Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-02-04
Roy Tucker
Whut's Busis For
Acheson's Chino Beliefs
WASHINGTON, Feb. &C. r. of Brook.

lyn raises question which puzzles many
of the big brains at Washington and other
world capitals. He wants to know whether
there is any substantial basis for Secretary
Dean Acheson's belief that the Chinese
Communists will eventually break with
Moscow, and turn toward the western ma.
tons for friendship and assistance.
Answer: understand that Mr.. Ache.
son has no definite or concrete evidence
for his frequently uttered hope. So far the
leaders of the new regime in China have
protested their gratitude and trust in
Stain, and seem to have placed themselves
under his guidance. Almost all the Red
chieftains except Mao Tze-tung have stud
led at Moscow's revolutionary schools.
REVULSION-Mr. Acheson may not
be indulging in wishful thinking, however.
He bases his belief on an eventual clash
on his knowledge of Chinese history, eco
nomics, geography and philosophy. Num-
erous Oriental experts, including recently
returned diplomats, share his attitude.
The present Chinese overturn had its
birth and inspiration in the peoples gen
eral hostility toward foreign" control and
influence, beginning even before the Boxer
movement toward the turn of the century.
AS other countries have achieved or
been granted their independence, this
spirit of Throwing the rascals out" has
become even more persistent. The west
ern worlds difficulties after World Wars
and II simply furnished the opportunity.
In view of this sentiment, Mr.. Acheson
does not believe that the Chinese will be
willing to swap nglo-French- American
masters" for Russian bosses. He feels
that MoscoW's iron rule, as evidenced in
her reported demands for virtual sover-
eighty over northern China, Korea and
seven ports, will precipitate revulsion
far more quickly than it did in Yugoslavia.
LAND-The backbone of the Reds
successful revolution has been the millions
of Chinese peasants. Whereas Chang Kai-
shek failed to improve their wretched lot,
Mao has broken up the large estates, and
redistributed the land among the former
landless and poverty-stricken farmers
That move, however, amounts to only
a sentimental poultice on their century
old wounds. New acres of good earth
will mean nothing to them unless their
economic and general living conditions are
improved. There must be roads, Organi-
cation of markets and tremendous IN
creases in production.
The answer to that problem is agri
cultural collectivism, based on large-scale
farming operations. In a recent speech
Stain admitted that effecting this change
was his most difficult operation solved
only through starving and killing millions
of protesting Russian kulaks, who were
really capitalists on small scale.
CONFUCIANISM- is questionable,
in Mr. Achesons opinion, whether the ex-
tremely individualistic Chinese peasant
will accept this kind of RECOMMENDATION. The
same consideration applies to industrial
workers, urban jewellers and all other
classes. In a showdown between dynamic
Leninism and the calm, contemplative
philosophy of Confucianism, Mr.. Acheson
is betting that the ancient prophet will
win out.
However, in view of the glacial nature
of Oriental change or progress, our Secre-
tary of State may not see his anti-Red
dream come true until the year which
President Truman envisages as the era of
Utopia at home-2000 AID.
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