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Monday, April 15, 1945
“HE IS RISEN “
“The Angel said to the women, do not be afraid; for
1 know you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here,
for He is risen. Come and see the place where He lay.”
The wonderful thing about Easter today, as well as
yesterday, is the fact that we are remembering a Christ
not close locked within a marble tomb, but we remem
ber a risen Lord who sits on the right hand of the throne
of God. We serve a Christ who has been triumphant
over every force that the world was able to hurl against
him including death and the grave.
We can gain a great deal of comfort from the message
of Easter in these days of hate, suspicion and uncertain
ty when we realize that it was forces very similar to the
forces of evil in our day, that tried to destroy Jesus and
His message, but succeeded only in spreading His mes
sage over all the world, as seeds are broadcast before a
storm.
In the Easter season let us take courage in a time of
uncertainty, knowing that “neither death nor life, nor
Angels, nor principalities, nor things present nor things
to come, nor powers, nor heights, nor depths, nor any
other creation will be able to separate us from the love
of God or Christ Jesus our Lord" Our Risen Lord.
Chaplain J. O. York.
DON’T BE FRIGHTENED
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Any honest appraisal of the prospects for future war
is bound to be a depressing one. That of Hanson W.
Baldwin, military editor of the New York Times, given
before the Business and Professional 'Men’s Group at
the University of Cincinnati, was no exception. Mr.
Baldwin noted, of course, the enormous destructiveness
of the atomic bomb, but placed his emphasis chiefly on
the extreme ranges of bomb-carriers, whether aircraft
or guided missiles.
He foresees the use of rockets with atomic charges
bursting at ranges of 500 miles or more in a short period
of time. He looks for more orthodox missiles, robot
planes of various sorts, to be made for transoceanic
ranges. The possibility of fast submarines capable of
delivering atomic bombs from off our coasts, he noted
as far from fantastic.
The most distressing of his glimpses into the future
was the factual observation that an atomic bomb, be
cause it is so small, can be brought into any city in two
suitcases, assembled in any cellar and detonated by a
time fuse. It would not have to be introduced into a
heavily guarded war plant. It would need merely to
be deposited within a mile of the plant.
The atomic bomb, in other words, increases enor
mously the possibilities of war by sabotage—or war in
which cities far from any fighting front would be the
victims.
These and other technological factors which have
worked so vast a revolution in warfare have a peculiar
significance for the United States. We have enjoyed a
singular immunity from damage in war. That immun
ity is gone, never to be recovered. We have now the
same incentive that other nations have had to forestall
the outbreak of another major war.
It is considered bad manners to be frightened by the
terrors of a war which may be 10 or 20 or 30 years
away. But we probably would have today a wiser and
more effective foreign policy, and we should be doing
more to build a stable peace if more of us were more
frightened—as we ought to be in the light of a few sim
ple facts.
THf KtV HUNT GOBS ON
Srctwr-c
Situation
FORMOSA SCANDAL
(The Rocky Mountain News)
The Chinese are doing to Formosa what the Japanese
did to China and what the Russians are now doing to
Manchuria.
This is revealed—for the first time, so far as we knowr,
by the dispatch from our correspondent, William H.
Newton.
His eyewitness reports from Formosa cannot be dis
counted. They show that the natives are victims of ex
treme cruelty and exploitation:
“The Chinese are systematically bleeding the people
by graft and shakedown. Under the rule of Chinese oc
cupation officials, the Formosans live in constant fear
of robbery and death from organized gangs. Hundreds
of children have been kidnapped and shipped to China
as slave labor. Civil liberties are suppressed. Prominent
citizens have been jailed without hearings.”
Americans have more than a general humanitarian
interest in this reign of terror. American forces liber
ated the island from the Japs, and then gave it back to
China.
We do not question the right of China to ultimate
control of Formosa under the Cairo agreement, and as
a matter of justice in recovering land stolen from her
by the Japs in 1894. But we doubt the justice or wisdom
of entrusting sole responsibility there to China before
she is strong enough to provide an administration of
law and decency.
The problem of government and rehabilitation in any
land long enslaved by the Japs are difficult, at best—as
the United States is discovering in Southern Korea.
That is all the more reason why there should be no ter
rorists and grafters and looters in places of authority
in Formosa.
The fact that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek has al
lowed this Formosan scandal to continue for many
months is sufficient proof that he is unable to enforce
| the reforms he presumably favors. The U. S. military
mission there should be given supervisory authority un
til Chiang can handle it adequately.
By GEORGE S BENSON
Resident of Harding College
Searcy. Arkansas
_
TIME FLIES
Busy in the United States today
are two ways of thinking — the
high-brows call them “opposing
concepts.” Orators in both camps
sound a lot alike until they get
right down to brass tacks, com
i>
pletely away from abstract gener
alities. Both schools, if you listen
with only half an ear to their vo
cal ones, seem to favor advance
ment of the race and better living
conditions.
Most of the people in America
are not on either side; not yet
They haven’t given the issues
enough thought. That’s the way *
with the American people, they
keep out of all the arguments they
can. They are busy with their own
affairs and, if you interrupt them,
you must state your business in a
few words. Unfortunately it is not
possible to state these two creeds
briefly and clearly.
Serious Problem
It would not be necessary for a
person of average ability to go to
college and study a year in orden
to learn the difference. The prob
lem is not that complicated. On
the other hand, I can’t cover the
case in one newspaper column or.
ii. a letter of two or three pagesi®
It’s not that simple. EverybocMr
owes it a little serious thou ait,
however, before it is too late
Nothing was ever more rerj0us
to the people of this co>,tjnent,
their children and their grandchil
dren, then this dispute between
“Individualism” and ‘‘Collectiv
ism.” Those are the names that
he t describe them. The former
may call themselves Democrats or
Republicans or Conservatives. The
latter may be Nazis, Communists.
Fascists or Central Planners. Here,
they are revolutionists.
Vital Decisions
Although I know somebody is
going to call me an alarmist, I’m ^
duty bound as a loyal citizen to
say: The American people will
know all about this sooner or
later. If they give the matter som^
thought and act quickly, they stin
may take their choice. Otherwise
they will get Collectivism like it
came to the unhappy peoples of
other lands who are now starving
by the hundreds every day.
Here is a fair question: How
can anybody identify destructive,
alien, revolutionist movements d^P
sight? They wear respectable
names, shout for praiseworthy
aims and have patriotic slogans.
How can we pick them out? The
best answer I have ever heard
came from J. P. Seiberling in an
address he delivered in Dallas.
Texas, a few months ago. He says^
observe how they appeal to you!
Catering To What?
When a philosophy appeals to
human weaknesses it is plainly
earmarked as destructive. Central
Planning, for example, charms no
body but people who believe in
super-men and recognize theflj
sleves as weaklings. The offer of
freedom from fear is a vulgar ap
peal to cowardice. Freedom from
want (silly as it it) was never
more than a bait to catch lazy peo
ple. Collectivism offers thes8,
which mean mediocrity for every
body.
Individualism offers opportun
ity, a challenge; no soft stuff like
security. Its rewards are for the
energetic, not the lazy. Individual
ism offers personal liberty and in
dividualism freedom—freedom in
expression, freedom in business
and freedom in worship. These
appeal to man’s noble traits. Ind^
vidualism offers these, with the
highest standards of living for ev
erybody the world has yet known.
NATIVE POTLATCH
WELL ATTENDED THURSDAY
The Native Potlatch held last
Thursday night at the auditorium
of the Alaska Native Service
school was very well attended
both by local Eskimos and visitors
from outlying villages. Visitors
were welcomed, and everyone ate
' and sang to his heart’s content.
The potlatch was a huge success.