The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-30

al is upon those who, victims OF
the war. hoped and prayed for pers-
onal rehabilitation In the spiritually
satisfying atmosphere OF Pales-
tine. / suppose that now they will
be lef; 70 die in European concen.
tration camps while Ibn Saud
erects a monument Of desert sand
to his American benefactor.
The betrayal OF the Jews attracts
more attention than the betrayal of
the Koreans, who at Yalta were cut
in two so that neither part can re-
main nationally alive. The Rus
slams hold the northern half; the
United States holds the southern
half; and ne'er the twainshalI
unite. II can be stated now that
Korea T. much worse on than she
was under the Japanese. Then, at
any rate. there was a Korea; to-
day there are two half-Koreas.
Then a railroad could bring coal
from the north to the agricultural
areas OF the south, and food to the
industrial areas OF the north. Now
a wall stands between them-a
wall built on plans prepared at
Yalta where three cynical and tired
men d ew lines on paper In the sec
recy 81 their own magnihcence and
called 1t diplomacy. Should Korea
ever discover a way OF feeling It.
self from the Yalta betrayal, II
might erect a tombstone OF shame
to honor those who spoke OF democ-
racy and did deeds OF tyranny and
oppression.
AS wrote these lines. was I'm.
PEELED to look at the Atlantic Char
ter. that last gasp OF idealism.
now &c completely betrayed ana
abandoned. My eye fell upon the
fourth article OF this document
signed by Franklin ID. Roosevelt
and Winston Churchill. II reads:
Fourth. they will endeavor wi h
due respect for their existing obi.
cations, TO further the endowment
by all States. great or small. VIC
tor or vanquished, OF access. on
equal terms, to the trade and 10
the raw materials OF the worlo
which are needed for their econ
ofmic prosperity"
Note the words:
"All States. great or small, victor
or vapnuished." That was in Au-
gust, 1871. Great Britain was in
fear o. defeat: the United States
was hot yet officially at war. al
though secretly Mr.. Roosevelt had
already committed his country to
both the European and japanese
wars as the record now shows:
Soviet Russia had only been in a
few months after Hitler's breach
OF the Hitler-Stalin Alliance. Those
were dark days when mems souls
scared 20 lofty heights OF human
idealism. That miserable word.
realism had not yet become the
all-prevailing apology and explana-
ton for every outrage against hu.
man decent. II was moment
when there were very serious
doubts as to which nation would
be great and which small. who the
victor and who the vanduished.
when the day Of doom finally ar
rived
And so the Atlantic Charter was
hurled at world hungry for one
raw Of moral light upon the Sty-
gian and hopeless deviltry. The
Atlantic Charter was announced in
the spirit and tone OF Wilsonian
democracy. And now all this is
BETRAYED. too. Forgotten. ignored.
even scorned is the Atlantic Char
ter with its promise Of charity and
kindness and forgiveness. In It's
place has come imperalistir real
ism. Diplomacy by blackmail ard.
worst OF all, the betravales OF ev ~
promise, OF every hope for 'rstice
Palestine and Korea are Incidents;
the BETRAYAL are legion.
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