Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-17
Chinese Situation Being Broug ht
Closer To The People Of America

To most of the people in Northeastern North
Carolina a dateline Marking, China" on news
story seems about as remote as the moon, however
most of the date lines from that part OF the woro
these days seem to be bringing the Chinese stuat-
ion little closer home.
When We dav followed within four months by
VI day in 1945 we Americans Immediately set up a
howl sentimentalists that we are, to bring the ooys
home; and within a remarkably short time the boys
had been brought home the Army had been declmat-
3D. the Fleet had been scuttled or put away IN motn
balls the Air Force far below necessary oelen-
siye strength and the guble Americans settled down
to enjoy millennium of peaceful brotherhood with
our friends and allies, the Soviet Union
So eager were we all to cast off the garments OF
war and 40 busy were we with own homecomlngs,
our own celebrations and our own look at peace 1at
we neglected to notice what our nelghoors were 90
ing.
bors were busy-quite busy, especially in such coun-
tries as Poland and China
The Berlin "criss" been crisis ever since
the Americans ordered to halt their advance into
shattered Germany to allow the Soviet troops to ac-
cupy Berlin first-has been in the headlines now Tor
months In Berlin the Russians are wearing Russian
uniforms and the fighter plans which buzz the cargo
planes in the air corridors are loene1leo Win 'ne
red STAR.
In China however the term Red" has been used
In another sense because there the battle is between
the Chinese There the uniform is different out the
LOYALTY is the same. Moscow inspired commentaries
warn the United States against interfering IN strug
gle which is termed "an internal struggle entirely
and lot of Americans are gulllbly swallowing every
word begging their government to keep out OF some
thing (which doesn't concern us"
Those people-and there are lot OF them right
here in our midst-are the same ones who were so
busy shouting for the boys to come home that they
failed to notice the postwar military commerce be-
tween the former Japanese puppet state OF Man.
chukuo and mother Russia. Manchukuo again be-
came Manchuria and, to all intents and purposes,
part of China again.
In the eyes of the world the invaders-in that
case the Japanese-had been driven out, but in their
place was well-trained army of Chinese Commun-
lists with chain of command that stretches from
the plains of the Yangtze valley straight to the krem
lin.
History seems to be bearing out an unpopular
prediction that the Americans gambled at Yalta and
got the Russians to declare Japan, but in so
doing we to have lost the gamble because we
left the door wide open in Asia.
We have already been outmaneuvered in Korea;
the Russians are pulling out leaving well-trained
army of natives in their place while we do not dare
do the
The fall of Nanking appears to be imminent
while to most of Marking still is merely a date
line news story.
It may be closer than think
If strong enough it may not ever become
a costly piece of ground to be paid for with Amer
lean lives.
If we ignore responsibility however, may
well be taking another losing gamble with own
way of life the stakes.
It is certainly worth considering.