Evening star., 1952-11-30
Nehru ADVISES Speaking Softly and Corrynq No Stick otA

time, refuses either aid or comfort
to Ho Chih Minis Communist
forces.
This does not mean that India is
not aware of the Communist menace
in Indo-China. Mr.. Nehru fully
realizes that Indo-C China is the key
stone of free Asia's stand against
the Reds. If Indo- China falls, India
is in shaky position. This was
made clear in the last war when
Japanese imperialism, not Russian
communism, was the great peril.
Beside his concern to develop
India's economy, fight colonialism
and keep Communist influence in
check at home. Nehru has two other
cardinal principles which lie at the
root Of his attitude toward Asia.
First. he thinks China should be in
dependent, really independent, and
that she will become so If the world
gives her a chance to steal away
from Stains bosom. Second, he
believes that the seeds of Asiatic war
and probably world war-will re-
main as long as China and Japan
continue to glare at each other across
the Yellow Sea.
China -Jopon Accord
Last week Mr.. Nehru commented:
1--WE feel that peace in the Far East
can only follow gradual settlements
between the countries of the Far East,
China and Japan above all. Any
thing coming in the way Of that
leaves conflict going on. If we
rule out the possibility of settling
(world) problems by war the alterna-
tive is a solution by peace. That
must mean peace between China and
Japan. They must deal with each
other. To some extent they compile
ment each other. Economically they
suit each other. At present Japan's
economy Is being artif1cially bolstered
up"
While the idea of American allies
dealing with Communist China is not
popular in this country. there has
been interest here in NehruS other
theory, that China could be pried
away from Russian domination. But
most American policy makers shy
away from India's methods of achiev-
Ing a breach. Nehru advocates the
soft-talk approach, trying to make a
go OF it with Mao and thus giving
China some alternative to Stain.
Many United Nations observers say
that was the basis for India's latest
sally in the United States. Nehru
is said to have hoped that relief from
the strain of waging war in Korea
would look so good to China that it
would break away from Russian
leadership and try for an armistice.
He may have twanged a chord in
the Kremlin, Judging by the haste
with which Moscow ruled out all
compromise on the prisoner-of-
issue. For the Kremlin gave Red
China little chance to make up it's
own mind.
Some of the conservative wing in
the Republican Party prefer another
scheme for splitting China away from
Russia. 1t is to make things so hot
Tor Mao that he comes crying for
mercy. Comes to the West, that is.
So far. China has cried for help, but
only to the Kremlin. Advocates of
extending, or at least heating up,
the war in Korea claim that more
pressure against China could accom-
plish the same effect Nehru is after.
Nehru believes this kind of tactic
forces Mao to cling to Stains breast.
India's foreign policy. then. is peace
at higher price. generally. than the
Western bloc is willing to pay. And
the reason Nehru wants peace is the
same reason everybody else wants it,
to improve the material and spiritual
life OF his people. AS Gen. Eisen-
hover put it in another context:
Our objectives are the same, we
differ only on the methods.