RECOGNITION OF CHINA
Sir,-In Lookout, Margot Ross drew a comparison between America’s recognition of Guatemala’s new régime and non-recognition of Red China, representing this as unreasonable hostility to Communism and demonstrating inconsistency in two similar situations. Only
a speakei looking for an emotional landmark by which to mislead the ignorant wovld compare so dissimilar situations with such obvious neglect of facts. Two of these facts, Red China’s aggression in Korea and her barbaric cruelty to prisoners of war, have been accepted as such by the United Nations General Assembly. In each case the aggressor substituted vile abuse for reasoned defence. It is no sign of impartiality to give Red China and America equal credit in international polemics, nor "is reason sacrificed to emotion by reciting the reasons why Red China is unfit to be admitted to the comity of nations at this stage. Hope for the salvation of the human race will have died if the time ever comes when the monstrous cruelties perpetrated by the Reds (on their own as well as other nationals) can be contemplated without emotion. When Red China ceases her armed aggressions in Korea, Tibet,- Indo-China and Malaya, her ‘nefarious infiltrations into other Asian countries, and turns instead to the improvement of living standards of her own people, who need all the resources now being squandered in war, the "impartiality" of Margot Ross will be more convincing.
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(Bluff).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 787, 20 August 1954, Page 5
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235RECOGNITION OF CHINA New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 787, 20 August 1954, Page 5
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