Evening star., 1951-01-31
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able to maintain friendly relations
as long as both felt themselves
threatened by Japan. The Soviet
Union had helped the Nationalist
carry out Sun Yat-sen's revolution.
In 1927 they split. but in 1881 they
again resumed relations when ia
pan marched into Manchuria. AS
Japan'S penetration into Asiatic
mainland deepened, Sino-Soviet
pacts multiplied. The Western ma
tions at the same time stuck to a
hands-off policy.
When the United Nations
armies, with America in the lead,
crossed the 38th Parallel, the Chi
nese Communits viewed the situa-
tion with the same glasses of
alarm that the Chinese National
lists had used 20 years earlier.
Korea is the key to Manchuria-
the cradle of Asia's industrializa-
ton.
North Korean Army Lost.
The final outcome of the Korean
conflict is not known, of course,
but up to now Chinese intereyen-
tion has been a victory for China
and a loss for Russia. Except for
their MIG-15 jets, the Chinese
Communists have won without
Russian arms, without Russian
tanks or artillery. Their weapons
have been those captured from the
Nationalists.
The North Korean army-domi-
mated by the Russians and equipped
by them-lost. North Korea had
been an undisputed Soviet sphere
of influence. There was little love
lost between the Korean Commu-
nlsts leaders of Pyongyang and
the Red bosses of Peiping. But by
their successful Intervention in
Korea the Chinese have made
Korea dependent on them.
The Soviet Unions Far Eastern
territories are poor in climate and
SOIL. Manchuria would be-and
may already be-beneficial to the
development of the Maritime Prov
mces and Siberia.
At Yalta Stain insisted that
Russia be restored to all the DO
sitions from which she was dis
lodged by the japanese in 1904.
But they have relinquished some
OF these demands.
Strengthened in Manchuria.
At VI Day the Russians
stripped Manchuria of it's indus
trial plants. Later on they signed
agreements with the Chinese Com
munlstS. many of which do not go
into effect until the end of 1852
or until a peace treaty has been
signed with Japan. While these
treaties sound beneficial to China
In practice they strengthen Rus
sla's special position in Manchu-
ria. The Changchun Railway, it
was agreed, should be turned over
TO full Chinese ownership and
management at the end of 1852.
And the fate of the vital port of
Dalren, while it should be run
under joint Sino-Soviet manage
ment for the time being, should be
reconsidered at the conclusion of
a peace treaty with Japan.
Soviet engineers and admins
traitors are active in the operation
OF the Changchun Railway, Dali
rem and Port Arthur. The degree
OF Soviet dominance over Manchu-
ria can only be fully appreciated
when it is realized that the au-
thorltles running these enterprises
directly and indirectly control
Manchuria's industrial life.
Having embedded themselves
so solidly in Manchuria, the So
vlets cannot possibly look with
TOO much pleasure or ease on the
Chinese moving their 4th and 3rd
Armies into Manchuria and Korea
not far from the Russian border.
Mongolia's Status Unsettled.
Nor has the question of Mon
golla, presently dormant, been
finally settled. The Russians have
trained and fully equipped a
Mongolian army of 10000 men.
But Soviet troops remain in Outer
Mongolia. The Chinese Commu-
nists, on their side, are organizing
an autonomous Mongcl regime in
their regions. Apparently the
Russians are not yet prepared to