Evening star., 1951-04-10
It's Time U. S. Public
Knew Of Koreu DeuIs
British Should Stop Yuppins
About Gen. Macarthur
The Political Mill:
By Gould Lincoln


Does the United Nations wish to win
the war in Korea against Red China
or not? Or is the purpose to make some
deal in the future which will admit the
Chinese Communist government into
the United Nations itself? It's about
time these questions were cleared up.
The loud screams from Britain, par
ticularly the members of the Labor
government and the supporting press.
over the military views of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur-who very clearly wishes to
win the Korean war and not to make
any concessions to the Chinese Com
munistS-point up the issue. Not only
do these British demand that Gen. Mac
Arthur be recalled or controlled" but
they assert the purpose of the United
Nations is to avoid an all-out war with
China and to bring the new China"
by peaceful means, into the world fam
lily Of nations.
Three Major Criticisms.
The United Nations many weeks ago
voted Communist China an "aggressor"
because OF the war the Communist
Chinese are waging against the U. N.
forces in Korea. But it was with appar-
ent reluctance that the British and
some OF the other member nations sup
ported this condemnation. The Red
Chinese remain "aggressors." The mill
tary situation in Korea, however, be-
cause of the unwillingness of the United
Nations to permit an attack on Commu-
mist bases, supplies and men across the
border in Manchuria. is made tremen--
dously difficult for the U. N. armies, un-
der the command of Gen. Macarthur.
Gen. Macarthur has been variouSly
criticized-in this country as well as in
Britain-for outspoken comments and
his proposals that the U. N. forces at
tack the Communist bases wherever they
find them and that the Chinese Nation
alist armies in Fornosa be used in q
direct attack upon the Chinese main
land. One Of the criticisms here is that
a military commander has no business
making political" Statements-such as
his recent letter to Republican Leader
Joe Martin of the House. Another is
that he is preventing a settlement Of
the war in Korea, and third, that his
comments and proposals threaten to
force third world war.
An answer to the first criticism is
that Mr.. Martin, having made speech
in which he urged the use of the Chinese
Nationalists in an all-out effort to end
the Korean war. wrote to Gen. Mac
Arthur and asked his views. To the
second criticism. it may be said that
the Chinese Communists have given no
indication they want settlement-and
they seem to be satisfied to continue a
war in which the U. MS armed forces are
hamstrung by being prevented from at
tacking enemy bases. In reply to the
criticism that MacArthur's statements
may hasten third world war it may be
pointed out that the present efforts to
discredit Gen. Macarthur can only result
in encouraging the Chinese Communists
to continue the war in Korea, and in
making them believe that the United
Nations never intended to do more than
slap them on the wrist.
Clear Statement Needed.
Gen. MacArthur's letters and state
ments do not alter the underlying issues
in this Korean war-waged now by the
Chinese Communists, with Russian ap-
proval and supplies II not men-aga
the United Nations. A failure Of the UrN.
to win the Korean war-and by winning
the war is meant a settlement that will
provide for free Korea, without ap-
peasement Of the Chinese Reds-would
be a tremendous blow to the free nations
which are opposing world Communist ag-
gression. The loss of the war would
mean, in all probability, consolidation
Of Asia under Communist domination
On the other hand. defeat for the Red
Chinese would be major blow to Com
munist aggression everywhere in the
world-and that includes Europe and
the British Isles.
It's time that the administration make
a clear pronouncement on Korea and
what goes on there, SO that the Ameri-
can people, who are supplying the vast
majority of the fighting men and practi-
cally all of the supplies to carry on the
war. may understand what they may
expect. And it's time the British stop
their yapping about Gen. Macarthur,
great general who does not go two ways
at the same time