Evening star., 1951-02-20
The Political Mill
Move for Sanctions
On Red Chino Grows
Demand Increasing in U. S.
For Action Against Peiping
By Gould Lincoln

Premier Stain, in a bellicose pro-
nouncement about peace, has told partic.
ularly the peoples of Russia and China.
and Of the United States and Britain.
that II the United Nations forces, now
fighting in Korea against the Chinese
Reds and such remnants Of the North
Korean army as are left, do not quit and
move out they will be beaten disas-
trously.
At the same time, the reports from
Korea are that the Chinese Red armies
are being rapidly decimated by the u. N.
forces. OF course, what Stain says does
not make. sense-unless he intends to get
into the Korean fighting with the Red
army of Russia. II he had that par
ticular action in mind. he said moth
ing about it.
A demand is growing in this country
that something more be done about
China. The Red government there was
declared an "aggressor" by the General
Assembly of the United Nations. That
was almost three weeks ago-on Febru-
airy l. No effort was made to impose
sanctions" Of any kind on the Chinese
Reds. That, we were told, the British
and some other European nations that
had voted with us to name Red China
an aggressor would not stand for.
And, indeed, since that time Prime
Minister Attlee of Great Britain has
declaimed against another crossing Of
the 38th Parallel in Korea-that mysti-
cal dividing ine-by the U. N. forces.
The British Prime Minister insists that
peace can be made with the Chinese.
It is doubtful, however, that the United
States looks with favor on the kind OF
peace that Mr.. Attlee might subscribe
to- Certainly the United States will not
agree to any "appeasement" of the
Reds.
During the last three weeks the fight
ing in Korea has gone right ahead
although not in fashion calculated to
please the Reds. But while it has gone
hard with the Chinese, 1t is difficult for
Americans to understand why the
Chinese have to be handled with kid
gloves; why they should have either a
sanctuary in North Korea or in Man
churia where they may not be attacked
and bombed but from which they may
speed reinforcements and supplies to
be used against the U. N. forces.
The demand that sanctions be used
against Red China-the aggressor-is
it will find its way into the halls Of the
United Nations if something in the way
of peace move does not blossom soon
The U. NJ Committee of Good Ofices
has been slow getting under way. Two Of
It's three members have held conferences.
and one Of the questions discussed has
been how to approach the authorities
In Peiping. 1t doesn't sound too aggres-
sive.
Obviously any old kind Of a peace In
Korea is not going to satisfy the United
States and other U. N. members. Ameri-
cans have borne the brunt of the fighting.
They will not look approvingly on plans
to give back North Korea to the COM
mics. Nor will they regard easily any
proposal to take the Red China govern
ment into the United Nations as rep
resentative of China.
So if there is to be no peace, In O
reasonable time and on reasonable terms,
the demand to remove the wraps will be
strong. During the last week Republican
Leader Joe Martin of the House de-
hvered an address urging the arming Of
the Chinese Nationalist Army-more than
half a million men-and turning them
loose on the Chinese mainland to act as
diversion, and in the hope that the Reds
may eventually be defeated in China t.
SELF He says his speech met wide ap-
proval. A Democratic Senator Kilgore Of
West Virginia, in radio broadcast
declared that if Red China and Red
Russia will not agree to end the war.
then favor drastic action" That action.
he said. would include the mobilization
of the Nationalist troops on Formosa
and the blockade of China.