Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25

names and addresses, All
letters are subject to conden-
sntion.
natural position among them.
they will only welcome you
when you come of your own
free will.
''R. z. Lee,
General, Commanding"
There appears to be much
wisdom and discretion in
Gen. Lees message to the
people of Maryland that We
could certainly employ in
the present crisis in the Mid
die East.
T. L. Creekmore.
Jay Jerome williams says
We've gotta be tough" Isn't
that the failure of our whole
present system, that because
we have let everything else
slip through our fingers, that
as a last resort we must grab
a gun; that because we
weren't strong enough in our
foreign policy in the Mideast.
we now have to use armed
threats? Hasn't that been
the failure of the United
States long enough?
We who pretend to be q
Christian nation have never
shown a spirit of true Chris
tian humility. Christ was
"spat upon" reviled by his
countrymen, and yet he rose
to lead a people into new
depths Of understanding, of
themselves, and thereby of
other men.
The United States was born
in rebellion, and nurtured on
the idea that people Of every
nation have the inherent
freedom to choose their own
government and their own
political leaders. Shall we
deny this to another country
knowing that we, ourselves,
were once in the same posi-
ton? To deny this freedom
of choice to the Lebanese
people is to brand our coun-
try's ideals as false, and to
call such leaders as George
Washington radical rebels
who deserved to be shot.
Today we seem to be great
ly dependent on hindsight.
IF only we had backed the
British in Suez," we moan; If
only this. If only that II
only we could 60 back three
hundred years to the begin
ming of our own Revolution.
we would find ourselves in q
situation much like the pres
ent crisis. But we would be
on the other side.
Hasn't it occurred to any
one that the present situation
Is well deserved, one Of our
own making, and that we
must accept it in a spirit of
humility? To try to wipe out
our mistakes with armed ag-
gression Is foolish. The slate
will be no cleaner, washed
with a bloody cloth.
Teen-Ager.
What has happened to the
Democratic Party? Where
has 1t gone? What is it doing?
Ike and the @. o. P. have
just entered upon the great
est Of all Republican fiascos.
Democracy is being sold at
the end of a Marine machine
gun in Lebanon. Who are we
kidding? However. the great
est tragedy is that the Dem
ocrats have not even opened
their mouths in protest. Our
present foreign policy Of cor
porate imperialism" in the
Middle East should be ex-
posed for what it is-protec-
ton Of the American oil in
terests. We need new ideas
and imagination to sell de-
mocracy-not guns. II the
Democrats wake up this will
be the last general to ever
inhabit the White House.
Dynamic Democrat.
H. Mertz, jr. suggests that
the Arabs be left to decide
their own fate. II they are
left alone, it should be
obvious who will make the
decisions. Less than five
months ago, UAR Pres
ident NaSser stated that he
will bring together the
whole Arab nation whether
they Jordan and Iraq) like
it or not" The overthrown
government Of Iraq was GER
tainly not able to decide its
own fate. And who would
decide the fate Of the $500
American citizens in Leb-
anon?
Charles II. J. TauleIle.