Evening star., 1950-06-18

the principles of the United Ma
tionS Charter forbid the use of
the veto on a ''procedural matter" :"
The seating of a country's dele
cation is a matter of procedure.
The whole question is which dele
gates should represent China. a
charter member of the organiza-
ton. The decision must be put to
a vote in the Security Council and
the State Department feels that
the will of the Council should pre-
vail.
Besides the FIVE permanent
members of the Council-the
United States. Britain. France. the
U. S. S. r. and China-there are
six temperament members. At
present these are Yugoslavia,
Egypt, Norway. Cuba. India and
Ecuador. In order to seat the del
egates of any member country,
seven affiliate votes are necessary
AbStentions are counted as mega
tive votes.
India, Norway and probably
Egypt are expected to cast favor
able ballots for the seating of the
Chinese Communists. Russia will
vote for the Chinese Communists,
while the Nationalist representa-
tive will vote against them. The
rest are doubtful and will take
their cue from what the big
powers do.
Up to Britain, France
The State Department has as
sured members of Congress that
it will cast a mo" vote. Thus,
the decision rests with Britain
and France. which are expected
to vote as their interests dictate.
And the question today is whether
the perfunctory economic ad-
vantages-if any-which these two
Western European countries can
derive from an affirmative vote
can compensate for the damage
which yielding to the Soviet will
cause to the nations which are
determined to resist Russia's i'm
perialism in the Far East.
The picture which our diplo-
mats may be expected to present
to the London and Paris govern
ments is as simple as it is clear.
The issue involved in submission
to RusSia's blackmail is not as
Secretary General Trygve Lie has
stated it. He has warned that
unless Russia's puppets are ac-
cepted in the U. N. the peace Or
ganization will die. The real mat
ter involved in our refusal to yield
to the y. S. S. r. Is the prevention
of any further big Russian strides
in the Far East by showing the
hundreds of millions of Asiatics
that the West is impotent against
the will of the great men of the
Kremlin.
For many months now Soviet
propaganda has been spreading
in all known languages the word
that no nation or group of ma
tions in the West can resist the
will and the might of the U. S.
S. r. The admission of China
to the United Nations has been
widely advertised as an inescap-
able fact ever since the Commu-
mist armies took Shanghai and
Canton. When the Western ma
tions opposed the Kremlin de-
mands the Russian and satellite
representatives began to walk out
of United Nations meetings, ham
stringing what feeble efforts they
were making toward assurance Of
world peace.
AT no time. however, has Mos
cow propaganda ceased to tell
Asiatic peoples that their Peiping
protege will be seated in that
organization. For the Russians
the acceptance of the Cmmunists
in the Security Council and the
General Assembly now is a vital
matter Of saving their face with
their present and future puppets.
All Is Not Lost
The State Department may
have the courage to explain to
the political leaders in Paris and
London that insofar as their vital
interests are concerned we all
must save face, too. 1t Is not a
matter Of whether British and
French interests can sell China a
few million dollars worth Of man
ufactured products. Their export
trade with Russia's puppets in
the Far East depend in any event
entirely on Russia's will.
All Of China's political and
economic actions are strictly con-
trolled by Moscow. This has been
clearly shown since last Decem-
Der. when the British rushed to
recognize the Communist regime
only to be slapped in the face.
The Peiping puppets refused to
accept the recognition.
But while China is lost to Rus
sia. for the time being, there are
still Indo- China. Malaga and
Burma, which possibly could yet
be saved If the Western nations
play their cards with even a small
degree of intelligence.
In Indo-C China Ho Chi Mimi,
Moscow's puppet, has been fight
ing 100000 French troops sue
|cessfully for nearly four years.
It Is only now that the French
begin to hope to defeat him. This
hope arises from the fact that we
have started sending French
armies much-needed military
equipment.
During these four years Of al
most continuous defeats at the
hands Of the Wet Namese guer-
rillas. the French have lost much
ground morally. The natives of