SR! it 4 : _ there can be no _ Attitude Of The United Nations conference. is activities will no’ doubt mark One had expected it to usher in the millenium, and s Dumbarton Oaks proposals go ac in the original the world organization. - Certain fundamental. principles of international justice and hu- man decency, . without. . whic I assurance of en- during peace, have been incor- porated. in the genéral ‘purposes of the. Charter, ; Nevertheless, I must examine the document, as it has emerged so far primarily from the stand- point of an Asiatic and as an In- dian. In. this connection, the "most serious defect is the aban- ‘donment of the recognition of the principle of independence for all colonial and dependent. peoples, which was so ably and cogently urged, by Brigadier General Car- los P.. Romulos. I desire to say that the general, in taking the stand he did, was speaking not only for his own heroic people who have already secured their independence, but for all the peo- ples of Asia. ; The compromise that seems likely to be forced on the Con- ference on ‘the issue of independ- ence is so disingenuous, and the camouflage it embodies so patent, that I fear the cause of future peace and concord among nations will not be advanced by..it. Furthermore, I cannot truth- fully say.that the utterances of responsible, British statesmen at this conference, as they are on record, reveal any departure from their traditional toryism’ in respect: either of India or of their attitude towards imperialism and colonialism in ‘general. RIGHT DIRECTION Coming to India, which is the subject naturally nearest to my heart, certain proposals: have been put forward by the British Government in London and by the Viceroy in India, designed to end the prolonged political dead- lock between National India and itself. I would say that this move is in the right direction, without prejudice to whatever may ulti- mately develop from it. I welcome, particularly, the re- ; ‘World Conference _ Toward Colonies Condemned | uch improvements as have been affected onsiderable way towards strengthening’ % (Statement by Mrs. Vijaya Pandit at a press conference) The sum total of its No ers after nearly three years of imprisonmerit “WAP Mit trial—an imprisonment which, according to any. civilized-code, was un: conscionable; and savored -more of Fascism than of the principles which those who were fighting Fascism claimed to profess. However, these léaders have now been released, and it is ex- pected that these men among others who command the confid- ence of the people will assemble soon in Simla in ¢onference with the British Viceroy to work out the details of an interim national sovernment, pending the draw- ing up of a constitution for a | free India by Indian leaders, and which will go into effect after the war with Japan’ has been ended. SEEKING COOPERATION I eannot . naturally .anticipate the course of the deliberations at this conference,. still. less=:what may be the. decisions ultimately arrived at between -Indian lead- ers and the: British Goverhnient. All we know: at this tinte ig that both the Indian National Con- gress and the All-India Moslem League executives are “planning te meet to consider’ their respec- tive positions towards the gov- ernment proposals. I ean, how- ever, give my own reaction to some of the suggestions contain- ed in the proposals. For instance, the Interim National -.Govern- ment, if agreed to and set up, will be expected, we are told, actively to cooperate with: Britain in the War against Japan. In 1942 the Indian National Congress went on record as being determined to resist Japanese aggression and demanding for that purpose that Indian leaders be enabled to share in the responsibility for organizing the necessary re- sources, moral and material, against the threat to the security of India. The British Govern- OF ment, however, wanted India’s lease of nationally accepted lead- Clothing Drive Starts For Relief In Liberated Areas A concerted drive for used clothing, shortage suffered by the people of war-devastated Europe, coming fall by the Canadian United will be undertaken in the Allied Relief Fund. Acting upon the decision of a conference of the CUARF, held in Toronto last May, at which were present delegates from 12 countries of Europe, as well as representatives from the various local organizations across _Can- ada, the drive will be conducted during the period October 1 to October 20, and collections and acceptance for such clothing will be carried on up to December 31. The minimum objective has been set at five million pounds. Only clothes that are clean and wearable are to be accepted by to alleviate the the Fund during the drive and the public has been warned to hold such clothes in reserve un- til such time as the drive com. menees. UNRRA will be responsible for the distribution of the clothing once it has been assembled for cooperation. on its. own terms which Indian leaders found im- practicable. oe Now again, India’s active co- operation with Britain in the war against Japan is sought. This. means the sending of large arm- ies of Indians to drive the Jap- anese out of Burma, Malaya, In- doChina, ete. Hundreds -of thou- sands would-be willing to make yet greater sacrifices to achieve that end. But we want to know what will be the fate of these. countries after the Japanese have been thrown out. The Con- gress Party’s resolution of Au- gust 1942 said: MRS. VIJAYA PANDIT friendly countries as ambassa- dors and ministers. This is a re- form :::that has ~-been delayed grievously ‘long, and as a conse- quence both India and the world, -in my “opinion, have suffered by India’s enforced isolation and misrepresentation in the councils of the nation. For instance, if truly representatives of India had “We want the freedom not only of India, but of Burma, Malaya, IndoChina and other countries in Asia.” We stand for that reso- lution. There is no clearcut in- dication, however, of British; French or Dutch intentions in this matter, although obviously the liberation of those countries will entail the sacrifice of thou- cisco Conference, the voice of In- dia would - have been heard differently, and, I am certain, more efectively on such issues as independence, trusteeship, the rights of small nations, ete. India, as the second largest numerical national unit in the world, could have played a more significant part than the pathetically impo- sands of Indian lives. tent role assumed here by its INTERIM GOVERNMENT In the proposals for the setting | up of an interim government, the most important probably, is the eoncession that the conduct of India’s external affairs will be placed in the hands “of an Indian member of the Viceroy’s Execu- tive Council, and. authenic - na- tional representatives “of India so called delegates. If the National Government in India is established on a bonafide basis, one of the first things, swe would like to do is to establish ciplomatic and fraternal relations with all our’ neighbors ef the Far, the Middle and the Nest East, as -well as with our neigh- bor to the north, Russia, which! sion will be sent out to foreign and expressed, the has repeatedly been present at the San Fran- Highway - ing of postwar markets for t! war-dilated. industries ‘of Nor: America. Hence in demanding B.C. highway to the north, +. people of the “Pacific ‘northwe/ are not demanding -a~ handoi| but something whichis: direci i in the self-interest of Canada: the\United States as a “whol particularly since both courtric 3 4 = ee are now looking across the 6H" Pacifie to new markets in E beria, China and other countrie Ii was the late President Roos: velt himself, in his speech Bremerton . Jast August; wi most strongly -emphasized thi community of interests of Cai | ada and the United States in th north Pacific. . : With the new Alaska highwa: being discussed in Ottawa, Wash ington and San Francisco thi province must come forward an offer every cooperation: to th Canadian and American govert: ments. Labor and other forwarc | leoking sections of the people i} this province will do good servic by seeing to it that -Mackenzi | King has no doubts as to wha! the people of British Columbi feel on this question—right awa #8 not too soon--to start on th read. 7 : eo SS = = exeay BRUCE MICKLEBURGH pment will depend on the degree wish to have direct. contact witi our country. §:. f° =" ae Whether the British-proposals put forward Thope-jn ‘good faith. 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