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General Douglas Macarthur — Part 4
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"3 Batik : ious fous tis vi lent shock at ‘General’
iadac 4 ~thur’s removal rom command subside ‘there will be”
aithi. 4. any chance f of reason and common’
¥ Even now, however: it is well to keep in mind that-the—
jwplit ‘between General MacArthur-and- Pin followers and
;the Truman administration with its ‘supporters is only. one.
i {part ‘of the picture. ..
ins “There is grave danger that the United: ‘Nati ns-itself
-be divided into.two irreconcilable blocks...
‘los P. Romulo, 1949 president of the General “As
Pease of the UN, gives this clear picture of why United -
Nations forces are fighting. in Korea a (the. Yale Review,
After ‘centuied of. “obscurity : ‘gibaiergence “Asia:
thas assumed a new: importance ‘in world affairs. It-has.
jemerged as one of the main proving grounds of the United ”
Nations, a place of decision on the issue of war-or peace,
‘sand one.of the reasons for which the deep social and eco- '
' omic. Sisequilibrium of ‘modern society will-have.to-be
“wedressed the future is to-be-made secure from ruinous.
“conflicts,-wars and revolutions. = — <-
‘: Korea, which is the’ epitome of the plight and the’
challenge of Asia, is a turning point in the life of the.
{United Nations. The attack upon the Republic‘of Korea”
fon June 25, 1950, drove the world organization to. the .
fall, It had to resist aggression and maintain: the rule.,
of law or surrender its. Tight. to continued: existenc :
ton faced ‘deadly peril |
“After five. “years of alteltiating « crises and recoveries, ©
; which sorely tried its vitality and power though never to
athe point of mortal danger, the United Nations suddenly
‘ound itself confronted with deadly peril. south of the 38th
parallel in embattled Korea. «. 4 ot mo
¢.: Ete otk had to make 3B stand, politically and militarily,
s in T os ”.- ae
e- It made a. ‘stand, right. ‘enough, ‘but about 98 pet “cent -
a pf- that stand was made by the United States, and every.
wiay it.is becoming increasingly obvious that the United .
states and the United Nations are ‘not, in fact, “standing” -
: pr the same objective. :- : a
= dJarge“section -of UN: members is:growing more and |
“a ore voluble in its. demand that Red China admitted to:
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