The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-25
Interpreting
The News
BY JAMES D.. WHITE
Associated Press Staff Writer

Associated Press StaIf Wflter
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-R
The ghost of puppet walks in
India. -.-t-e
The name of this ghost is Sub
has Chandra Bose, who led Jap
anese-sponsored Indian national
army during the war, and whom
the Japanese reported killed in an
airp]ane accident in Fornosa just
after Japan surrendered.
If he is dead, his memory is not.
Eleven Indians have been killed
and more than 400 wounded during
the past two days in Bombay,
where, riots broke out during a
celebration by Indians on this
mans 50th birthday anniversary.
And there is some doubt that he
is dead. Mohandas Gandhi, the
aged non-violence leader Of In
dia's independence movement, re
Gently has reported to have de-
clared:
Il believe Subhas Bose is still
alive and is hiding his time some
where. I admire his courage and
patriotism, but I have no, belief
in the method he adopted. The
people of India cannot attain free
dom by the sword. .....
Bosses method included working
with Japan, although long a revo-
lutionary against British rule in
India. His big chance came after
Pearl Harbor when he arrived mys-
teriously in Japanese-oceupied ter
ritory.
The Japanese set him up in
Singapore, where he organized his
Indian national army largely
from Indian soldiers captured from
the British by the Japanese. He
moved into Burma, but his army
saw little action.
At the time Japan surrendered
he was on his way by air with
high japanese military officials to
Tokyo. The Japanese said ali
aboard the plane died when II
crashed in Formosa.
The Chinese, who now control
Formosa, have been asked to IN
vestigate and verify Bosses death
but no reply has been reported.
Bosses army meanwhile was beat
en- by the British, and trouble
began at home in India when they
announced last fall that some OF
Bosses men would be tried as war
criminals.
Last November the British an
nounced that seven members OF
this army, captured in battle, had
been convicted and executed, but
that others would be treated with
clemency unless there were "evl-
dence of murder or gross brutal
ty against Indian prisoners OF war.
Nevertheless, this touched OF
demonstrations in Calcutta, In
which 81 people were killed, IN:
Guiding. sone American soldier, ano
scores injured. ...
At about the same time the
British freed Bosses brother, Sara'
Chandra Bose, who had been a
political prisoner for, four years
He promptly called for IAN Aslat'
ic federation of colonial people
and, like other Indian leaders
for Indian independence.
In the meantime the stature Of
Subhas Chandra Bose, although ne
worked under the japanese, seems
to have grown. The demonstrations
in Bombay during the past few
days involved huge crowds, de
scribed as mostly Hindu but march.
ing from the Moslem section Of
town. They burned the office OF the
Communist party. They threw
rocks at policemen. After police
fired on them and killed some OF
the demonstrations, the crowds
grew larger the next day and u.s.
900 textile and other workers went
on strike, as did students.
And Saturday is the 10th anniver.
sary of the declaration of indepen-
dence Of the Indian Congress party.