Himalayan Times (1954)

Four

September 12, 1954

Editor:

A DANGER

Once upon a time
there wae an educated
gentleman of cohaiderable
repute in his town, who
obstinately held that it
was all nonsense to say
that rats carried fleas
which spread the plague.
Once plague did come to
his village and he refused
all medical precautions.
When a rat tell dead in
his own house he, out of
ehere contempt for the
warnings aliowed his child-
ren to play with it. All
in the family were infected
and only three out of the
lot survived to tell this
tale

There are not a few
people in our country and
among- them, men and
women of great repute,
who seoro the idea that
commuuism can be a dan-
ger to India. Either they
Bay that Indian or Asian
brand communism is no
communism at all, or they
point to the relatively
email numbers of the
Commnnist party of India
and mock at the idea of
the possibility of any great
evil coming from so small
a body The bite of the
plague flea might be in-
significant, but the con-

sequences are often fatal.
There is always a time
lag between being bitten
by the plague flea and the
manifestation of the sick-
ness. This interval is
required for the plague to
develop and thoroughly
infect the system. Simi-
larly there is always a
time lag between the
development of a move-
ment and the perceptibi-
lity of the development.

Communism may be
well' advanced and the
body politic deeply infec-
ted before the symptoms
are detected. It would
amount to a criminal
irresponsibility to allow
our youth to play with
a danger which may well
bring about their ruin.

PRIME MINISTER'S ' '
VISIT TO CHINA
The Government of
the People's Republic of
China had invited the
Prime Minister of India
to pay a visit to China.
Prime Minister has accep-
ted this invitation. His
visit will be a brief one
and will probably take
place about the middle of
October, 1954.

IN LOK SABHA

— Sardar Surjit Singh
Majithia, Deputy Defence
Minister, replyirjg to a
question by Sri Jhulan
Sinha, said that the Sta-
tes where the largest num-
ber of personnel were
enrolled in the Defence
services during the last
two years were as follows
in order of the numbers
recruited ;—

Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,
Madras, Bombay.
—In reply to Sri S. C.
Samanta, Sardar Surjit
Singh Majithia, stated that
five flying and seven
ground training establish-
ments had been set up
in the IAE since partition.
These provided for prac-
tically all the training
oourses lequired. Only a
small number of personnel,
3 to 5% of the total
number to be trained,
were sent overseas to
undergo a few higher
specialists courses.

—Rtplying to Dr. Ram
Subhag Singh ard Sri
Bhakt Darshan, Sardar
Surjit Singh Majithia, said
that the management of
Garrison Cinemas was
being taken over by the
Canteen Stores Depart-
ment (India) and not by
the Government of India.
The total number of cine-
mas to be taken over by
the Canteen Stores Depart-,
ment was 48. Only 8 of
■them would, however, be
taken over in the first
instance.