Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-07-13
THE AMERICAN WAY
The Russian Powder keg
BY Morton Clausen
BY Morton Causen
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Russia a power keg that any may explode to
plunge World War H. If when that does happen
will be a the finish from which America will
escape lightly she did in the first two world wars
Russia also sitting her private powder keg
and it by small One of the natural conse-
quences of rule by force that in the approximate ratio to
which is applied creates resistance within its own sphere
well without Russian leaders know that The manner IN
which they have caused millions of subjects and suoec po
Piles be executed thrown into prison camps eloquenty
evidences that they realistically of it.
In backing Mao Tse-Tung China and her millions
into huge slave camp Russia gained except enlarge
of the powder keg upon which she is precaosy perch
estimated that than million Chinese have
executed in order ward off such internal explosion In
creasingy will have to be done away with
Another fundamental characteristic of rule by force is that
it must be forever active In static condition it dsnegraes
bursts because of the pressure from within
Yielding the inevitable law of expansion Russia forced
the incident which may well turn out to have been
disastrous blunder By doing she caused to be
world resistance far beyond her expectation and had
force China to become the pppe to do her military bidding
result that portion of Chnas crack troops
were decimated by the Allies.
during the headong of those troops that Red
Chinas purge reached height spreading into Manchura,
to which the battered Red armies reeated lick their wounds
and grumbe against whose bidding they
had been forced to do at such agonizing costs
Repercussion of the Korean debace spread to Poland
Czechosovaka Germany other satellite nations The
Hammer and Sickle omnousy doomed banner of
perdition--a yoke that must be shed.
Thus, by her action and INSTALLATIONS Russia
alternatives open her. of which she accept
dire To abandon China and thereby lose
in the Orient but keep the lid tight on the powder keg in
Europe plunge her forces into the Korean and there
by pecptae third world for which she is not prepared
or to spot where she effect military dip
oac coup that will enable her to regain enough prestige to
keep keg exploding but without causing third world
We do not know which direction Russia will
which course she will elect pursue but in any evenuaity,
since we global commitment stop her communsc
pansion America will be deeply and seriously involved
yield optimism The Russian powder keg will
not explode just this time Russia the For her
to stop now disastrous She has created
to which yield the risk of third world
Here America stop thinking of peace and stale
mate peace Business usual and politics usual must
be abandoned boys Korea dearly purchasing for
the time better prepare ourselves for the inevitable
AS individuals and a government stop spending
for silly ls without most of which would be better off
Unless we do shall betray those who have and
giving their and may find that
perched-most pecariously-on powder keg of