reached a high
state of economic development.
I'm view of c%ontiguity and simil- /
arity in composition of the native
tive policy followed in southwest