China

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31117, 21 July 1966, Page 14

China

Sir,—“A. B. Cedarian" is trying to besmirch the Chinese in every way possible, but his cynical methods are just laughable. China is too big, in population, in progress, in spirit, and in heart to take notice of such nagging insects. What is more, unless the Americans cease their aggression in Vietnam the chances are that your correspondent and his like will be hearing a great deal more of the Chinese. Like the Negroes of the United States, the oppressed people of the world are learning how to resist, and they are standing up. The day of imperialism is drawing to a close.—Yours, etc., PJ.A. July 20, 1966.

Sir,—“Pacator” quotes Britain’s “Daily Express” to discredit complaints about China. The following excerpts from the “Daily Telegraph” discredit anti-Ameri-can, placard-waving students: “I thought all those Chinese boys and girls marching about on television with bayonets looked really lovely. I wish I could have understood those exciting slogans they were shouting. I mean we’ve simply got to see the Chinese point of view, haven’t we?” And: The most fatuous example of ail comes from New Zealand, which no doubt occa-

sionally figures in the daydreams of Peking’s warlords. When Cabot Lodge visited Wellington he met shouts of ‘Yellow Yankee’ from the placard squatters. ‘We shall not be moved,’ chanted these Antipodean dupes and fools. Won’t they? If it were not for America they might find themselves moved in a most unpleasant manner, by an enemy just as ruthless as their would-be conquerors of 25 years ago. There’s gratitude for you!”—Yours, etc., A. B. CEDARIAN. July 20, 1966. [This correspondence is now closed.—Ed, “The “Press.”]