Milford chronicle., 1954-10-08

" AAAAe 1A4tda4l 4Lleu6 long LOr
protection and security, a third
Of the membership Of her Labor
party was willing to have all
American air bases in the United
Kingdom abandoned, apparently
on the ground that self-protec-
ton invites attack.
Asian Paradox
Almost a third Of the Labor
party membership would have
opposed any pact in Asia which
excluded Communist China,
though these delegates could
hardly have been oblivious to|
the fact that if it were not for
Communist China, no Southeast
Asia pact would have been nee
essary in the first place.
a large bloc Of Labor party
delegates would have created
9 vacuum in the heartland oil
Europe by foTbiading West Ger
man rearmament, although such
q decision would render ali Eu-l
rope helpless before the mighty
military threat of the Soviet
Union.
These symptoms have beenF
worldwide Both in Europe and
in Asia many people appear toll
have adopted the attitude that ifl
they could just sit tight, be si-
lent and do nothing, perhaps the
specter would 60 away.
Former Prime Minister Attlee.
Britain's labor leader, IN the
forefront Of Britons who profess
to think the words mean the
same thing on both sides of the.
Iron Curtain, called for peace
tul co-existence.
Pervading Red Shadow
But at the same time Attlee
told the Labor party conference
q was anybody's guess whether
the Chinese Communist regimel'
would seek ITO extend its swavl.
ever all Southeast Asia. Under,
such a peaceful co-existence,
the non-C0mmunist world obs
viouslY must always be kept /.
guessing and the MoscoW-Pei- 1.
ping axis could for an indefinite
time hold q club over the heads
OF free peoples.
n the same speech, AttleeI
suggested that Americans were
not being sufficiently realistic
with regard to Red China. But
enc might be excused for asking
just how realistic IS the idea Of
9 peace which leaves the deci- +
SION forever in the other fellows !
hands2
Attlee suggested that things
have come down to a matter Of
co-existence or co-death." But
there is implicit ia his solution
the prospect Of "co-existence
and slow death. The problem
facing the free world is 70 avoid
both perils.
Fear 0f Americans
One Of the more anti-Ameri-
can Of the Labor party delegates
declared 70 the conference that
no country is so fun Of fear as
.he United States. He seemed
away Of the target. There is
lear an over today's World-thel
sort Of fear which causes people
who normally would be friends
d the United States to turn
away not because they are
inaid of Americans, but because
hey are afraid Of what associa-
ion with Americans might
BRING them.
These make up the vast multi
ude Of the world who providel
'n audience for the allurinp
words peaceful co-existence.
But those words are by no
means new The Russians, under
,taiin and after him, have used
ne term as one Of the most po-
ent weapons ID their propa-
.anoa arsenal
When Lenin invented the term
peaceful co-existence" back Ia
be days when the Soviet system
'as weak and imperiled, he was
liking of an indefinite truce
1ly g truce-Which would per-
Iit The Communists to win iron
.ternal supremacy But Lenin
ever departed from his thesis
at eventually a frightful clash
tween the two worlds would