{"id":3118,"date":"2014-10-03T08:36:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T08:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/2014\/10\/03\/mt-60-years-6\/"},"modified":"2018-05-31T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:39:26","slug":"mt-60-years-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/mt-60-years-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr N.M.U. Director of Le Cern\u00e9en writes to Mauritius Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Mauritius Times 60 Years Ago – 1st YEAR NO. 8 –\u00a0<\/span>SATURDAY\u00a0<\/span>2nd October 1954<\/span><\/p>\n

Monsieur,<\/span><\/p>\n

Je vous prie de bien vouloir publier ce qui suit dans le prochain num\u00e9ro du <\/span>MAURITIUS TIMES pour r\u00e9pondre aux imputations et attaques dont j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019object dans les num\u00e9ros du <\/span>MAURITIUS TIMES des 18 et 25 Septembre dernier. <\/span><\/p>\n

Je ne m\u2019attarderai pas \u00e0 d\u2019inutiles digressions et viens tout de suite aux faits. J\u2019ai protest\u00e9 dans LE CERNEEN contre les articles que vous avez publi\u00e9s sur l\u2019esclavage \u00e0 Maurice et sur les \u2018noirs marrons\u2019 en accusant les autorit\u00e9s fran\u00e7aises et nos p\u00e8res d\u2019avoir traqu\u00e9 sans indulgence ces hors-la-loi qui pourtant vous n\u2019en doutez pas \u2013 assassinaient et pillaient.<\/span><\/p>\n

J\u2019ai d\u00e9sapprouv\u00e9, dans LE CERNEEN, cette campagne retrospective apparemment inspir\u00e9e par le d\u00e9sir d\u2019envenimer de vielles rancunes et de diviser dans ce pays la communaut\u00e9 chr\u00e9tienne au profit de certaines ambitions politiques.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nous sommes tous d\u2019accord sur l\u2019ignominie de l\u2019esclavage mais je vous reproche de ne vous attacher qu\u2019\u00e0 celle-ci, et de passer sous silence, puisque votre journal prend une attitude moralisatrice, les horreurs encore plus grandes et infiniment plus \u00e9tendues qu\u2019a perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es le communisme dans le monde depuis plus d\u2019un tiers de si\u00e8cle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il est un excellent moyen de d\u00e9montrer \u00e0 vos lecteurs votre esprit de justice et vos bonnes intentions de loyal sujet britannique : c\u2019est de leur affirmer que vous condamnez le communisme et luttez sinc\u00e8rement\u00a0 contre son expansion. Pouvez-vous le faire ?<\/span><\/p>\n

Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 sugg\u00e9r\u00e9 dans vos colonnes que les intentions de la Nalanda Co. Ltd.<\/strong> sont pures et que sa librairie n\u2019a jamais contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la diffusion d\u2019ouvrages subversifs, voire communistes. Pouvez-vous affirmer n\u2019avoir jamais vu vendre par la Nalanda Co.Ltd<\/strong>. des livres de cette nature, ni \u00e0 Port-Louis, ni dans sa librairie roulante.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cela permettrait au public de penser que j\u2019ai peut-\u00eatre mal jug\u00e9 vos intentions et que celles-ci sont vraiment au-dessus de tout soup\u00e7on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Veillez agr\u00e9er, Monsieur, l\u2019expression des mes sentiments distingu\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\n

(SG) Noel D\u2019Unienville<\/span><\/p>\n

Ed. Note:<\/span><\/strong> This is the third time that Mr N.M.U. deliberately mingles the MAURITIUS TIMES with the Nalanda Bookshop and he expressly ignores the statements issued by the Secretary of the Nalanda Co Ltd. The articles of our correspondent Mr D. Napal, B.A. (HONS) have in fact roused his wrath and since the 16th ultimo he has devoted three articles and editorial comments to our paper. At first he turned the MAURITIUS TIMES into a jest. As he is very lavish in giving certificates to others, MAURITIUS TIMES was evidently called a \u00ab FEUILLE DE CHOU \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n

We don\u2019t care whether Mr N.M.U. approves our opinions or not but when he indugles in the luxury of calling us \u00ab les ennemis de l\u2019ordre \u00bb, \u00ab les subversifs \u00bb and poses himself as an expert and starts giving advice we think it fit to put him in his right place. He almost insulted Mr Napal and he actually stigmatized all the Hindu intellectuals as rabble rousers. Finally, he stated that India \u00ab fut et reste l\u2019un des pays les plus cruels de la terre \u00bb, this because the articles of Mr Napal showed that the early French settlers treated the black slaves as beasts of burden. Now he tells us that our intentions in publishing the articles of Mr Napal were to \u00ab envenimer les vieilles rancunes et de diviser dans ce pays la communaut\u00e9 chr\u00e9tienne \u00bb\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

But what were his intentions when he wrote the following in LE CERNEEN of 23.2.53 : \u00ab L\u00e0-bas (l\u2019Inde) s\u00e9viraient encore la cruelle tyrannie des princes Indiens, les implacables discriminations de castes (d\u2019ailleurs \u00e0 peine adoucies jusqu\u2019\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent), l\u2019affreuse sordit\u00e9 d\u2019un peuple mis\u00e9rable et \u00e9ternellement affam\u00e9, inaccessible aux principes d\u2019hygi\u00e8ne et d\u00e9cim\u00e9 sans espoir par tous les germes l\u00e9thif\u00e8res qu\u2019il rec\u00e8le. \u00bb <\/span><\/p>\n

What were his intentions when he published the prejudicial, malicious and vilifying articles of Raymond Cartier on India. During five years he has been pouring a niagara of venom on the very Hindus who have watered this country with their sweat, tears and blood. <\/span><\/p>\n

As regards communism we think that there are authorities more competent than Mr N.M.U. to stop it. We have faith in the British Colonial Government and we can safely say that the advices and fears of Mr N.M.U. are most uncalled for. He wants us to reaffirm that we shall fight communism, but had he cared to read our first and second issues he would have seen clearly on which side of the fence we stand. We upheld the programme of the International Federation of Free Trade-Unions which is an anti-communist organisation. Besides the imaginary communist menace, which is really the hobby of Mr N.M.U. and his likes, the most dangerous calamities against which urgent fight is needed are: economic insecurity, hunger, religious and political intolerance, race and colour prejudices, illiteracy and l\u2019esclavage moral. Will the CERNEEN fight these?<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the excellent means that must be used in order to show to our readers our sense of justice and our loyalty to the British Crown we don\u2019t think that we need the advice of Mr N.M.U. It is comforting and at the same time relieving to note that there are young men in the community of Mr N.M.U. who have a very broad view of life. Mr Noel Brouard who is at present in England writes in the Mauritius Student Quarterly: \u00ab The world is changing so rapidly that even such a small place as Mauritius cannot afford to mark time. The bad old days of prejudice, ignorance and injustices are being swept away and something better must be put in its place\u2026 colour and race prejudices were originally developed by the economic background of our country (Mauritius)<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Apart from the obvious injustices involved which in law at least are now eradicated, it meant a great loss to people of the island who denied themselves the stimulating contacts with other cultures.<\/em><\/strong> (Italics are ours).<\/span><\/p>\n

What will Mr N.M.U. say on such a fearless and frank assertion of a young man of his community ?<\/span><\/p>\n

* * *<\/span><\/p>\n

Can Govt. Say?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whilst National Flour (ordinary flour) is sold in England at 89shs per bag of 280 Ibs delivered (vide last week Financial Times) \u2013 in Mauritian money and weight it is 23cs per Ib, why similar flour in Mauritius is sold by Govt. at Rs 46.93 c per bag of 136 Ibs (wholesale to retailers at approximately 35 cs per Ib) ?<\/span><\/p>\n

* * *<\/span><\/p>\n

MEET THE CROWD<\/span><\/p>\n

AT<\/span><\/p>\n

NAAZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do not miss PATITA<\/strong> the talk of the island <\/span><\/p>\n

First Sunday night show at NAAZ the leading show house Sunday night at 7.45 <\/span><\/p>\n

PATITA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And the great entertainer: HAAR JEET<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch for Kishore Sahu\u2019s proud production<\/span><\/p>\n

MAYURPANKH<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(a colour picture of a colourful land)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

* Published in print edition on 3 October 2014<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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