Evening star., 1960-04-30
Korean Crisis

4OuT 6UlIOTldl OF April 20
on the Korean situation de-
serves special commendation,
particularly in the face of
most press reports which are
lauding the mob rule" in
Korea to the skies. It indi-
Gates again that the only re-
sponsible press in the National
Capital Area is The Evening
Star.
Your caustic criticism of
the State Department for its
interference in the internal
affairs Of Korea is we'll de-
served. We should not over
look another recent example
Of interference in the inter-
nal affairs of another nation
that Of South Africa. These
"buttinSki" measures subject
the United States to inter-
national criticism and con-
demnation and establish a
precedent for the Soviet-Sino
bloc to interfere hereafter
with inter-American affairs.
No longer can we be justified
to evoke the clauses and prin-
ciples Of the Monroe Doctrine.
There appears to be a re-
turn to Dean Acheson" in
the State Department, and
an indication that the Alger
Hiss compatriots are again
influencing and probably di-
recting foreign policy for the
United States. 1t Is to the
return of this international
socialistic policy that we can
attribute the establishment of
a Soviet directed and sup
ported communistic satellite
in the Americas-the totali-
tartan government of Cuba
under the dictatorship of the
bearded modern bolshevik-
Fidel Castro.
There was a saying that
made the rounds of the State
Department at the time Of
the surprise attack on Egypt
by our perennial ally. the
British, that went as follows,
When you have the British
for your ally, you don't need
any enemies" There is a
saying currently making the
rounds in the Defense De-
partment to the effect, "As
long as the United States has
the State Department work.
ing for the welfare of the
world. other countries don't
need a foreign Office"
A Loyal American.
We find the conservative
position taken by The Star
in the Tuesday april 26)
editorial entitled "Capitula-
ton in Korea" difficult to
appreciate.
The Star argues feelingly
against "the mobs." and we
deplore irresponsible mob
action, but we doubt that
there is an alternative way
of expressing resistance to a
long history of repressive
police state methods that has
marked Mr.. Rhee's 12-year
rule. We doubt that political
debate forums flourished in
President Rhee's Korea.
Just when is a group of
people a mob? A ragged
mob" once challenged the
splendid might of His Maj
esty's army up near Boston.
Presumably, The Star would
hesitate to label the heroes
of our own Revolution a
mob"
We do not feel that we have
all the facts behind the cur
rent uprisings in Korea. 1t is
our opinion, however, based
upon what we have learned of
a decade of Rhee's "democ-
racy," that it has been a dec
ade Of despotism, corruption
and oppression for the long
suffering Korean people-a
people who are not strangers
to relationships, having lived
under the cruel yoke of ia
pan for 345 years prior to
liberation in 1945.
Rather than deplore the
imminent passing of the old
man from the political scene
in Korea, The Star would do
well. we think, to send up a
good lusty cheer for a people
who have suffered under one
form of oppression or another
for decades-yet who have
taken the same principles of
democracy that we Ameri-
cans cherish to heart, rising
in concerted action against
an aging tyrant on the alb
stract principle of political
determination.
We applaud the unarmed
Korean students and profess
sors-a mob" if you will
who have the sheer courage
to march into the massed
gins of a corr1lpt GOVERN.