Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

The address iDas deIiueyed in
Uention of Lions InterRationa
It is appropriate that in thil
great city Of San Francisco, which
faces the Far East, we shoult
consider our policies toward com.
munism in China.
On the China mainland 6Ot
million people are ruled by thu
Chinese Communist Party. That
party came to power by violence
and, SO far. has lived by violence
1t retains power not by win Of
the Chinese people. but by mas.
sive, forcible repression. It fought
the United Nations in Korea, Il
supported the Communist war II
Indochina; it took Tibet by force
It fomented the Communist HUI
rebellion In the Philippines and
the Communists instruction II
Malaga. It does not disguise it
expansionst ambitions. It is bit
terly hateful Of the United State!
which it considers q principa
obstacle in the way Of its patti
of conquest.
In the-face of this condition
the United States has supported
morally and materially. the FIRE,
nations Of the Western Pacific
and Southwest Asia. Our security
treaties make clear that the vic.
lation Of these nations by inter.
national communism would b.
considered as endangering oul
own peace and safety, and thai
We. would act accordingly.
Together we constitute {
goodly company and O stout bull.
wark against aggression.
Attitude ON China
As regards China, we have alb.
stained from any act to en-.
courage the Communist regime
morally. politically. or materially
Thus:
We have not extended diplo-
matte recognition to the Chinese
Communist regime;
We have opposed its seating in
the United Nations;
We have not traded with Com.
munist China, or sanctioned cul-
tural interchanges with it.
These have been, and are, our
policies. Like all our policies
they are under periodic review.
As we review our China policy,
we naturally and properly recall
our recognition policy as regards
Communist Russia.
The Bolsheviks seized power
from Kerensky in 1917. Never
theless, we continued for is years
to treat the Kerensky repre-
sentatives in exile as the lawful
government Of Russia. BY 1888,
1t seemed that the Communist
regime might be considered as
Q peaceful membtr Of society.
For more than q decade it had
committed no act Of armed
aggression. 1t had accepted the
independence Of Estonia, Latvia
and Lithuania, and Of Poland.
It was not demonstrably mall
treating American citizens. II
promised to cease subversive ac-
tivities in the United States. to
respect American rights in
Russia. and to settle Russia's
public and private debts to the
United States.
Also, by 1888. we desired to
encourage the Soviet regime to
resist japanese aggressive poll
cies in the Far East. The Re-
public Of China, inspired by this
same notion, had recognized the
Soviet government in December,
1882, and we shortly followed
suit.
We need not question that act
OF recognition under the circum-
stances which then prevailed.
Recognition seemed indicated by
most tests and we did not read
the future.
However, it can, / think, be
said with confidence that recog-
milton would not have been ac-
corded to the Soviet Union even
In 1888 had there been clear
warning that the Soviet promises
given In that connection were
totally unreliable, that agrees
sive war would soon become an
instrumentality Of Soviet policy
and that it would be neutral
toward Japanses aggression in
Asia.