Evening star., 1953-06-11

leap from the message and hit the
reader at once are "our mortar fire."
What q magnificent piece of face
saving is contained herein by the little
big men of the Kremlin.
Once again they have turned what
appears to be an offer of friendship to
the free nations to their sly advantage
by conveying the impression to the
people of China, all Asia, her satellite
countries and, in fact, to the entire
Korea have been defeated, and it is
they. not the Reds. who have asked for
an armiStice.
BY their lies and treachery they now
control one-third Of the world popula-
ton.
Is there no end to their devilish
treachery?
When will these self-appointed apos-
ties of the destiny Of men be stopped,
and where? Wary.
read with disappointment your June
editorial "Syngman Rhee's Folly"
In the second paragraph. you state:
"There is but one reasonable inference:
It is not the prisoner-of-w issue, but
the desire for a unified Korea which
has prompted the South Korean Presi-
dent to spurn the pact which would end
hostilities in his war-torn country"
OF course, that is true. But don't
you think, that in placing the unifica-
ton of his country under democratic
rule ahead Of peace-at-any-price, Mr..
Rhee is exhibiting much clearer un-
derstanding of the true Korean prob
lem than is the Eisenhower admins
tration?
In our present haste to end the
Korean war. it seems to me we are SOW
ing dragons teeth. II we accept Com
munist enslavement of half Of Korea
now. as our cost Of truce there, it
won't be too long before we must agree
to Communist seizure of half-or all
of Indo- China and Malaga as the price
of truces there. Then there will be
Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines. For
mosa, Japan, India. The list is endless
and it leads ultimately and inevitably
to the United States.
AS an editor, visiting your city, I feel
something Of fool writing protest.
ing letter to a fellow editor. But I
can't help urging that it is as true to-
day-on a world scale-as it was in
Lincoln's day, that we can't long en-
dure as half-slave, half-free.
Honor Is based upon practical con-
siderations, as are all human virtues.
This Korean peace proposal Of Eisen-
hower'S is as dishonorable as was
Munich. had my part in paying for
that last error, and am deeply afraid
my son will help pay for this one.
E. J. Paxton, Jr.,
Chief Editorial Writer.
The Paducah 0xy.) Sun-Democrat.
For three desperate years now, we
have been begged down in Korea by q
tenth-rate power, China, country
which has no business fighting q first
rate power like the United States, and
which wouldn't have ghost Of
chance If we went at it alone. Yet, de-
spite our superiority, China has humil-
lated us before the eyes Of the whole
world.
We have blindly allowed the United
Nations "a slavery trap sprung on the
free worlO to dictate our tragic moves
in Korea against our better judgment.
We have surrendered our constitutional
rights to outright Communists and
long-Winded liberal foreigners in the
United Nations.
We have failed to follow the only
correct formula for victory and peace.
which was that pronounced. from the
beginning. by our greatest living mill
tary genius, Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
He eloquently stated it in an explosive
capsule, There Is no substitute for
victory"
If we should now reach an agreement
with the Reds. Panmunjom will have
been another Munich.
Anthony ]. Lucero.