Evening star., 1950-11-12

Moscow conSpiratorS is useless.
What happened in the past can
not be corrected. But we may still
hope to improve the situation by
an energetic and determined
American leadership, if our lead
ers have enough courage and fore
sight to talk frankly and boldly
to our so-called Allies.
A full-f1edged war now is being
waged in Asia and the Western
nations are not doing too well. Our
earlier spectacular victories in
Korea, where American troops dis
played their stamina, are turning
sour. An imposing Chinese Army,
has interviewed at a time when
Gen. Macarthur was ready to an
nounce to the United Nations that
his mission had been accomplished
successfully.
The intervention of the Chinese
Communists should not have been
unexpected. In his confidential
reports to Washington the Allied
Supreme Commander indicated
full confidence that the United Ma
tions forces under his command
would crush the Koreans and put
an end to the invasion, provided"
and this is said to have been re-
pected in every report from Gen.
MacArthur-the Chinese Com
munists were not ordered by Mos
COW to enter the campaign at the
eleventh hour.
lndo- China Situation
They have done so now and we
henceforth shall have a difficult,
If not impossible. situation on our
hands in Korea. Without engag-
ing a single Russian squad the
Muscovites are forcing us to use
the bulk of our meager ground
forces in an area which presents
no particular strategic Importance.
In Indo-China the Soviet pup
pet, Ho Chi Mimi. has reorganized
his forces since last year and the
guerrilla bands have been trans
formed into first-class troops.
They were trained in Southern
China under Russian and Chinese
instructors who were provided
with modern equipment.
On September Is they struck
in force against the French forces.
The once world-famous Foreign
Legionnaires, the Moroccan, Al
gerian and Senegalese Rifles, ali
battle e-hardened veterans, together
with the best forces from metro
politan France. suffered a serious
4 and humiliating defeat at the
hands of Hos men.
In less than three months they
conquered some of the most
strongly fortified French positions
and pushed to the Red River
delta, the rice bowl of Indo- China
They are now threatening the
capital, Hanoi. The Wet Mini
victory was planned and forged
in Moscow as was the counter
attack of the Chinese Commu-
nists against the U. N. forces in
Korea.
We are actively engaged in
helping the French in Indo- China
with a quantity of war material.
There was a time, a few weeks
ago, when the United Nations
toyed with the idea of making
the 1ndo-Chinese campaign an
other, police action" This is un-
likely now, since we must pour
into Korea every unit we now
have in training In the United
States.
None of the other members of
the United Nations have any real
forces available for such an ac-
ton. In our present role of de-
tenders of Western civilization we
have undertaken to provide our
Allies not only with the money
and equipment necessary for de-
fense against Russia and her pup
pets, but also with the military
force required.
Tibet Just a Workout
The French are not likely to
send reinforcements to Indo-
China. Whatever troops they have
left in Europa poor lot in quail
ity as well as in quantity-must
be kept there for the defense of
France.
There is no blood being shed
in the Chinese Communist cam
paign in Tibet. It is merely a
military training march. But the
occupation of Tibet by the Chi
nese Communists places Russia in
dominant positions with respect to
India. Nothing but the natural
barrier Of high mountains which
separate Tibet from Nepal will
stand in the way Of Muscovites
II they decide to place the sub
continent under their control.
The main cause for this unex-
pected setback of the Western ma
tions in the Far East can be
traced back to the unbelievably
blind policy of the American lead
ers who sacrificed Nationalist
China to the Communists in the
belief that the Chinese Red lead
ers some day would become
"Asiatic Titos," If they were han
died with kid gloves.
Those who formulated and ap-
piled American policy of unload
ing" the Chinese Nationalists
overlooked completely the military
concept expressed by Lenin him
self that whoever controls China
controls the world" We have
never intended to control China,
but our best military minds wished