Vigil - An Independent Political Weekly Saturday February 25 1950

The treaty as acclaimed by the Foreign Ministers of the nations concerned is no doubt of "historic significance." The USSR in spite of the time-lag regarding the territorial cocessions has tried to meet the Chinese nationalist aspirations —unless we are to share Dean Acheson's fears that there are secret clauses in the treaty committing China irretrievably to the position of a vassal. [...] bases in Asia by the U. S. Chiefs of Staffs the divesion of part of American fleet in the Atlantic to the Pacific and the latest Bangkok coference of the U. S. embasies in Asia may be taken as American counterpoise to the Soviet victory in Asia. [...] idealism of the opposition days and the early enthusiasm of the first taste of power clearly indicates that they have been saved the odium and the incovenience of fighting the Big Change from without. [...] If there is a wrong anywhere one has to resist it whether through violence or non-violence If the means are violent the object of the soldier is to change the heart of the wrong-doer through the instinct of rear. [...] Rajendra Prsad in a message sent on the occasion declared that "the hitory of the nation is the bigraphy of Nehru and the bigraphy of Nehru is the history of the nation." Apart from its charming poetic tautology the historic dictum is instinct with profound significance.