Evening star., 1951-06-17

ALSO que this year Is the
first annual $40 million on the
lease settlement.
distributed BY the Associated Press)
the Russians pause. They have
not bothered the Turks since. On
the contrary today, when the
members Of the Atlantic pact re-
fuse to accept Turkey as q part.
|ner, and America hesitates, despite
pressing requests of Ankara, in Civ
ing Turkey a mutual assistance
agreement, Russian agents are
counting the Turkish government.
A similar situation developed in
Yugoslavia, which was regarded
by all as the No. / satellite of
Moscow in the Balkans. Tito
broke away from Moscow because
he is the head of an intensely
nationalist country. In order to
keep himself in power, he had to
follow the country when he dis
covered that the country was
about to ditch him and that the
army and his secret police, pat
termed after the dread MVD, were
about to petray him.
Stain and his associates foamed
at the mouth. Tito's Bulgarian.
iteomanian and Hungarian neigh
bors. all satellites of Moscow, be-
gan to beat the war drums. Russia
made dire threats. Soviet armored
and infantry divisions began to
move toward the Yugoslav border,
The Kremlin announced loudly
that the traitor would be pun
ished."
Tito Stood Fast ..s
Tito stood his ground firmly,
He told his former friends and
new enemies that he was, ready to
meet them on the battlefield if
they SO chose. Nothing happened.
These are two definite instances
in the last five years in which
Moscow was confronted with a de-
termined opposition by two coun.
tries which served notice that they
would go down in battle rather
than be strangled by the Soviet.
No such firm stand is being
taken. unfortunately. by the great
Western powers. Ever since the
Chinese Communists entered the
Korean war in November, 1850.
the United Nations has made a
number Of approaches to Mao
Tze-tung in Peiping for a cease
fire to lead to peace.
All these approaches were
backed by terms which should
have been accepted with enthusi-
asm by the Chinese. Mao was
offered in exchange for a cease
fire Cat that time, at least) place
in the United Nations and COM
promise which would have given
him Formosa in a short time.
He did not turn down tnese
offers on his own initiative. He
was ordered to do SO by Moscow.
And, being an obedient tool, I've
followed orders-even if these
meant that many hundreds Of
thousands of Chinese soldiers
would have to be sacrificed.
Gen. MacArthur's dismissal
regardless of the reasons given
by President Truman-was inter.
preted in Moscow and in the saue!-
lite countries as an indication tnat
the American Government was
afraid that this general might
become too aggressive and bring
about a showdown with Russia
and her satellite in the Far East,
Dismissal Hinted Fear
Moscow was encouraged in ar
irving at that Interpretation, not
necessarily by the debates in Con-
greSs and the press in America.
but by the statements of the high
est officials in Britain and France.
The dismissal, regardless of wnat
is thought by the American
people. unquestionably has pro-
duced in Moscow the impression
that America is afraid. Hence it
was certain that whatever cease
fire compromise was being pre-
pared for Peiping would ba
rejected.
z This explains why so many
rumors to the effect that an ar
was in the making, have
been proved false. So long as the
Oriental-minded bosses in the
Kremlin feel that the Western
powers fear their military power,
there is no hope for an end Of
hostilitieS in Korea, or for the
avoidance of similar outbreaks in
other quarters of the world where
they may occur this year.
So long as we proclaim loudly
that we cannot "go it alone" as
Generals Macarthur and Wede-
meyer have suggested-that is to
say, without the help of the At
lantic Pact powers-Russian ag-
gressiveness viii continue un-
abated.
The situation may change radi-
cally when we change our policies
and proclaim that 1--WE fear only
God and nothing else in the
world accept on our side
which are as willing as
the American people are to de-
fend their freedom to the last
drop Of their blood.
It is only then that the men
n the Kremlin may realize that
ihey are playing a dangerous
game. which may prove their