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Show ABOVE THE By LYTLE HULL WE HAVEN'T discussed the matter personally with Stalin, but we are certain just the same that he has not the slightest intention inten-tion of stopping the Korean war unless un-less he can replace it with something some-thing just as wearing upon our nerves and resources. All the talk about the return prisoners is Just so much ballyhoo. If we accepted their conditions and forcibly returned re-turned all prisoners, tha war would doubtless continue just the same-after same-after a truce which would last long enough for the Red Chinese to further fur-ther strengthen their forces and positions. It is possible of course that the Kremlin would prefer to move the Chinese forces to south east Asia and to allow the Korean situation to simmer to b renewed after they had driven the French out of Indo-China. had forced the British ' to relinquish Hong-Kong, and had taken the balance of south east Asia into their fold. But unless they have some such move In mind, they will keep the Chinese hammering ham-mering at us as long as that nation can stand it. If the above is the case and it seems logical the most obvious solution would bt to so punish the Chinese that they would be compelled com-pelled to Quit before the people themselves rebelled against further sacrifices. This is not impossible in a nation like China. McArthur believed this and wished to act upon up-on that assumption; but the Tru-man-Acheson combine soon put a stop to any such constructive plan. Of course there would be the risk of bringing Russia into the war. but the concensus appears to be that Russia will start World War III on her own time, and that scarcely any occurrence would force her hand. Some risk mast be taken unless we are willing to bleed ourselves to death on the Korean peninsula: and this column is firmly of the opinion that General Elsenhower has already evolved some plan which may go far toward bringing this dreadful blood-letting to an end. |