The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-01
Congressional
Crisl Mill
~ REp. GEORGE sMATHERs

Sinre 1914 the United States
has gradually accepted the fact
Inst ihis world has become too
Small fof as % live isolated and
indifferent from the rest of our
eafthly neighboFs. The late Pres
isieni FRANKLIN Roosevelt recog-
nind and preached that our ma
tiunal security was dependent on
eundliinna and events in far
aMaF lands and on distant seas.
tle validity of that belief was
nfokcn hy the scope of the last
t.sM wars. IN the light Of our pres
sni rsnrept q international re-
lafiaals. q b we'll 20 examine the
steuts n0W Transporting in the
Ghlnosrs EVIL war.
when the Chinese civil war be-
$50 ln earnest Ia October of l045.
The Nationalist Governments
aFmies under GcneralissimO
NhlanN kai-Shek. were still in
tarl They were armed with
Aueliran equipment given them
81 flaht ihs Japanese. and with
ihal equipment they began mop
pts 40 the Communist forces.
tisef UeFe successfully driving
tft Communists backward when
So Nnitsa States adopted a
paiNy demanding the end Of the
tiEt Raf. and the formation of a
fuailfiun government between
tfs Nationalist and the Com
nauisis Tho United States then
sia8g.ri sending arms To the
CNlfWsr government fOr more
ihan cen munihs -- ten precious
naHiis m which the government
hsert t.etame disoreanlzed and
d1ussf alised while the Ccmmun-
lsla pressed forward, taking adj
NaniaNr uf the confusion result
na iIum Americas China policy.
Xhe Communist offensive swept
ttf0afd and is momentum
nal1afed strength as Il went
anna and u v ssill sweeping for
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TtrIe are those who would
haxt va telieve that there Is no
resienCe 81 Russian aid Ca inter-
sanfian in China. But q was the
Hnaaians aho armed the Chinese
ganifnuntsIs while We disarmed
tise euRef nmcut armies We are
aiao asked to believe that Mao
Tah tunE Communist leader, IS
Chineso. with nc allegiance to
MtsgaW The laets indicate other
aise The central committee OF
tae Chinese Communist Party,
wbseh Mao. Tseh- Tung heads, is
tied hand in glove with Soviet
rslihs fol the past 2S years the
Nssshts have conducted a train
.ns sfhsssi military and political,
fas chinese Communists in Mos
tum Mao Taeh Tung sent mes
aaeu O. tho Seventh Congress of
the International Communist
paftv IA which be said, the
mllitant Chinese Red Army sends
eattilnEs a. all-union Commun-
lag Patty ~ the u s s r. and TO
ti0 header and teacher of the
wea kgFs az the world. Comrade
stain THIS Congress will taclli-
lalf iho preparedness for the de-
eialsc hafricade fight tor Soviet
paNef throughout the entire
49, d
g. there could possibly be any
si.Iilhi ia anNunc's mind as To
uherp thc Chinese Communists
stand. that doubt should have
heen dispcllcd by a statement
uiaslr by Mao Tseh-Tung only a
iua DAYS ago when he said,
"China's eourse Is 10 ally with the
Ssgtlef Union. o. ally with the
nrn Democratic countries of Eu-
futtg ana ally with the proletarlat
aad tho MASSES OF the people IN
olhar countries Co form an in
transitional united front One
leans either O. the side of inn
paflalism uf g. the side of social
isln Neutrality Is a camOflage."
Roaiiung how small and close
IA Anti the world has become, the
circumstances existing IN China
afe alarming and should give Us
talsss lur concern and reason to
carefully consider with utmost
aravity oar future policy IN the
81 East