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Summer Session Kansan
Friday, July 25, 1958
Opinions On Middle East
Opinions on the Middle East crisis are varied. Newspapers throughout the country have devoted editorial space to this problem.
The New York Times said, "Whatever one might think of the value of a summit conference, there was no doubt yesterday (Monday) that events in the Middle East, followed by the brusque message sent out by Premier Khrushchev . . . had brought the subject back into the limelight.
"... Russia had cast a veto, its 84th, to kill the United States proposal for the use of a United Nations force in Lebanon . . .
"Into this situation came Mr. Khrushev, with his charges, his threats, his demands and his proposal for a meeting . . . of five heads of government . . . the charges may be dismissed: the Middle East has not been invaded by American and British troops."
The New York World-Telegram and Sun, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, said, "If Khrushchevwants to restore peace in the Middle East, he can do so quickly and easily by calling off his Communist fifth and Nasser's infiltrators. They have instigated revolts in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan—successfully in Syria and Iraq, and unsuccessfully in Lebanon and Jordan only because of American and British rescue squads."
Another New York newspaper, The New York Daily News, said, "Khrushchev is lying, of course, when he accuses us and the British of aggression. The wisdom of our sending Marines and paratroops to Lebanon and Jordan can be debated, but the fact remains that these moves were made at the request of those countries' lawful and legitimate governments."
The Washington Post And Times Herald said, "Nikita Khrushchev's proposal for a summit conference . . has all the earmarks of a major propaganda gesture.
"But the Western powers would make a serious mistake, in our opinion, to dismiss it as if nothing more than propaganda were involved... the effect of the talks might well be to center attention upon the desirability of letting the U.N. function in this crisis... the practical necessity for U.N. action does not, however, minimize the desirability of a summit meeting on the crisis if the Russians want it. At the very least such a gathering should quiet the Kremlin's excited war talk."
In the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times an editorial said, "He (Nasser) is a force to be reckoned with. America's strong stand in preserving the lawful government of Lebanon against his indirect aggression, however, should bolster other nations on his list who may have been weakening as he
became stronger and the West appeared to have abandoned them.
"The United States has not abandoned its belief in government by law and order rather than by civil strife."
"The United States still will have to get along as best it can with Nasser, but its insistence on an abandonment of his demagogic appeal to violence is in keeping with the principles of peace on which the U.N. was founded, and to which Nasser's nation itself, as a member of the U.N., should subscribe."
"But history may show our sudden intervention to have been another in a long series of miscalculations in foreign policy. The shallow pretext that American Marines were dispatched to Lebanon to protect American lives and property does not ring true."
The Saturday Chicago Daily News said, "The presence of British troops in Jordan reinforces the view that while we may profess the noblest of intentions about preserving the independence and integrity of pro-Western nations in the Middle East, we really mean to save the oil fields for the West.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said, "Premier Khrushchev's call for a summit conference on the Middle East relieved some tension, since it confirmed the view that for the moment he prefers words to military action.
"It also re-emphasized the powerful propaganda position the Soviet Union occupies. At one stroke, Khrushchev exploited the opposition in neutral nations to the West's military intervention, widened the split in opinion within Britain and America themselves, championed Arab nationalism, set himself up as a peacemaker, and renewed his long-standing drive for a chief-of-state conference . . . we must be prepared to deal with both Russia and Nasser's Arab nationalism in dampening down the Middle East tinderbox."
The Dallas Morning News said. "Washington is probably right in identifying (Khrushev's call for a summit conference) as a propaganda move. But as such, it is more than clever. It is diabolically ingenious to make the free world the goat whichever way we turn. Underlying is the simple fact that the conference at Geneva can be useful and may be necessary.
"Khrusheley led the trump card . . . but this is one trick, not the game. Nobody has gone to war. Nobody will, unless it is the Soviets that make war impossible to avoid."
There you have it. Which opinion do you agree with? Think it over, this world crisis includes you too.
Martha Crosier
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6 Powder ingredient.
10 Pillow cover.
14 Actress MacMahon.
15 Aroma.
16 Dunce cap shape.
17 Stick-to-the-ribs soup.
19 U.S. information agency.
20 Haphazard try.
21 16th century man-of-war.
23 Export of Bolivia.
24 Fretful.
25 Cold drink with herbs.
28 Conclude by reasoning.
29 On.
30 Skillet.
31 Fur: 2 words.
35 Gallon: Abbr.
36 Vehement declamations.
38 Card game.
39 Tool for forming.
41 Poetic contraction.
42 City on the Arno.
43 Ecclesiastical test.
45 Demolishes.
46 Affirms anew.
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53 Sales.
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2 Hodgenpode.
3 Companion of blue serge.
4 Cousin of the turkey t.bt.
5 Transport to a second city.
6 Wrongful act.
7 Fuss.
8 Yearned.
9 Beings.
10 Rowed.
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12 Negative ion.
13 Signified.
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12 Henry and Clare.
24 Roman house-
hold gods.
25 Cuts unevenly.
26 Where part of the Wasatch
Range is.
27 Girl in popular song of "55.
28 Patriotic ladies:
Abbr.
30 Reminiscent of Kidd.
32 Form into tufts.
33 Tributary of the Humber.
34 Memorable time.
36 Man from Dallas.
37 Noise.
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(with "out").
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"heavy" movie
roles.
44 Ear of maize.
45 Meal.
46 Swift.
47 Clean the
blackboard.
48 Pleasant look.
49 Pronoun.
51 Foolhardy.
52 Scrutinize.
53 Spreads for
drying.
54 Actual being.
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