【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 and methods has bee aggressively imperialistic, with a lust for expansion and increased power normal to this type of imperialism.
　　there is little of the ideological concept either one way or another in the chinese makeup. the standard of living is so low and the capital accumulation has been so thoroughly dissipated by war that the masses are desperate and eager to follow any leadership which seems to promise the alleviation of local stringencies.
　　i have from the beginning believed that the chinese munistsamp。39。 support of the north koreans was the dominant one. their interests are, at present, parallel with those of the soviet. but i believe that the aggressiveness recently displayed not only in korea but also in indochina and tibet and pointing potentially toward the south reflects predominantly the same lust for the expansion of power which has animated every wouldbe conqueror since the beginning of time.
　　the japanese people, since the war, have undergone the greatest reformation recorded in modern history. with a mendable will, eagerness to learn, and marked capacity to understand, they have, from the ashes left in waramp。39。s wake, erected in japan an edifice dedicated to the supremacy of individual liberty and personal dignity。 and in the ensuing process there has been created a truly representative government mitted to the advance of political morality, freedom of economic enterprise, and social justice.
　　politically, economically, and socially japan is now abreast of many free nations of the earth and will not again fail the universal trust. that it may be counted upon to wield a profoundly beneficial influence over the course of events in asia is attested by the magnificent manner in which the japanese people have met the recent challenge of war, unrest, and confusion surrounding them from the outside and checked munism within their own frontiers without the slightest slackening in their forward progress. i sent all four of our occupation divisions to the korean battlefront without the slightest qualms as to the effect of the resulting power vacuum upon japan. the results fully justified my faith. i know of no nation more serene, orderly, and industrious, nor in which higher hopes can be entertained for future constructive service in the advance of the human race.
　　of our former ward, the philippines, we can look forward in confidence that the existing unrest will be corrected and a strong and healthy nation will grow in the longer aftermath of waramp。39。s terrible destructiveness. we must be patient and understanding and never fail them as in our hour of need, they did not fail us. a christian nation, the philippines stand as a mighty bulwark of christianity in the far east, and its capacity for high moral leadership in asia is unlimited.
　　on formosa, the government of the republic of china has had the opportunity to refute by action much of the malicious gossip which so undermined the strength of its leadership on the chinese mainland. the formosan people are receiving a just and enlightened administration with majority representation on the organs of government, and politically, economically, and socially they appear to be advancing along sound and constructive lines.
　　with this brief insight into the surrounding areas, i now turn to the korean conflict. while i was not consulted prior to the presidentamp。39。s decision to intervene in support of the republic of korea, that decision from a military standpoint, proved a sound one, as we as i said, proved a sound one, as we hurled back the invader and decimated his forces. our victory was plete, and our objectives within reach, when red china inter