The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-23
interpreting
The News
BY DEWITT MACKpN,,
AP Foreign Affairs ANAL.

LYST
The vital and holly deb,,.,
of how much mili Ss,ea
naval and air strength shah
maintained in the Orient by Ans oe
-ca and her Allies-not onlv n "a.
pan but in other strategic ar -, ID
isn't one which can be ansna ss-
with any degree of security at tt tb;a
juncture. AZ Ml'
Quite apart from defeated
pan, the whole Far East is IN Nv ., ID
state of political ferment 1 ts.a
it would take the seventh son 1's d.
the seventh son of a maio r'i ~ o.
phet to foretell what NAV bs pr ~
quired. The only thing wa;ch IT.. IT,
be said with assurance now is " Van
the situation is highly exn1o sis'
and that an upheaval in anv ns
OF several zones might precjn;t ...
trouble elsewhere.
If it were only Japan the A,,i.,
mad to worry about, the posito'
would be easier. But wars aOu
has released over East Asi. |Du
pandora's box of ills-witb how
alone remaining. Political N.Y.
sions have been cut loose in r ~"
meroIs countries, and while snv
given situation perhaps might ~
handled easily by itself, the Alu ~
must figure on the cumulative ef,
feet produced by some explosion
THREAT EAsED
The most dangerous Of all N,
cases-the threat of civil war IN
China between the Chinese Conn.,
munists and the Nationalist Gov.
eminent of Generalissimo Chiano
is reported to have eased greatlv
in the past few days. The author.
ltative Chungking newspaper Ia
KIng Pao announces that the gov.
eminent and the Communists have
reached an agreement to COOPER.
ate, ION the basis of equal posi-.
ton under Generalissimo Chians
for the reconstruction of China
This means-if 1t is OFFICIALLY
confirmed-that the government
and the Chinese Communists have
buried the Ratchet and that there
shall be no civil war. The whole
world most earnestly hopes that
this means a permanent settle.
ment, for civil strife in China
would be tremendous threat
to global peace. But I think we
must remember that Until the
cause Of the fever have been re.
moved, it may recur. There's
wide rift between the Nationalist
overnment and Chinese Com.
munism. H ow ever. this latest
news is encouraging.
Meantime in India, with its
400,000,000, the political parties
continue to agitate for independ.
ence from England. The Indian -;
National Co gress (Mahatma
Gandhi's organization) has met in
Bombay and adopted resolution
asserting that freedom not only for
India, but for Malaga, Indo-China
and the Indonesian Islands Uava,
Sumatra and so forth) is essenti.
al to avoid Sowing the seeds Of a
future war;" The resolution con.
demned the ''imperialist DONNA.
ton of these countries" there.
by hitting not only at Britain but
at Holland and France.
So far as concerns India, the
new Socialist Government Of Bri.
tain has moved promptly to i'm
plement its election promise Of in.
dependence in the form Of donnin.
ion status for that great sub-con-
tinent. Elections are to be held in
India soon and a provisional gov
eminent is projected for the franz
ing of a constitution. So while the
Nationalist and the British Gov
eminent are still far apart, the
wheels of peace are revolving
When we look at the countries
mentioned in the Indian National
list resolution we find them seeth'
ing with political unrest. French
Indo-China W ant S its independ'
ence. Nationalism is on tae war
path in the rich Dutch Island Of
Java. as It is freed Of japanese
occupation. Regarding Java ana
the rest of the East Indies, Ne'A'
erlands Minister of Colonies Long
emann last July promised them
their freedom under the queen
and pledged that Holland Woula
forsake imperialism.
Thus ass as a whole presents
situation that calls for NAME
nance of powerful and MooAe
Allied military strength. Not tha'
one Ally intends to intrude MIL
tarily in the affairs of another 0u'
there must be safeguard agalhS'
flames spreading from one coua'