Word: formosae
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Globetrotter Adlai Stevenson, journeying last week from Japan to Formosa, was broadening his view of Far Eastern affairs...
...confuse bigness with greatness. This is a laboratory demonstration of better government and a healthy economic setup. The fact that it is small does not mean it is worthless. It can be the most important historical accomplishment of many years if not many centuries in the Far East . . . [Formosa is] an essential part of the Pacific defense of the free world...
...important effect of President Eisenhower's order deneutralizing Formosa was brought out last week by Nationalist China's permanent representative to the U.N., Dr. Tingfu F. Tsiang. Said he: "President Eisenhower's message was the first time since the end of the war that China has received from the United States moral aid . . . Economic and military aid without the accompaniment of moral aid does not go far ... If the United States, in these days of its world responsibility, were to make more use of its moral prestige in aid to peoples struggling for freedom, the people...
...Asia, says Dr. Van Dusen, this kind of service has done much to overcome tendencies toward anti-Americanism. Even among the headhunters in Formosa, "there is taking place today one of the most remarkable mass movements into the Christian church . . . Since the war, they have built with their own hands over 100 new churches...
...cried, is using Asians as "cannon fodder," building "strong armies-in Japan, Formosa, Burma, Pakistan, Thailand and South Korea.'' What seemed to worry the Soviet delegate was the fact that these armies might one day be used to defend Asia from Communist aggression. "It is clear," he snapped, "that there can be no question of a peaceful program in such circumstances...