Evening star., 1951-06-03


Mr.. RuSk was disavowed within
"a hours. It was said that he had
not cleared his speech with the
Mr.. Rusk is no rebel. He be-
longs to the inner circle of the
and his enemies out
side the department-whose faces
now are somewhat red-have de.
scribed him as a fellow-traveler.
He is said to have been the CO.
author Of the expression "agrar-
ian reformers." which was coined
by Macs admirers in the depart
ment.
The facts, as they are known
inside the State Department, are
that Mr.. Rusk showed his speech
to all those in authority, that he
had been as careful as ever in
the choice of his words and that
he had to be mildly disavowed
because Of the storm of protests
raised not only by the liberal"
groups in the United States, but
also by our Allies, and particu-
larly the British.
Nevertheless, Mr.. RuSk's speech,
whether 1t shows an actual change
of policy toward China or not,
was considered necessary in order
to calm the American public.
While shift of policy as ex-
pressed by Mr.. Rusk may give
some reinsurance to the American
people, it places the administra-
ton in predicament insofar as
the U. N. is concerned. The At
lantic Pact nations are highly in
different to what happens to
China. They believe that we could
swap China for concessions by
Russia in Europe and, if possible,
Indo-China and Malaga.
Gen. MacArthur's dismissal was
greeted with a sigh of relief by
all countries of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. 1t indicated
that Washington was willing to
follow the U. MS line of bargain
ing. Our opposition to the plac-
ing OF Chinese Communists in the
U. N. was to be only vocal.
Mr. Acheson officially went on
record as declaring that the ques-
ton OF giving the Nationalist seat
IN the U. N. to the Communists
was a "procedural matter" in
which our veto could not be ap-
Piled. In the blueprint for an
armistice drafted last March in
Washington, and approved by the
United Nations, the question of
Formosa was taken care of by a
provision placing that island un-
der a U. N. trusteeship for five
years.
American People Puzzled
/ All these concessions, which the
administration considered proper
and feasible before the MacA1 thur
controversy broke out so violently.
can hardly be offered now without
President Truman and his ad-
Vlsers risking a serious uproar in
the country.
RumorS that the Chinese Com
munists and Muscovite masters
now are thinking in terms of ac-
cepting the January l3 offer.
which they so bluntly rejected.
have been cropping up for some
time.
The reports we are able to
gather from Peiping would indi-
cate that the Chinese leaders
might be inclined at least to dis
cuss such proposal, if it were
only for the purpose of giving
them time to regroup their mauled
forces for new offensive. But
there is little coming out of Russia
TO give real basis for such rumors.
Moscow has nothing to lose by
keeping the bulk of our forces en-
gagged in Asia as long as possible.
To the Russians the Korean war
is a local incident, involving the
masses of it's Chinese satellites
and draining our military forces,
to say nothing of the billions of
dollars which the campaign has
cost us so far.
The Kremlin strategy is to keep
several kettles boiling. A new one
now is being added in another
vital spot-Iran.
| Our Government has made it
clear that we shall continue our
present strategy in Korea, which
consists in killing Chinese. But
we do not consider extending the
war into China.
The mere fear of rousing Russia
keeps the Allied armies on the de-
fensive. This obviously enhances
the prestige of Moscow in Peiping.
and whatever advances come from
the U, N. for a settlement" first
will be submitted to the Kremlin
bosses. 1t is there that the final
decision will be reached, and that
decision will be taken exclusively
in keeping with Russia's plans for
world conquest.