| Show r WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS' I Effect Disputed as Pact Signed Bradley Urges European Fortress Senate Okays More Aid for Chinese I those ol 01 are they In these columns expressed EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are not necessarilY O 0 this newspaper nod analysts 1 I UnIons UnIon's news PACT SIGNED Hopes Fears For better or worse for a hope of ot peace or a step toward war the North Atlantic pact was now a reality Whether it would insure insure in in- sure peace or aggravate tensions into war var no one could say with finality There could be no doubt anywhere however that its signing signing sign sign- ing was completed in a world atmosphere atmosphere at at- redolent of both hopes and fears STRIPPED of its mumbo-jumbo mumbo 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 member member mem mem- ber who may be attacked The degree degree degree de de- de- de gree of ot assistance is optional Therein as many observers have pointed out lies the pacts pact's strength and its weakness The strength Inherent inherent inherent in in- herent in the proviso lies in its leaving to signatory nations exercise exercise exer exer- cise else of ot their own judgment regarding regarding regarding regard regard- ing the degree of emergency in hi inthe the event of attack and does not precipitately precipitately precipitately pre pre- hurl all pact signatories Into war willy Its weakness stems from rom the fact that aggressor nations may be willing to gamble that great powers will not be willing willing will will- ing to wage out all war to come to the tile assistance of a smaller signatory signa 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 tile step was one which would ultimately lead to war as Russia would brook no actions short of ot war to stop the tide of Soviet imperialism Pact signatories were the United States Belgium Canada Denmark France Iceland Italy Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxem Luxem- bourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Portugal Portugal Por Por- and the United Kingdom DEFENSE Arms for Europe The United States was urged to follow up swiftly its peace ance action in signing the tile North Atlantic pact General Omar N. N Bradley US U.S. chief chiet of ot staff called for a military aid program which would strengthen western Europe as a fortress and stop an aggressor sor before he could overrun the continent Bradley rejected the idea widely widely widely wide wide- ly held among some military men that it would be impossible to stop Russia from conquering all Europe if it it chose The best thing the United States could do according to that theory would be to str strike k back with air power and lead a counterattack which would eventually eventually even even- liberate the continent BRADLEY flatly contended that SUCh Would rIp n i w r among potential allies in Europe and render them impotent His remarks carried added significance significance significance sig sig- sig- sig because he stated he had been requested by the state department department department depart depart- ment to co comment ment publicly on the military security significance of the North Atlantic pact and its implementation im im- He took a hefty swing at the Soviets although omitting them by byname byname byname name when he declared If to be resolute is to be hostile then we shall shan 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 removed the world crisis from froma 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 renounce re re- re- re flounce our word catch-word addiction in all too many minds that cold war waris is the overture to real war we may find ourselves with a mentality that accepts real war as able But did his urging to strengthen the ramparts of Europe in favor of air power and liberation later mean strengthen the pact countries countries' countries countries' countries countries' coun coun- tries' tries defenses with men as well as guns and munitions That was a possibility the tile people peo- peo pie of the US U.S. would have to con con- sider Israels Israel's Miracle S SV V 0 C C S SJ J lit c i 1 I- I JERUSALEM A AiLl iLl J AI AIx x L tI f I fI A 1 ta hS h'S lI Jo IOA AS 0 8 J hil i iU U UN H CE SE FRi 0 Cl S sOd I I I o 0 4 D 0 s ADDITIONAL not lIAl vE YET YETTo T TO BE 91 O This map compares for the first time the boundaries of the UN U.N. n decision with the area arca actually actually actually ac ac- ac- ac won by Israel arms The Tho miracle of reclamation is Is Israel's Israels Israels Israel's Israels Israel's Is- Is rael's present achievement and future hope ARMISTICE Jews in in Dissent Amid verbal strife strite and dissension dissension dissension dissen dissen- sion the government of Israel con con- an armistice with Trans Trans- Jordan Despite vociferous opposition opposition opposition 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 square miles to Israel This area was to be pared off oU the northwestern northwest northwest- em ern area of the bulge by an Arab withdrawal from the road and off oU the western edge by a withdrawal from the Tel Haifa Aviv railroad But the armistice was not effected without bitterness Prime Minister David Ben Gurion's opponents charged the armistice was tantamount tantamount tantamount tanta tanta- mount to recognizing the incorporation incorporation incorporation ration of ot the Jenin bulge north of Jerusalem into the Jordan kingdom o of monarch Abdullah The vote followed a stormy five five- hour debate Opponents ch charged the armistice opened Israel to Anglo-American Anglo influence Ben Ben- Gurion retorted that possibly Trans Trans- Jordan was a puppet government of Britain but there were also puppet parties in Israel serving outside outside outside out out- side interests CHINA More Aid There would be more aid from the United States States but but locking the thedoor thedoor thedoor door too late there late there was a condi condi- tion The senate wrote into the aid bill a ban on shipments to controlled fist areas IT LONG HAD BEEN public Information information In in- formation that much of the supplies and nd nd 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 n China THE US U.S. SENATE accepted an amendment to the aid measure to make available 54 million dollars in m in frozen China aid pro funds vided it is spent only in areas controlled controlled controlled con- con trolled by the Nationalist govern govern- meat ment |
