The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-13
Observations
Chinese Part i'm
War Obscursd 10y
Big Three Plans
BY Helen Esssry

lnBtOut OF example
That little. growing buzz buzz
about China
What has happened to CHINA Is
she still in the VAR Have the
United Nations or-tQ be exact
the Big Three thereof forgotten
about their Far Eastern Ally?
Are the Big Three paying Chi.
mas game? Is China playing only
her own game? N is China getting
lost in the shuttle OF boundary
lines?
Has Britain forgotten everything
in the Far East except Singapore,
which she is determined to get
hack And has the United states
forgotten everything in the Far
East-her Allies plans. etc.-eN-
cept Tokyo? Are We the United
States helping China as We should?
And II not, why?
Wasn't the purpose OF Madame
Chang Kai.sheks visit 10 beguile
more help for her country out OF
the United States Did she &C.
complish the purpose OF that dra-
matte tour?
Could il he possible that Madame
Chiangs dramatic tour was
practical mistake? Why
The answer to the last question
is this. II Madame Chang did fail
after a fashion, it was because IN
her own personality she did not
represent a hungry, needy China.
Nor an anxious. Impoverished
China. She represented an eXcit-
ing, conquering. glamorous China.
In her glorious hrocades and
Jewels. her minks and Chlnchlllss
her encourage OF retainers Nine
Chang did not spell the poor Of
China. She herself was wealth
and brightness. She was the brains
and sorcery Of the Orient The
Queen OF Sheba really Coming TO
call on Solomon. or maybe she
was a Portis out OF Shakespeare.
But did she help Chlnss cause?
The friends OF China spell friend
with with little letter "f this
time-sre beginning TO believe that
she did not She was spectacular
and clever and beautiful and in
tellectusl But did she make you
or anybody else feel truly sorry
for China? She did not She made
y-u think OF China as vivid thrill.
ing. Not as struggling. maybe dy-
ing.
Perhaps this radiant wife Of the
Chinese generalissimo came play
ing the role best suited for con-
ferences with some OF the great
American leaders. But, 10 my
friends who know China as well
as that vast country can he known
by anybody. she did not help Chi
na-for long
OTHER THINGS YOU HEAR
spoken in Washington
Was that phrase OF the Presi-
dents veto message about taxing
the NEEDY for the greedy" wise?
The phrase has snappy sound.
Yes, but almost too snappy Too
PAT.
Was It the Presidents own
phrase Il likely was But give
the words about three months 70
soak into the national mind and
conversation Then you can tell II
they were art
More talk-Presiden Roosevelt
with Rooseyeltiap sdroitness will
turn the Barley resignation into
an asset for himself. The Presi.
dent is at his best when things
seem at their worst-for him when
the engines are roaring and you'd
think he'd be moved down forever
in one more second his wits spring
into gear, his own mind takes
charge OF the slower minds IN the
neikhborhood and before You can
say Grover Cleveland who.
was that fellow anyhow he has
command OF. the biggest engine
and of he drives with his cizaret
holder cooked higher than ever.
THIS TOWN is FULL OF EX-
- PERTS who have just come back
from South America, the South Pa
cihc. Italy, China and possibly
from a voyage TO the moon for all
we know Most Of these gentle
men-ladies are not being sent
travelling far nowadays-bring dis
couraging reports about the lack OF
lasting United States influence
anywhere.
The United States has an infu-
ence OF sorts in foreign countries
dollar and munitions influence.
Only as long as the dollars and the
munitions Keep coming and tho
Americans keep staying So the
experts report.
But Ameri ms don't enjoy liv.
ing away from America Not the
Americans who matter They want
TO get back to good plumbing They
say they have to so home TO Wash
ington TO report But what they
really want is a good bath They
are still tourists and they still
haven't much influence on the
thinking OF other nations The
reason for this 81 is that most
Americans get bored with long
slow jobs We're really a theatric-
I'll people Hollywoodians. at least