Evening star., 1953-07-27
BY the Assoeioted Pres.


Following are excerpts from
editorials in a cross-section of
American newspapers on the
truce in Korea:
New York TimeS-There is no
sign that the Communist agres-
sors have undergone change of
heart. Unless and until there is
some such evidence we shall be
obliged to continue the struggle
by whatever means are necessary.
There may be a truce on the
Korean battlef1elds. There is as
yet no peace in Asia. One phase
of the engagement on behalf of
liberty may draw to its close.
The long struggle is not yet won.
Chicago Tribune-America has
gained nothing from this war ex-
cept the lessons that may be
learned from experience. Most
important among them is to
fight only when our own safety
plainly requires it. That was
never true in Korea and, because
it was never true, Americans for
the first time in their history are
eager to see the end of war
short of victory.
Baltimore Sun-It may well be
that, in the long prospect of his
tory, the United Nations soldiers
who fought and died in Korea
will be seen to have turned the
tide, to have performed the de-
cisive action. to have called
halt to a spreading darkness
which threatened to engulf the
globe. We may hope so. AS for
the present, we are still face to
face with Asian problems of great
difficulty.
New York Herald Tribune
The signing of the truce in
evitably brings a new period of
testing for the countries that
have fought together under the
U. N. flag Meanwhile. the
danger of a breach of the truce
is not to be lightly ignored
1t is with relief, with satisfaction,
with determination also, that
the truce signing is greeted.
New York Daily NewS-The
truce is a triumph for appease-
ment-appeasement which be-
gan when the then President
Truman, having dragged the
Nation into this war, let the
United Nations towards and
double dealers talk him and
Dean Acheson out of all inten-
ton to win. The whole affair
has been a tragic and frustrating
thing for Americans who i
believe that there is no sub
Stitute for victory in war.
Providence (R. L. Journal
The U. N. stand in Korea was
not wrong, and its termination in
the Panmunjom truce is not a
defeat. 1t was dirty, bloody |
job that had to be done. There
was no elation in the doing.
There is no sense of triumph |
now that it has been done. But
the vital fact is that it had been
done.
San Diego (CaIif.) Union
President Eisenhower has made
the most of a muddled situation.
Where others failed, he has
gained an honorable peace.
New Orleans Times-Picayune-
1t would be idle to claim that the
heart of the world has been
lifted by this armiStice.
There are many dissidents to
the theory that the truce is an
honorable one. :. Only
one thing remains for the valiant
and the humble: To accept this
Sabbath gift of ceasef1re; to re-
jo1ce with those Immediately af-
fected; to pray and work for
what it promises; to remain pre-
pared against denial.
Atlanta Constitution - The
signing of a truce after more
than three years of war may
point the way to a genuine STEP
by-Step approach that could lead
eventually to world peace. The
question as to which side has
won will be debated interminably.
History will decide.
Richmond (Va.) Time Dis
only satisfaction we
can gain from it, aside from the
ives saved by the cease-fire, is
that the Moscow-Peiping rulers
would not have stopped Sacrific-
ing their "expandableS' unless
forced to do so by turn for the