Word: indias
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have seen two nations come before the United Nations with a seemingly insoluble problem, with diametrically opposed viewpoints, and consent to arbitrate their differences. A speech by the Indian delegate charging Moslem aggression, a five and a half hour talkathen by the Pakistan Foreign Minister Mohammaz Zafrullah Khan indicting India for "genocide," a quick vote and the discussion moved into the offices of M. van Langenhowe, Chairman of the Security Council...
Neither side is likely to underestimate the difficulty involved in reaching an agreement. India feels that Kashmir is rightfully hers despite an overwhelming Moslem population--the Hindu ruler preferred to stay out of Mohammedan Pakistan. She claims that the invading Punjab tribesmen have the backing of the Pakistan, Government and points out that the raiders have recently used light artillery and are singularly well equipped. Pakistan naturally feels that Kashmir is wrongfully in the enemy camp, but at the same time claims that the fault lies not with her, but with an Indian which is charged with trying to ruin...
Without an armed force, the United Nations can do little to implement its own decisions, unless the Big Five should bridge the East-West gap. The India-Pakistan willingness to arbitrate their case points a way out of the impasse at Lake Success--if all nations want lasting peace...
...Indians murdered their fellowmen last year. Few were arrested, none convicted-because legal evidence is difficult to procure when the ordinary man counts perjury a duty if it helps a friend or relative. In Delhi's dingy Sessions Court last week, a murder trial ended which demonstrated India's problem of crime & punishment...
Last week, British businessmen in Bur ma thought they would stay on. Britain still holds large investments in Burmese commerce and industry, and most of Burma's exports go to Empire countries. Burma, squeezed between two Asiatic giants (India and China), has permitted Britain to maintain military missions...