Evening star., 1950-12-05
The Political MIN

Trumon Likely to Spurn
Plan to Buy Off Chinese
Any Far Eastern Munich
Would Arouse Congress Fire
By Gould Lincoln
British Prime Minister Attlee win
have . tough time convincing President
Truman and the American Congress
that the United Nations should try to
buy OF Red China-n he makes such q
proposal. And If the proposal should
contain the admission Of Communist
China 10 the United Nations as part Of
the bargain, the resistance among both
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol
Hill would be severe to adamant.
Senator Smith Of New Jersey, Repub-
Ican member Of the Foreign Relations
Committee, made q typical comment
when he said:
IT think it will mean the end of ths
United Nations If we let outrageous
aggression, such as that of the Chinese
Reds In Korea. prevail over the U. N.
would be profoundly shocked II the
British Prime Minister suggests taking
the Chinese Communist government into
the United Nations. I hope that Presi-
dent Truman would stand strongly
against any such proposal"
Advance reports Of Mr.. Attlee's mis-
sion strongly have intimated - and
stated-that he was coming here. after
talks with the French, to see what could
be done to prevent an out-and-out and
declared war with Red China. And yet
the United Nations forces, 80 per cent
Of which are American, are as surely
engaged in war with the China Reds as
If war had been formally declared.
Ordered Bomb Use Before.
These advance reports also assert that
part Of MIR. Attlee'S mission Is to con-
vince Mr.. Truman that the atomic bomb
should not be used. II, however, it
should become essential to use the
A-bomb to prevent the wiping out Of
more than 100000 American boys in
Korea by the overwhelming Red hordes
Of China, the bomb will be dropped.
President Truman in 1945 ordered the
bomb used In Japan to bring World War
II to q close and prevent the slaughter
OF American soldiers.
Senator Knowland Of California, Re-
publican, recently returned from the
Far East, has warned the Senate for
mally against what he characterizes an
"this Far Eastern Munich which Is In
the making" And he has suggested to
Mr.. Attlee that II the United Nations
now knuckles under, with the acquies-
cence of Britain, to the Chinese Reds.
he, Mr.. Attlee. could scarcely expect
world indignation to be aroused II Red
China should take aggressive steps, in
the future, against Hong Kong, Singa-
pore or the Malay States.
There is growing, too, in the minds Of
many members Of Congress q feeling
that II Britain and France and other
Western European nations are unwilling
today to take a strong stand against
Red Chinese aggression-backed as the
Chinese are by Red Russia-they may
be equally unwilling to take a stand
against such aggression q year or two
years hence. OF what avail, then, these
members ask is the spending Of bill
lions of American dollars to make these
Western European nations strong? The
next step would be to keep the money
at home. to build up our own military
strength. If, having given Britain and
France and the other Western nations
in Europe many billions of dollars al
ready-as we have-the feeling Of disap-
pointment will be intense if they refuse
to stand and be counted.
Expresses Feeling.
Senator Knowland gave expression to
this feeling when he told the Senate:
IF the free world will not stand up
and be counted in this clear-cut case Of
aggression by the Chinese forces
then how can we in Congress or the
people of America have any assurance
they will stand up any better when the
chips are down elsewhere?" The answer,
of course, is that we haven't any such
assurance.
If the United Nations is going to carry
the fight to the Chinese Reds, there are
a number of steps which should be taken
without delay.
First, Gen. Macarthur should be au-
thorized to bomb supply depots in Man
churia, the Red forces assembled there,
and the railroads which speed them.
Second, there should be an imme-
diate blockade of China's entire coast.
and strike at the war plants in China
and Manchuria which are supplying
weapons and munitions to the Reds.
Third, we should make use without
further delay Of the half million or more
Nationalist Chinese troops now on the
island of Formosa.
Fourth. recognition of the Red Chi
nese government by Britain and other
members of the U. N. should be imms-
diately withdrawn.
And for our own part, we should make
it clear that no nation, Britain or an
other, is to have the veto over the use
of any weapons we possess including
the atomic bomb. Immediate notifica-
tion Of these intentions should be con-
veyed to the Red Chinese government.
1t would be notification enough there Is
to be no Far Eastern Munich.
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