Show ABOVE THE we can ST save zt asia the advise which our government has been accustomed to receive from its experts on asia Is held by many to be the principal cause of the loss of china the probable loss of south korea and formosa and the possible loss of all southeast asia by the democratic world this contention is of course a debatable mouthful and its most important features as far as we are concerned are the probabilities and the possibilities not the accomplished facts china is 19 lost to us indonesia indochina indo china south korea formosa are sire trembling embling ix in the balance A Avow powerful erful shot in the arm am of ot encouragement and hope is desperately lately needed to save this kaslly vas important part of the world our own fate may even depend to a certain extent upon the help we now give the french in indochina indo china there is little time left and there is no time left for quibbling with the french about their policy in that state the french apparently suspect ih th it t our government wishes them to grant full independence to indochina indo china as a condition to arms assistance there they maintain that such a government could not at this time hold out against the reds no matter how well armed they were they contend that to attack i member of the french empire and to attack a weak little inexperienced nation are two quite different matters and they are right why cant we leave the internal affairs of other nations alone at least until such time as we atop stop the advance of our common mon enemy or they stop com us our butting in to their family affairs through the purse strings which we control has been the cause of so many of our troubles and has created dislike of us in those who otherwise would have shown their appreciation of our sacrifices let us hope and pray that our government revamps its policy in the all important east and assigns there a personnel whose feelings are more in harmony with the interests of the democracies cra cies |