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GAINS AND LOSSES IN KOREA

· THE "CHINA "MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1030.

A FORTNIGHT IN LONDON

It is more than 10 days since the erigis began. They seem ̈n very long time. The pre- crisis period hirendy looks a long way off. A great JobLY tlinga have been changed heru by the breaking out of fight-

By Windrush' Special correspondent

ing in a robote part of thehaps of troops, too, who would world. It is surprising how be passed off nominally quickly Britain-hay ddjusted" "Koreans." Perhaps it will use

Chinese troops for the purpose. itself to them.

Russia's strong position

Because

the

in Koren is straight

Sonie people puppose that Korean moyo : war to: (elbi that the real guation „olige come in Europe.

Dangerous period

Somebody is

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United Nationa

Cut off right in the middle of sentence. Tak, tsk.

to

W

mean

advertising So the Western powers will have. This is unhkely: but one argu-

inent is that the to think out their reply.

Russians, autices saloon" car for sale. The only antifactory answer inevitable, may choose to ring in our cars but in

convinced that ultimate wir k

The Tault, dear Trutus, is not ourselves, will be a convicing demonstra-it on bufore Amerten has the that we have underlings. tion to the non-Communist parts hydrogen Lomb, and while Russia Events may move very fast,

of Aala that they do really stand enjoys is present greater superi and anything written in Londoa

to gain by their connection with ority in ground forces in Europe. may be put of date by the 'thuic i

"South Korea's tenuous nows the West. There must be prac-Russia would scarcely be likely link with the outsire world-a it is printed in Hong Kong. Dut

Kent proof that the West can, to it may be worthwhile, setting

to, move before the harvest has single telephone Tine-tailed.... It must be admitted that, whereally bring them advantages. Tiden gathered in both Tussin pnu The circuff... was shared by the down how

w people in England are ther by design of accident, Rus-is here that the economic plan Europe: August and September military, the leoking moment-two weeks after it be-3 s placed Itself la a strong which was evolved at the British may therefore be the danger Commission and some 40"

position and America in a weak Commonwealth conferences anonths. Other people expect that Ran.

South Colombo and Sydney may prove Russia may suddenly switch it position. As will have been clear from Korean army has collapsed, the to be of very great importance, pressure and concentrate it on the House of Cominens debate jak

falt The Sydney, plan-as it is now the Middle fighting

Eost, perhaps or and from the reports of corres-combat between American forces chilea is a six-year plan for the Persie.

Pricon of mealcines and drugs pondents in London, there is up and

Thecolomile modernisation of all nationalists. Korçan

The

All this is guess work. Nobody are sonring in Calcutta. serious opposition to the Govern-West 13

This is mint's decision to join Amerlen West is ghung Asin. Communist South Asia. When it gets under cutside Russia kuows the anisyphs||

oing in the action which it has taket. propaganda will naturally make way it may, 'It carried out on the yet. All that is teoriain is that headache for sont people.

the utmost possible use of this, scule at present intended, we have entered on a period of Some people with tender

afoot such a great economic and very

It will also make much ́ ́of the consciences have been unhappy fact that Amerlen hos

social transformation of Asin that new dangers and uncertainties.

"Mexico's clean_nweep." The only wise plan is to persevere that Amerien

is will become clear that Russla undeviatingly in the course we jumped, the gun Dr. Sy

Generat

Thil's the sort and acted a few hours in advance Chlaug Kat-shek,

have set ourselves. By resolution, would soot me. revolution may resplú

proceed. But None of these evolution started by the Sydney tional

the courage and tenacity, interna peror Ba Dui. action. Pe lon on authorislag

may be avoided.

indecision would There is agitation in Britain ta progressive circles in Asla Others-mostly traveller brand--hove argued Communists

The will not bring with it concentra-round we will

draw it on. And in the remove the ban on cream during that all the proceedings of

of Amerlea is trying to forec puppet The Sydney Plan can come into hope, as

have the the summer. Security Council were

That would be fine, but most Mr. Churchill said in the absence of Russia governments upon Atip, because

peration only if there is inter- the House of Commons, that the housewives are hoping for butter dational peace or at least if the present crisis and its eventualnews. and because the Chinese vale was keep them intact by

bayonets.

trouble in Korea remains localis-solution may lead to a new pog- East by a delegate of the Ku

The picture which the Com-ed. mintang But the legal arguments

What ore the chances of sibility of n comprehensive settle- for the correctness of everything munists will paint is of course a peace being kept? Nobody in ment with Russia settlenien

But it is bound Landon

under any illusion made from strength and not from which has been done are really gross distortion. quite overwhelming. They were to impress many people in Asin, about the dangers of world war, weakness. stated convincingly by Mr. Attice in the House of Commons de- bate

CL

Bu Dr. Syngman and the Em-s not the only centre from which

It is necessary to watch of the Security enjoys very much respect amicas Pinn will be a bloodless one. ItWeakness or

Russia's moves in the present crisis and to recognise her for what she is the principal in the Korean showdown. That doesn't mean there must be any delay or weakness in beating to a frazzle the North Korean aggressors. That little war has to be won: it has still to be won if, after all, help comes too late to save the peninsula and the United Na- tions has to build up in Japan for another D-day of power and lightning at points along the long, exposed, and largely unprotected Korean coast. There are many people, no

of

fellow-

of the

political The

in urguments Anglo-American support of the action ore regarded as no less convincing. It is easy to point out Its dangers. But the certain catastrophe which would have followed from non-action is also plain. There would have been a

homes in

Com-

doubt, who don't much carefreendous

who runs Korea so long as

they are Koreans. That is These

not the point. The act of aggression has raised other issues not so casily handed

prestige which have got to be settled in favour of the

Indo-Chinn

ther

the attack by East Germany on West Germany. And that would cortainly have provoked internus tional war, These deve opments might have followed quite rapid- ly, not over a matter of years.

The future

STRUC

that

"American

to

tion camps or secret police.

wat

"My most exciting assignment”--No. 10:

may

Into battle with the

Outside the

young, earnest

army of Israel

bee.

Simple plan

By J.L. Hays

of job

that

HMS London to be broken up and a'lot of Navy men arc froken up at the thought of tha "end-of a ̈grand old ship.

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While on the subject. I see HMS Unicorn is going to horn into the Korean confict.

*

"Uee of U.N. blue Bag legal, Moscow avers."

Use of the Red flog is all right, af course. Very sickle, these Russions.

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of the Dormlilon and the dome Trying to take a rice out of us? of the Mosque of Omar, inside Korea is only a puddle in the It, loomed stark and black against onrashing, wave of Communisin." the crimson, ground of the explosions.

flame-shot back-

The Legion's machine-gun fire Deflation of a modern matron: which had harassed us every yard fust a bulld in a girdled cage. of the way across (onee, flat on the damp, grass, I the valley

•

"Franchot Tone, who put some Legion officer friends who were of his own money in The Man probably directing it) slackened on the Eiffel Tower, did his own and died.

limbing and falls from the The Jevrish soldiers chattered tower, occasionally, from as high excitedly at this. But Ellby (as the top, 000-foot level." former U.S. Army battalion com- mander and winner of a Dian people's money!"

Imagine doing that with other guist.co Service Cross to boot)

throughout Asia. Burma, of saving and Thalland from

Determined to work miracles Communism would have faded |

sandbagged can't do it. But we can--you'll Beblad us from deep emplace in the realm of air raid defence.

ments, these lost, what windows. the fiery trails of awny.

With

mortars Loomed and New York State is now going chance would there have been of

"We have nearly 600 people in above the mounting tracer bullets ripped the there, including old men, women roared

thunder to have feat of Clay, Malaya? The couse-

the huge, home OT: issues of principle and enter would have spread fur-pale violet of the evening sky. and children. The Arabs are all made" David rocket-mortars →→→

afield. The attack by North Flat thumps of falling mortar food water, ammunition and report weapons.

kround them. 'Unless We get possibly the Jews' best tibsa sup- "If he (Stalln) is looking for Koree on South Kore might

World War III, he knows where -United Nations, or the age of have been taken as a model fombs echoed through the infbreements to them they won't

The bottlemented wall and the he can find in the rice puddica forec will be upon us all.

From some- be able to hang on 'much longer." tall, pointed spire of the Church of Korea," empty streets.

the tinkle The Russian stooges, doing

where near came of breaking glass. And a cry their dubious work for them

of pain-high and piercing. in Korea, have so far won

And I did soc-and-food, water, Those were most of the rounds on the

the days of the DID reach the Jewish defenders, Arab siege of Jerusalem's Jewish huddled at their loopholes and in ground. At sea and in the air

"New City....May, 1948. the collars of the square stone matters ure very different,

We were gathered, a handful of houses lining the twisting, nar- and air control when fully

British and American correspon- row, cobbled streets. behind the thought wryly of my British Arab The real anxiety "and unver-dents around developed will be as vital a

Bickering of Wall. tainties in London uro not on ac- Jamp in sheltered corner of the factor in this conflict as it was

count of the action already taken. | newly-formed Ismall Govern- in the last world war. In the They are for the future.

mont's "Public Information Of- field of diplomacy the Rus- It has still to be seen whether fice" above a shop in Ben Yehuda

their Street. sians have not won, but lost. the Americans' can keep

foothold in South Koren. This The

Israel! And it may yet be seen by the may be clear by the time this Army spokesman, his khaki drill simplest observer that the article reaches Hong Kong. If uniform soiled and sweat-marked, swift action at Lake Success the United Nations' forces should did not mince his words.

I had time to return "You have all been complain hotel, change

to my treiting through a gap in the Arab and at Washington in face of have to effect a re-entry by am-

into operations kin this

battle-dress, wire, that the Legionnaires were yolunteers crawled to the foot of challenge,

kind of ing about not seeing enough of collect binoculars. Deld dressing merely ducking into the cover of the gate with their torpedo, the phibious was

D-Day Korea-this

and water-bottie (and a steel the Old City's catacombs and Girl"medical orderles,' in greatest upset to the plans be- very nukuned for max lend to our army In aution," he told us.

complications.

"An opportunity arises for you holniet presented" to me by the cellars, would put in their coun- khaki shirts and slacks, their Suppose that

North the

do so tonight." shed back to the

1st Battalion Light Infantry be- ter-attack by daylight.

hair bundled under scarves, far occurred. By precedents, Koreans are pushed

"There is an Important opera-fore collecting my orders-to This proved to be the case. cheered and sang es the explosion What happension. For reasons of military pick up a rule at the headquarWithin 48 hours the Jewish com- billowed and echoed amid the the United Nations should th

afterwards? Is Korea to remain security 7 ani still be talking instead of act- divided? Presumably there must note about able to tell you ters of the 6th. Brigade in a tree-munity in the Old City surren- ancient stones of the Holy City

The commander

| lined street in the residential Rc-tlered. A gallant defence was A few minutes later, Bilby ing, and its members should be a large and more or less per-

of the 6th havin Quarter.

suitably capped, by the impeccab-poil I run through the be waiting for a lead and or- monent United Nations army in Brigade has agreed that three

the Journalists may accompany four of the New York Herald Tri-Legion.

Behind my Citroen, Ken Bilby, ly correct behaviour of the Arts mimed gateway, huddled 'ngaitist wall watching the Jewish rein- dars. It just didn't happenSouth Korea to prevent that way this time. The trouble breaking out again. There forces--one cach to represent the bune" representing the Ameri In the tom, churned-up church torcements pouring through, load- ¡must be a supporting army In British and Americans and pac cans, drove Davidson's Ford. gardens, brightly lit by Arab ed with ammunition, tinned United Nations, and the Unit-Japan. Perhaps one of the objects our own newspapers."

Our guides were expecting us, flares, the Breakers Through water and supplies. to the.

He added: "You will have to waiting in the cover of a well. ed States, went into action of the Russians in agreeing to

were breaking through.

We had seen the Jews breach has been tic decide among yourselves who Minc. steel-helmeted and arm- with a bang almost at once.Korean adventure

Their grimy faces lined beneath the wall built by Sulelman the . Those selected will reported with a Stan, Tapsed into sul basin-diaped steel Helmets, the Magnificent in 1530. Some day we may be told the up a sizeable part of America's Soes.

back here at 1 o'clock tonight len silence when he discovered pockets of their British Army We had seen the new Jewish measure of the shock this

with their own transport."

Was British.

We weru not paratrooper camouflage jackets Army win His first "set-plece" gave a lot of people behind the

popular in Jerusalem in those bulging with grenades and am- battle against the Arab Leklan. days.

munition, boots clattering, they curtain.

There remained only the basi- We drove cautiously, without rushed the alley leading on to ness of getting back across the yalloy through the gathering day- Well, we made it but that is

hind the invasion that has so

138th Parallel.

available forces in Asia.

Drew lots

and I breathlessly agreed, Jog

smoke-

What will the Russians da? This has of course been the main topic of 'all conversation in Lon- don for the The next spot of embarrass- don for the past 10 days. Up to

the present the Russians have The slow, American voice of lights, through streets itered the Zin Gate ment came when the British not needed to do anything at all.my friend Carter Davidson of with debris, blocked by tangled Then, in the grey light of light. And to write our stories. separately made representa- The North Koreans have been the Associated Press; stilled the shopfronts spilled into the road- dawn, with snipers bullets strik

Jong-range ing aparks from the cobbles']'unother story. tions in the Kremlin, inviting winning: they have not needed sudden burst of excited conversa-way, becked at by

But no conclusions can be tion.

machine-gun fire. Reficated fires danced on my windscreen.

bre

he said, "We all

the poace and in carrying out may do if the Norther noticed 18o. Okay, then, let's draw two tack was the front line" settle-

the United Nations resolution

no

it to co-operate in preserving drawn from this about what they "c's not, bewe want to start line of the Jewish at-

med

back. It has

It has been demanding the cessation of in London that Mr. Gromyko

myko tu lots of lots one British, one ment of, Yemen Moshe, its old stopo houses long since buttered hostilities. Russia had only his recent statement denouncing American."

in civil wars mado

My name was do the "British" into rubblebut Its concreted to give the word "stop" to./ intervention the Spanish civil slip picked out of the upturned collars, dug-outs and

reference to

network of trenches picked with Uni the North Koreans, and, in war, in which of course Russia steel helmet by the peri red-head face of all the other develop that Russia will follow the pre-summer frock crisp

intervened heavily. I

oddly. be who looked after our bar her shaven, battle-stained, may'

And fresh uniformed Haganah troops. ments, even the most hot- cedents of the Spanish war. It despite water shortage, dying dust post, surrounded by girls operat- his underground, command beaded of them might well may supply the Koreans with an and heat. have stopped-as in fact they endless, flow of arms, and PPress on an Israeli Army opera-chunkes, Yemen

I was to represent the Britishing radio sets and risicom- did for nearly a whole week

Llon-the first time foreign cor-mander

burly fair-haired on the Han River.

respondents were to be allowed Peilsh Jew, a former British Moscow did try to save a still Trieste. There is still to get close-up of Jewish soldiers Army Infantry sergeant briefed little time and try out a typi- the Austrian Treaty-there is in action.

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ex-

as quickly in broken English in

cal bit of "splitting" diplo- still everything awaiting de- good-natured, half-envious, hiuk pahorama of the Old City wall.

In my colleagues barrage of front of a long, photographie mocy after the British appeal cision except in cases whore, anxious banter, varied emotions The Jewish, plan was simple had been handled in. It point-like the Persian border trou-exeltement, clation, Tear enough. crack Palmach unit, ied out that it had turned down' ble and the Berlin airlift, it seemed to gather in a liard ball the Breaker's Through one of the appeal because it had con- was made plain that we were under my heart. the many underground prafes- A friendly Jewish newspaper-logal, "full impe" units illegally tained no concrete proposals: taking no nonsense and would man drew me to a dark comer trained by the Jewish authorities,

the Holy Perhaps the British would solve the matter in our own whispered: "You are going to While Britain ruled

attacked oblige by prolonging the way and unilaterally. Some have a good story, Jim We are Land had already

going to have crack at the Old across the 800 yerda wide valley episode a little longer and put day, perhaps, there will be a City Wall tonights try to break between Women Moshe, and the forward such proposals! Per diplomatic cleaning up of this through to reach our people in through the gardens of the his- wall; was now nightly its way haps, too, they would show a Korean mess, but not now, the Jewish quarter f

Now, one Why and another, I torie Church of the Dormition slightly more malleable dis. The first thing to be done is to had scen Jghing in many parts towards the salon Gate Water and position than the Americans, deal with the aggressors, and of the world world this sudden 26 dirt into the 10 be used and

The tate Was fo who are so impulsive in such deal with them handsomely. velation of the Jewish pon bipwa: Win Bangalores torpedo matters and, at present, After that the Koreans ought palled mehe, ja city, except and supplies and sofforcements have their fighting blood apt to be allowed to form their the Jewish u

the hands of thes

akers Through" were is there anything else that own government in their own seemed

really matters in such a pals? | wày Without any prejudices throwish, unified

the Wall Five years have been spout | on our part. But it is going

infantry on trying to negotiate reason to be a longish and it tiresome Arabion into or out of the Russians: business putting the "ng= | niants==Wll M we have got nowhere with It.gressors back where they be days before ¡Not a single solution has been | long, for thủy have fnd á lồng) Acab 140 Freached in which it was pos“ start in reel gruparedness. Till nam; isible for them to SERVPER-

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