Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-29

The logic used in the edi-
torial, Chinese Charges"
regarding Father Cyril
Wagner and the Communist
Chinese, should be contested.
AS the editorial states,
Father Wagner was held in
jail for five years accused
Of sabotaging China's finan-
cial ordinance" Regardless
of the writer's protestations
that at does stand as q warn
ing against the common as
sumption that any charge
made by the Chinese Reds is
false" there are countless
reasons why the priests con-
fused testimony should not
be accepted. Those ac-
uuainted with the despicable
lengths to which despots viii
go in their destruction Of
mans free reason should at
once realize that. were the
facts entirely known. there
would be no question of
Father Wagner's innocence.
In defense Of American turn
coats during the Korean War.
Father Fulgence Gross. also q
captive Of the Reds, testified
how their diabolical tortures
could force one to admit that
black is white, or vice versa,
and that many of these green
recruits should be excused for
their parroting the Peiping
line against the United
States. In face of the farcical
trials of Premier Imre Macy
Of Hungary and his defense
minister, Gen. Pal Maleter.
one would think the writer
would, more than ever, cast
an tra-suspicious eye on
anything the Reds say.
Stains trials. forcing such
Old Bolsheviks as Bukharin,
Rykov and Tomsky to admit
Spying for the Western i'm
perialists and engaging in
counter-revolutionary activi-
ties" are eloquent evidence
Of the effectiveness Of Com
munist brainwashing. In
early 1857, Mao Tse-tung,
Communist boss Of China,
stated his desire to "let a
hundred flowers blossom and
q hundred schools of thought
contend"-we now see that
all Macs flowers" are either
crushed or whiting in his
prisons, that the entire
episode was a Machiavellian
plot to betray all dissident
elements into the party's
hands. Nikita Khrushchev
tells Western correspondents
that Russian Jews lead a free
and unhampered life in the
Soviet Union-yet all EVIL
dence shows the falsity Of
this statement, with even
the Morning Freiheit, Yid-
dish organ of the United
States Communist Party,
joining in the anti-Semitism
throughout the Soviet en-
pire.
Where is there anything
the Reds say that we can
believe? After their final
coup. the Red bosses Of
Bulgaria denied they would
execute anti-Soviet Social
list Nicola Petkov. Today he
lies in an unmarked grave,
after a trial comparing in
publicity second only to that
of Yugoslav Cardinal Step
mac. On November 26, 1856.
Janos Kadar and his Moscow
masters uncategorically stated
that they would never try or
execute Macy and Maleter.
Father Wagner suffered
untold tortures for FIVE years
under the Red terror. Ger
tainly one cannot expect its
effect would disappear as
soon as he stepped on free
soil. after as much as ten
hours a day physical torture!
Priests and laymen, both
Chinese and foreign, have
testified to his many years
Of unselfish toll and sacrifice
on behalf of his parish, and
refugees are effulgent in
their praise Of this gentle
priest. In light Of this testi-
mony and the above examples
Of Communist perfidy, it
seems incredible that the
slightest credence be given to
their charges, particularly
against clergymen Of Father
Wagner's stature.
Charles e. Wingenbach.
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II there is anything aston
ishing in the death of Imre
Macy, Pal Maleter and the
others, it is not that they
were executed, but that they
lived as long as they did.
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