The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-03-05
HfsF4S8a'o-L SOCIETY
OF MONTANA
HELENA
DULLES HAS HANDS
full CONVINCING
C0NFABS' WORTH

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of State John Foster DullcI. since
, his return from Germany has
been hard at work trying to con,
vince the American public the
Berlin conference Of foreign min
listers accomplished Something
But he is having trouble
Many Americans, inc u d in (
some military and civilian Offiri.
ais in the administration. are
highly skcptical abou, the social
ed results of the Berlin meetings.
The major result to come from
the drawn-out talkathOn va, Tie
announcement that five countries
would participate in a confcrcnr"
in Geneva. April 26. designed TO
bring about peace in Asia.
The fifth country to take part.
of course. will be Communist
China. That this is t. S victory
is highly doubtful in the minds
Of many foreign and domestic
observers. If the Asia peace con-
ference accomplishcs nothing,
which is probable. the effect will
be that the L. S has recognized
Communist China as a party to
talks concerned with Asian prob.
lens.
Should France then become
Communist country posi-
bility the Reds would have
three votes in fivc-mcmbcr par
leys in the future. The United
States could then itself be out.
voted in a (ivc.nation conference
three to two. Russia. China and
France versus the United States
and Great Britain.
There is no reason. 10 expect
. results from the Geneva peace
conference. The Russians cunccd-
ed nothing at Berlin and mere
| ly used that conference to spread
| propaganda to every corner of
the world. There is little reason
for hope that the Geneva meet
ing will not be utilized for the
same purposes by the Commun-
| lists.
| Dulles says the United States
got "onc.hundrcd per cent" of
what it wanted and tina, the site
and participation in the Geneva
conference are exactly what the
| q
The Secretary of State also says
that the L. 5. agreement to NEE,
with Communist China in Geneva
does not mean that We will even.
tually recognize the nation
He says that ii does not mean
that We will favor Chlnas adj.
mission into the United Nations.
But his critics say this is the
first step toward recognition
And they are saying that the
Communists used the Berlin
meeting purely as n propaganda
outlet and gained more publicity
than diplomats from the West
with their proper. fair and cor.
rect solutions proposed - which.
though just. were nevertheless
not sensational.
MolotOv. the critics say. hoggrd
the spotlight. Why L., him re-.
peat in Geneva - where nothing
will he accomplished again? That
Is the question the Secretary of
State must answer between now
and next April Goth And II he
comes out of the April meeting
with the Reds barc.handcd. n lot
Of people will think our good
boys are being taken TO the
cleaners by Inscriptions charac.
tiers like " NJ. Molotu,.
Dulles is thus squarcly on the
spot to produce some results At
Geneva. a task which may I've
impossible from the beginning
The recent L. =. offer To train
Nietnamcse and other native
troops in Iindo.China is probably
the last major step toward IN.
volNcment in that war to be taken
by the administration. II came
only days after new : tech.
meal aid had been granted ~
that area and shortly after addl
tional 1886 bombcrs had been
dispatched to lndo China.
The offer to train the soldiers
OF Nictnam. and perhaps Laos.
and Cambodia. Is the strongest
possible contribution this country
can make without actually en-.
9aging IN hosiillti"> Valuable ~
l. : technical assistance -. II
cannot be- decisive uulr>, the
troops using L : wrarnu> and
tcchniqucS are imburd VITA the
proper morale and irainlu. to
make them effective
| President Dwight - EI>ruiiuM
or has long realized tina, some.
thing Is lacking ~ the >pIrit ni
anti'Communist natives III lmdu
China. lie spoke ~ iraukl, ON
that point IN n January press con
ference that the White iInlI>" lat
or issued q rlariinratinn ct In,
remarks drSigntrd 1" >,",ih" In"
French feelings on the issue
! If General ,tphn "A n.nnhi,t