Evening star., 1951-05-04
THE EVENING STAR AT
Washington, D. G. ."
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1881

would achieve a victory within a
reasonable period of time.
I believe that against the modern
scientific methods of the United
Nations, the potential of the United
Nations, of the United States if
you would have it so, is sufficient to
force the Chinese to stop their ag-
gression in Korea.
We have no desire TO destroy
China, quite the contrary. You
know from your own erudite and
long experience of the innate friend
ship between the two countries. But
we do have a great desire to make
her stop her aggressive attacking
in Korea.
I believe when you hit her base
potential that way she would be
forced to stop her aggression in
Korea. I believe under those con-
ditions she would talk reasonable
cease-fire procedure.
Senator Green-You do not think
then that she would further
call upon America for ground
forces, as well as air and sea forces?
Gen. MacArthur-I don't know
whether anybody would call on the
United States for ground forces,
but I do know it would be utterly
reckless and foolish for the United
States to even consider it. I do not
believe it would be necessary.
Senator Green-The last exper-
ience they had in China when the
Japanese attacked with air, sea
and land forces, was that China
successfully resisted, although not
so well equipped then as the Ma
tionalist troops would be now.
Objectives Are Different.
Gen. Macarthur The objec-
tive of Japan and our objective,
Senator, is different as day and
might. The objective of Japan was
to conquer, occupy, control and eX-
plot all of China. Our only objec-
tive is to force the Chinese to stop
their attacks in Korea on our
troops. The two things are entirely
different.
Senator Green-Well, are not the
masses of China now, the population
of China, as much opposed to
Chang Kai-sheks forces as they
were then to the japanese invasion?
Gen. MacArthur-I couldn't tell
you, Senator,
Senator Green-If that were true,
then why would not the result be
the same?
Gen. Macarthur - The general
reports from China, of course, are
growing restlessness under the slav-
cry of totalitarian rule. Just how
far that may have gone, I don't
know. The Chinese on Formosa will
tell you it has gone long way.
The reports that come in indicate
| that.
| Now you speak of American forces
being sucked into China, ground
forces. I invite your attention to
the fact that hundreds of thousands
of American ground forces have all
ready been committed in Korea,
and if you keep on this indecisive
fighting, hundreds of thousands Of
more of them will go there.
! Our losses already, the battle
casualties, are approaching $1,000.
This conflict in Korea has already
lasted almost as long at Gen.
Eisenhowers decisive campaign
which brought the European war
to an end. And yet the only pro-
gram that have been able to hear
is that we shall indecisively 60 on
resisting aggression. Whatever that
may mean. And if you do, you
are going to have thousands and
thousands and thousands of Ameri-
ican lives that will fall, and in my
own opinion events finally will catch
up with you, so that you will have
to stop it in some way, and then
the great question is-where does
1.-the responsibility of that blood
'treSt?
This / am quite sure-it is not
going to rest on my shoulders.
Senator Green-There is orit
other phase to the question which
, applies to both Korea and China
which you touched upon and that
is this: You have dealt with these
. questions in both countries on &
, purely military basis. But isn't
!, our Government required to give
!, consideration and decide upon il
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