Evening star., 1951-03-04

lpt to weaken the ties between
mere pretext, however. Expert
enced British diplomats know very
we'll that Hong Kong will be al
lowed to remain under the British
crown only so long as it serves the
Communist purpose.
The Korean affair caught his
majesty's government off base. II
could not possibly refuse to in
dorse the decision of the United
Nations to send q police force
to repel the North Korean aggres-
sion. But it did its best to bring
about a cease-f1re agreement
which, if it had been accepted
would have meant abject surrender
to the Communists.
Throughout painful weeks OF
discussion at Lake Success, when
we were asking that the Chinese
he labeled aggressors, we found
the British in the opposite camp
Eventually the Chinese Commu-
nists were branded as aggressors
Up to the present time, however
nothing has been done to apply
sanctions to the Red Chinese, as
the United Nations Charter pro-
vides. On the contrary, the Brit
ish are continuing to supply the
Chinese Communists, whose armies
are fighting and killing British
troops, with such basic strategic
materials as rubber and tin.
Prime Minister Attlee stated
only two weeks ago in the House
of Commons that he could see nc
reason why the British govern
ment should place an embargo on
such exports to China. Meanwhile
under the prodding of the British
delegates who worked closely with
those of India. the new three
nation Good Offices Committee of
the U. N. is seeking peaceful
solution" to the Korean conflict
by contracting the Peiping govern
ment directly once more.
Grudgingly Joined u. N.
The Muscovites, who realize that
the strategic location of Britain
is OF paramount Importance to the
Atlantic pact nations and espe-
cially to the United States, are at
tempting to detach the British
from the Western setup. They
know that if their efforts are sue
cessful, all Western Europe will
follow Britain's lead and the en-
tire idea of organized Western
European resistance to commu-
nism will collapse in short time
leaving America holding the bag
Stain has never believed in the
high principles of equality OF
rights among nations and has
never been true supporter of the
United Nations. He had to be
bought" into consenting to Join
the international peace organiza-
ton. The fact that small coun-
try-like Nicaragua. for instance
has voice equal to that CT Russia
is irksome to him.
During the discussion which
preceded his grudging consent to
join the U. NJ, he suggested TO
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill that the world
be divided into three zones of in
fiuence and responsibility: The
Russian sphere in central and
Southeastern Europe and Turkey;
the British zone covering the Mid
die East and Africa, with Western
Europe squeezed in between the
two; and the American zone COW
ering the Western Hemisphere
and the Pacific.
The Far East was not discussed
as far as is known. Stain re-
marked, according to one of the
participants at these confer
ences. that with such setup-in
which the lines of responsibility
of each of the three great powers
would be strictly drawn, there
could be no more world wars and
no localized strife.
Stains Doctrine
eve would not fight each other, u
Stain is reported to have said
land we could put down in nc
time any attempt of the lesser ma
tions to raise their heads to give
us trouble"
The Stain doctrine was re-
jected, not only because it went
against all the beliefs of the two
Western leaders, but also because
they knew it would be rejected by
the Western peoples.
Those who remember these sell
dom mentioned Stain proposals
would not be surprised if the Red
dictator brought them back to life
as proposition for the British
alone.
Regardless Of how well prepared
the men in the Kremlin may
think the Red armies are for a
showdown with the West, there is
no doubt that they would go far
in making concessions to get the
British away from the other
Western powers.
We have concentrated almost
exclusively in recent months on
the organization of Western Eu-
ropes defense. We are putting
most of our eggs in the Western
European basket on the theory
that the conversion of that por-
ton of the Old World to semi
satellite status would reduce SUBJ
stantially our chances of survival
Diplomats, generals and politi-
clans who have been testifying
before the Senate Foreign Affairs
and Armed Services Committees
emphasized the paramount i'm
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