Evening star., 1954-05-11
Constantine Brown

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American people are wonder
ing how long it will be before
we are once more up to our
necks in another war, two
questions are frequently asked:
Cd What is the United
Nations doing now that a full
f1edged aggression is taking
place in Southeast Asia?
CD What is happening to
the Western alliance which
was created to stem the Reds?
Despite its many failures
since its inception in 1945, our
leaders have continued to hail
the United Nations as our best
insurance against another
world confiagration. Those who
have seen for some time
the writing on the wall and
denounced that organization
as a mere old ladies' debating
society were Silenced with
stern warnings that such talk
represented the archaic isola-
zionist mind which has less
place in the world of fast
planes and nuclear bombs
than 1t had before Pearl
Harbor. \
The Intervention in Korea
was offered as tangible proof
to the American people that
the United Nations is a useful
instrument to prevent or
punish aggression. But the
advocates of that international
body lay little stress on the
fact that only a segment of the
U. N. members has joined in
that police" action; that we
have borne the brunt of the
cost in men and money and
that the political strategy Of
the United Nations has pre-
vented us from obtaining a
military decision on the Korean
battleflelds.
All our field commanders are
agreed that had it not been
for an ill-conceived fear Of the
u. S. S. RS direct partici-
patton in that war, a final and
decisive victory could have
been won in the summer Of
1851. Such a victory might
have prevented the disaster
which is staring the free world
in the face in Southeast Asia.
What is happening now?
Although the United Nations
was created to stop aggression
it apparently is suffering now
from progressive paralysis. It
is at Geneva where the ghost
of the old League of Nations
is ambling about that the
Muscovites inveigled us to
gather to listen to their
peace" terms for Korea and
Indo China. The much
vaunted peace machinery Of
the U. N. has been forgotten.
President Eisenhower and
Secretary of State Dulles, de-
spite their public utterances
favoring that international
organization, are aware Of the
paralysis of the u. N. They
also realized from the day they
stepped into Office that the free
world was confronted with a
heavy task to maintain peace
in the face Of Red aggression.
particularly in Asia. And they
became determined to bolster
further the system Of collec-
tive security which was started
with the birth Of the NATO.
They believed that unity Of
purpose on the part of the free
nations could either stop or
postpone the onward march Of
the Communist hordes.
Our political leaders-Re-
publicans and Democrats
have made the fundamental
error of thinking that our
major allies and particularly
France and Britain had the
same unselfish motives as those
which have characterized the
United States. Those who
warned that these friends of
ours, for whom we have done
more than any nation has ever
done in history, might leave us
politely at a crucial moment,
were denounced as political
Cassandras.
Secretary Dulles began to
have some misgivings about
France when it refused his
pleas for an early ratification
of the European defense pact.
He warned our allies Of the
American Governments ne
cessity for an "agonizing re-
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