Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-08
Is Red China Talking Itself Into War?
By NewboId Moves, Jr.

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n China enter the crisis stage, United
States officials have been keeping tight
rein on their tempers and their tongues,
obviously determined to pass up no
chance of a peaceable solution. Red
China's attitude. in recent days, has
been something else again. Mao Tse-
tung has not contented himself with
sending his troops into Korea to fight the
United Nations forces. He has also been
talking war-loudly-almost Historically.
A most intensive nti-American prop
uganda campaign has been pouring from
Red Chinas presses and radio trans
mitters for about week now With
sledgeh hammer repetitions, it is pounding
two big themes:
/. The United States has aggressive
designs on Communist China.
2. Communist China is going to
thwart this aggression by practical,
concrete action"
A fair idea of the general line this
campaign of hate is taking can be gained
from look at few things Macs prop
agandists said and wrote about us over
this past week end.
On Saturday, the various so-called
democratic" parties of China-meaning,
of course, the Communists and their
stooges-issued a joint declaration that
it Is now evident there are mo limits
to the aggressive ambitions of the
imperialists" of this country.
This manifesto was broadcast all over
China and beamed to the United States.
Among other impolite things, it said:
1.-The situation today is very clear. The
q. s. imperialists are copying the old
trick of the japanese bandits-f1rst
invading Korea and then invading
China Just as with the Japanese
imperialists in the past, the main OBJ
jective of United States aggression on
Korea is not Korea itself, but China.
"It is not only moral duty that the
people of China should support the
Korean peoples war against America,
but 1t is closely related to the direct
interest of all the Chinese people and Is
determined by the necessity Of self
defense. To save our neighbor is to
save ourselves. To defend our father
land, we must support the people Of
Korea"
China has learned, according to the
manifesto, that peace must be main
tanned by positive action" which will
teach the imperialists lesson" The
statement concludes: 1.-THE aggressors
must head for final defeat, and final
victory will certainly belong to the just
people"
One wonders, in the light of this sort
of talk, how much Importance should
be attached to the recent emphasis that
the Chinese fighting In Korea now are
only volunteers.
Hitler's technique of constant re-
iteration OF the big lie has been getting
a thorough workout on the Red Chinese
radio. On Sunday Mandarin broad
cast to South and Central China dis
cussed the parties joint declaration. This
broadcast divides logically into five par
agraphs. The five paragraphs end as
follows:
l." determination to crush the
CONSTITUTIONAL plan Of aggression Of the
American imperialists by practical &C
ton"
o.. struggle to the end. in defense
Of the fatherland and eternal world
peace against the American imperialists'
expansion of their aggressive action"
8. the frenZied aggressive war
being waged by the American imperial
lists"
T.. g.. strengthen national defense
and fight against American aggression
with practical action
s.. to support the Korean people
with a full effort, to guard the father
land, and to crush the aggressive plans
of the American imperialists."
China's Communist press. not to be
outdone, reported it had learned the
United States, by last June, had de-
veloped a strategic plan for the invasion
Of China. THE American high COM
mand," the story goes, recommends the
use of Korean territory and the Korean
Army for operations in Manchuria and
some regions of North China. The ter
ritory and military bases of Indo-China,
Burma and Hong Kong are to be used as
bases of operation of the southern front
against South China"
One Sunday broadcast, in new
version of the old "potato-bug" story,
accused Gen. Macarthur of actively
directing" network Of Nationalist Chi
nese agents. "On the orders Of American
imperialists," the radio said. these men
are actively provoking anti-Soviet and
anti Communist sentiments to under
mine Sino-S Soviet friendship and to carry
out other subversive activities on the
China mainland. They carry out bandit
activities. They train spies and
gather intelligence. They forge
peoples currency to cause financial
disturbances"
Some of the week ends toughest talk
ing was in broadcast Saturday to North
America, which quoted Maj. Gen. John
Church, commander of our oath Division,
as having said: 81 will be very surprised
if we have not reached the Yalu River
by tomorrow night"
''It was quite surprise to him. the
broadcast continued. that instead of
advancing toward the border his troops
were forced to retreat in utter con-
fusion. Church should remember the fate
of Dean, the Gath Divisions last
commander, at Taejon.
cit is not so far" said the voice OF
Red China in an ominous after thought
from the yalu River to Taejon."
There are times when it is wise to pay
close attention to hostile propaganda