Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1951-03-01

| DnnSS IN the ar East decades dBO.
Uncle Sam paid very little heed.
1t was forgotten that ian ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
cure" Guam was not fortified;
neither were Hawaii and the
Philippines. The result was Pearl
Harbor.
That is the thing that invites
neutrality-suspicious.. And a
successful, small aggression begets
a bigger aggression.
After VI day in 1945, the COM
munists had been chasing Chang
Kai Shek all over China. Every
| body knew that if China fell, the
repercussions would be tremend-
Gus. Yet nothing was done to fore
stall that. The U. S. withdrew too
soon from the China scene. The
result is now unfolding before our
eyes.
Principles of Democracy
The Philippine performance has
been consistently on the SIde u
the democracies. We did we'll under
III. S. tutelage; we imbibed your
principles of democracy. We stood
by you through thick and thin
in the first world war, in the second
world war and in the present con-
fiict.
In the United Nations, we stand
side by side with the United States
under the inimitable leadership of
General Romulo The Philippines
and the Filipinos are Americas
true friends. You will do well to
listen more to your friends in the
Far East.
Charges Exaggerated
The Philippines is sound to the
core. The charges of corruption are
exaggerated. But reconstruction is
slow. We are still dazed, bewild-
cred, confused by the shock of
war. Most of our revenues go for
the suppression of communist ac-
tivitieS.
There are some things we can
not understand: America has, in
some cases, been more generous to
our former common enemies.
Pacific Pact
A year ago, Pres. Quirino sug-
gested a Pacific Pact patterned
after the Atlantic Pact. If that had
been followed-the present anguish
in the Far East might not have
been experienced; aggression might
have ben deferred; all the distress
ing unhappiness over there might
have been forestalled.
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confident in the ultimate triumph
of the allied democracies.
The allied democracies are get
ting stronger every day. Commun-
list states had better think twice
before attempting further aggres-
sion. The conflict is between ma
chimes and machine power as
against sheer manpower. Event
ually pure manpower will be
crushed. The war potential of the
U. S. and the West will in time be
irresistible.
Communism Will Collapse
Communism has nothing to offer
that will bring happiness to man
kind. That is why it will surely
collapse. The old order of free
enterprise and individual freedom
and initiative have produced a
brand of civilization and Immense
material prosperity that ccmmun-
ism can never equal, much less
excel.
There is this, too, to be- remem-
bered: aggression, just like any
other crime, never pays. The ag-
gressor may achieve temporary
victories, but sooner or later, he al
ways has to repent-rue the day
that he embarked on his career of
plumber and conquest. The history
of humanity is replete with in
stances of aggressors that have
come to grief. Sooner or later the
wrath of the Almighty is visited on
them.
Conquered peoples in turn do not
long submit to the indignities
heaped upon them by their unkind
and grasping conquerors. Always,
they have thrown off the yoke of
srbjugation. They might not have
succeeded in the beginning, but
they have tried again and again,
and they have succeeded in due
time to be free.
Allotted Destiny
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