Evening star., 1950-12-02

striking distance of our lines without it
being discovered or at least suspected?
What is the matter with our adjust
ment of action timed to meet the moves
of the enemy? 1t has been the policy
of Communists everywhere to time the
use of force with political moves so as
to reap the utmost from the situation.
Knowing this, was it not to be expected
that the Chinese Reds would launch an
offensive at the time their delegates en-
tered the U. N. Security Council?
Let us hear no more of getting the
boys home by Christmas" America
should grow up. We must meet our
responsibilities as mature and realis-
tic Nation.
Questioning.
In Red China'S new aggression in Ko-
rea, the position of Nationalist China.
member of the U. NJ, seems to be over
looked. We have suffered dreadful losses
amongst our finest soldiers, first in driv-
ing the North Korean Communists back
to the Yalu River, and now, in turn,
being driven back by masses of Chinese
Reds in a treacherous and unprovoked
counter attack The wretchedly small
manpower contribution given our forces
by the other free nations is shocking
revelation of selfish ingratitude.
The question arises-why not avail our
selves of Nationalist Chinas army of a
million trained veterans now cooped up
in Formosa and spelling for fight with
their sworn enemies, the Chinese Reds?
1t would mean the saving of possibly
thousands of our American boys lives by
Fastening the day of victory.
Patrick J. Murphy.
How much longer shall we allow the
functions and the making of American
foreign policy to be usurped by gen.
eral in Tokyo? Whence this aura OF in
fallibility and omniscience with which
so many Americans surround his every
utterance? BY what reasoning process
do we arrive at the conclusion that
general whose entire mental back
ground has been in the military tradi-
ton, is to be considered "infallible" or
"omniscient" with respect to world
situation which, with a considerable
military aspect, is predominantly one Of
moral. social. economic, political and
diplomatic considerations?
These, submit, are questions of con-
siderable and significant import. They
warrant serious thought. The entire
American political and diplomatic ira
dition has been stepped with the con-
cept of civilian supremacy. The wisdom
Of this traditional concept has never
been seriously challenged. Why then
should we allow this tradition to be
usurped. as it surely has been and con-
tinues to be. by general in Tokyo?
Gilbert L. Oddo.
It should be quite clear to everyone
by now that our military policies must
be based on the assumption that the
United States will fight alone, should
war come.
Chinas legions have been lost by de-
fault. Europe can be taken at will,
any time Russia decides to move. Eng
land will put up terrific fight, but
even if she is not overrun will be too
busy defending herself ito offer any aid
in the larger conflict.
Our experience in the current Korean
"skirmish," and all past history for that
matter, should have convinced us by
now of the futility of trying to defeat
Russia by means of conventional land
armies, maintained and supplied at the
end of thousands of miles of water
transport System-which, in an actual
war, would be under constant attack by
submarines from underneath and by
bombers from above the seas.
The maintenance of a giant Navy is
just as futile, all current naval propa-
ganda to the contrary Notwithstanding.
In a real war Navy will not dare ap-
proach within striking distance of the
enemy shores, so long as he has an air