111 Support Of Our Cause - South African History Online

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^E rec e iv e many letters in support of our cause locally and from over-

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^{seas .} One from the United States just received is so full of 10\'1.: and . sympathy that we cannot resist the temptation of sharing it with our

"readers. It is by Mrs. Helen Le Cheminant:

"Although I never had the privilege ofseeing your wonderful father 1honour- ed and loved him through reading things written ab o u tand by him... ... He was the -greatest man that the world has known for centuries and centuries. I deem it

wonderful to have lived in the world the same time that he did.

There is only one way that the world can continue to exist and that is the way ofloveand non-violence. The human race must come to know this or it will not survive and while it must seem vcry discouraging under present conditions in South Africa you and all of us must fight on for what we know to be the better way. \Ve honour you for carrying on yourfather's work. You must have courage to continue. Even ifyou kn e w you were doomcd to failureyou must continue for the ideas and the spark must live!

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love India. Though I have never been there in this life time,

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am sure have in a former incarnation . feel such an affinity for the Indian pe oplc that can only be explained in this way. 1 wish I could help you. PI case know that you have the best wishes of many here and thit we are doing what we 'can to spread the idea of true brotherhood."

Here is OIlC from a lady in Cnpet o w n:

. j . .. . . .Itcan't be wrong to resist unjust IdWS as Christ told his disciples they

would be brought before:magistrates and judgcs and all the Masters defied thc laws ... 1 feel a brute to live here in security and comfort whilst others arc suffer- ing. It may interest you to know my spare room is 'k e p t entirely for non-Euro- peans. Ihave justoffered it to an ej e cted mother and baby (Coloured). 1 can't giv e much but will do m)' utmost if there is an)' war I can help to ameliorate the condition of Africans... .It is encouraging that the SOUlh African Liberal Associa- tion is being sponsored by50 man)' Cap etown University people. Our hope for justice is in the yo u ng who hav e a sense of justice and are willing to be adventurous. The older Europeans can only think in terms of self-interest.

They won't see that our interests are bound together ... The Bantu and Indians.... .. must despise our Clu-ivrianiry, which docs not attempt to meet the social needs of our country. I assure ^YOll of my deepest sympathy with "II oppress ed races. The war the}' have kept to non-violence in face ofso much provocarion is arnuzing ."

A Declaration For The Increase Of Sight Among

The Peoples Of The World

Th« aoouc i.1 lit,· lille of

If mrditatiou on PsallJl 67 written by Phd/,> Plllllalll and app~·al·in.~· in a ,'olulI/c mlillfd'Th ..JJlod o n,Read - er's Bood Of Psalms' whICh tUas publisllcd tl drca d« or more ago bill. which (111)' recmll}' / picked

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Colu^IJI, and Sarah N.

Cleghorn a rc in(/udcd. I It'll llic JJI,'d t l a I to u 011 Psalm 67 so appn>/,ria Ie 10 the J" ew Tear and Ih,' lime in which we Ih'" Ilral I eopit'd il.

"Lei us dcr/ar« Ihal we arc lire men

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January, 1953.

111 Support Of Our Cause

FRIDAY. 24TH APRIL, 1953

What Next?

INDIAN

OPINION

NOTES AND NEWS

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p~enger to sit here, cJlcrc _ anywbere? The conductor _ doinghis work, I wU ill 0118

of the three seats at the back.

There were no White folkthere,

10 I was pu::::Jtd indeed:' 1 gave up goinli: to Durball.

Rather I got off near Chapel . Streetand went to the IIcUCIl church to pray for cur eountrJ.

I :am sixty yean old. IWII rushing from:I church mectiDI - Ihad a lot of self CGntrol.but it leaked so dangerously I

bid

to rush for a fresh suppl,.

There w.as peace in heaftSl until an :lngel wasr sclfisb.

Later there w~s WK. ·011 the other hand "God

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exalted Hi• .Son-and pw successful use of that wea- pon demands a very strict code of self-discipline.

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les s we undergo that the weapon will not work. If we have mastered it it will never fail us even under the direst circumstances,

\Ve do not think we should engage ourselves merely in violatinr; laws to court arrest. A great deal of constructive work needs to be doric among our people, such as educating them to give up all evil habits such. as drinking, gambling and many other social evils, to becomeself- reliant,which they can only do by reducing their re- quirements to the barest minimum and to lead dean and honest lives.The leaden will have to be'gin by teach- ing themselves many of these things so as to set an example to others. If they think Ihat these are things of no consequence and that they are at liberty to lead a liceneious life with no self-restraint, we fear they do not know the rudiments of

"Satyngraha," (Force of Truth) which is the true meaning of "Passi"'e Resist- ance." \Ve must therefore not take 'any hasty action but think calmly and make our future plans wisely.

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Why There Is Rae!:!1 Strife

~HE fallowing letter under

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the non-de-plume "An Arri- C.1n" appeared in the 'N:u.al Witness' dated April 21:

Sir,-OneafterneonI got on

:ICorporation buscppoaite the - Coloni3l Building in Church Street to go to the Railway Station. As I sat on a seat at the back :I young European gentleman ordered me to sit wherehe felt I should sit. I usc these buses eighe times each working day. I always use the seats for Blacks. I stand when there are unny White folk. I do so of my own voli- tion. Now Sir. bas a passenger any right to command another confronts them. AIe they goi n~ to fear the tyrant and submit to his will, or will they fear God and submit humbly to His law with faith in Him, Who alone is the Creator, Protector and Destroyerofallliving things on this earth? Let us not lose our heads with the tyrant, for he knows not what he is doing. In his light he believes he is doing the right thing. \Ve who claim to know better and believe that he is doing the wrong thing, may not give way to hate and resort to methods that he is employ- ing against us, but have pity on him and firmly re- fusing to bend to his will Fay to God for His mercy and wise guidance. That is the essence of Passive resistance, which is based on absolute Love, Truth and Non-violence. The time has come when we shall have to bear the Cross as Christ die}. drink the cup of poison as Socrates did, em- brace the burning pillar as Pralhad did. -

De it remembered the Nationalist Government is now fully armed to fight us.

\Vc are doomed unless we arm ourselves with a superior weapon. That weapon is non-violent resistance. But let us also not forg-et that the squarely with the Narional-

ists.

Frankly speaking this country is doomed to de- struction because of the utter hypocricy on the part of the English-speaking people and utterly narrow nationalism on the part of the Afrikaans-speaking people, who honestly be- lieve that the non-Whites who represent five times the Union's population arc de- stined to be the "hewers of wood and drawers of water"

01 the White man. All this is against the principles of Christiauity on which their policy is claimed to have been based and against the principles of all reli- gions. If there is a God no country in the world with such a policy can survive and history teaches us that none has sur- vived.

There are dark days ahead of this fair land blessed with all the re- sources one could desire.

If those resources were wisely utilised there is not the least doubt that this land would be like a heaven on earth. But because of the selfishness, greed, false pride and' power-madness of a few, who are out to crush humanity to satisfy their own evil desires, it is doomed to.be turned into a hell. That in a nutshell is our reading of the whole situation,in South Africa.

\Vhat, in the circum- stances, are the non- Whites who are the victims of this oppression, going to do?

That is the question which

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^the Nationalist Party has WOll the . election with 9 I seats ill its favourasagainst 57 for the U nitcd Party and

" for the Labour Party.

The Nruionalist Party has a majority of 30 over all parties, including the three Native Representatives in the House of r59.' whereas in the last election it had a majority only of r 3. We were not at all surprised at these results since we had not the slightest doubt that the Nationalists would Will,

\Ve would have been sur- prised if the United Party had won.

With us non-Europeans it is a case of "better an enernv, we know than a friend

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do not know,"

The Nationalists have won because, they were frank and straightforward and had a definite policy, right or wrong. They meant what they said and did what they said, Truth was on their side. The United Party, who form

!he bulk of the English- speaking people,were hypo- crites, They had no defi- nite policy. What hurt them about the entrenched clauses in the Constitution

WdS the wa}' their own rights and interests were being en- dangered, not how the non- Whites werefaring. They did not stand even by the old Cape policy of "equal rights for all civilised people." Had their' own interests not been jeopar- dised and had the non-

\Vhites alone been affected they would have stood

2.cth April, 19S3

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INbrAN OPINION

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(From Our New York Correspondent)

AIR-IODIA

DEMONSTRATION IN ELECTION

ON

KENYA COLONY

AMERICA DAY

INTF.R"A TIONAL

Rev. Bishop Ferguson-Davie

W.1S in charge, has been elected a "Fellow of the Zoologic..1 Society" in London, He is now working for the Ph.D.

\Ve very hearuly c.ogratu- late Mr. Brsseiu on his out- standing achivernent and wish him every success in his future undertakings,

Lusury Conslellation S.." Icc eVERY I-RlDAY Tourist Cbs. SerTlce ALTeRNATE 'VEDNESDAYS

and connections (or ALL PARTS OF THE

FAR EAST

two lOOdI men have jOlt heen arreated for conveulng a prayer meeting dur lug' tba course of whioh pray er a were paid for our natiouul organiulloD.

"We have good r eason 10 believe tbnt wail is enbjeoted to scrotlny. Or.e is thus unable to writ" YOIlliSfredy us one shurrhl huve Jiked to. Bet please bo rc-..ssured of 011.gnat indebted- ness for all yon have done ..• "

PAKISTAN

Lender Of African National Congress

To

Give Final Address

The drive to Rain support in this conntry lor the "Non- violent l~eei8tauoe Campaign Againet Onjoet Laws" onhntnated in a meetio~ 00 WeLlnf:8L1o)·.

April 2~ at S P.M. at the St.

Jnmes PreelJytllrianOhnreh, 40V West 14.18t si., unuouuced 1:3111 BntherIand, •AmericanB for Bontb Africlrl R~dialanoc'pnblio relatione tlir"o;or. The prtu- elpal apeuker at tho meeting was Dr. Z K. M"llbelV8, Afrioan N ..tlonal O'Jnl:r~~e loader, who spoke on the South afrioan elections and the reslatance caru- paign, This ^W.lB one of the flnal pnbllo addresaes by Dr.

Malthew~ beforo he returne 10 Soolh Afric...

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AIR.INDIAJ"fnnDrionQl 501 __• R~P'~'~"'ClI;". in SDol'" A(nt::a:

9S st:r.ruf,urylIoau Smith Srr~rt. DURBAN.

Outst:mding Academic QUOlliflcatlons Of A

S.A. Indian IndiansinSouth Africa will he proud to know that Mr. D.Bisseru, one of their brethren, who had obtained bis B.Sc. and M.Sc., with honours at the FOri Hare College, where he lived at the Anglican Hostel when the Rt.

INDIA

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^B dewouetrallou of 811p- port for tbe non E'U<JPf-llD mujori,y who had no voice in tbo nOtnt ..lectious in the Dnion, repreaentattvea hall otbor parte of Afrioa joined 'Amerioane for South Afrl03n Realstuuce'

10 pl.:keUing the otllces of the South AfrloaD Ocnsnlate, G55 Maddieon Ave, at 3 p.m- 00

eleotion day. aooording to 8 etate- ment by George M. Houeor, Exeoutive Seoretary. Mr. Houae r also noted that April marks tho flret anniversary of the Ianncb ing of the non-violent reslatance by norc-Ecsonean . orgtmiZitious in

th~ir etrollgle 10 IIsin ^tq0l11 rlghtE. Emergency meaanrcs aimed at ora~hinl( the mOVlJ- ment were passed reooatly by the South African Parllernent Rod a letter from II. higb vtflcial of the Afrioan National Oongrcse tbns deecribea the present SlOlle of atrtlln:

... Yon will no doubt be awarebynow of the fact that Ibis Government has by recent lel/lE>lalion IIlven !lsslf Inch wIde and unlimitedpowere over the aota of Indiv idnula and organizatiooil that praotically any act could be deemed 8D olIence If the Police eo wish It. To give yon an examplo Central African Federation

The Southern Rhodesia elec- torate: has approved the principle of a Central African Federation.

Three areas which opposed the federal scheme were: the: farming districts of Gatooma, Se1ukwe and Fort Victoria. Africans will re- fuse to stand for election to the Federal Parliament if Central African federation is "forced tbrougb" against tbe opposition of African. of Southern Rbodesia, Nortbern Rhodesia and Nyasa- land, Mr. JosblCl Nkomo, an Afri- canleaderinBubwayo is reported to have said. Mr. Nkomo was one of the: delegates to the recent conference of Africao leaders from the three Central African territories, at which federation

was discussed,

Mr.Fenner Brockway, British Labour member of Parliament, according to a Sapa-Reurer's message from London, said,

"the Federation plebiscite is a disastrous decision. The fact tbat 50,000 people in South- ern Rhodesia, of whom fewer tlun 1,000 are Africans, should decide the fate of 6;000,000 Africans is ^1I sufficic:ot co=ent on the undemocratic character of the decision. We: must face a worscoing of racial relations in the three Central African terri- torie.... Mr. Brockw3Y said tbar he: hoped "my African friends there will follow the line of nOD- violent resistance, of which they have received an example from Soutb Africa, rather than tbe methods of violence and terrorism wbich have been followed in KenyOl."

in the light of that fact, it was necessary for the organisation to take stock of the situation. It meant studying our programme and the new situarion to adapt our plans and to see what we could do." Mr. Luthuli con- cluded: "I have hope and faith that White South AfriC:l will one day see reason and give the non- Europeans their rights." The statement also said that in spite:

of tbe luger vote in favour of the Opposition, in effect the White electorate as a whole had voted for the Narionalise policy, because the Opposition also stood for tbe fundamental policy of denying to the non-White people full demo- cratic rigbts, and its belief in segregation was consonant with apartheid and White domina- tion.-Sapa.

Him a name wbich i5 above every name, that every knee •••

in Heaven and Earth ••• should bow ••• and every tongue ahouldconfess that he is Lord."

IsitImpossiblefor White folk to earn respect fat their civilisa- tion by being civil to civil fellowmen irrespective of col- our? Isit my fault tbat I am:lA African-and not a European?

Tell us now, please Sir.

Commenting on the above the 'Natal Witness' wrote:

"An African correspondent, who for reasons that arc per- haps obviousprefers to remain anonymous, draws attention in our ccrrespondence column to- d.1y to an incident which is unhappily all too typical of the tbings that occur among us in the day-to-day relaticns of the different races • • • "We are almy! beariog that if the non- Europeans wi5h to be respected, they must earn respect," Itis as well to remind ourselves that the same principle applies to the Europeans, Our position depends on the last resort not on force or superior abilities, but on the respect that we can command. We can only con' tinue to command it if we deserve it."

Non-White Opinion On ElectIons A campaign to try and achieve rights for the non- Europeans would be carried on, said a state- ment on the general election, is- sued in Jolunnaburg by the executive committee of the Afri·

can Natiotul Congress, the Fran- chise Action Council and Soutb African Indian Congress. The aimwould be to try and bring about the repeal of Acts which discriminated against Don Euro- peans, the sutement said. Ex- pbinmg the statement at a Press conference Mr. Albert J. Luthuli, president-general of tbe African National CODgress, said that the campaign would always be noo- violent. "But just wlut form it ouy talee from time to time, I cannot say," Mr. Luthuli said.

Asked why tfiere bad been DO obvious activity by Don-Europeans during the p35t months, Mr.

Luthuli said: "Round about Nov- ember, there was a Government Procbmation which made certain things illegal. ParliameDt later pused the Public Safety and the Criminal Law5 Amendment Acts.

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Reproduced;From ' The Forum.' (Johallnesburc) oIl

A COMPARISON FOR EUROPEANS

By C W. M, GELL

INDIAN 251

Bill the Duke of Welliogton with :I disrcgcrd for political realities as overt and complete :IS any South Afric:1O politician today declared: "The system of repre- sen ta tio n pos se sse s the full and entire confidence of the country,"

BUl ill fact itwas not so. For thirryor fortyyearsreform of the Britishfranchisehad been actively canvassed in order to base it mo rt' broadly and make it more reprcs entarive of the new indus . trial and urban classes. But, as illSou th AfriCl, it had depended on e"t ra-p ar h am entar y agit:llion hy C)h b e tt, Hunt and the cham-

pio n ~ of unorganised labour

bett\ln~ wit h the sympathetic su p po r t of the Evangelicalsagainst the privileged upper classes en- trenchedin Parliament and middle class ap a t h y-i-n sit u a t io n not un- parclle llcd here today, And the argumentswith which the oppo- nents of reform justified their stand were very reminiscent of those used :lg.,inst extend ing our franchise to ncri-Europeans-c- open ing the gat es to "a flood-tide of rad jca lis rn " (I), too ignorant,

"blfb:trous and uncivilised'" to be entrusted [(I) the term de- rived from thos e who demanded a "radical " reform of the fran- chiseJ wit h the vo te. Even so Iare as 186(, (just before the Reform Dill) Robert Lowe op- posed any further franchise ex- tensionbecause of "the moral and intellectual inferiority of the wage-earners ' and his incautious eloquence on this interesting theme reused the sam e sort of rea ction from those whose self- respect had been affronted as contempo rar yherrenvolk admoni- tionsdo in SouthAfrica. \Vahin the lrfetimeof many of us similar objections were made against givin!:theVOIC to British women :lOd ledto the not very passive :lctiviues of Ihe su ffrag ette move.

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But in the winter of 1830, immediatelyafter the Iron Duke's monument:ll mis-st:ltement, a combin3tion of causes brought in a Government which preferred cons titutionJI reform to revolu- tion-the returnof bJd economic conditions(wliic:h we have so far avoided), t~eviol,ence of workin!:

c1:ls~despair (of which we have only hJd premonilions), the g~:lvityof midJle aed upper c1asi fear of a sociJl uprisiog (which clearly inspired bi-partisan sup- port for the S Nart Acts), the belief(which we tlo not yet share) thaiit could no lODgerbe averted by mere repressi:lO, and the eXJmple of a pe:lceful overseas revolution in France in 1830 unaccomp:lnied by social disorder and administralive colbpse (such as has occurretlin India, Nigeria, the Gold Coa st,thc\Vest Indieso)

( To be Continued)

OPINION

almostcontinual civil unrestfront the Luddite movement, through Peterloo and the Six ACI S which tried to hold the position hy repressive legislation:ISthe Swart Acts do today, on Ihroul:= the ccnflagration of Drisrol to the Chartists. Let me quote Dr. G. M. Trevelyan:

"In town and country every person ill authoriry in Church or. State seem ed tobe in lea gu e with their cmployeri ar.:uust the poor (d. ^cur non-Euro Pi:·lOS);they had notrrbunes ¹⁰ speak for them; they had no franchise in central or ill local go\,crnmenlj they had no leg ll means of trade organisation to makethe-irnumbersfelt ill the Iabour market Unfortunately the victors of W.lterloo (Irke theirsucces sor sat e l Alunein) were less happily inspirzc; In

dealing wit h the cris is that now confronted them at heme, They had no ecouom rc or politic al remedy to propo se except the severest form of repression..

Rioters in Britain were tried for high treason (un South Afti- can acrivui es and "~l l llllo r y Communism"), printer s :lOJ autb-sr.sforsedition(the'Gundian'

su p p r e~sed without tria] and lack of safeguard sin the S.v:lrr:)Acts), HAbeas Ccrpus susp en ded (.Ie- tendon wu h o u r rrral unricr che Swarts Acts), publrc rneetungs proh ibited (as in most of our Iocarions). The British Govern- ment of 1819 approved of the ruthless suppression of rio ting without enquiry,as our own has recently dnn c, In the 1820's the Bri ish criminal law V,°.1S at last reformed i" tbe teeth of opposi- tion which forecast (quite in- correctly) that the ab.:llition of the death peo:llty for ov~r :I hUDdred offences would lead to widespread l.1wlessness (".he nigger only underst:lDdsthe lash"). Iu 1830, on tbe en of the Rdorm Bill rioting ag ricu h u ra l labourers de·

maDding a wage of 2 6 a daywer e sang Iy punished, three belllg hung :lOd over

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d:p:lrted to Australia. It all so u nd s quite modern, doesn't it?

Rival FClctions

During all this period the Bri.

tish political parties, Itkeour own today, were concerned not \'Iilh the basic Cluses ofso much d:s.

COOlent and frustration but with their own struggle for pOwer.

Tbey did not stand for d'stinct ideas :lDd national polic:esj tbey were merely two rival factions disputing the possession of power, the ins and the outs. What Tre- velyan Slid of Britain :lad the countries of Europe has a very familiu ring to us: "The Powers did not represent th", peoples and tbe Statesdid nor represent the races:' On the eve of tbe Rdmor

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are excusably realists, Dr, MJ.1an has told us that it does not pay any parry to attempt to achieve the impossible and most poliri- cians set theirsights a good deal lower than rh u. They, therefore, conceal the immense sacrifices we shal!have to make in defending our privileges and harp on the risks'Xe would incur in trying to share them wirh our non-Euro- pean fellcw-citiaens. And the vicious circle of politicians and vo:ers er,ging each other on to disregardthe tenions arisingout- side the \Vhite community and threatening itwill continue until it is broken by the force of circumst ancea or we have the wisd om to make our politicians respons ib' ^.1 the polls to ^:11 lea st sorn ,II section of edu- catednon- .cpean opinion. The -rn rcaliry of our politics at this gravest hour in South Airic:rn hisIN)' is largely due to the unrepresentative nature of our franchise .

Historical Analogy

There is' a marked hitsorical analog ywith the state of Brirain in the years between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the Great Reform Bill in 1832.

I know there are important differences; but the similarities arc strrking, particularly the mentality of the ruling cbsses.

Tbat was a time, like our own, of gre at international upheavals dominated by a continental re- volution :lod its ideologies. To bee:llled 1Jacobin in England in 1820 meant much the sam~ :IS being called:l Communist here today. Engbnd had more or less compleled her AgOr.ui:m Revolu- lion :lnd the enclosure m:lveme n t of the I:lte 18 th cen:ury h:ld cre:lted :I Iandle;s pr;>lel:lriat rather :IS our Native LaDd Acts hJv~ done. England was, roor~ov er, in the middl e of her Indu.o;trial Revolution, even as we are today. She koeN:III tlut we know today :lb:>ut tbe drift to thet('woo;, the shortage of urban housing, tile squ lIar of rbe in- du;tllal ~lums, the over-repre- sent.111:;n ofplatteland interests :It the cx pense of urban and in- du<;trial ot:)es. ; 'c;pite many h:lna:caps, ec!ue.ttion and higher livings' anda rd; werecreeping in

amon~ the lower classes and

creati ng a demand for better social :lnd r,conom;c opportu nilies. It was thus ^.1 period of

24th April. 1953 LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE

BRITAIN 1832-S0UTH AFRICA

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^BYno means hold the N:lo tienalists alone responsible for our present racial predicamenr, lhough by spplyinj; the decrrine of tbe baaskap with relentless dogmatism and acertain militant arrogaoce they have brought us 10a crisis that has been long maturing. Wheo 'The Star"

wrote on February 18, Hit is no doubt truethat at some time in the future all pclitical parries will have 10 ;15k themselves what politiol arrangements they pro.

pose 10 make 10 meet the ceclU ofa multi-racial society,"

it was concerned to point out that this problemconfronted the Nationalistsquirt3Smuch as the Opposnion. Ionly quarrel with the words '':It some timeIin the future." By:lll the signs and portents, by 311theconfessions of intelligent men who have no reason to conceal the truth of what Ihey see, the time is upon us^noll' For, before the attitudes of the various races harden be- yond the possibility of honour- able compromise, we have to choose between force and con- setlt. The question we have to :nkiswhether we are to commit ourselves to the defence bY:l1I possible means of our presen t privileged position with all the consequences of civil strife and race W:H that may ensue; or whether we shall make :In effort togoforw:lrd 10 :I South Afric:l comm:lnding the willing assent and loyally of :111 race grCiups, because all are allowed to parti·

cipate in the direction of itshigher . political and econ<lmic !if:. The UIIlU of non-Europ~an patience and goodwill :Ire fast rUDning out upon our answer.

If we decide for the first euurse, thcn our present political set-up will serv/: tbe purpose admirably, though we shall have to inereall: our defence and p;>hce allotments :IS we go along and tigb:en up the Swart Acts. But if in our bearts a significant number of us opt for the second alternative, we shJ.11 encounter the serious difli:ullyof politicim s c:lntinuing to misleaj thc waver- ers by prucbing to their I~west fnrs. Today we learn of our real predicament from "irresponslbl~ "

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London, recently to hear evidence of a world force active in over 60 countries, and to be presented with the challenge of what is right and not who is right, The meeting was ailed by the well-known actress, Miss Lena Ashwell O.B.E. (Lady Simson) and Miss Hilda Pocock, S.RN.

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In thc Digbeth Institute, Bir- mingharn, where the workers' meetings have been t3kinr: place during the great strike in Austin's Motor Works, a meeting for trade unionists, mainly {rom the motor industries, heard industrial speakers on Moral Re Armament.

Mr. John Nowell, General Man:lger of theC'imden Tannery in Cheshire. and last year's President of the British National Association of Cut Sole Manu- facturers,spok e on revolutionary change in io d u s try anti the nation.

"Moral : Armament is crear- ing tbeiosf-.r-d teamworkof men set free from their fear, bales and resentments," said Mr. Nowell.

"It means change for us in management." He told how he had apolog jzed to the trade union leader in his factory, and then adjusted :111 wages on the basis of ,..hatW3Srighl. A Works Coun . cil jointly led by managem en t andlabour, had been so successful that ^:I well known revolutionary leaderfrom Europe h::d comment.

ed; '·Here I have seen my hoy- hood's dream fulfilled. This could never happen under Communism.

You men are free-e-I see it in your faces.'

The Healing Of The Nations

Women from many ccunrries thronged the Cowdray Hall,

From Finland came Miss Kirsti Hukkarainen, a factory worker, who twice lost her home in the war:' I have been pre.

pared to die {or my country,"

she declared, "but I did not know how to live at peace. I was looking {or something so bill that it would make a new world possible. In MRA I found it. A.pplying this ideology in my own life has cured:IIIthe deepest wounds in myheart,"

Mrs. McArthur Holman, who had recently returned from India, summed up the thoughts of the women present. "If we want a I:lfe world for our children and our children's children and {or our O7.'nold age," s're said , "we must give everything now."

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CENTRAL AFRICAN FEDERATION

THE House of Lords debate on Central African Federation on April I was followed wirh great Interest by people through- out Britain, After distinguished .peucn from both sides of the House bad discussed the Federa- tionScheme, the basic ideolagical betors were raised by Lord Addingtoo. "Federation or not,"

be Slid, "unity is still the most viul issue. In Southern Rhodesia - there aretwo most hopeful signs -and I would emphasise the word 'hopefu!.' The first is that many Europeans are coming to see tbat there must be contact and consultation with the Africans on a new level and in an armos- pbere free from suspicion and fur. The second is tbat African leaders are beginning to rake the initiative themselves in working out the ideological strategy for Central Africa.".

Lord Addington reported that

"from AfriC3 alone 90 leaders from 12 differentareas have been to Caux in Switzerland where tbiJ ideology is not only taught but lived and aught." Among them had been Mr. Godwin Lewanika, founder and first President of the Northern Rho- d"esian African Congress, who on bis return arranged the first round table talks between Euro- peans and Africans. Speaking:1t such ;a round table conference, Mr. Hove, the editor of th e 'Blotu Mirror' in Bulawayo, re- parted that national leaders of theEur<lpeao and African tude unionorganisations were for the lim time planning together to iefluence the greatest number with a positive ideology."

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Foreign Policy And

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Situation TheCongress views ~itbdeep eeceera and ~rllve onxiety the .,-er.:rowing tension nod tbe deepening crisis in the relations

betwe~otbeGre~t Powers who have aligned themselves in rinl Power Dlocs, engaged in a ''cold war." aod poised to strike with their unprecedented Irmed might, ever mounting to greater dimensions and in.

tensity,a threatening destruction to themselves and to tbe rest of tbe world.

While nations nnd I:ovcrn- menls are not seekiog war and the peoples of tbe world, in- cluding those of tbe coun tries in tbe rival Blocs, carnestly desire peace, the accumulation cf tbe race armaments con. tleue. The campaign nnd tbe ptycboloJ:Y of hatred and dis- trust and the aeceptnnce by the Great Powers, as tl.e basis of their policy, that preparnt ion for larj;e scale and total war alonecan lead to the prevcn- tion of war, have resulted in grave,incalculable and present rilll to world peace, This hu rendered tbe desires of tbe COIOQlon people for peace not ooly ineflcctive, tut has in- creasingly turned the minds of oationa Dod peoples to the leuptaDce of wor preparations asDtces~ary llrod war itself ~s

almost inevitable. Thu. their thougbts lIod wiods ore orient- ated ill tbe directioo of war.

Unceasing endeavour should be made to bring about a c~"ge in tbe opposite direc- hOD, creatiog a climate of peace, Bod a change in tbe approach of natioDs llnd gov- ernments to ooe anotber. end

lS!>etween groups of tbem, in t1:e direction of reconciliation rathtr tbao coofiict and power Eroupin... so that tbe great objectives embodied in the Charter of the United N:ltions and its origioal purposes mDy I.e attained, and war prevented.

To Ibis enq, greater inter- th.n~e and freedom of inter- eollne bctwe~n natiom, parti- eulady between tbose wbo now IIaed uparated by the 'cold Wlr' and by other conflicts.

Iboul.d be eDCCiuraged: pre- grelSlve Bod posiri..e aClion to tric~abouta debree of disarm a- IOtct, Bod cc)sation 01 hoslile Pfapagandll. and of C:iOJpaigns

of hate and suspicion, is neces- snrYt and definite initiatives should be taken to resolve at least some of tbe outstanding issues which stand dea dlocked in world affairs. 'I' h e broaden.

ing of Lbe United Nations Or.

ganizntion by the ndmission of States whose appllcatious have been pending for many years, and tbe representation of Cbina being rer,ularized by the real Government of Cbinn taking its place in the United Notions. nreessential first steps ofgraveurgency.

The Congress appreciates the considerable nchivemenlll of tbe Unitcd Nations Organiza- tion in thesocial, economic and humanitarian fields, eVLn though they fall far short, measured np,ninst tbe needs and distress of mankind on tbe one bnnd and the potentinlities of the earth and the advance of human knowledgeon tbe other.

While recognizing the a d- vance rnade in the colonial fieldduricg the past few years towads the liberatinn of sub- jectpeoples and Ior their wel. fare and progress, the Coogress is of opinion that this is ioadequate ,nnd deplores that so m e nntional movements for freedom are being forcibly

sllppre§Sl~.d. . Colonialism, in- evitnbly accompanied by race hatred and conflict, exploita.

tion and international rivalry, is a continuinf:: C:1Use of war and human misery. nnd should be ended.

C.)u~ re s s records its ap_

reciation of and support to tbe Go...crnment of India io pur!:uinc stead£:J.stly uolJindered by setbaesk. ind ucc m c n t s and provocations, the policy 01 peace and international co·

operation, acd non-~lignment

with Powtr Blocs, and urgLs the Governmeot to continue to pur~ue tbis course wbich alonc eaables it to malte p03ili..c contributions toward s internationaluDdH~tandingt'nd world peace. It records its appreciation of the peace IflorIs of the Government of Iad ia in re"ald to the Korean '\<"nr, which were Don-partisan and based00 l[,ternational lal":.

The peoples 01 India, with their rich heritage and tradi.

tions llnd tbeir nel"ly-wnn freedom, h:. ...e in tbis time 01 worl d crbisD duty to the cause of world peace. That duty tbey WIll b~st dischar"e by

riddiu ;: tbem~clves Bn d tbeir

na~ioll..l life o[all complexes oj fe"r. lPtolrcaLce. distrust f.pd

ia red, t.ud by fleeiog them- sel ve; oj t;conomic 'd epen d ence

on otbers, By the performance . or this duty, they will not only serve their own country but will also serve the larger causes of

the world.

South Africa Congress reiterates its ad- miration and its npprcciation of the Satyagrnha movement in South Africn against racial dis.

crimination to which the over- whelming mnjority oC the people of South Africa are subjected by the Government 01 thc Union,

Congress notes with deep satidactionthat Gandhijismes- mge of non-violent resistance to evil has til ken root in South Africa and furtber tbnt in tbe Gtrur:gleagainst oppression and racial violence Africans, Euro, penns, peoples of mixed rucial descents and Indians have made common cause, thus meeting the t win evils of racial discrlrninu- tion and violeace by racial co- operntion andnon-violenre.

TheGovernment of tho Union of South Africa continues to flout world public opinion even llS embodied in the moderate resolutions of the Uoited Na.

tiODS Organisat iou which only calls upon the Union Govern- ment to enter into ncnotiat ion s and allow the facts of racicl dis- crimination to he ex ..mined.

T'he Govercrnent of South Africa has thus given further evidence

A s

^{mentn rcanlt}made by the Mini otrr^{of the a::\te-} o( the Interior in Parliam ent on tbe 10th o( February HI;;:J regardingthe (mtry of wio;cs lInu minor obildrc,l ofInubns domioil- ed in South Africa into thoUnion, the Department of Immi~rali'm

ond Aslatio Affaire bas eno·

pended tbo oBoal praotic ~ of a('ceptlng applic:lllons (or tbo entry of Buob ",h'esond childrcn.

Cosequenlly the affect eu peroons are fiodiag gre:lt dim~nltlea in the matter.

We wieh to inform all thesc persons wbo have applied to bring their wives an tllor minor ohiltlron Into Sonth Afric:l nnd wbo are experienciog dim- collies to report10 the (ollowing

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(0 Natal Indian Congresp.

thnt she does not respect the principles of human rights to which the civilized world has Rivcn itsapproval and 0110 that she dare not allow tbe light of reason or or truth to be directed to itsoffences against the law.

of humanity and the conduct of civilized natlons.

Congress congratulates the

SntY[1gtl'hi~ in the Union and those who co-operate witb them on their courage and de- termination as well as on tbe example which they are setting of racial and communal amity and co-operation which alone can lend to stability nnd pro- gressin n multi-racialsociety,

Congress trusts that South Africans, of Indian origin will continue to give their whole- healted su p p or t to the Satya-

~rnhisand share their sacrifices in suchwa ys as may be open to eachone of them,

Congress furtber calls up- on the civilized nations and peoples of the world to 100IQ

upon the courageous struggle of the Satyagra his in South Africa as a strug1:le of mankind for freedom of opportunity and rncinl equality and tolerance carried out in the way of truth and pence,and to express their sympathy wi th the victims of the racinl policies of the Union Government nnd to extend to the resisters every possible sup- port.

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Table cloths&SatJo IkdnlTe,"u .1 Redueed Prla5.

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"'I lITE COTTON SAREES 22(6tlIeh.

HUllemOllO or SLIPS,NlGlmES, PANTIES,BLOO:\IERS ele.

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SAREES!

LADIES UNDIES

Ladles Leather Champuls Size 3107 11/9pair.

all.badM lJ/J5/0eaeh,

ErtIDnOIDEREll SUEDE SILK SAREFS mlh borde., 63/·.Be~.

GEORGIITJE JARI WORK

SA REFS l5-16-0.

EMBROIDERED GEORGmTE SAREES.

SU<'\" Borders, J.rf Trfmmlngs AI"ays In Sloc:k.

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SHmTS, PYJAMAS, SOCKS, TIES, llANDKERClUEFS Etc.

SpeclaDyreduced.

1516 yd.

44" COLOURED GEORGETTES 4/11 yd.

VELVET CHENILE GEORGETTES 45"

EMBOSS GF.ORGETIT.5

~11 B""d~45" 1016yd.

44" PRINTEDGEORGL1TE SJKlI '" Floral D.,rllnJ45" 4/11yd.

OPAL GEORGETfES

45"nil Bhndu 1'1.16)d.

noumn

BORDI:R PAISLEY CREPE-DE-CIlfNE45" 516yd.

Ladles Lutest PIn, lie Champats aU Bhadt:! sItts 3107 16(6pair.

Colours: Geecn,WhUe, Red, Brown, mat nnd WIne.

JAVBfEE SILK HOUSE

39a MARKET STREETt JOHANNESBURG.

P. O . Box 5169.

Phone 33-6229.

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Sunbeam ...2boon10 all house- wives ...makes it $:}'J.1l to keep the fleers and furniture bright and 2lf1":lCth-e'

Efloule1.1y a link Sunbe:=

j,spre.J ov.. r²l.Jrg' ~togive..

thar ple..ing shine which bsu lor d.}s and daY"

Sunbeam makes your home look clean and inviting I

FOR BRIGHTER FLOORS AND LIGHTER WORK Always ask for

Polishing with

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IS so easyl

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1953

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The medicinal and toilet propertiesin Culicura Soap not only cleanse the .kintboroughl>,. buthelpitto retain lu beauty and Its naturn\ mo!sture.lIO c-asiJ)'U<Jriedout"in hot climates.

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If w" waet to see onr childree free {,om thie evil disease, prao.io.ll mea8ar6ll 'm a sl be eeforc~dlind 11mas. be dono today and uot lom?rrow if the next geneTlillon h to be 83ved from It.

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are and 81waYI have been and always will be "Ilqnor,'

Humaulty hall been cursad from tbe very day Intoxtcants were mannfaetured. In me- dieval limes when the purpcse Will aotually to numb one's braln for 8urRIosi pnrpoaes or for extraollnR the truth ont of II

orlmlnal It WIlS ne, or abused to the extent It has been abnsed In lheae modern 11mea.

I am DO medical 8uthorlty on the merits or demerl1a of the Ilquor crave but on lin economlo and aooial balls I wlU con- demn liquor to the very IMt drop of life left In me. Not because 1 hate Ilq nor on the gronnds that It baa caused eco- nomlo onsl8blllty amollllsl the middle ota8~people but beoanse 11la, aed will ahvay. be, e. 800la1 dtsease,an Incurable one whloh no medio d seleace can over- power or defeat.

No sooial disease can be oared by medloine, remember my words, yon doctors, nf todllY.

Ooly by draatle meaaures laken by Government departments c mld the evil be eradleated,

Toe manntecture of lIqnor ebonlJ be cnrtalled gradaally.

Prohibition comes into clIeol.

Llqnor parties sbonld be con- demned, Itqunr sdverrieementa shoold bs banned, liqaor s~ore8

shonld be reduced aanually co locidln8 with the oorlallment of lIS mlonfaclure.

By C. D. MODI

EVILS OF DRINK

ll:gl11nlnR '" Ith oor maia tab-

Ic.I 'Wonld 83Y Ih~ cune has

".aall,.alarted tla evll OJorse In l!lefoutbfal dara "I on,,'a liCe.

Waen oue n"ver cart:a^(or hOlLe.

pueo~, "ldtn. foclety or Stu 'tUglon. The iliad:!

~::d llIotltlll bllh8 have 111""1 lI.lvoc.sted teetotallrlsw lad Ipirlla c.C IIlJS \:Ind for Inl PIUpose Ie forblddtn. eo we ' " lhat the fllodallitdal calues of Lrokeo Lowee, dl vurcc£. so:- oliulIadIIbOlt of olb"r 111ll:t:die6 loclodlo£ f~lherltU cbildren.

prCl.l~Il:C¥I1l1do.hereocldl evilr, Then Is oJnslanl argoment a8 10 whem tbe word Aloohollo .bonld bs appUed. },IS d·)11rltlou

woald he ss follows:

Anybody who feelslike having

• rcnnd of spirits without being elrered.~meaad who,itolI~r"d, 'Woald never hesitate to drink thtl olI,rln!:, In ho: would be onll loo pleased 10 bJ abl^J to Ret

• fd" to:' lXr.l for Ih~ dllY·

That wonld meaa 8o}'b:ldy and ntr,bodJ woa111 be termed an aJooboUo If he or Ibe h 18II h,bu ot enn^IIglu! of brandy. wino or for thsl maller aOJ Eplrlt~,

chlb, In fao', lit II c.:rlalo (hllli 11m!, ny .,very Helll!'!: or

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^HEu.e01 liquor haa been leOllpted^aJa modern trend In the IIOOlal 1IIe of our youth bllt hu takena wrong elrlde 1\8 lar u morality and character Is concerned, 00 the enjoyment lids Iud, 01oonrae, tbe romanllo pari01InY loolal lonotlon. where both.exu are represented, llnnor mlllht have bean and has been a ll"'t.Umublor of Impulses In both .exel and the resnlt bas b~n lrJRlo alwaY8, aod detrl- mentallo the weakersex luoda- mentiny.

We oontlnuou81y read 10 ths dally papers to pies on t.loobollce. Aloobollo. are not born I I snch and are never

"labelled" Intaotlooally^I bnl are theprodnoll of tl:ie I08l\lulioo 01 pleuure lind enjoyment and

\0Iluler degree "worry ~orgel.

\lUIlob" and allo mind relaxers

~rwe mlY say "!lappy making toll" Thue terms 1 have naed areall In one way or another reapou.lble for the bolltllog of an Aleobollo.

Always Better. Better Always, Are Kapitan's Tempting

Sweetmcals.

For nearly half a century we are leading in tho manufacture of Quality Sweetmeats and Cakrs.

'W \ ' us ron '11 11: LAll,.sr rNUIt\N rtU:OIl"~.

Address:

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(KORNCn SWf:r:ll\ICAT uousm Comet Gtey Mel VlctorJn She.t.

LALA BABHAI & CO. (pry.) LTD.

Show Rooms At 107 Prince Edward St.& 78 Victoria St.

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Exporters and Commission Agents for Natal Fruit ;rnd Vegctable$. We specialize In green ginger and India", Vegetables. Wholes:lIc only. Write (or partlcul_,.,

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