Evening star., 1950-07-30

off the powder keg five weeks ago
and the United Nations delegated
us to put out the fire we have
received the official applause Of
most of the Communist
members of the United Nations.
But outside of the U. Ms flag, a
few naval and air units from Eng
disappearing countries and prom
ises of less than a handful Of
volunteers from Thailand, the
Philippines and one or two Latin
republics, we must bear
the whole burden of the campaign.
This is true now in Korea and
may become true in a number of
other prospective theaters of OPP
Grafton.
This is not said in a critical
spirit. Our Allies simply do not
have. the manpower and the mill
tary potential to offer us more
than their moral help. They all
look anxiously toward the East
and fear the numberless legions
which Russia could pour across
the Elbe on "a hours notice. They
fear Russian air power which
could destroy their cherished cities
long before we could come to their
assistance.
They are all willing to do their
part in keeping with the London
agreement of last May, which
provides essentially for the de-
fense of Western Europe over that
of Asia or the United States. Un-
questionably they will do their
part, provided the necessary war
materials reach them in time; pro-
vided the Communists in each of
the European countries do not ex-
plot the fear of the peoples and
persuade them to abstain from
what they term a suicidal ad-
venture" and provided once the
equipment reaches them-if it
reaches them in time-they can
muster the men to utilize Ameri-
Cdu Wal CQuIjIAACl1C'
Psychological Factor
These factors have been disre-
garded in the cold war which has
gone on since VI day. But now
that Moscow has launched its
Chain explosions" with the pur-
pose of frightening the war-weary
Europeans now that our forces
in Korea are suffering defeats,
which are described in Europe as
proof of our inability to stand up
even to a small Asiatic nation
supported by Russia, the doubts
and fears which exist in the minds
of many Europeans are creating
"a bad psychological atmosphere
insofar as the Western defense
bloc is concerned.
There is not a single Western
European government which Is
willing to compromise with Stain.
The pattern of infiltration, once
a compromise is accepted, is only
too well known to all European
leaders. That is how the Central
and Southeastern European states
have become satellites.
But there is growing concern in
most Western capitals that the
people themselves, if forced to
choose between fighting and ac-
cepting peace by compromise, may
choose the latter.
The Western bloc now is en-
joying a wave of relative pros
perity. It has healed the worst
wounds of World War II. Com
munism has receded as a major
political factor. But the Com
munists still are strong, particu-
larly when they choose to dis
guise themselves as friends of the
people.
There is more than superficial
concern that If it comes to choos-
ing between fighting Soviet ag-
gression disguised as liberation"
and accept Russia's demand that
the peoples of the West not as
sociate with the American "capi-
talists." the Kremlin may win out.
The Marshall Plan has contrib
uted greatly to restoration of
Western Europe's economic and
social standards. The man-in-
the-Street, who now is called
upon to fight and see the loss of
his recent recovery, is loath to
give up those standards, because
he believes that if the Reds come,
only the form of government will
change.
Mental Approach Differs
This mass psychology, is real,
not imaginary. 1t is clearly re-
f1ected in the reluctance of the
Atlantic pact governments to pay
more than lip service to the de-
ciSion of the United Nations to
deal drastically with the Korean
situation. And our inevitable set
backs, due to the lack of foresight
on the part of our own admin.
stratlon, are making a deep i'm
preston on our Allies in the West.
Some understand the causes OF
these temporary defeats. But they
wonder whether we could rush ef-
fectively to their assistance in
case Russia decides to move the
hot war into Europe, when we
hold our own against the
Asiastics in Korea.
The mental approach is differ
mt in countries like Japan and
iermany-which the administra-
ion still regards as enemies-and
Spain, which is considered "unde-
'irable." Japan and Germany
suffered wide destruction in World
Var II and have not yet been &C
'epted back into the family of
'peace-loving nations" They
NOW what Russia is; their people
ire afraid of the Reds, but hav-
ng struggled against them for
10 many years, they are willing
o try again to defeat that dan