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The ultimate political power-holder in Germany today, Smith believes, is the militarized SS. Smith's three possible elements of revolt against it, "in ascending importance: the Communists, the Church and its followers, the conservative Prussian military caste."
The caste system, ch?-Ed.
President Conant last night blue-printed a gigantic scheme for more democratic education and military training, to increase the potential officer field to its utmost and to approach "the ideal of a nation without caste."
Now U.S. newcomers in India see Sikhs in tanks and pursuit planes, Gurkhas driving armored cars. But any soldier with General Brereton's penetrating eye is bound to spot a flaw. Due partly to circumstances, including the necessary drain on Indian manpower and equipment for other theaters, the Indian...
India is nothing if not selfconscious: Indians derive both humor and a satisfying sense of tragedy from their hopelessly internecine differences. As Sadhu Singh Dhami, a distinguished Sikh scholar, said last week: "The cow is sacred to the Hindus and pork repulsive to Moslems. . . . The Hindus are rather noisy in...