20 fessed ideals, our hopes, and our skill, peace on earth is still a distanl objective, seen only dimly th rough the st orms and tltf nJoi/s of our present difflculties ?" (Emphasis oms.) Yes, WHAT ELEMENT IS We shall see- LACKING? and see very dearly. COU LD the <strong>for</strong>mulators of the United Nations Charter have even remotely envisioned an of the bizarre events that have occurred since those days in 1946 ? Could anyo ne, unless he understood Bible prophecy, have <strong>for</strong>etold sudden emergence of many new nations, barely toddli ng, like political babies, through world power politics as raw tyros and beginners, yet each one presenting its own peculi ar headache to all the big powers ? Had ANY of the big powers <strong>for</strong>eseen such. a strange occurrence-the United Nations would not be fac ing its present Cflses. T he Growing Number of Nations Here's what is actually happening: I ndcpendcl1ce has be<strong>com</strong>e the magic word in the impoverished "have-not" nations of today. From the screams of "UHU RU 1" in Kenya to the banners of " libertad 1" in Central Ame rica, independence is the exalted panacea of all times. Now, rag-tag, scraggly, ill iterate and impoverished little countries scream <strong>for</strong> "independence" immediately! Staggering though it sounds, about one third of the total population of this broad earth, (more than ONE BILLION people !), have run up their own Rags during the great dismemberment of empires that has followed in the aftermath of World War II. From that dramatic August of 1945, sixty uew natiol1s have been created on the face of this earth ! Here's what that means ! Government is much more than just big business- requiring educated men. Government should requi re a vast amount of educatjon; in tme history, government, languages, t flle and proven science, literature, and in ALL fields! Right government shotlld reguire kind ness, selflessness, understanding, eguity, trust, patience and faith! It should require men of courage; The PLAIN TRUTH capable of g reat personal sac rifice; <strong>com</strong>pletely HONEST men, who always tell the truth, even to their own hurt! It should requ ire understanding of the deep racial, social and economic problems; the problems of health, education and welfare, of conservation, of labor and management. It SHOU LD regulre a depth and g rasp of HUMAN NATURE, and real dynamic LEADER SHIP! It SHOU LD reg uire all these qualities, and a great many more! But contrast these vital prereguisites to rule with the spectacle of some of the newest nations on earth. In the great dismantlement of empires, MANY new nations have sprung up. MANY MORE are just around the co rner in modern history. Here's a part of the picture. O nly a Flagpole to Raise Some of the bloodiest riots of recent history have involved the urgent desire <strong>for</strong> independence on the part of many tiny, struggling nations. Like yo ung juveniles whose awakening bodies and minds, though youthful, begin to cry out <strong>for</strong> "experience" and " freedom"-like teen-agers who wish to <strong>com</strong>pletely throw off the yoke of all parental guidance and authority, many "new nations" which are not yet "nations" have struggled to throw off their real or imagined "yoke." But nationhood is not aft that simple - even as adulthood is not quite so rosy and simple as many a teen·ager pictures it ! Take the examples of Ghana, N igeria and Indonesia. As T ime magazine pointed out, their troubles are espeCially instructive, because most of the world's new nations have nowhere near the natural resollrces of Ghana, Nigeria or Indonesia. Time said, "Far too many of them [ emerging new nations] raise thei r Aags with little but a Aagpole to go on ... " Many "capital cities" of some of these nations are not cities at ali, but small tribal villages with dirty, garbage-strewn, unpaved streets; a collection of mud and straw huts of incredible squalor and filth ; with no schools, no public health or sanitation faci lities, Augus[, 1966 no plumbing or electricity, little, if any, public transport, and almost total illiteracy. Still , many scream <strong>for</strong> independence! The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease Waiting right now <strong>for</strong> the new magical status of "statehood" are Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Mauritius-ali due to be<strong>com</strong>e independent in 1966. Swaziland and South Arabia will fo llow soon. It was reported r~en tl y that thirtyone additional colonial territories in the British Empire alone remain to be freed around the wo rld, not to mention the nineteen otherJ to be given equal status by other <strong>for</strong>mer colonial powers. When you realize it is generally the weakest, most vociferous and insistent, and most violently anti-colonial who are given "statehood" FIRST, the problem takes on staggeri ng proportions! And, nearly always, the FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS <strong>for</strong> these new " nations" is to clamor <strong>for</strong> membership in the United Natiom.l And, shocking as it may sound, EACH ONE OF THEMI when accepted into the United Nations General Assembly, has EQUAL VOICE and an equal vote with the United States, Great Britain, France or Russia! Recent history has proved that, while many of the emerging new Black African nations waved "racism" as their banner in wanting to throw off the yoke of the White powers, they have, nevertheless, tended to vote as a "bloc" in the United Nations. In other words, while screams of racism represented the crucible through which they gained independence, they tend to vote in the United Nations along racial lines, rather than as independent, objective, sovereign nations. But, as many such new "nations" have found, simply getting the nation in business at all can be an exhausting task. T he Polirical Babies For example, at the same time the new flag is hoisted, and membership in the United Nations applied <strong>for</strong>, the new nations must establish embassies and consulates around the world. But even THIS can sometimes exhatlst both
AFRIC~t ., EN\ERGING NATIONS ... MAURnANIA New, H , ''''' Aq. ',INO 5 U DAN hft, I, 1956 KEY, RED - Colonial areas which have be<strong>com</strong>e independent nations since 1951. LAVENDER - Older independent nations. YELLOW -BROWN - Remaining colonial areas and Rhodesia.
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