St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-09-26
The Trouble in Indio
British Past Masters At
DisintegratiOn, East
Indian Editor Writes

to create the religious state Of
Pakistan-a pure and simple thee,
cratic state in a world of freedom
loving secular states. Today oul
army is gone-the very same army
which the British bled white tc
save their Empire on other
fronts of the world! The Moslems
warmly embraced their Hindu
Brethren in the Indian Army
ranks, though the British taught
them different communal cries and
created divisions after they got
that thrashing from a combined
Hindu Moslem force in that Great
Mutiny Of 1857. Artificial separa-
ton wrought havoc with the In
dian Army ranks from those days,
but once again the MOslem and
Hindo soldier combined effectively
under the leadership of Netaji Su-
bash Chandra Bose and unsuccess-
fully marched on into India to
drive out the British from this
country.
What If Nemesis Oyertakes Them
"If the British have planned
and schemed to make Pakistan
a fOOtbOard for themselves to
vault into further supremacy,
then Nemesis may Oyertake them
one day. The very instrument
they have created may turn
against them. For all that, they
may hand over a Pakistan state
into the hot embrace of Soviet
Russia and when once the Krem-
lin gets hold of religious mani
acs, II will make mincemeat of
such deliberations.
THE SNAKE STILL Kisses
"If it is the intention of British
strategists to create a solid block
Of Islamic States, then all such
grandiose schemes can be blown off
by swift-turning worl d-currents.
Today the Arab world is astir and
even racial cries are not perma-
nent. What Britain planned even
under its polished Labour imperia-
lists is this to bequeath to Paki-
stan her animosities, hatreds and
imperial preferences as against
real India. British Army and civil
ian personnel will be transferred
to Pakistan, to keep real India I'M
der perpetual bondage and then
Bevin will pose the question wash
ing his hands. Will India step
out Of the Empire? India must
step out of the Empire in her own
vital interests. To keep within it
is to welcome the snake to coil her
self round our necks. The snake
has already secured a hiding hole
IN Pakistan with excellent air and
bases. Let us never per-
init that snake even to hiss around
our part Of the land. Saboteurs
must be cut out. Indians on this
side of the land must be of one
heart and one mind and even
though our Motherland be split
and our armies divided, our will to
maintain our independence and
strength to hurl out the foreign
invader and the saboteur, must re-
main unimpaired."
The sort of thing editor Alva
:ries out against has caused the
two world wars and no victory.
Wherever Indignation is not on the
basis of oneness in lofty spirit and
purpose, whatever they may be,
it must be recognized that even
a fool can sometime put on his
pants better than wiser man."
The day of one Englishman
standing in the midst of $50 men
Of another race or station, ruling
them in any form, must be done
away with all over the world
even where such rulership is by
consent of those so ruled.
The story of the enslavement of
India by the British and the valiant
fight by Indians for Freedom ought
be made the basis of lectures in
all schools this year.