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Show FORESIGHT The well intentioned men and women wo-men who in January and February of the current year were filling the air with lamentations over the imperialistic imperial-istic gesture of the United States authorities in sending soldiers and marines to China seem to have changed chang-ed their attitude within the last lew days. From the various church bodies who were then militantlly for peace, even if they had to fight fur it, the gentle cry is now being rai :: ' that we have not sent enough of the American military forces and this is not the time to leave anything to chance. J The explanation of the change is not hard to discover. It comes from the reading of the daily papers, by these well intentioned pacifists, the stories of the rescue of American men, women and children from the 'ianger no only of sudden but of shameful deaths by American soldiers and sailors. At this time it may not be amiss to recite that when some weeks ago in February ' the clamor was particularly loud against tiu sending of armed forces to China, the statement was issued from the Wlu.e House that what was being done was to provide against a possible emergency emer-gency and that in this case we were using hindsight instead of foresight, fore-sight, there was scoffing at t.c declaration. Its truth has ben proved. The critics who forced thr.A statement in the first instance owe to the White House today somethin." more than mere acquiesence by silence, sil-ence, they should come out honestly and admit that they did not understand under-stand the possibilities and that they spoke out of turn. |