Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-12-08
Koreu And The American People

frigid peaks plains and mountain vastnesses
of Korea right at this moment. The defeat of
the reeling U.N forces is yet to be fully and
comprehensively appraised. We hope and pray
that somehow U.N. lines will be stabilized and
our badly mauled forces extricated from the
vicious trap that has seemingly engulfed them.
But, of course, no matter how tragic the inn
mediate situation may be in Korea, the prime
question is: what to do now? How to proceed
from here on? AS the United States Chief
Deleagte to the U.N, Mr.. Warren Austin, put
it to Communist Chinas Gen. WI: shall it be
peace or shall it be war?
As much as we would like TO state the con-
trary, the answer to this deadly question does
not lie solely within the province of Communist
China. The U.N. and the us. also have a
spOnsibiIity in finding the right, the proper
answer to this question This is regardless
Of the provocations that Red China has COM
mitted i'm her mass invasion of North Korea ON
behalf of the Korean Communist regime.
And we might add at this point that the
problem of rights" of morals" of "interna-
tional law and ORDER" has very little to do
with this problem. The facts are that the op-
posing sides: the US and U.N. on one side
and the Communist World on the other, cam
not even agree on what constitutes rights,
morals" or international law and order"
So, we must try to solve this problem from
practical angle that might, in some possible
way as yet undiscovered, help us resolve the
Korean s situation peacefully rather than
through the thunder of guns and, perhaps, the
blast of atom bombs
Some people, like the editor, of the Toledo
Times, would attempt to "sOlve" the Korean
situation by having air forces "pulverize"
Manchurian bases. Some, like the New York
Times, cOunsels caution" to the utmost de-.
gree. The British and the French, we are told,
are prepared to "solve" the Korean situation
even at the cost of 'lOss of face" - and that
means giving up Korea rather than TO engage
Communist China i'm a major war. Both Lon
don and Paris not to mention India and host
of other countries who have associated them
selves with the u IS. in q common effort to beat
back aggression in Korea by the Communists,
are frightened at the prospect Of major war
in the Far East which, in their opinion, would
leave Western Europe unprotected in any fu-
ture emergency.
On one point everyone agrees: the pos
sible outbreak of World War III, seemingly
imminent at the moment, would be disastrous
for all the peoples of the earth, including the
American people.
Thus it seems to that great sacrifices
must be made, if necessary, to avert this ca
tastrophe. How can that be done? Frankly, we
don't know. But we do suggest that our gov
ernment keep the following points in mind as
ponders the fate of the world:
First, we must do everything humanity pos
sible to avert major war against Red China
which inevitably would lead to World War III
with the Soviet Union and her satellites -
total of over $50, 100000 people - fully en-
gagged against the rest of the world.
Second, the United States must not permit
the possible development of cleavage be-
tween us, the British, French and the rest OF
the U.N.
Third, our government must not stand on