Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-06-08
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Debate Arms Boycott
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Debate Arms Boycott
MOST IMPORTANT diplomatic
~ debate of the Korean war has
been going on backstage at the
United Nation-namely, an arms
boycott of Red China.
So far our U.N. allies haven't got
around to voting to ban arms, let
alone an economic embargo. How
ever, it remains a fact that this
is one of the most important steps
to be taken against any aggressor.
Furthermore there is long his
tory of diplomatic pussyfooting re-
garding this by our supposedly good
Misunderstanding that eventual
ly has landed them in war. Here is
some case history:
Pussyfoot No. l was when the
British undercut us in 1881 when
Japan first invaded Manchuria.
Issues almost identical to the Ko-
rean aggression were involved in
Manchuria, and the late Secretary
OF State Henry L. Stimson saw
them clearly. He saw that Japan
was sowing the first wild oats of
aggression, just as Russia is to-
day, and that if she got away with
one aggressive bite there would be
more.
But Stimston never could get
the British, who had more at
stake than we, to cooperate.
When US. Ambassador Cam
eron Forbes would deliver a
note Of protest, the British am
bassador did likewise - then
dropped round to the Japanese
foreign office an hour or two
later to explain that Britain's
note was merely to please the
Americans and not to be TAX
en- seriously.
Pussyfoot No. 2 was when Presi-
dent Roosevelt tried to organize an
economic blockade of Japan in
1886 in order to stop further ag-
gression against China. BY this
time the British realized their 1881
mistake and went along with us.
But Roosevelt could not get the
support of other European powers.
Hitler and Mussolini were too strong
by that time, and he also faced
the private opposition of Cordell
Hull.
Pussyfoot' No. came when Mus
solini invaded helpless Ethiopia.
This was one of the crudest cases
OF aggression the modern world
has seen, and the lettering League
OF Nations conscientiously tried to
act. But although an economic
blockade was voted for the first
time in history, two things made
it unsuccessful.
One was the exclusion of oil.
The big American and British
oil companies pulled backstage
wires, managed to scare Brit
ish and American diplomats
into permitting the continued
shipments of oil to MussoIini,
Without oil, his fleet would
have been paralyzed and his
trucks could not have moved.
But we pussyfooted.
Pussyfoot No. is taking place
right now in regard to Red China.
an obvious, wanton aggressor in
Korea. While the British are the
worst pussyfooters, we in the
U.S.A., including General Mac
Arthur himself, have pulled our
punches.
Macarthur, for instance, has per-
mitted steady driblet of strategic
materials to flow into Red China
from Japan. From July to October,
1850, he permitted 100000 in
metals, machinery and textiles to
leave Japan for China. From Octo-
Der to January, Jap exports to the
Communists increased to $11 ,1OO,-
900. Since Macarthur controlled
all Jap exports, this could have
been stopped.
However, the flow Of British
goods entering China through
Hong Kong is the most shock
ing scandal of the entire Ko-
rean war. While American lives
are being snuffed out, British
millionaires are being made
overnight.
Yet the state department has TAX
en- no tough steps, such as threat
to cut off US. economic aid to
Britain, as means of stopping
this trade
Merry.Go.Round
Robert Mack, a senate elevator
operator, literally stepped into
Senator Kefauver's shoes the other
day. The Tennessee crimebuster
worked so late that he had to
dress for dinner in his office, bolted
out the door wearing dinner dress,
but brown shoes. In the elevator he
noticed his mistake, traded shoes
with Mack, who had on black
shoes, and got to dinner on time
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