The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 179, Ed. 2 Wednesday, December 20, 1950 Page: 4 of 34
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CHOOSE TO REMAIN
Aged Koreans Prefer Death
To Fleeing Beloved Seoul
no criticism in his gaze. But he
said:
By HAL BOYLE
SEOUL, Dec. M U—An old man
with a heavily loaded pack frame
on Ma back trudged painfully over
a New Korean foot bridge across
the Han River into Seoul.
He came from the south and at
that moment he was the only one
coming from that direction. But
hundreds of panicky Seoul citizens
were fleeing back in the direction
from which he was returning
They were alarmed at the pros,
pect that Chinese Reds would
Sweep down and take this capital
of the South Korean republic. They
were headed toward the port of
Pusan at the southern tip of the
peninsula. And many hoped they
could cross the sea and go on to
Japan. They wanted to do anything
to get themselves and their fami-
nes away from war.
As the old man plodded wearily
off the bridge into Seoul another
old man stepped forward to meet
him. The second old men wore a
sweater between Ma vest and out
er clothing to shield him from the
cold. He was white - haired and
distinguished looking with a serene
face that didn't reflect his 75 trou-
bled years of living.
WHY HE CAME BACK
“Why are you coming back to
Seoul when so many are leaving."
said President Syngman Rhee to
the first old man.
The elderly cousin answered the
head of his government with a sim-
ple democracy of the aged who
have lived a long time and worn
out the distinction of caste or class
or wealth or poverty that disturb
the young.
“When the enemy crossed our
border last June I started for Pu-
san,” he said. “It took me three
months to get there. Our country
was very confused. It was s diffi-
cult time.
“Then when our troops threw
the enemy back I started to walk
back again to our capital. This
time I traveled faster. It has tak-
en me only two months on the road
to get here."
President Rhee gestured at the
thousands of burdened refugees go-
ing southward out of Seoul and his
face was sad.
TRACE OF BITTERNESS
“Why don't you now turn around
and go away again with these peo-
ple?" he asked. There was a trace
of bitterness in his question be-
cause in his heart this is where
Rhee feels Ms lifelong goal of a uni-
fied Korea can be achieved — by
standing steadfast here in Seoul,
his present capital and the city
where as a youth be spent many
years in prison for his revolution-
ary views.
The old peasant looked im-
passively at the retreating backs
of his fellow civilians. There was
"I spent five months going down
that road and back again. This
time I will not go. I would rather
stay. And if I must die I would
rather die in my home where I
have lived."
He shouldered his pack and mov-
ed on. As he left, the president
looked at him with an expression
of mingled pride, exultation—and
maybe a bit of envy.
The envy reflected the knowledge
that the old peasant had a freer
choice than he does.
For it la unlikely that if this
city must be abandoned by the
United Nations (army president
Rhee will be allowed to remain
and be killed or taken prisoner by
the Rada. It la unlikely that his
advisers would let Mm. He has
been too important a symbol of the
goal of Korean independence for
too many decades for them to al-
low that.
But Rhee would like to have the
choice of the old simple peasant-
and like Mm he wants to remain.
“I have lived long enough,” he
said privately. And at 75 he wants
what every man wants — to know
victory or final defeat in his own
lifetime. And therefore he would
rather die here in his old age than
become a refugee again from the
land of his birth.
Scientists have found that fleas
can transmit typhus fever.
Wednesday Evening, December 20, 1950 The Abilene, Texos, Reporter-News Poge 5
STORK NEWS
Three babies were born in Abi-
lene hospitals Tuesday and Wed-
nesday morning.
At Hendrick Memorial Hospital:
A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
1. Clemmer, 1317 Elm St., at 5:22
a.m. Tuesday.
A boy to Mr. and Mrs. V. W.
Kelly, 1102 Washington Blvd., at
5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
At St. Ann Hospital a girl to
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsley Bivens,
Clyde, at 5:24 p.m. Tuesday,
Subject of 9-Hour
Operation Dies
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20. (P) —
Mrs. Lorene Whitwell of Amarillo,
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During the operation she was
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day record for the Kansas Medical
Center. After the surgery, an ad-
ditional U pints were transfused.
An adult normally contains 10 to
12 pints of blood.
Forty pints were contributed at
Amarillo by the husband of the
40 - year-old housewife, Alton Whit-
well, and friends, and flown here.
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