Evening star., 1950-08-03
FMbustering Against Peace

The indeterminate, timewasting nature OF
yesterdays session of the United Nations Security
Council can be attributed solely and simply to
what might be called the filibustering tactics of
Jakob A. Malik. Now that the Kremlin has ended
its months-long boycott of the organization his
job-as Soviet delegate occupying the strategic
position of the Councils presidency for the month
of August-seems to be to mouth truth butcher
ing propaganda and play kind of monkey
wrench role at moment when the u N. ought
to be bending every effort to bring about an end
to the criminal Red aggression in Korea.
Thus, although the Council-by a vote of to
3-defeated his high-handed attempt on Tuesday
to unSeat the Chinese Nationalist delegate, Mr..
Mak tried again yesterday to make that issue
the first order of business, as If its settlement
were an essential precondition to any move on
Russias part to cooperate in the world organ
ization's effort to deal with the crime committed
by the North Korean Communists But the
latter question-except in the sense that the
Kremlin wishes to do so as part of its obstruc-
zionist Strategy-cannot rightly be Subordinated
to the question of China's representation. Nor
can the two be linked together as if they were
related elements in a single problem. For the
indisputable fact is that this act of aggression
stands by itself, separate and distinct as grave
threat to the peace of mankind-a situation of
top priority in the agenda of the U. N
This point has been we'll expressed by Ambas-
sador Austin, our chief delegate to the u N.
With the strong backing of five powers-including
Britain and Norway which have already extended
diplomatic recognition to Red China-he has
summed up the matter in these words: "The
United States cannot agree that the question Of
Chinese representation can take precedence over
the fact of armed aggression. Nor can the United
be made contingent on any other issue. So long
as men are dying the battlefield in defense of
the United Nations, this Council will not wish to
cheaper their suffering or sully their heroism by
seeming to engage in the consideration of deals"
namely a deal under which Russia would con-
sent to use it's influence on its North Korean
puppets in exchange for a vote ousting the
Chinese Natonalists from membership and
replacing them with the representatives of the
Communist regime at Peiping.
In short, as Mr.. Austin has said, the war in
Korea is "the most urgent business before the
United Nations" and it must, therefore be dealt
with ahead of all other issues To that end, he
has proposed immediate action on resolution
condemning the North Koreans for their con-
tinued defiance of the Councils decisions of June
Is and 27, and calling upon every state to refrain
from supporting them and to help put an end to
their crime. The decisions have already received
the legal and moral support of So of the SO
members of the U. N, the great conspicuous nay
sayers being the Soviet Union and its satellites.
That is fact that speaks pretty much for itself.
In effect up to now, the Kremlin has taken its
stand the side of aggression, trying to justify
itself meanwhile with the monumental prevar-
ication that its puppets have been more sinned
against than SHINING and that American ''im-
perialiSts" are to blame.
The prevarication, however, is too blatant
to fool any informed adult anywhere in the
world. The facts cannot be obscured. Not all
of Mr.. Maliks parliamentary tricks or his
propaganda speeches, or his delaying tactics can
distract attention from the spectacle of the
Soviet Union standing virtually alone among the
nations in violating its solemn Charter obligations
by refusing thus far to join the rest of the u N
against aggression. Possibly it will reverse itself
before the month is done. But at the moment,
through Mr.. Malik it seems very definitely to be
engaging in cruel f1libuster against peace.