Evening star., 1945-04-12

THE SKELETON AT THE FEAST
to outflow ond new Of notions which,
it fo" hoped will bring lost to world bitter
moke this concov possbond there historic dromo the event
and its potential consummoion.
Into the of this eonde domo hos been nteeeted
be- ali "oens and hos been oc"dsd o"s fu
INDIA like the United oe Soviet Russo and Greet Bon and
informed ho three so-eoed Knights obt Of non psmee
eofsu heodpekfd BY their British %o;tsr in
As pretended tho knights" eo ony possible
their So" as nde BECOMES
bitter moke and bozsn ofnt to the INTELLIGENCE Of the outhe"
Francisco Conference officially admitted
bose the The whole world knows
tho India free but subject notionond the thoe this
stie and freedom w!om sher sold
gently the bondage 400 million dns Of the outrogeus
sovereign notion oemboee sovereign notions In
3 @ Ts own es % .tmd thine @ G real
Of civilized opinion and defiance the deenees in
ternoIono behavior, could further
should not be difficult! ho~e unds'stond the impsne
peenses ndio would be ovolob her for
whatever be the Conference Then too
would tend beeue the world with the illusion tho all we'll with
ond in India
nd'o Pore'2oon the San F'one'seo Conference falls into
ago. Leoeue of organized up ndo mode
horte the od during the subsequent chequeed
Of the League. dufy echoed its masters through the
mouths ond knehed btoned and beturboned nkeys
nominated by Downing Street representatives. at Geneva
Specifically the Amecon pcc1 for the oboon OF unrestricted
monuoctue and rof defeated Geneva with the aid
Indos nominee although ndion notonoI
opinion through Congress resolutions and the
Of other recognized leaders, supporting the principle the American
proposals.
1t without struggle tho nds odmttonce the League
Of Notions brought obout When the British brought the
poo Versailles President Woodrow W, properly skepieo
about the ond being himself coniono reminded
Lord Robert Cecil ot ndo subject country could belong
the would the leooue The British there
withdrew the support ct their contention hot
ndo autonomous ond fronk admitted hot prompt
ed by political expediency These focts record
similar shom similar considerations Of mpeost
porunim, is to be perpetroted in San Francisco.
Since the real India mok itself oicuIote represented
the Conference falls Of hold the brief for her out
side hollis against the pretenon ond presumptons
presented in her and remind the assembled delegates Of the
United Notions tho the for which they hove assembled
solemn concovenome help build structure Of enduring
becomes tonted by the implied condnne Of moo ond the
pe acceptance OF political injustice affecting oneth OF monknd
In February 1942 Generossimo chons Koi-hek decored:
"The majority the vords opinion full sympathy
1oith lndia's aspiration for freedom
On June H. 1912, President Roosevelt od
Tdoy Flag celebrate the declaration Of the United
Notns-tho great oonee dedicated the defect OF foes
and the establishment boed the freedom
The four freedoms Of common humoniN much
elements Of mons needs ond sunlight breed ond soIt
Deprive him Of oil these freedoms and he desdePrve him OF
port and Of him wiheE Give them to him full
and obundon and he will the threshold OF new
oge the greatest age Of mon.
These rights of men Of every creed and
wherever they live This their hetoge long withheld
We of the United Nations haue the and the and
the .Uil at last to mans heritage"
One hopes hot the President right San Francisco will reveal how