Evening star., 1950-07-23
The Crime in Korea

In its White Paper on the Korean crisis, the
State Department has placed before the world
a powerfully documented historical record that
leaves no room for doubt about who is responsible
for that crisis and for the grave effect it is having
on the whole structure of international peace.
The basic fact of the situation-a fact that
cannot be obscured by any amount of truth
butchering Communist propaganda-is that the
notwithstanding Northern Korean Reds are guilty
of an act of criminal aggression. The war they
are waging-begun on June rs with carefully
planned and completely unprovoked invading
attack across the SSth Parallels war aimed
at nothing less than destroying the independent
Republic of Korea and It's freely elected
government.
Communist propagandists trying to make
black seem white with their typical colossal-lie
technique, have done their best to turn the truth
upside down by describing the real aggressor as
the victim and the real victim as the aggresSor.
But their best has not been nearly good enough
to hoodwink any country on this side of the
Iron. Curtain. It has not been nearly good
enough to becloud the startlingly clear and
indisputable evidence that the Korean Reds, on
June Is, deliberately and criminally set out on
war Of conquest directed, in the White. Papers
words against peaceful people ruled by an
independent government Of their own choosing
brought into being with the participation OF the
United Nations and recognized by the majority
OF the free nations of the world"
That is why the Security Council of the
U. N, with the support of virtually every member
but those in the small Soviet bloc, has taken
the action 1t has-hrst, the order to the aggressor
to cease fire and withdraw, and then the call
to all countries in the organization to cooperate
militarily and otherwise to repel the Red
invasion. BY far the greatest part of this task
is being carried out by the United States, but
the whole fateful enterprise is under the flag
of the United Nations, with the overwhelming
majority morally and legally committed to it, and
with nine participating directly with elements
Of their armed forces. The objective of this
unprecedented cooperative effort of course, is
to uphold the Charter of the U. N and promote
the rule Of law, without which the world can
only drift, from aggression to aggression, into
total general war.
The State Departments White Paper has
not directly linked the men of the Kremlin to
the Korean Red invasion. It has made special
point, however, of emphasizing two self-explana-
tory aspects of Soviet policy: ~ The fact that
that policy, persistently blocking all United
Nations efforts to unity the country under a
freely elected government, created the Northern
Communist regime in defiance of the u NJ, and
(2) the fact that the Russian dictatorship,
violating its Charter obligations, has given aid
and comfort to the aggressor by attacking the
Security Council and refusing to join in carrying
out the Councils decisions.
All this speaks pretty much for itself The
Korean Reds are the direct perpetrators OF the
current aggression, but they are mere puppets
Behind them pulling the strings, are their
masters in Moscow. The latter could almost
certainly put an end to the crisis If they really
wanted to promote peace through honest
cooperation with the u N. Obviously, as far
as responsibility is concerned, their hands are
not clean of the crime in Korea.