Evening star., 1950-09-10

who are frankly afraid Of what
cred his divisions the Korean
Communists were only In the vi
Unity of Seoul. The arrival Of
Chinese Nationalist troops within
even days after hostilities began
night have changed the whole
lspect Of the war. Besides the
"A 900 men Chang offered there
ire in Formosa at least another
our well-equipped and battle
hardened divisions which could
have been spared for the Korean
campaign.
Political expediency has pre-
vented the use of that important
nelp which might have saved the
ives of many American fighting
men. Our predicament in Korea
might have been less serious than
It is today, even If acceptance
Of the Nationalist forces had
meant an earlier Intervention Of
Mao Tse-tung's armies.
Red Armies Poised
American intelligence in Korea
and Tokyo knows from captured
and from more direct
sources that the Red armies are
poised in large number on the
Yalu River. either to stop a de-
feat Of the North Koreans or to
come in for the kill II the North
Koreans, because of their heavy
losses, are unable to carry out
the mission assigned to them by
Moscow.
The State Department declares
that we must avoid any move that
might give the peoples Of Asia :
the impression that we are fol-
lowing imperialistic and undemo,
cratic aims. That is a very laud-
able idea. 1t is in conflict. how
ever, with actual facts.
We are committed, for instance,
to support the French in their
forthcoming struggle to main
tain their control in 1ndo-China.
Ho Chi Mini, the leader of the
Wet Nam Communists, Is made
of the same cloth as Mao Tse-
tung. His avowed aim is to make
Indo- China a "free country" that
is to say, another Soviet satellite.
Against Ho, for the sake Of
the French have
placed Bao Dai at the head Of
the conveniently created Wet
Nam. Bao Dai commands even
less respect than Chang did in
China. He is corrupt playboy
who now. when the major attack
by Hos forces is expected almost
daily, spends his time in the
south of France or in Italy.
If the State Department is cor
rect in it's contention that the
peoples of Asia would frown on
any assistance we might wish to
give Chang, is it not logical also
to argue that they would consider
us even more "imperialistic" il
we support French colonial power
in Indo- China?
Our diplomats and specialists
on the Far East say that there is
an inevitable new order coming
IN Asia and unless we recognize
the fact and show ourselves
friendly to the new trends, we
will lose what prestige we still
have in that part of the world.
European Situation
This theory sounds like fiction.
since all reports point to the fact
that the Chinese masses do not
relish the new orders" estab-
lished by Moscow through it's
the Macs and Chous.
But if we were to admit the cor
rectness of the views of our
biologists in the State Depart
ment. wouldn't the peoples Of
Asia be equally irked when we
tell them that we are committed
to assist Frances colonialism in
Indo- China? Which Of the two
premises is fact and which is
fiction?
A similar, though much more
serious, situation confronts us in
Europe. In spite of optimistic
from the highest Off
cials of the Atlantic alliance, a
inspired offensive either
against Greece or against West
ern German is expected within
the next few months and not
later than next spring.
None of the European members
of the Western coalition is pre-
pared at this time to meet that
menace. Their armies are made
quate, not because of the lack Of
equipment, but because of the lack
Of manpower. There are two inn
portant sources of manpower in
Europe today which could greatly
strengthen the defensive wall Of
the West. These are Germany and
Spain.
The military for more than a
year has been urging the inclu-
sion of these two states in the
defense system. The
have opposed it.