PAGE FOUR UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS MARCH 29, 19 British Recognition Of Indian Right To Independence 'Not a New Policy' By LOUISE F. KEEMLE (United Press Staff Correspondent) Great Britain, in her latest statement of policy in India, has given formal recognition to the clamor for independence which is sweeping the eastern world from the Mediterranean to the Netherlands East Indies. Prime Minister Clement R. Attiele specifically recognized the right of India to independence, even to the extent of withdrawing from the British Empire. Inferentially, he also recognized the right of other peoples of Asia and Indoesia to self-determination. Nevertheless, it was an unequivocal recognition of a principle which henceforth is likely to be regarded by the Indians and the nationalists of kindred lands as their charter of liberty. Attlee's declaration evidently was prompted partly by serious disaffection in India and the prospect of greater unrest because of impending famine. The government also was influenced by the spread of the disease in other countries, in other countries, and its effect on India and unusual frankness when he said: Immediately after Attie's statement to parliament, a spokesman for the India office said it represented no real change in British policy, but was "merely the dotting of the Is and crossing of the Ts." "The tide of nationalism is running very fast in India and, indeed, all over Asia. One always has to remember that India is affected by what happens elsewhere in Asia." A fact which Attlee did not mention was pointed out by unofficial observers in London. It is the presence in India of a great new group of trained native soldiers, who were part of India's war army of 3,000,000 and who support the nationalist cause. Unlike the members of the regular army who normally take a professional attitude toward their soldiering and have little interest in politics, they are class-conscious and have many grievances about demobilization, pay, food and their economic future. Their spirit was manifested in the recent serious naval mutiny and in minor outbreaks of insubordination since. The Attlee statement probably will be welcome in Indonesia, Malay, Burma and the.Arab world, although it will be considered that its issuance at this moment was inspired by a desire to forestall serious trouble in India. The chief objection from the Indians will be that it follows the line of previous British statements of policy in failing to suggest any time limit within which independence will be effective. Attlee merely said that the cabinet commission which is going to India next week will do its utmost to help the Indians obtain their freedom "as speedily and as fully as possible." Attlee's proposal and a transition period and an interim government may be expected to be regarded by extreme nationalists as the same old stalling and "maybe" policy, so that a strong demand for a more specific pledge—such as the 1946 commitment made by the United States to the Philippines—it likely to arise. Meanwhile, Attlee made it reasonably clear that any permanent government and constitution must be sufficiently all-embracing to assure a firm and just administration before Britain relinquishes authority completely, lest the persecution of minorities or even anarchy result. Let's Go to CHURCH . . 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