Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-06
China S Entry Into War
Called Direct Result
MU. 5. Appeasement
Forces in Korea Know
Enemy, but U. N. Is
Not Officially Informed
By David Laurence

ny D0Dt0 Laurence
The United Nations is at war
with Communist China, but while
the q. N. forces In Korea know it,
the q. N. organization officlally
isn't aware Of it yet.
The war is the direct result Of
appeaSement. Again, as in Mu-
mich IN 1898, aggressors have
trampled on good intent and
peaceful overtures and regarded
them as signs Of weakness and
timidity.
The United States Government
has blundered badly. The State
Department has had ample warn
ing but 1t has chosen to appease
the Communist government in
China. The American people are
entitled to know the truth about
the recent approaches to the Com
muniSt government made secretly
through diplomatic channels
through Prime Minister Java
harlal Nehru of India and through
the British diplomatic officers In
the Far East. Just what did the
United States say to Communist
China about our policies in Korea?
The only hints that have been
made publicly that assurances of
some kind We're given have come
in utterances by State Depart
ment officials.
What Did u. 5. Do?
Did the United States try to tell
Communist China that North
Korea would be promptly aban-
doned once it was occupied by
U. N. forces and that Chinese
Communist interests in North
Korea would not be adversely af-
fected in the long run? Was Gen.
MacArthur's advice-to show
strength instead of fear-disre-
sarded?
Did the United States authorize
the 7th Fleet to permit the run
ming of the blockade established
by the Nationalist government?
There are a lot of unexplained
points which will doubtless be
clarified when the congressional
elections are over.
For some months it has been
claimed that the Chinese Com
munists should be recognized
and admitted to the q. N. on the
theory that Mao Tse-tung would
become Chinese Tito. But the
evidence now points the other
way. The Communist govern
ment in China is not only play
ing the Moscow game but mill
tary help is being given by the
Communist Chinese to the North
Korean forces.
U. N. Decision Awaited.
This should dispel completely
the idea of admitting Red China
to the U. N. Also 1t should per-
suade the government of Great
Britain to withdraw diplomatic
recognition from the Communist
government of China. For how
can the British who have troops
among the U. N. forces see their
own citizens killed by the troops
of the Chinese government with
which Britain Is supposedly on
friendly terms?
The big question now is wheth-
er the U. N. will exhibit the same
courage it did last June and de-
clare Red China an aggressor and
a foe of U. N. forces. Some dis
patches from Lake Success indi-
cate that the q. N. isn't ready
with all the facts. But what ex-
ira facts does it need? 1t was
formally notified by the premier
Of the Chinese Communist gov
eminent several weeks ago of an
intention to help the North Ko-
reans. Is it possible that inept
British diplomacy is engaged in
the appeasement process and is
confusing the situation and pre-
venting prompt action in the U.N.?
When President Truman talks
Of isolationiStS" he overlooks the
fact that within his own admins
tration he has people who isolated
Korea and virtually invited the
invasion Of that country by ag-
gressors. Likewise there are adj
visers in the Truman administra-
ton whose attitude toward China
for several months has been one
OF 1solationism. The slogan has
been "let Asia stew in its own
juice" That was what used to be
said about Europe as a way to
avoid ENHANCEMENT in war. But
the Truman folks who have in ef-
feet said it recently about Asia
have not been able to prevent a
war-in fact, they have involun-
tarily brought it on. Today the
situation in the Far East is more
serious as a result of these vacil-
lating policies than it was last
June. y
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