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Evening star., 1950-12-07
This Changing World
Officials Here More Dismayed Now
Than After Attack on Pearl Harbor

rillas on the Asiatic mainland
over l million men-are not sup
ported by us or any of our allies.
The combined Chinese Com
munist-Russian forces thrown
against us are far superior in
numbers to the total force
which Japan had at the outbreak
of the war in 1941.
We have committed in Korea
about 80 per cent of our total
trained ground forces. Europe has
only a token army, incapable of
challenging even a small portion
of the Russian masses. There are
between the Elbe River and the
English Channel only nine Allied
divisions. Russia has no less than
81 divisions in the area between
the Elbe and the Vistula. When
the war broke out in 1889 the
French, British and Belgian
forces amounted to 127 divisions.
The Germans had less than that
number on the Polish and French
fronts.
Even Optimists Worried.
Top military men in Washing
ton necessarily are worried. They
wonder what proportion of the
American forces committed in
Korea will be able to escape the
Communist trap. They also Won
der what would happen in Japan
and the Philippines if we are
forced to get out of Korea. And
even the most optimistic military
evaluations give us little hope
that we could hold any defensive
line for any length of time.
The Chinese Communist forces.
to which must be added the re-
organized remnants of the Korean
army, are nearly 100000 strong.
The Russians have lined up at
least IS divisions behind the
Chinese on the Korean-Man-
churian border to intervene if
necessary. They also have siz-
able force of aviation in that
area.
We have known for some time
that at least 80 submarines, in
Guiding modern snorkels, are at
Vladivostok and other Soviet
naval bases in Siberia. They
could prove to be a real nuisance
for our naval forces in the Vel
low Sea and the Sea of Japan.
The picture is not pretty.
Yet it would be foolish for us
to listen to the despairing views
of those who counsel us to accept
an Asiatic Munich. It should be
obvious to all who approach our
present predicament realistically
that we are not engaged in an
undeclared war with China but
with Russia herself.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. A-1e
DEcEMBER J,

Not me. I'd welcome a tie or
two, just to break the monotony
of handkerchiefs, handkerchiefs,
handkerchiefs.
Eggnog party in the morning.
Has history produced a more
horrible concoction to drink before
a big Christmas dinner than an
eggnog? In my book eggnog IS
slightly alcoholic kite paste, and
not very good kite paste at that.
Mapped most of the afternoon.
Gnawed at a drumstick and a
few chunks of dressing for sup
per.
Took one more admiring look
at my 200 handkerchiefs and
went to bed.
Again, Merry Christmas to you
all.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1950-12-07
VaStRearmamentPl Planned
Farley Seeks Broad General Terms
In Western Worlds Fight to Survive

Immediately proclaimed its def
ance Of its Far Eastern attackers.
President Truman took the posi-
ton that we are firmly and irrev-
ocably committed against agrees
sion and will not be detected by
any setbackS. The United Nations,
he stressed, took on a serious and
meaningful commitment in South
Korea to resist aggression. We
shall not turn back; 1t cannot or
it risks the loss of our support.
It had been reported that the
British were not ready to take so
strong a line and this is now de-
MED. In any case, they sup
port 1t.
Attlee Puts on Bold Face.
In the plans to reinforce Europe
forthwith. they are getting a quid
pro quo which should enable Mr..
Attlee to calm his critics at home
who have been fearful that Gen.
MacArthur's tactics were miring
them too deeply In the Far East.
The Prime Minister publicly
praised the general and added
this is not the time for criticism"
1t is understood that Mr.. Attlee
momentarily will be able to point
to the presence in Europe of Gen.
Eisenhower as Supreme Com
mander Of the Allied Forces. Being
discussed is how to- provide the
general with a respectable show
ing of additional American troops
to prove how much in earnest
America is. One proposal is that
the National Guard do its train
ing in Germany.
The State Department is re-
joicing over the presidential firm
ness with respect to U. N. They
had not worried about the British
running out as much as some
others had; they did feel that
some U. N. nations-shall we say
India?-needed stiffening.
The Presidents friends now are
Growing that he is taking just
the line they would expect, know
ing him-"no appeasement and
he who is not for us is against
u.s." This may be hard on British
pride but Mr.. Attlee is at least
putting bold face on 1t.
Now the country must be heard
from.
Evening star., 1950-12-07

the brains out Of the rest Of the
keyboard.
Christmas is coming up right
soon, and I am determined not
to spend the day looking a type
writer In the face. I have been
doing this for nearly 20 years and
I'm tired Of it.
This time I am going to be able
to try out my new bike with the
other fellows. Christmas Day is
going to find me giving my new
skates a try. What's the use of
having a new cowboy or Indian
suit If you have to wear it in a
study while pecking away at a
typewriter.
So. I am going to write my
Christmas Day column right now.
Then it will be out of the way
and for once in my adult life
I'll be able to get up Christmas
Day as happy as other folk.
MY CHRISTMAS COLUMN.
Merry Christmas to all of you!
Things got off to an early start
around my house today.
Much too early, if you ask me.
After 10 o'clock there wasn't a
chance for a man to catch any
more sleep. I never could un-
derstand why every one has to
get up SO early on Christmas.
Can't people be just as happy in
the afternoon as they can in the
early hours Of the morning be-
fore the heats got to going real
good?
Opened my presents and haven't
been so surprised since I opened
my presents last year, when I
wasn't surprised at all.
Chief item: Handkerchiefs.
My relatives must work under
the misapprehension that I have
a bad cold 365 days q year. Most
ymen gripe about the ties they get.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
.1l l1lN OIl1Nl 11d11d
We May Have Thrown Away One
Possible Kew to Asiatic Problem

cially. And it Is fact that the
actual or Red government seems
now to be taking advantage OF.
Treated as outlaws these Chinese
are acting as outlaws.
There is no certainty, to be
sure, that they would have acted
any differently had they been ad-
mitted to the new society of ma
tions and treated as equals. They
might very well have behaved as
the Russians have behaved. al
though the Russians have thus
far abstained from open aggres-
sion. preferring to have others do
their fighting for them. Even so
Russia has pulled in its horns on
several occasions when outvoted
or outmaneuvered within the
United Nations. The same might
have happened in the case of the
Chinese Reds, had they been mem
bers of that body. although that
is merely speculation.
Situation Reasonably Clear.
The situation as of today, how
ever. is reasonably clear. An out
lawed government, made arrogant
by success, is out to complete the
conquest of the country it con-
siders its own. 1t may even con-
slider Korea it's own, or at least q
country in which 1t should have
as much or more voice than any
Western power or group of powers
There can be little doubt that it
regards Hong Kong as its own
and intends, II able, to pry the
British loose from that rich little
mercantile outpost II and when II
appears to be a feasible under
taking. And no more doubt that
it regards the presence Of the
French in Indo-China as an in
trusion to be dealt with similarly
The manner in which British and
French offers of recognition have
been treated should be sufficient
evidence in both cases.
Soon we may be hearing the
cry of asia for the Asiatics," the
slogan with which the japanese
sought, with some success fol
awhile, to soften resistance tt
their imperialistic ambitions. This
if it comes. we will have to meet
the best way we can, possibly with
such force as we can muster. Il
may be too late for the persuasive
powers of the U. N, especially fol
a U. N. that prefers to deal with
the ghost government in Flormosa
Evening star., 1950-12-07

by the Turkish Ottoman empire,
which, allied with imperial Ger
many, was threatening Great
Britain and France through the
eastern Mediterranean. Turkish
rule had been brutal and despotic,
unrest was stirring, and the Brit
ish saw an opportunity to fan 1t
into revolt. In that war the Brit
ish played a revolutionary role,
raising the banner of anti-i,n-
perialism and Arab liberty. for
guerrillas whose resistance move
ment contributed to allied victory.
At the wars end, Arab leader
ship. counting the Arab world
amongst the Allies, awaited the
freedoms promised in Wilson's IA
points. Instead the victors carved
up the sultan's empire among
themselves and partitioned long
established Arab unities-parti-
tions always being associated in
the minds of the partitioned with
imperial policy of divide and rule.
Syria Divided in A States.
Syria, which had included Pal
estine, Jordan, and most Of the
Lebanon, was divided into four
states. France, under the device
of a League pf Nations mandate,
attached present Syria and Leb-
anon. Britain took Palestine and
Jordan, while greater or lesser
degrees of British control were
extended to Egypt and Iraq. Ev-
eryone Except the Soviets) ap-
parently has forgotten that i'm
perial Russia was also promised
her cut in control of the Darda-
nelles, a deal dropped through the
Bolshevist revolution. Today.
Turkey is being rearmed to pre-
vent Soviet Russia from accom-
plishing that end.
In Palestine, the British man
date included an ambiguous
promise to establish a national
home for the Jews. which always
was regarded and opposed by the
Arab world as part of the whole
mandate system. In their eyes it
was merely the exchange Of Turk
ish Imperialism for British and
French.
Between the two wars. Arab
Evening star., 1950-12-07
On the Record
Arab Hostility Toward West Is Due
To Events of the Past Generation

dlscontentS mounted, expressing
themselves In periodical revolts.
Whereas in World War I Arab
patriotism had sided with the
West, World War II appeared in
the Near as it did in the Far East
to be an opportunity to get rid
OF European masters while they
were again engaged in a struggle
with their former foe. Some Arab
leaders were even disposed to CO.
operate with the Germans to that
end. not because they were pro-
German. but because they were
anti-British and anti-French, and
against the whole postwar deci-
sions-and they had no positive
flrsthand knowledge Of the Ger
mans for better or worse.
Experience Of the mandates has
barely ended. Although Syria
was promised full independence
after World War II, the French
occupation occasioned great DEM
onstrations In Damascus in 1945
when it appeared that France
would not withdraw without al
treaty according her special priv
ileges.
Brutally Suppressed.
These demonstrations were sup
pressed with a brutality that did
not illustrate the superior civiliza-
ton of the West. The Syrian par
lament was assaulted by heavy
artillery and partially destroyed
and its Syrian guards were bay
onetted to death and mutilated
beyond recognition by Senegalese
troops. Every deputy who enters
the new building sees a table
model Of the old parliament as
the French left it. with drops
of red paint Stimulating the blood
OF the slain guards.
Among the Western allies, only
the United States emerged from
this period with unimpaired pres
tige. America had never appeared
in an imperialist role. but only
as a benef1cent force-through
Near East relief and afterward
the Near East Foundation, the
American University of Beirut,
perhaps our most distinguished
accomplishment in this area, and
numerous other educational and
social missions, constructive and
nonpolitical.
When after World War I the
Arabs, though unrepresented in
the League Of Nations, had asked
it to send q commission to in
vestigate Arab wishes. only Wood
row Wilson. advised by DR.. How
ard Bliss of the American Uni
versity of Beirut, sent the Crane
King commission, whose report
should be unearthed. It recon-
mended full independence or. at
worst, plebiscite to determine
Arab choice Of a mandatory power.
The French opposed this and
nothing was done, but 1t Is an
open secret that had a plebiscite
been held the choice at that time
would have been the U. s. A. It
certainly would not be today.
Evening star., 1950-12-07

tackled P e arl
Harbor.
This is un-
d ers t andable.
The crisis of
2 e arl Harbor
was S ! i g h t
compared with
that of Korea.
The world was
officially at war
and while the
Axis was romp-
ing all over Eu-
rope, there still
were important
centerS of re-
Evening star., 1950-12-07

British Minister
Attlee speaking
for the North
Atlantic COM
m u n ty. Au-
thentic sources
reveal a broad
pattern of no
appeasement in
the Far East
and immediate
energetic re-
building Of the
defenSes Of the
West.
The Allies will
nnt srriklirnu.
Evening star., 1950-12-07

w hile the
vast majority Of
iZe ms are
S h 90 / n g of
firecrackerS on
the Fourth. or
p ] a n t ng a
spruce on Arbor
Day. or march,
ing do W n the
street on Labor
Day. or sleeping
off too m u c h
food on Thanks
giving Day. or
calling for more
Evening star., 1950-12-07

ice D q 5 OH 's
New Years Day, the columnist
can always be found leering at
his typewriter.
This isn't much fun. No type
writer company-and I have tried
the products of all of them-has
ever made a pretty typewriter.
You never heard Of a sweater-girl
typewriter. or a curvaceous. blond
typewriter. or a typewriter which,
to make up for its lack Of beauty,
was rich and remembered its
owner in its will.
Evening star., 1950-12-07

Vic pdoG BCIlCl-
alton. For sue
cessful foreign
policy Is essen
TALLY a matter
Of human rela-
tions requiring
that one i'm
agine how ones
beh a v Tor ap-
pears to others.
At the out
break of World
War I the Mid
die East had
been ruled for
fo,,r centuries
Evening star., 1950-12-07

cuSSed. A n q
yet it may be
the key to the
solution, unless
1t is a key
that has been
thrown a W a y
and cannot be
recovered. And
u n ! e s s, of
course, it never
really was the
key.
It is tn e
anomalous re-
lation between
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Cold, Efficient Things.

Typewriters are cold, efficient
things, with about as much heart
and warmth as DR.. Crippen. They
will sit and stare back at you until
sometimes you want to pull their
margin releases I'D by the roots
and use them for clubs to ban
Evening star., 1950-12-07
By Constantine Bro,cn

There is more dismay and con-
fusion in official Washington to-
day than there was on December
7, 1941, when the Japanese at
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Bv Lowell MeHeff

There is one phase of the fright
full situation in which the peace
seeking nations of the world now
find themselves that is seldom dis
Evening star., 1950-12-07
McLemore-
To Take Day OFF
On December Is
By Henry McLemoye

One Of the few drawbacks to
the delightful grind Of writing a
newspaper column is that holidays
are Just work days.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
By Dorothy THOMPSON

DAMASCUS, Syria.-To under
stand the Arab attitude toward
the West, one must try to see,
through Arab eyes. the events of
Evening star., 1950-12-07
By Doris Fleeson

In Adversely: Resolution.
The Winston Churchill moral
dominates the opening conferences
between President Truman and
Evening star., 1950-12-07

Here listed few of favorite Christmas gift suggs
tonsunuua and wonderful things found only at Wash.
ington's oldest fine mems store
Hand Sewn Silk Reppe Stripe Ties $3.50; Bows 81
Woven Silk Ties in Historical Motifs $3.50
Imported English Foulard Tie $780, Bows 81
Exclusive Marchese Eisei Ties $3.50
Wsele "7o" Madras Shirts, s4.95
Fancy Striped Shirts from s4o5 to SO
Westyle White Oxford Cloth Shirts $3.50 to s4es
Manhattan White Shirts s3e5
Wetyle White Shirts s45otos1o
Imported English White Boadcoh Shirts s6e5
Gabardne Sports Shirts $3.50 to $40
internationally Famous viyela Sports Shirts, so5o
Polo Shirts 1895 slO5o
Fancy Sports Shirts from s4e5
Cashmere Sweaters Knitted in Scotland $3.50 to SIS
Valcuna Sweaters, s795 to see5
Tartan Tevsion Jackets $3.50
Gabardine Leisure Jackets s3s
Golf Jackets SIS s35
Silk Foulard Robes from $3.50
Dressing Gowns SIS to sS5
Argyle Hose, s295 and s3.es
Ribbed Lisc Hose, 81
Nylon Hose, $3.50 81
Imported French Lsle Hose $3.50
Ribbed Wool Hose s5o to $3.50
Tartan Wekts $3.50
Tattesal Wekts sl25O
Solid Color Fleece Weskis $3.50
Sports Coats $3S to s9S
Rancoats $4.95 to $35
Polo Coats, $3.50 to $3.50
Sidney West Gift Certificate enables man to have gift
of his choosing; suit coat accessories, sporwear
his preference in neckwea of the Dobbs hat best suited
him. 1t is delivered in miniature Dobbs hat box with
small felt hat enclosed This presentation is specially adapted
for the use of Executives in making company gifts
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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-10-15
Montana Agriculture
At Mid-Century
BY r. b. TOOTELL, Director
Montana Extension Service

farming was homesteaded and put under
the pillow. This was stimulated by a series
of years with unusually favorable moisture,
coinciding with the peak homestead activ-
ity. It was further accumulated by high
wheat prices and the appeal, wheat will
win the war" during World war l.
Homestead Era Ends
The year 1920 marked the end of an era
the homestead era-in Montana agriculture.
At that time the agriculture of the state was
near the all-time high in maladjustment
Farm families on the land were far greater
in number than the productivity of the
land resources could sustain, as it was then
developed and used Rural homes were pre-
dominantly of the Shomesteader shack
type. Farm Indebtedness was crushing.
The drastic decline in farm commodity
prices was at hand. Drouth and grasshop-
pers had taken heavy toll in many parts
of the state. The severe winter of 1920
had literally broke hundreds of cattle and
sheep men who still had not been able
to make the adjustments called for by the
new land-use pattern. Truly the situation
was tragic.
Readjustmenf Era Begins
A new era-one of drastic readiustment
and reconstruction in Montana agriculture
was beginning. please turn to page p
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-10-15
WHERE DO WE go from here?

The first so years of the century have
seen Montana agriculture develop to an
advanced degree of maturity and stabil- /
ity. 1t is now the most prosperous in our |
history From this vantage point of the /
mid-century we may well ask, What of /
the next so years?
The article beginning on this page is /
the first of series prepared by special /
lists of the Montana State college, the ex-
tension service and the experiment sta
ton. Each article will discuss the back
ground and outlook of some important
segment of Montana agriculture.
Here are the subjects and authors of
the articles to come. Watch for them in
succeeding issues.
Advancing Technology in Montana
Agriculture. by Clyde Mckee
Weather and Agriculture in Montana,
by M. A. Bell
Soils and Fertility Factors in Montana
Agriculture. by A. Fl. Post
Wafer in Relation TO Montana Agricul-
lure. by Roy Huffman
Appraisal of Grassland agriculture In
Montana. by Ray Johnson
Montana Wheat Production i'm the
Changing SOS. by Ernest Ahrendes
Montana Beef Cattle Production in the
Changing Sos. by Fred Wilson
Montana Sheep Production In the
Changing SOS. by Paul circuit
Montana Dairy Industry in the Chang
ing Sos by J. A. Nelson
Montana Hog Production i'm the Chang
ing Sos. by ]. O.. Tretsven
Changes in Montana Rural Life. by NJ.
NJ Kelso
Montana Agriculture in the Next Half
Century. by R. r. Renne
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-10-15

AT THE HALF-CENTURY point Mon
tana agriculture is the most prosperous it
has been at any time in our history. More
important, however, it has evolved to a state
of relative maturity and has incorporated in
it strong elements of stability that were
lacking even as recently as two decades ago.
To appreciate the progress of recent years,
one must have some knowledge of the past.
Montana is a new state agriculturally. At
the beginning of the century its agriculture
was still primarily an open-range livestock
economy. The peak 10-year period of origi-
nal homestead entries did not occur until
1905-1914. Between 1900 and 1920 the set
Element by homesteaders forced drastic
changes in operating methods upon the cat
tie, sheep and horse ranchers who previ-
ously had used the larger part of the land
resources.
Poor Methods; Good Weather
Most of the new settlers who migrated
into the state either had no previous farm
ing experience or their experience was with
humid type of agriculture. Largely as the
result of federal homestead policies, farm
units were almost universally too small in
size. Farming practices put into use by the
homesteaders were iu-adapted to the soil
and climatic resources.
Considerable land not adapted to crop
The Valley settler., 1950-06-30
AUCTION SALE

The Ala ska Agri cul turol Experiment Stat ion will sell surplus and worn farm equip nent at public auction on Saturday July begi ming It 1900 pom. at the Matanuska Experiment Station eight miles south of Palmer, Alaska. The equi pnent will tn- c1ude one pi ickup truck and other items too numerous to mention. 4 start bid' price will be fixed for each item or lot of items and terms of the sale will be cash at the site of the sale,
 The "poop deck" on Navy ships Is small
 deck on the stern above the main deck.
The Valley settler., 1950-06-30
CLASSIFIED ADS
70 R SAL f

Used Farmall Super 4 Tractor wi tn power take off, belt pulley. Coop Garage A11is Chalmers Tractor, good mechanical condi tto on, complete with hydraulic lift, belt pulley; power take-off, has 2-bott- on blow, also cultivotor and miller attachments. Co+op Garage 194o Packard convertih coupe, new paint job, new top, new front shocks end knee acti on parts Co-op Garage FOR SA[E
 Boat for sale. Inquire: John Witt or at Valley Cleaners.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-02-15
Weather Summary

United States Department of Commerce
Weather Bureau Office, Helena, Montana.
Mean Temperature and Total Precipitation
Station December, 1919 Period