The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-14
interpreting
The News
BY DEWITT MACKFNz,p
AP Foreign Affairs AnoII.',

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The new negotiations over In5i,,.
freedom from England-one ~ f' a
greatest and most dangerous N ~ g'
worlds unsolved problems - = wy
verging on their crucial ~ooro. az
The British cabinet delegsti.''
which recently arrived at New NJ,
hi with a fresh offer Of i7den.
dence, has had its consuIta#s 'r'
with various Indian political n.1
ties. Now the time has arrived ' a.
those political organizations Ia Nv, ="
each other across the conteran.'
table and try to iron OIL di4.'
ences which have existed for ~. .'
erations. S~
The London delegation - head,
by Lord Pethick-Lawrence. sarr'
tary of state for India. and incIrs
ing Sir Stafford Grips. who cn
Quoted the ill-fated mission Of ISS
has notified the Indian public H..
f7N''-+AN ll|
the time has come for "decisr.
consultation between Indian n.'
ties" The statement characteri,.
this as "the most important nb.,.
Of the negotiations" and saws N..
'it is a phase that calls for a,
utmost efforts from the leaIr.
statesmen of India and from 4,
cabinet mission to arrive at a \,
luton acceptable to all sides"
That is indeed a moderate 4.
scription Of a volcanic situatr
which has rupted with extreme u
olerce periodically.
Major Parties
The two major political psra
are the all-India congress. domh.
ated by Mahatma Gandhi, and m.
Moslem league. headed by Mahon.
ed Ali Jinnah. One of the gre,.
difficulties IN thu past has lain h
the fact that these parties diyib
not only on political affairs br
along religious lines. The name e
the Moslem league speaks for 4
self-it is made up Of MosJen;
(Mohammedans), The All Inl,
congress claims to be non-reigiOy
but it is comprised mainly of Hin
dus.
Tradition mas it that these w
religious are like Gil and wate,
to each other, and certainly th,
has found support in the bitterness
of their conflict at times, Still, har
ing spent much time in India study
ing the position, your correspondent
is one of those who believe thu
Moslems and Hindos can and viii
mix-because he has seen then
getting along together in greates
amity when there were no busy.
bodies about to stir up quaueG
Be that as may, one of the grea,
est difficulties between the two ma
jor parties lies in the fact that The
Hindus out number the MoSlen
three to one, and the latter under
the powerful leadership of Jin1a
are fearful of trusting themSelys
to such majority. The Hindu pop
ulation is roughly 100000, 900 aG
the Moslem 100, 100000
Because of this, Jinnah is h& I
ing out for "Pakistan," that is
independent Moslen state Tx
Hindus, on the other hand, an
standing pat for a unified India
The immediate problem, there
fore, is to reconcile the divergent
views of the MosIem league and
the all India congress-.
When you speak of these two p'
litical parties you are, talking abot
Mahatma Gandhi and Mr.. JmnaiE
That's how powerful these tr
great leaders are. | know both
them personally and ran test5
that they can be a stubborn PAL
However, with expert handling
believe India's problem can b
solved. And SO it is INDEED encoH
aging to hear from the British nil
sion that it is confident it will b.
possible "to reach that declSII 4
which the people of Indie so aN /
iously await and which vii be wei
come throughout the world.