Evening star., 1948-01-06
U.N Council Takes lJp
India sComp|aint on
Kashmir Strife TODAY
BY the Associated Press


LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 6.-The
strife and bloodshed touched off
by the partitioning of India off,
cially comes to the attention of
the United Nations today when
the Security Council takes up
1ndia's complaint against Paki-
stan. her sister dominion, over
fighting in Kashmir.
The issue of Kashmir, a princely
state about the size of Kansas in
northernmost India, covers only the
current focal point of fighting, but
some observers believed that other
problems of splintered India might
now be aired before the U. N.
British India was carved up along
Moslem-Hindu lines last August IS,
with most of the Moslems in Paki-
stan and the Hindus in India.
Much of the strife has centered on
which of the two countries some of
the pr!ncely states with split popu-
lations should join. Three -fourths
of kashmir 100000 are Moslems,
but their ruler, Maharaja Sir Hari
Singh, is a Hindu, and tug of war
mas been under way over affiliation.
India charges that Pakistan is sup
porting an invasion of Kashmir.
Full Debate to Wait.
Indications were that the first
Council meeting here on the sub
ject would be brief and that full de-
bate would be delayed pending the
arrival of experts from the contend
ing parties and from Britain. The
United States also will have expert
representation.
Pakistan asked the Council for a
delay in discussions to allow Foreign
Minister Sir Mohammed Zafrullah
Kahn time to reach Lake Success,
and there was no apparent opposi-
ton to the appeal.
In New Delhi, the Indian govern
ment announced that GopalasWami
Iyengar, Minister without portfolio
and former Premier of princely
Kashmir, would hurry here to rep
resent India. Britain summoned
Philip Noel-Baker, Minister of Colo
nieS, to Lake Success and the United
States called Ray Thurston, assist
ant chief of the State Department. s
Division of South Asia Affairs, from
Washington.
The session, the first in 1948 for
the l1-nation Council, finds Canada,
Argentina and the Soviet Ukraine
taking seats for the first time, re-
placing Australia, Brazil and Po-
land. whose two-year terms have
expired
Lester B. Pearson was expected to
sit for Canada, DR.. Jose Arce for
Argentina and Vassili A. Tarasenko
for the Soviet Ukraine pending GER
tilcation of regular delegates Gen.
A. G. L. McNaughton, wartime
commander n-chief of Canadian
forces, was reported under serious
consideration in Ottawa for perma-
nent assignment on the Council.
Little Assembly Meet.
The U. Ms new Little Assem-
bly, scheduled a second session for
Friday after an opening day marked
oy the expected boycott of the So
Wet bloc and what one delegate
called general bewilderment."
The absence of Russia, Poland,
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, White
Russia and the Soviet Ukraine yes
terday was generally ignored by
other delegates to the year-around
57-nation group.
Seven other delegates also were
absent as the Assembly put off a
decision as to whether it should
proceed now with discussions OF the
veto-used % times by Russia in the
Security Councillor postpone action
for a few weeks to allow more time
for formulating proposals.
Before the Friday meeting was
set by Chairman Luis Padilla Nervo
of Mexico, Philippine Delegate Car
los P. Romulo said:
There is a general beWilderment
here. The silence is unusual
However, American Delegate War
rem r. Austin said after the meet
ing that the new Assembly, created
at the suggestion of Secretary OF
State Marshall, had gotten off to
"a first rate" start.