Evening star., 1950-08-11
u. ). Is at Last Calling
Soviet the Aggressor
In North Korean War
By David Laurence

The United States is at last
calling Soviet Russia the aggres-
Sor in the North Korean war. This
pronouncement by Warren Austin,
American ambassador to the U. NJ,
is welcomed here as the first sign
Of reSoluteneSs that has yet been
shown by the American side in the
propaganda battle being waged in
the Security Council.
The American attitude would
have been immeasurably stronger
if that statement had been made
even before Jacob Malik, Soviet
delegate, took his seat as presid-
ing officer Of the Council. He had
no business being readmitted once
he left the Council. To accept him
was TO condone sabotage of the
u. N.
The Soviet government plainly
is guilty of having brought about
the death of thousands of Koreans
and Americans in a palpable ag-
gression that is on a parity with
Hitler's sudden invasion Of Poland
in 1889. The trial of an aggressor
government is well within the
scope of the u. N. Charter.
Steps of Aggression.
The United States doesn't want
war and believes the people of
Russia don't want war. But to-
talitarian government is again
menacing world peace by success
sive steps of aggression.
1t is logical for the United States
shortly to sever diplomatic rela-
tions with Moscow and call on all
other governments to do likewise.
1t is logical. too, for the United
States to renounce the Yalta pact
which the SovietS have violated.
1t takes adherence by both sides
to preserve an agreement, and
when one party fails to keep
covenant, the other is not bound
either.
To review what has happened
since 1945 is the next move. The
United States has written up the
case and is prepared to show that
Soviet Russia has persistently
violated the principles on which
the U. N. was founded. To allow
the Soviet propagandists to re-
main in the U. N. any longer is to
trifie with the prestige Of the u. N.
itself.
For many weeks here it has been
debated whether to ask that Rus
sia be expelled from the U. N. as
an aggreSsor state and as a gov
ernment which is tearing into
shredS the provisions of the U. N.
Charter. The action has been de-
ferred as the argument was ad-
vanced that Russia might then
feel encouraged to commit further
acts of aggression. This is the
customary line Of appeasement
which. has been heard in diplo-
matte quarters. where hesitation
and reluctance usually wind up in
a floundering policy that is riddled
by opposition propaganda.
The American people are sick
and tired of the Soviet tactics.
The American people are being
pressed beyond the point Of in
dignation to q point of anger and
even resignation to any challenge
that may be offered. Senator
Knowland of California expressed
that feeling in a speech in the
Senate yesterday when he said
that if Russia really wants war,
America will not shrink from it.
This expression was necessary
to make sure that Soviet Russia
doesn't misinterpret Americas
clumsy handling heretofore of the
rebuttal to Malik's propaganda as
a sign Of either fear or weakness.
World Tired of Subterfuge.
The free world as a whole is
sick and tired Of Soviet subterfuge
and transparent charges leveled at
law-abiding nations. Everybody
knows the North Koreans could
not by themselves either have
started or carried on the aggres-
sion against South Korea. The
statement that the North Koreans
merely fought with equipment left
behind by the Russians will not
deceive anybody.
After the supposed withdrawal
Of the Russian army, the presence
of Russian officers training the
North Koreans this year was
known to the q. N. Commission,
but the commission was not per-
mitted to enter North Korea. For
this deliberate refusal to let the
U. N. ascertain officially If Rus
sian officers had left Korea, the
Russian government today stands
convicted Of being an accessory
to the crime Of aggression.
The U. N. therefore. has plenty
= of evidence on which to try the
Moscow regime and to expel 1t
from the organization. Such a
step would rally all the govern
ments of the world which are not
afraid to speak their minds and
to assert their willingness to de-
fend once again the cause OF
human freedom. Jacob Malik has
by his tactics confirmed the belief
that there is little use any longer
considering the Moscow govern
ment as a member of the family
of nations but only as an aggres-
sor bent on destroying world
peace.
An appeal is in order to the Rus
sian people to disavow the Moscow
regime and join the free peoples
of the world. When will the Pres
ident issue that appeal? It's the
next step.