The guardian., 1953-06-06
B OS T ON
B A K { D
By MABE KoUNTzE

"T'OmOrrOw's democracy dis
eliminates against discrimina-
tiOn"
-0rsOn WelleS.
BRITISH HISTORIAN, the
late H. G. Wells, probed very
deep beyond the current hys-
terra of racial prioritieS and su-
periorities now afflicting the
West. In the Wells Outline of
History" he writes: "The original
Americans (IndiansJ belonged
to the Mongolian race and SEEM
ed to have reached the American
continent by way of the Bering
Strait .
THE ORIENT early civiliza-
tionswhich preceded the West
by perhaps 5000 yrs &c, has
been played down. We call
Asians and Africans "barbari-
ans" (as the Romans once called
the BritonS.) Yet, almost 5000
yrs. (BC) when England and
Europe walked in darkness,
China, had civilized cities, and
states which later federated into
early and amazing empires.
Primarily a religious and phil
osophic people, the Chinese pro
duced great scholars.
THE WEST may boast of it's
atomic bomb, but the Orient and
China has surpassed us in
peace. Mongolian peoples has
as many as 6O00 civilized states
between the 8th ano 4th cen
tury before Christ. Following a
series of wars the Chinese or
ganized the worlds first League
of Nations to outlaw war. This
League kept peace in China for
fully one hundred years! The
West has never had such sue
cess.
CHINA was using iron, gum
powder, armies and sailing
fleets, wide commerce by land
and sea, long before Europeans
saw the visions. China first
used coal and gas for heating,
the first hydraulic engineering,
astronomy, and many other
methods allegedly Invented" by
the West. An ancient Chinese
library contained $4,000 writ
ingS of prose, poetry and history.
Chinese art and literature, far
preceded the West.
EGYPT, the African nation of
mixed races, dates its ,iviliza-
ton back at least 400 yrs. BE,
long before Europe awoke. Many
of the VESTS fundamentals of
progress" came from Asia and
Africa. Egypt had eighteen
native African rulers holding
brilliant court and Coronations,
plus others of mixed blood. One,
Cheops, built the Pyramids.
African Queens whose names
will outlast most include the
Queen of Sheba. and Cleopatra.
INDIA, whose 319 million
comprise one fifth of all hu-
manity. has an chronological root
of colored peoples, including the
Dravadians. India, once the Star
of the British Crown, has had
fabulous ancient civilizations
ranking with early China, Ara
bia, Persia, Africa, and other
Eastern, lands. incidentally, IN
dia is said to have the original
home af many African natives;
also Persia and Arabia.
THE WESTERN WORLD has
witnessed the British Corona
ton with most pardonable pride.
Certainly the British people
and Commonwealth has added
much to world progress since
the first English King, William,
ascended the throne in 1906 AID
and whose royal successors have
welded much power. But even
so. the era of Royal Britain
must never overshadow the fact
that other peoples made pro-
gress, too.
THE QUEEN of Britain and
her Government must now give
most immediate attention to
the "history and rights" Of her
present and former Asiatic and
African subjects if peace is to
come to tht world. The Com
monwealth can endure with
Justice. But if British Imperial
ism Cor any other imperialism
Is to be forced upon the East
again, then we can predict
there will be no peace in aur
time.
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