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Show WtZKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Effect Disputed as Pad Signed; (Bradley Urges European Fortress; Senate Okays mreJjorG (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are P""';dnl0nt lts arily "of uL? newspaper.) Western Newspaper Union's news analysts ana not , I Israel's Miracle I fLEBA POM 5nathahya J, &7 I TUlkaRm A JAFFA :L 0 . 6- JERUSALEM My'ft hi h W SA i.s.t-.-zjr.-' I -v v beebsheba. : . I V J i V ( $ f Desert r; . S ' 6.N , o , - L-'-'-y ' ' J AS FIHEO BY THE V on cease fire DECISION ' IaOO'TiONAL TEBRITOBY ' SUBDUED 8v "SPAEL, 1 7HHAL BOUNDARIES VT 1 TO BE OtTtOM'NfcD PACT SIGNED: Hopes & Fears For better or worse . . . for a hope of peace or a step toward war . . . the North Atlantic pact was now a reality. Whether it would insure in-sure peace or aggravate tensions into war, no one could say with finality. There could be no doubt anywhere, however, that its signing sign-ing was completed In a world atmosphere at-mosphere redolent of both hopes and fears. STRIPPED of its mumbo-jumbo phraseology, the intent of the pact is simple: It declares that an act of aggression against any of the signatory nations shall be construed as an attack against all. It does not make mandatory military help by any signatory to any pact member mem-ber who may be attacked. The degree de-gree of assistance is optional. Therein, as many observers have pointed out, lies the pact's strength and its weakness. The strength inherent in-herent in the proviso lies in its leaving to signatory nations exercise exer-cise of their own judgment regarding regard-ing the degree of emergency in the event of attack, and does not precipitately pre-cipitately hurl all pact signatories into war willy-nilly. Its weakness stems from the fact that aggressor nations may be willing to gamble that great powers will not be willing will-ing to wage all-out war to come to the assistance of a smaller signatory. signa-tory. THERE WAS STAUNCH denial that the pact was aimed at any particular nation, but only a moron would concede the truth in that. The pact definitely was aimed at blocking Russian aggression against the smaller signatories, and there was little effort to hide the hope that the pact would do just that. On the other hand, there were those who felt the step was one which would ultimately lead to war as Russia would brook no actions short of war to stop the tide of Soviet imperialism. Pact signatories were the United States, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Luxem-bourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal Por-tugal and the United Kingdom. DEFENSE: Arms for Europe The United States was urged to follow up swiftly its peace-insurance action in signing the North Atlantic pact. General Omar N. Bradley, U.S. chief of staff, called for a military aid program which would strengthen western Europe as a fortress and stop an aggressor aggres-sor before he could overrun the continent. Bradley rejected the idea widely wide-ly held among some military men that it would be impossible to stop Russia from conquering all Europe if it chose. The best thing the United States could do, according to that theory, would be to strike back with air power and lead a counterattack which would eventually even-tually liberate the continent. BRADLEY flatly contended that such strategy would breed despair among potential allies in Europe and render them impotent. His remarks carried added significance sig-nificance because he stated he had been requested by the state department depart-ment to comment publicly on the military security significance of the North Atlantic pact and its implementation. im-plementation. He took a hefty swing at the Soviets, although omitting them by name, when he declared: "If to be resolute is to be hostile, then we shall have to endure the slanders of those who call us hostile. For their slanders are the expressions of angry resentment from jackals denied their plunder." HE DECLARED the Atlantic pact had removed the world crisis from a "cold war" stage, and warned that America could all "too readily become the victim of our own slogans ... if we do not soon renounce re-nounce our catch-word addiction in all too many minds that 'cold war' is the overture to real war, we may find ourselves with a mentality that accepts real war as inevitable." inevit-able." But did his urging to strengthen the "ramparts" of Europe in favor of air power and liberation later, mean strengthen the pact countries' coun-tries' defenses with men as well as guns and munitions. That was a possibility the people peo-ple of the U.S. would have to consider. This map compares for the first time the boundaries of the U.N. decision with the area actually ac-tually won by Israel arms. The miracle of reclamation is Israel's Is-rael's present achievement and future hope. ' ARMISTICE: Jews in Dissent Amid verbal strife and dissension, dissen-sion, the government of Israel con-sumated con-sumated an armistice with Trans-Jordan. Trans-Jordan. Despite vociferous opposition, opposi-tion, the government won a test vote of confidence in parliament. WHATEVER ELSE the armistice may have effected, a foreign office spokesman said it had added 150 square miles to Israel. This area was to be pared off the northwestern northwest-ern area of the bulge by an. Arab withdrawal from the Hadera-Afula road and off the western edge by a withdrawal from the Tel Aviv-Haifa railroad. But the armistice was not effected without bitterness. Prime Minister David Ben - Gurion's opponents charged the armistice was tantamount tanta-mount to recognizing the incorporation incorpo-ration of the Jenin-Tulkarm-Nablue bulge north of Jerusalem into the Hashemite Jordan kingdom of monarch Abdullah. The vote followed a stormy five-hour five-hour debate. Opponents charged the armistice opened Israel to Anglo-American influence. Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion retorted that possibly Trans-Jordan Trans-Jordan was a puppet government (of Britain) but there were also puppet parties in Israel serving outside out-side interests. CHINA: More Aid There would be more aid from the United States but, locking the door too late there was a condition. condi-tion. The senate wrote into the aid bill a ban on shipments to Communist-controlled areas. IT LONG HAD BEEN public information in-formation that much of the supplies and munitions sent by this country to aid the Chinese Nationalists in their fight against communism had fallen into Communist hands. The procedure was beginning to make America and its Far East policy appear a bit silly. Now, congress had moved to stop a procedure which must have afforded no little amusement to Russia and her Communist hordes in China. THE U.S. SENATE accepted an amendment to the aid measure to make available 54 million dollars in "frozen" China aid funds "provided "pro-vided it is spent only in areas controlled con-trolled by the Nationalist govern, ment." RUSSIANS ON RAMPAGE Soviet Troops Attack Even as the North Atlantic pact was being signed in an actual, though disavowed, effort to stem the spread of Russian imperialism, a military informant in Tehran reported re-ported Russian forces had attacked an Iranian army post. The report stated a Russian regiment, supported sup-ported by tanks and armored cars had made a new foray into Azer-h;iian Azer-h;iian province. : Army Post in Iran Iranian troops replied to the fire and an "important battle" ensued, the source said. The reported clash occurred during dur-ing a time of reported strained relations re-lations between the countries. Russian Rus-sian pressure on Iran had been mounting, causing speculation thai the oil-rich Middle East country would become the next focal point in the "cold war." |