Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20

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recent events testifies that we
are passing through one the
most fateful moments OF his
tory. that the world Is on the
brink OF catastrophe. Anxiety
Affects mankind In all contin-
ents. the popular masses are
stirred. realizing that the war
confiagration. wherever II may
start. may spread throughout
the world.
As allies In past battle we
know, although 10 a different
extent, what blood and lone
word indistinct) Of the last
war look like. We realize the
horrors which a new war ex-
plosion may bring TO humanity.
and we have no moral right
TO play with fire in the powder
magazine into which the arms
race has turned the world.
CAT presently the armed in
PREVENTION started by the
u. S. A. in the Lebanon and
subsequently by Britain in Jor-
dan, and the threats Of inter-
vention over Iraq and all coun-
tries OF the Arab world. may
lead to extremely dangerous
and unforeseen results, causing
a chain reaction which 1t will
already be impossible to stop
Intimidation Charged
We are addressing you not
from an attitude Of intimida-
ton but from an attitude Of
reason. II one were to talk Of
intimidation. this is being
zealously INDUCED in today by
irresponsible military leaders
in the u. s. A.. such as the COM
mander Of the United States
9th Fleet.
Two words indistinct) he
makes such provocative
speeches that If he were the
citizen Of a country in which
war propaganda is forbidden,
he would be tried according to
law or, after a medical ex-
animation, he would be con-
signed to a lunatic asylum. be-
cause statements of this kind
can be made only by a criminal
or a man who has lost his
reason.
The laurelS Of the command
er of the fleet have made the
Defense Secretary lose sleep.
We know that the U.S.A. has
atomic and hydrogen bombs.
we know that you have an Air
Force and a Navy, but you well
know that the U.S.S.R. also
has atom and hydrogen bombs,
an Air Force and a Navy and
ballistic rockets Of all
types. including intercontinen-
tai ones.
Wouldn't Add to Flames
However, we consider that at
this fateful hour it would be
wiser not to bring the heated
atmosphere to a boiling point.
seeing that it is already suffi-
GENTLY permeated with Inflam-
mable material. The leaders Of
the states must seek q solution
not by recourse to the inflaTn-
ing of war passions, but to rea-
son and calm. so as to exclude
war and insure peace through
out the world.
What are the U.S.A. and
Great Britain trying to achieve
by landing their troops in the
Lebanon and Jordan? You ex-
plain military intervention in
the Lebanon by the request Of
President Glamour for support
against aggression. However.
an internal struggle is going on
in the Lebanon and events in
this country prior to the land
ing Of U. S. troops can in no
way be brought under the
formula Of either direct or in
direct aggression by other
states. This has been confirmed
by the observers of the U.N.
and its secretary general. An
internal struggle was takiW
place there, and you yourself
have confirmed this.
The principle of non-inter-
ference by one state in an in
ternal struggle in another state |
is a universally recognized |
norm of international law. It
is not for me to tell you that
the American people and their
government at one time came !
forward in the most categorical
manner against foreign inter-
ference in the Civil War in the |
U.S.A.. in the struggle between
the South and the North.
Invitation" Denied
I need not say that in
Lebanon's case the appeal Of
the LebaneSe president to the
U.S.A. has not been supported
by the parliament of that
country, while the chairman Of
parliament has made a resolute
protest against United States
armed Intervention. Therefore,
the invitation" sent by
Glamour has 20 constitutional
validity.
The same situation arose in
Jordan also. where British
troops have been introduced
not to defend the interests Of
the people and the country but
to save the Kings throne.
The rulers Of Lebanon and
Jordan. having lost the sup
port Of their countries and
their peoples, and not relying
on their army which refuses to
support an anti-national re-
gime, have decided to shelter
in the shadow Of Anglo
American guns. to rely on the
forces Of interventionists.
However, history knows no
case Of thrones and govern
ments being supported by
bayonets. especially foreign