Pakistan May Seek Armed Aid From Empire Govts

Northern Advocate, 27 September 1947, Page 5

Pakistan May Seek Armed Aid From Empire Govts

(Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 26, THE Pakistan Government seriously contemplates appealing to other Commonwealth Governments for military and diplomatic aid to save Moslem refugees from the Indian union, says the Daily Telegraph’s Karachi correspondent.

This would have the gravest constitutional' and international consequences and embarrass the Governments concerned, but Pakistan regards it as a simple humanistic issue—the rescue of 1,000,000 innocent people from apparently certain extinction.

practicable because of the weakness of the Union Army. Mr Gandhi told a prayer meeting today that, though he opposed all warfare, if there were no other way of securing justice from Pakistan, the Indian Government would have to go to war against Pakistan. No one wanted war, but- he could never advise anyone to suffer injustice. -

Hundreds of thousands of evacuees are stranded in the utmost squalor on both sides of the border since the Indian Government suspended refugee traffic because neither India nor Pakistan can guarantee their safety. Pakistan believes that traffic could be peacefully resumed in both directions if the East Punjab Sikhs and Sikh states could be effectively disarmed, but this is believed to be im-

He would not mind if all Hindus were annihilated for a just cause. If war occurred the Hindus in Pakistan could not be fifth columnists.

They should leave Pakistan if their loyalty did not lie there. Similarly, Moslems whose loyalty was with Pakistan should not stay in the Indian Union.