Evening star., 1955-07-03
INehru AssaiIs
Iron Curtain
Around Minds

Around Minds
BELGRADE: Yugoslayia. July
IL R-India's Prime Minister
lNehru said today he believed in
independence for all countries
and the democratic system.
Addressing q special joint ses-
sion of the two houses Of Com
munist Yugoslaviass parliament.
llne said the expression 1roa Cur
ltain has "some truth in It." But
Ihe added that the greatest iron
Icurtain is the one I'VE put
Iaround our own minds" which
prevents people from seeing the
world as it is.
Mr.. Nehru arrived Thursday
flor Q seyen-day visit to Pres
lident Tito. He is on the way
home from the Soviet Union and
% swing through Eastern Europe.
lie received q five-minute stand
ling ovation as he entered parlia-
ment hall.
II believe In the freedom and
independence Of my own country
las well as that Of Others" he
hold the Yugoslay lawmakers.
I"I believe in the freedom Of the
Individual and in the demo-
Icratic system. I think that
suppression Of a nation is an
Ievil thing and prevents its
growth. Each nation and each
land every people must find their
soul and function according to
their genius"
Speech Widely Broadcast
| Mr.. Nehru spoke in the Hindi
Language. His speech was trans
lated paragraph by paragraph
Into o-Croat, and carried by
all radio stations.
Mr.. Nehru called war "a relic
of q barbarous past" which has
Ino meaning today for intelligent
human beings" He said power
|has been used for the advance
ment and progress Of humanity
but unfortunately, 1t also has
been used for evil purpoSeS and
destruction"
The Indian leader called for
peaceful co-existence between
East and West. But he empha-
sized he did not mean either
neutrality or a third block Of
nations.
He said the ,co-existence he
wants is not "a passive approach
to the problems Of the present"
Instead. he declared. it is an SAC
tive and dynamic approach" to
world problems.
He spoke in poetic terms of
the spread Of the co-existence
concept:
I "Out Of the seed that was sown
10 fiourishing tree has grown,
IcaSting its soothing shadow over
10 wide area"
| Wants Red China in u. N.
/ He asserted that if violence is
ruled out as a method of settling
world problems, the only way
left is through peaceful co-ex-
Iistence and negotiation.
i Mr.. Nehru repeated his pre-
'lvious demands for the admis-
sion Of Red China to the United
Nations. Referring to the refusal
thus far to seat the Peiping
delegation in the world body, he
asserted: Anything more absurd
than this seems to me difficult
Ito imagine. There are still many
people who refuse to face the
most obvious facts"
i He listed as the most pressing
problems Of the day tension in
the Far East, disarmament, and
1.-THE German question.
| On Asian and Africa, Mr..
Nehru said that many people
lin other continents do not fully
Erealize" that these two areas are
"resurgent and dynamic" and
their problems cannot be solved
by ignoring the wishes of their
peoples.
Sees Atom as Ruinous
On the prospect of atomic
warfare, he said that if destruc-
tion is to be the ultimate fate
of humanity, lit matters little
] what ideologies are pursued,
what objectives we may have,
flor the end will be the same,
and it will be common ruin"
Mr.. Nehru visited the Yugo-
slav Nuclear Institute near Bel
grade yesterday. He also saw a
Soviet atomic plant on his re-
cent visit to Russia.
i As he left the parliament
building after the speech. Mr..
Nehru received prolonged ap-
, plause. Outside several thou
sand persons greeted him with
chants Of: Tito -Nehru!'
Mr.. Nehru was host tonight
!, at reception for TOO guests.
He will leave tomorrow for a
visit to the provinces Of Bosnia
. and Herzegovina. There he will
!. inspect a new steel factory and
the new hydro o-electric plant at
!, Jablanica.
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