Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07
he Political Min
lnowlund' S Demand /
My Have Been Husty
everins Of Relations Often
Aeuns War Is Soon to Come
BY Gould Lincoln

BY Gould Lincoln
Ssator Knowland Of California, Re-
publan leader of the Senate. has de-
mand in telegram to President
Eiserpwer that this country sever Dip
lomaF relations with Soviet Russia
becaut Qf the shooting down of a
UnitedEtates Navy plane 40 miles of
the SiFian coast by Soviet jet fighters.
It issasy to agree with the intense
anger Nich must have swept the CAL
ifornia enator when he wrote that tele-
gram. his attack by Soviet planes on
America British and French planes
has beeA going on ever since the in
ception the "cold war" with the
Communt nations. The decision as
to the cosse which should be followed
as q restt of this latest attack is up
to the Prudent. the executive head of
the Unite States Government and
Commando in Chief of the armed
forces. ancnot up to Senator Know
land.
AmericanSare used to having SEN
ators soundNd on all kinds of issues
and incidents It does appear, however,
that in maAer Of such seriousness as
has now bees disclosed. the Republic
can leader dthe Senate would have
conferred with the President before
recommending drastic step. Further,
the public onand was made by the
Senator bette his telegram was re-
ceived by CD Eisenhower.
lngerous Step.
Congress nder the Constitution has
the power tdeclare war, but declara-
tons Of wahaye been outmoded since
World Wart. Pearl Harbor signalled
our entry mo World War II, and Con-
gress actet Immediately afterwards.
Senator Klwland has not proposed
that Congss. declare war now. He
has, howev proposed step which
usually goe before war. II adopted
now, it miglwell be interpreted abroad
that this dlntry was going to war.
thereby thriving the world into third
world war.It is easy to understand
what the Dpaganda factory of the
CommunistNould do with this.
Obviouslyshis country will not con-
tinue to subit to further and constant
attack incidts such as this latest. Gen.
Eisenhower, himself military leader,
will not renin quiescent. The Presi-
dents everypfort. however, has been
and will coinue to be to preserve
peace, for = United States and as
far as possibfor the rest of the world.
That has be- his aim ever since he
took office, ID before, when he was
commander chief Of the NATO
forces.
Sittion Worsens.
From recei events, including the
attack on thNavy plane just made.
the situationlas become more and
more StraineClThe Chinese Commu-
nists' shellingf Quemoy and seeming
intention lateio attack Formosa, held
by the inesNationalists. has made
the situation o, in which an explosion
might come anime. Particularly as the
American fleeti those waters has or
ders to prevent Communist attack on
Formosa. Indee the cold war. unless
cool heads conOl may blow up into
a hot war ovefght A main question
is whether Sow Russia desires war,
as it desires thcontrol of the world
for the Communists. Also, whether it
can restrain thChinese Communists,
if Russia is agast open war at this
time.
The Russian Communist government,
as in other incints, is now claiming
that the United ates Navy plane in
vaded her terrific, and fired first on
the Soviet jet plaS that warned 1t of.
This is fatty denl by survivors of the
Navy plane. UNDERSTANDING the Com
munist propensitNor the direct lie
if there is no otheNay of wriggling out
the American pple will believe the
Soviet is lying, inn attempt to pull
wool over the eyes. other nations and
to excuse this brutsattack. Notes have
already been exclnged between the
governments Of thicountry and Rus
STA. There the inter rests for the
moment.
Russian Comn2urts should under
stand that the Amecan people. much
as they desire peaceare not for peace
at any price; that tey have a boiling
point which can be @ily reached. SEN
ator Knowland's telaam to the Presi-
dent. unwise as it hy be, is an in
dication of the feelii in this country.
In the meantime. 3wever, the fewer
public officials who , into print with
statements on this station, the better.