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Prof. Dull’s speech at the Reed
College discussion of “Crisis in the
Far East” Thursday night.
By Paul S. Dull
There is one salient fact that I
think we must recognize in this
discussion of our crisis with China
and that is we have to live in the
world as we find it, not as we want
to find it. Only by looking realis
tically at what we have to work
with can we make hard plans for
better worlds in the future.
These are the things that we
start with:
1. Our nation is involved in what
could become a life and death
struggle with .Communist Russia.
2. Communist Russia cannot be
allowed to win that struggle if we
are to keep a way of life that has
been unique in the history of civili
zations in the multitude of bene
fits that it bestows on each individ
ual.
3. The China of today is inextri
cably linked by ideology and by
fembitlon with Soviet Russia.
Not All Unnecessary
It does little good as we stand
in the wreckage of traditional
Chinese-American friendship to
say that it has all been unneces
sary. I am willing to grant that at
least an opportunity existed in
the 1940’s for us to have prevent
ed the close alliance between Mao's
China and Stalin’s Russia; I am
also willing to admit the condi
tions in China that led to Mao’s
victory over the Kuomintang.
I will grant that on the basis
of evidence available Mao is
sincere in his efforts to better the
miserable lives of the Chinese.
But that does not change the
facts of the present situation.
The Chinese government as it
exists is an enemy of the United
States, by its own explicit ad
mission. And because I do not
happen to believe that Commun
ism is a solution for Asia’s
troubles, I feel that however
well intentioned it may be, Mao’s
Communism is a blind alley for
It is certain that if the normal
historical process of revolution
operated in China, the old order
had to go. It is a tragedy for us
and for the Chinese that they chose
Western civilization’s ideology of
reaction instead of freedom. For
whatever economic benefits may
have accrued to China, the end
product of Chinese Communism ha§
been that thousands of Chinese
and thousands of Americans have
paid and are continuing to pay
with their lives. The world is
brought closer to the brink of a
war it cannot afford because of
the desire for world domination in
herent in the Communist ideology
predicating the universal revolu
tion.
Little Use to Speculate
I think it does little good to
speculate whether Mao is or is not
a puppet of Moscow. From what I
know of Mao I doubt it. I think
Russian leaders, aware of the na
tionalism generated in the Chinese
revolution and now vented against ]
capitalistic powers, would be utter- j
ly stupid if they showed a firm
hand in directing China.
Mao is an avowed-Marxist who
has consistently followed the
Stalinist line in foreign policy.
His goals, as he has stated them,
are stated goals of Soviet Rus
sia. When both have adopted the
same interpretation of the same
book, is it necessary for Stalin
to direct?
I am quite aware of Mao’s de
viationism in internal policy. As
we face 1951 and read what Mao
says regarding world revolution,
the United States and foreign
policy, I see no deviation. I am also
aware that a good chance remains
at some future date for deviation
in foreign policy. As we face the
facts of 1951, can we afford to
wait for that deviation ? There may
be no love lost between the Chinese
Land Russians, the alliance may be
%ased on expediency and like con
victions, but since when did a poli
tical alliance have to be based on
love?
in our luiure ioreign policy we
must work around one unpleasant
fact: the Chinese leaders are satu
rated with Leninism and their pol
icy will reflect it. If that is so I do
not see how any working arrange
ment could be made to regulate
our relations if we recognized that
state of Communist China. As long
as their ideology has led them to
aggression in Korea, I do not see
how Communist China could be ad
mitted to the United Nations, an
organization whose purpose it is
to stop aggression and whose legal
will China has flouted.
Let us move to the proof of such
contentions. It is true that I have
not met China’s Communist lead
ers. I have not even been in China
since 1938. However, I do not feel
entirely without competence in ap
proaching the subject for I can
let China’s Communist leaders
plead the case.
In the formal ideological de
claration adopted by the Seventh
Congress of the Chinese Com
munist Party on June 11, 1945,
it is stated “The Chinese Com
munist Party is based on the
principles of Marxism-Leninism
. . .(It) is based on the dialecti
cal and historical materialism of
Marx. . .The task of the Chinese
Communist Party will be to
struggle, by necessary steps and
according to the requirements of
China’s social and economic de
velopment and the will of her
people for the realization of
Socialism and Communism.”
The fact that Mao developed the
concept of “New Democracy”
does not negate this declaration.
“New Democracy” is but a tran
sitional step to Socialism-Corn
munism tty Mao’s admission.
The dialectical method, as used,
has rejected our traditional con
cepts of international law and
practice as bourgeois. All interna
tional concepts must be re-examin
ed de nevo. The social revolution
has precedence over traditional
legal abstractions. Treatment of
our counsuls, Ward and Lodge, and
of our nationals reflects the “new
international practice”. Chinese
Communism accepts the traditional
Leninist view that capitalistic coun
tries inevitably must be imperialis
tic, that they inevitably are ene
mies of Communist countries and
inevitably the latter must defeat
the former.
U. S., China Enemies
It follows that the United States,
the greatest capitalistic country,
is the chief natural enemy of China,
and the isolation and defeat of the
United States is China's most
pressing urgency. Lu Ting-yi, edi
tor-in-chief of the Emancipation
Daily, in a series of broadcasts
from Tenan beginning Jan. 7, 1947,
stated, “The world is divided: on
the one hand are the ‘reactionaries
of the various countries’ ”—“Amer
ican imperialism and its stooges
in the various countries of the
world.”
“On the other hand is the
‘world anti-imperialist camp’ ”
comprising “the Soviet Union
and the new democratic coun
tries of Eastern Europe, the na
tional liberation movements of
China, the countries of South
east Asia and Greece and the
people’s democratic forces in all
countries.
“After World War II, American
imperialists took the place fascist
Germany, Italy, and Japan, becom
ing the fortress of the world re
actionary forces. . .The reaction
aries of all countries and the fas
cist remnants have now all be
come traitors, directly or indirect
ly supported by American imperial
ism, selling out the people of all
countries.”
Could Go On for Hours
I could go on for hours quoting
this intense anti-American hatred
—almost word for word repetition
of that emanating from Russia,
Poland, East Germany, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, Romania.
The next major theme is Soviet
friendship, a major theme since
1945. Let’s look at what Liu Shao
chi, Mao’s most trusted lieutenant,
said over the North Shensi radio
xnov. 9, 1948. He said it was "utter
ly groundless demagogic propa
ganda and vicious slanders of the
imperialist bourgeoisie" the allega
tions that "the Soviet Union is a
red imperialst," that "the Soviet
Union is carrying out an expan
sionist policy."
Hsin Hua Jih Pao—“Why do
the-Russian people hold such de
cisive power?” “They are sim
ply the outcome of the realiza
tion within their country of the
most perfect democratic system
in the world. Every member of
the vast population of the Soviet
Union has become the master of
the state, living freely and hap
pily, as it were, in the larger
family of democracy. The spirit
as well as the principles of demo
cratic unity pervades all the do
mestic and foreign policies car
ried out by the Soviet Union.”
To round out the picture rapid
ly, the Chinese Communist leaders
have vowed to maintain the Inter
national United Front, the Inter
national Communist offensive lead
ing to a proletarian world victory.
Must Face Crisis
If what these Chinese leaders
say is true, and we have only to
look to Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin,
and Stalin to guess that they mean
what they say, then wc must face
up to the crisis with this in mind:
1. Chinese Communism is Lenin
Stalin Communism in foreign pol
icy.
2. It is impossible to conduct
diplomatic relations with such
Communists by old rules of inter
national law.
3. Whatever we do will be called
imperialism.
4. What we consider aggression
by our morality is to be expected.
The answer then is not recogni
tion nor a seat in the Security
Council. The answer would seem
to be to deal with this menace at
the heart of the trouble and not
to be diverted by satellite states
whose ideology allows them to be
manipulated by the Soviet Union.
It is a tragedy for both us and
China that this crisis should have
arisen.
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Other persons who will not be
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the SU and will speak during the
fireside lectures.
Wife Was Monodramatist
Before her marriage, Mrs. Sas
nett won many distinctions as a
professional monodramatist. She is
listed in “American Women,’1
“Who’s Who on the Pacific Coast,’’
and is the only American monolo
gist in the International Blue Book.
Since her marriage Mrs. Sasnett
has been active in interpretations
of prose and poetry by authors
whose works are noted for their
moral and spiritual values. At pre
sent Mrs. Sasnett is foreign stu
dent assistant at the University of
Southern California.
Strong; Professors Air
Views on Asiatic Crisis
A Reed College audience—heavy
with accents and questions favor
ing both the right and left-listen
ed to Anna Louise Strong and three
professors talk about Communism
in China and China in the world
at a forum late last week.
After listening, the audience
asked questions—and many of the
Answers were as revealing as the
four-minute talks given by the
speakers.
Paul S. Dull, coordinator of the
Far Eastern department in the
University of Oregon, was one of
the speakers. He took a directly
opposite view from that one held
by Anna Louise Strong, friend of
Mao Tze-tung and Communist
China.
Frank Munk, professor at Reed
and President A. L. Strand of Ore
gon State College were the others
on the panel.
The complete text of Dull’s
speech is printed on this page. He
was asked only one question by
the audience.
Russia Aggressor?
That question was:
“Where in the history of the
world has Russia been the direct
aggressor ?”
Dull reeled off a list of “wheres"
including Finland, Czechoslavakia.,
Rumania, and Albania, and said
“you don't always have to be the
man who does the poking if you
have your friend doing it.”
Dr. Strong disagreed with Dull’s
stand against UN recognition of
Communist China.
She said, “The UN will not be
in Asia unless China is in the UN.
Asian countries know this and so
does Nehru.”
A position of leadership is now
held by China in Asia, she con
tinued, “and the Asian people are
learning from Communist China
that a country grows strong, not
weak, from revolution.”
She said Dull made it unneces
sary for her to prove that the
Chinese Communists are Marxists
and are friendly to Stalin, and
she agreed with Dull's remarks
about Mao's hostility to the US.
’ U. S. Aid Criticized
“Mao’s position toward us chang
ed when the U. S. offered great
gifts to Chiang just after the
Chinese had launched a civil war
in five or six provinces,” explained
the intense, white-haired woman.*
“The Chinese peasant turned
against America when he saw
American planes—we call them
Chiang’s planes—and he said
‘American bombs falling.’
“When you send out arms to a
country in revolution, you’d better
be on the light side,” she empha
sized.
The Chinese think the trouble
lies with the “reactionary Truman
government, not with the Ameri
can people,” she said. “We can
move to peace if we'll sit down and
listen to the Chinese Commun
ists.”
Miss Strong was asked if the
Chinese Communist delegation had
show nany signs of compromise
at the UN.
“Yes, I think they did, but not
as we had hoped,” she answered.
“They came a little proud, not
humble, agreeing to negotiate on
an equal level, but they felt that
they were not met with the court
esy which a visiting delegation
might expect.”
Claims U. S. Loyalty
This woman whose name was
linked to International Commun
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ism for 30 years was also asked
•where do your loyalties lie at
this time?”
She answered, “My loyalties are
and always have been to the people
of these United States, but ulti
mately to the people of the human
race.”
Strand talked of agricultural
conditions in the Philippine Islands,
which he recently visited with the
State Department’s economic sur
vey mission.
Munk said that Europe is the
most important area in the entire
conflict, “and any lessening of
prestige will decrease the willing
ness of Europeans to defend them
selves.”
Recognition Mistake
Recognition of Communist China,
would lessen the prestige of both
the United States and the UN, ho
declared.
Arguing that "military power
can be stopped only by military
power,” Munk said the Soviet re
volution has betrayed its own.
ideals, and the Chinese revolution
will also lead to a “new nation of
imperialism.”
“I believe the peasants of China
will hate Mao more than Chiang,”
he continued, “because one type of
oligarchy has been replaced by an
other more dangerous.”
During the question peilod, the
Reed professor said he was “very
much out of sympathy with those
people in this country who always
blame themselves.”
He also added that he think.)
that is a conflict which will last,
as long as sovereign states exist,
and "we should concentrate now
lo do something about it in the
line of world government.”
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