The great problem seems to be that while people may be able to fight successfully for freedom, they may not yet be prepared to set up a stable and functioning independent government. The French pulled out but the Moroccans had no one to replace them. They were totally unprepared for self government, they were in fact much worse off than they had been a year before. Today, this is happening in a more drastic form in the Congo with the withdrawal of the Belgians. The time for colonization has perhaps gone forever, but some intermediate transition system is essential if chaos is not to follow. A recent Afro Asian resolution in the UN reveals the difficulty of the position by these words, inadequacy of political, economic, social or cultural preparedness, shall not serve as a pretext for denyi... (查看原文)
Perhaps our best hope is that the Japanese as well as ourselves one piece above all, this was impressed upon me strongly at the tragic city of Hiroshima. To arrive in Hiroshima is an emotional experience. Here is where the first atom bomb ever to be dropped on human beings was actually used. But people of the United States believe that our leaders thought long and carefully before they use this dread weapon. We know that they thought first of the welfare of our own people that they believe the ball might end the war quickly with less loss of life everywhere than if it had not been dropped. In spite of this conviction, one cannot see a city and to be shown the area that was destroyed by blasted fire and be told of the people who died or were injured without deep sadness. To see the whole we... (查看原文)
