Evening star., 1950-06-18

pie feel that their former masters
can no longer defeat the man
Moscow has selected to rule them
and they are rushing to what
they are convinced Is the win
ming side.
French May Gamble
The hesitation which is re-
ported to grip some elements In
1ndo-China since American war
materials started to arrive win
disappear when Moscow can pro.
duce proof that the Western pow
ers were forced once more to bow
to the Russian will. Such q VIC
tory at Lake Success would be as
important as the victories which
the Communist guerrillas have
won in 1ndo-China and would
confirm once more the belief that
nobody. not even the once great
Western powers. can resist Soviet
power. And power is the most
important thing the Asiatics
know.
Thus. by a futile gesture toward
the Russians the French may risk
far more than they can possibly
gain through the orderly resump-
tion Of United Nations activities"
Another diplomatic feather In
Stalin's cap will mean the extern
sion OF Moscow's power to the
South China Sea.
A similar fate awaits the Brit
iSh, who have been fighting q
losing campaign in Malaga for
more than two years. There Is
no doubt in the mind of any one
who understands the situation in
Southeast Asia that within less
than a year after Indo- China has
fallen to the Soviets Malaga also
will become a Soviet satellite.
The strategic implications Of
this. together with its effect on
the still weak Indonesian repub-
lie. will be devastating as far
as world peace is concerned. It
will mean that the huge area
from Northern Siberia to the In
dian Ocean will be controlled en-
tirely by the U. S. S. r. The
effect on the Philippines and our
own defense in the Pacific Is de-
scrihed by some Of our military
experts as "shattering."
These are only a few OF the
practical consequences Of Yield
ing to Russian blackmail.
Lie Sounds Warning
After a Commute conference
with Stain in the Kremlin, Mr..
Lie, who for the last four years
has been known to be allergic to
Moscows views and many of its
theological principles, has returned
to New York. He has seen top
American, British and French DO
litical leaders and has sounded
the warning that unless Russia
Is induced to return to the U. N.
meetings, that organization win
be doomed.
The fact is that Russia's walk
outs have neither improved nor
Jeopardized the chances of the
U. N. to succeed. It continues to
work on only three cylinders, but
IL has been doing that for years.
What few rays of hope we see
for maintenance Of world peace
come from the fact that q new
organization-the North Atlantic
Alliance-has been created out
side the United Nations and that
coalition Of Western nations hopes
to be sufficiently strong in the
near future to safeguard at least
Europe from the threat of Mos
cows Imperialism.
The Russians do not believe In
international cooperation, unless
1t is dictated by them. They have
the distinction Of being the only
power in the world which was
kicked out of the League of Ma
tions, to which the U. N. is the
successor.
AS is the case now, the Rus
slams at that time refused to abide
by the rules Of the old peace or.
ganization, which they Joined vol
UNFAIRLY and solemnly promised
to uphold.
Russia wanted to use the
Geneva peace society as 1t has
been using the Lake Success or
ganization. On its death bed the
League of Nations had the dignity
to expel the Russians from the
family of civilized and law-abiding
nations.
Lie Forgetful
Secretary Lie must have for
gotten that incident when he
warned last week that unless we
placate the Russians by placing
their puppets in the Chinese Ma
tionalists' seats In the U. NJ, the
organization no longer will be
able to fulfill its historical role"
He forgot obviously that the Rus
slams are not first offenders when
it comes to fiouting q peace or
ganization they have voluntarily
joined.
Some people in our State De-
partment, as well as in the Foreign
Offces in London and Paris, also
seem to have overlooked past
Soviet misdemeanors. They now
are intent on bowling to Moscow's
will. without even a vague promise
that It's delegates at Lake Success,
once appeased. will play the in
ternational game according TO the
rules to which they themselves
solemnly subscribed five years ago.
Members Of Congress who think
more realistically than the ofiicials
OF the State Department intend
to do their utmost to prevent an
other collective folly on the part
of governments which consider
the line of least resistance the only
avenue for coping with difficult
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