Evening star., 1960-10-10
Peipinq and the u. N.

For the tenth time since 1851, the
General Assembly has backed our
American sponsored resolution to defer
debate and action on the question of
seating Red China as member Of the
United Nations. However, although this
is gratifying as far as 1t goes, it offers
no assurance whatever against the pos
Sibility that the Assembly next year, or
the year after, may finally decide to
consider admitting Peiping and ousting
the Chinese Nationalist.
It Is true, of course, that our coun-
try'S position on this matter still is sup
ported by majority Of those voting,
the latest count showing AZ nations in
our group and "a against, with % alb
Stentions. Yet that majority is two less
than last years, and it seems headed
for further erosion. On the other hand,
by way Of contrast, the Soviet-led mi
nority (Which incidentally includes
such altogether Communist lands
as Norway, Denmark and Ireland) has
gained five new adherents in the past
IL months, thus maintaining the steady
annual growth 1t has experienced ever
since 1852, when it consisted of a mere
seven members.
AS for the abStainerS, their total has
zoomed from eight in 1859 to no fewer
than % now. Thirteen Of the newly
admitted African states account for the
bulk Of this sudden growth, and there
are indications that some Of them will
vote next year in favor Of considering
Peiping'S admission. Clearly, since these
countries and the Soviet-led minority
add up to Sc, Ambassador Wadsworth,
chief Of our country'S delegation to the
U. N, has exaggerated bit in hailing
the ASSembly's latest deciSion-with its
AZ ballots on our Side-aS evidence that
United States policy against seating Red
China continues to have the support
Of the majority of the world COM
munity."
Nevertheless, although this state
ment is inaccurate in the sense that the
abstainers are backing neither side, the
fact remains that American policy on
the question of Peiping's admission
merits the support of all members of
the Assembly who take seriously the
Charters provision that the primary
requirement for membership is that
the applicant must be "peace-loving"
Quite obviously, as Mr.. WadSworth has
emphasized, Red China, far from having
that all-important qualification, has
demonstrated over and over again
with its aggression in Korea, its geno-
eide in Tibet, its incursionS in India,
its Subversion in Laos and its threat of
force in Formosa Strait-that it is not
entitled or fit, in its present state, to
belong to the U. NJ
Mr.. Wadsworth has made an ad-
ditional Sobering point in showing how
Communist Peiping, speaking through
some Of its most authoritative ideolog-
ical publications, "steadfastly proclaims
and acts on the belief that war is in
evitable and desirable" That is why,
among other things, it is not easy to
understand the reasoning of those nom
Communist members, wholly apart from
the abstainers, who have voted for hav-
: ing the Assembly give serious considera-
tion to Red China's bid for membership.
Certainly, lacking an improbable change
for the better on the part of the Chinese
Communists, it is difficult to see how the
U. N. can act favorably on such a bid
without stultifying itself in a way that
could be suicidal.