Evening star., 1960-06-17
EISENHOWER
EISENHOWER
Chinese Reds Are Blamed
For Blocking Tokyo Visit
Continued From First Page

cruiser st. Paul, flagship of the
feet. He worked for awhile on
his revised trip schedule, then
planned an afternoon of relaxa-
ton. He had appeared weary
and grim as he boarded the
cruiser late last night in Manila
Bay after his tremendous re-
ception in the Philippines and
the disappointing cancellation
of his visit to Tokyo.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty told newsmen
the President did not believe
the blowup of his Tokyo visit
had marred his prestige or hurt
United States national interests.
He has been in touch with the
State Department but has re-
ceived no messages thus far
from United States Congress
sional leaders, Mr.. Hagerty
added.
A steady rain was drenching
Taipei, the Formosan capital,
but thousands were hoping it
would stop before tomorrow so
they could greet their Staunch
ally.
Due in Korea Sunday
Dropping of Japan from the
itinerary caused revision in the
Presidents tour plans.
Mr.. Hagerty said Mr.. Eisen-
hover will arrive in Korea on
Sunday-three days earlier than
originally planned. He will
spend more than "a hours there
instead of the 8 hours previ-
ously scheduled.
From Korea, the Presidents
big Set will take him to Hawaii
for several days and then on to
Washington. Mr.. Hagerty said
the plane would refuel en- route
to Hawaii, but not in Japan.
Presumably it will put down at
Okinawa or Wake Island.
Weather permitting, a hell
copter will whisk Mr.. Eisen-
hover from the deck of the st.
Paul to Taipei's Pine Hill Air
port tomorrow to start his "a
hour Formosa visit. If rain
continues on Formosa, the st.
Paul will land the President at
the port of Keelung, and he
will be driven the Is miles into
Taipei.
Asked how Mr.. Eisenhower
felt about the turn Of events,
Mr.. Hagerty replied:
He expressed his attitude
yesterday. He squarely placed
the blame for the postpone
ment of the japanese trip on
those elements controlled by
the Communists under exter-
nal (meaning Moscow and
Peiping) direction and con-
troll"
Ambassador Douglas Mac
Arthur II was reported to have
sent the President quite a
few" cables telling of his latest
talks with Japanese govern
ment leaders.
Virtually the entire 7th Fleet
lbs warShips and 500 planes
was on patrol to guard Mr..
Eisenhower as he. sailed
through the South China Sea
toward Formosa. At one point
on the 780-mile voyage, his
route lay within 125 miles of
Red China's coastiine.
Speeding at 30 Knots
Admiral Griffin, meeting
with reporters in the ward
room of the escorting aircraft
carrier yorktown, proudly
called his array of ships and
planes "the mightiest peace
time navy the world has ever
known"
Fighters from the Yorktown
and the carrier Ticonderoga
kept a round-the-clock vigil
overhead as the st. Paul sped
along at 80 knots. A shield of
destroyers and radar planes
hunted for any submarine in
truderS.
Admiral Griffin said the 30
knot speed was about twice as
fast as his ships generally
moved in the area.
Speed is our best defense"
he commented.
He declared that if any sub
marine made a hostile move or
action, I'VE would do our best
to destroy it under the circum-
stances"
But he explained later that
in such case his first order
would be for the st. Paul "to
get out of here as fast as it
Warning on Flights
He said the only unusual de-
velopment in recent days was
an increase in warnings by Pei
ping against flights over the
Paracel Islands. They are a
tiny chain midway between the
Philippines and Hainan Island,
off the South China mainland.
They are claimed by Red China,
Nationalist China and Wet
Nam.
He estimated Red China has
20 Soviet-built submarines in
the Pacific but said only few
had been sighted. The Soviet
Union, he added, keeps about
100 subs in the area and these
were sighted often in interna-
tional waters.
Manila returned slowly to
normal today after President
Eisenhower's 2l2 day state visit
marked by the greatest out
pouring of friendship and adu-
lation ever Showered on a guest.
Manila newspapers reflected
the goodwill and affection for
the United States that abounded
in the wake of the visit.
The Manila Daily Bulletin
said in its lead editorial:
He leaves behind millions of