Evening star., 1951-04-13
Taft Declares China
Must Be Punished 10
Bar New World War
BY the Associated Press

Taft, Republican, of Ohio, says
prevention of a third world con-
f1ict cannot now be accomplished
without an aggressive war against
Communist China"
Senator Taft spoke last night at
q meeting of the Yale Engineering
Association.
"It seems utterly ridiculous to
me" he said, that when there are
100000 Nationalist Chinese) SOL
diers on Forrnosa, some of them
well-trained and ready to go. and
thousands of guerrillas in South
China with whom they can CO.
operate, we should not permit
raids and invasion to make as
much trouble for the Chinese Com
munists as possible
"I cannot see why such a policy
would in any way incite Russia
to war unless they're determined
to go to war anyway"
From moral standpoint" the
Ohio Republican added, 1--WE would
be wholly justified in a complete
invasion of China to punish an
unprovoked aggressor Practical
considerations. of course, make it
impossible and no one has pro-
posed it.
Purpose Lost From Sight.
"Gen. Macarthur and every one
else knows it would take many
American divisions and that those
divisions are not available and will
not be for two years. Also agree
that such a general invasion of
China might unduly incite Soviet
Russia to wal"
"If the original sending of
American troops to Korea was to
prevent World War III-as the
President said last wednesday,
night-then that purpose has been
long completely lost from sight.
Senator Taft declared.
1T cannot now be accomplished
without an aggressive war against
Communist China and a punish
ment of the aggresSor, as the
North Koreans were punished.
"The Presidents position is
completely inconsistent. He justi-
fed an active move against Korean
aggression as means OF pre-
venting World War III,
I'm the second half of his
speech he claims World War III
is prevented by a tfmid war
against Communist China, and
maintaining a Magniot line de-
fense against an aggressor which
has already accomplished half
his purpose"
Senator Taft added:
'He justifies two completely in
consistent courses as means of
preventing World War III. r
don't suppose there has ever been
a more inconsistent justification
for vital moves in foreign policy.
Misjudged Intentions.
1.-THE truth is we misjudged the
intentions of the Chinese Com
munists and now We are in stu
alton to which there is no COM
pletely satisfactory solution"
The Senator said Gem MacAr-
thur spoke up on foreign policy
because of a Justified fear" that
the United States would end the
Korean war by appeasement.
After his speech, Senator Taft
said in a question and answer pc
riod that President Truman had
every right" to fire Gen. Mac
Arthur but that he felt the gen.
erals violation of orders about
public utterances was only "tech-
nical."
In his speech, the Republican
leader elaborated on the use of
Chinese Nationalist troops against
Communist China. He said he be-
lieved the Nationalist troops were
not being used because Secretary
of State Acheson and Secretary
of Defense Marshall are preju-
diced against the Nationalist
leader, Chang Kai-shek, and be-
cause 1T would upset the trade
of the British with Communist
China"
Senator Taft said we have not
hesitated in Europe to do many
things which might make the Rus
slams feel their security has been
threatened. Therefore, he added,
a more active campaign against
China could not be regarded by
the Russians as IAN aggressive
move against Russia itself"
U. N. Called Complete Failure"
He termed the United Nations
"a complete failure" which was
useful only as "a diplomatic aid
"If the United Nations only
drives back an aggressor to the
border after the war has destroyed
the country attacked, and the ag-