Evening star., 1951-05-06
Doubts Bombing Chinese Bases
Would Bring Russians Into Fight
Says British Cut
Own Throuts' in
Far East Policy
BY the Associated Press


terday the British are cutting
their own throats" by giving "such
complete support" to Red China.
The dismissed Far East COM
mander made this statement after
revealing that the Pentagon had
baked at allowing Chang Kai-
shek's Chinese Nationalists to
fight in China because, for one
thing. it feared British Common
wealth nations would object.
The Pentagon, in a message to
Gen. Macarthur last November,
had stated:
Disruption Of the essential
allied lineup in the U. N. can be
avoided only with the utmost
care"
The British have been reported
averse to taking stronger measures
against Red China for various
reasons: They have expressed
fear that it might divert too much
non- Communist military strength
to Asia at the expense of European
defenses: they hope eventually
that Red China may be weaned
away from Moscow: they want to
avoid difficulties with India which
has a policy Of friendship toward
Red China. and they would like
to carry on their historic COM
mercial trade in Asia.
"Obdurate and Unyielding."
But Gen. Macarthur said at
the Senate hearing that the
British "are cutting their own
throatS in following the plans they
have of such complete support of
Red China and the complete sup
port of the giving of Formosa
into the hands of a potential Red
enemy"
/ The British position on these
Questions, Gen Macarthur said,
F'waS taken long, long ago."
He said many conditions have
changed since then and added:
THE inf1exibility of their posi-
ton has been obdurate and un-
yielding. 1t runs counter not only
to our best interests, indeed, to
what I think involves the very
life Of this Nation, but I think it
runs counter to the British own
best interest"
The Generals remarks were
made after Senator Fulbright,
Democrat. of Arkansas had men
toned policy differences between
the United States and England.
| Gen. Macarthur said he be-
.lieved the differences of allies
should be settled on a just basis
for all concerned.
/ Senator Fulbright questioned
Gen. Macarthur about his testi-
mony Thursday that the United
States should "go it alone" in the
Far East If the other United
Nations were unwilling to back the
Korean war program the general
advocates.
Sees Others as Losers.
| Senator Fulbright said it is i'm
portant to consider that if this
country had to play lone role in
the Far East, it is likely that we
] would have to got it alone else
where, that is, in the European
theater."
Gen. Macarthur said he be-
lieves "the great loser if such a
deplorable break would come
would be the nations who split
off from the United States" and
added:
I'm the subject of Western de-
fense, for instance, those nations
who are involved are much more
dependent upon our helpfulness
than we would lose if they split
and became independent"
/ Gen. Macarthur said that in
Senator's Fulbright's question
that was "the inference that the
threat, almost the blackmailing
threat, that we had to agree in
spite of what we thought was our
own just interests to every de-
mand that was made upon us in
order to continue that unity"
/ The unity would be useless
under such circumstances, Gen.
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