EDITORIALS The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, Feb. 1, 1948 Established April 15, 1871. Issued every morning by The Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Worlds Greatest Foe of Violence Dies at Hands of Assassin It is doubtful if there is another single individual in the world not even Stalin whose assassination will have so profound an effect on the future of so many people as that of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who Friday fell before the bullets of a Hindu fanatic. The news of his death flashed around the world, leaving in its wake a shocked populace in every land. By any standards Gandhi was a great figure. In his native India he was regarded by its teeming millions almost as a deity. Although the slaying of Gandhi will not plunge the world into a war such as the one that followed the assassination of Duke Ferdinand at Sarajevo, the effect it will have on India is inestimable. He was the one man in that troubled land who could and did prevent, temporarily at least, a bloody uprising. He had just broken a fast which he imposed on himself to halt the ravages of a fast growing religious war between the Hindu and the Moslem sects of India. As the report of his death swept across India rioting broke out in several sections and more is expected. Grief stricken men and women gathered on the streets of New Delhi by the thousands to mourn the passing of a man who had given his long life in the service of his beloved country. The great man of peace had died by the violence which he abhorred. Although it is difficult to understand the motive behind the killing of this gentle and inoffensive man, the tragedy had been foreshadowed by several attempts on his life from Hindus spurning peace until they were revenged on the Moslems who had committed atrocities on their people. During the long years of British domination Gandhi had offered his life many times in protest fasts. Since Britain gave India her independence with the formation of two separate countries, Pakistan and India, the scene has been a troubled one. Wrongs have been committed by both sides in the religious struggle between Moslems and Hindus. In the Kashmir dispute, the most recent reason for conflict, both factions have pointed accusing fingers. Vincent Sheean, in a recent dispatch to the New York Herald Tribune, reported that the Hindu leaders never really accepted partition, but only pretended to do so in order to get rid of the British, and that since August 15, the independence date for both India and Pakistan, they have tried by every means in their power to strangle this new state before it can fully come into being. Explanations of the dispute in India are apt to be oversimplified in western minds. There are ramifications of religious and governmental issues too complex for most Americans. Both of the new nations have asked the United Nations to pass on their claims. That in itself will be a difficult enough task. But the death of Mohandas Gandhi is one of those tragic by products of fanatic up heavals the fires of which are fed by religious intolerance throughout history. His death will not solve anything and his last fast unto glorious death will go for naught. But Gandhis name will live as long as India survives and his martyrdom will assure him a place in humanitys hall of fame. Monday, February 2 Stormy and cold Busy at new home Tuesday, February 3 We go to wonderful Concert Caroll Glenn most wonderful violinist only 22 years old. Beautiful woman. All American trained from South Va. I think Roads Slippery Write some letters