12 The Guardian. Charlottetown. Tues" April
Gen. MacArthnSeen With Single Failing
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Douglas M a c A rt h u r. seen through the eyes of an old f was a brave and bril- liani soldier who couldn't take orders.
He was sincerely convinced of his own greatness and probably fel' cheated of I destiny he considered could have included the United States presidency.
As a showman he w 5 com parable to Winston Churchill. u n :eneral to Alexander the Croat. ITut his judgment was faiiltv and his greatest weak- ness was the assessment of
The picture of his weak- npss was zlren In the mierview with Maj. ' GP“. \‘ictor Odlum. Canadian soldier
and diplomat who was one of a Quartet of Friends that in— chided Gen. \lacArthur in the. elni‘k dais of 1942 f The other members of thei‘ miai‘tPt were Australian Prime. \tiiiistei' John Curtin and Cool Sir Thomas Blarney. comman- der in chief of Australian and Allied Land Forces in Southeast Asia under \Iac‘u'thur INTEREST IN EUROPE Con Odlum. then (‘anadianl hizh commissioner in Australia.l naitl his association With Mac-‘ Arthur was mostly personal. (‘aiiada's military interest of the period was in Europe. The fr=endship continued after Gen, ndliim left Australia to return to (‘anada and then become ambassador tio China. i had the highest possible, rezard for Gen, MacArthur an n brilliant soldier. a brave manl and a spectacular person", Gen Odlum said ‘FIe was the cleverest soldier who ever came through an. American staff college" : He said he had never met! disagreement to that statement from any who knew MacArthur. \lacAi‘thur’s sincere convic-‘ tion of his greatness made it‘ difficult to take orders froml President Truman. suprele American commander. and for m to swallow the fact that :ei‘ierals \larshall and Eisen- holler had more important posi~ ttnnx l SHOWN BA!) .II'DGMENT i He had shown faulty judgr m insisttnl that the K0- t‘ean allies cros.I the Yalu Rive?
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world He had argued with‘ Truman and thus had been dis.- miuod Truman had been ~'i'.'lit
\lac‘lrthur was convinced he could have lunch presi- di-iii. (ion. Odlum said.
9 had reason iii lX‘llPVP iiai. for the American people lined MacArthur as ihc_\ llP‘t‘l’ Eured Eisenhower and Mar- siinll. His pttplllfll'llj» \idxii't amazed by his dlinllxsal by Truman,
“Everything was good about him except for one llllllE‘lle demanded absolute obedience
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tion that could have resulted in but “mid,” L.th (,i,Pd,Pm.p- war “tilt the entire Communist
In Eisenhower the Allies had
a man who could make brilliant i to do this of emtrse-—-and be-i
men work as a team MacAr- came the hero of Australia " iliur could not have done that: At Brisbane. site of “15 head- lI(‘ alums wanted to be the quarters at one time. he would tiiiii‘. ItllIlllII'll) conic down from his hotel mum OFFICERS SENT HOME at exactly the same minute When an officer was sus- each day and walk out to his pct-ted of not hein: 100 per cent car under the admiring gaze of !oral io him. the officer was citizens who came to see him. sent home. But he looked straight ahead. His <lltt\\mHll>ll'|t was won- seeing nobody. The perform- dei't'ul. He arrived in Australia, ance was repealed when he liedi'auflled after a lonL1 \‘oya2e arrivcd at his hendouai'iei‘s in 1942 when the Australian KEPT OTHERS WAITING parliament was sitting. ' He was the type of man who ‘ was a wonderful pei'for- would let the most angry offi- inance He promised blood and cial cool off in an anteroom gold he didn‘t have the right before being ushered in to See
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him He was capable of keeping 3 because Mat-Arthur did not re-. vehicle We mw- _Wh°"‘ even Truman waiting for him. |alize he was dealing with a he appeared befome Magistrate
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the general in Melbourne once experience. Mai-Arthur was cold on the 00”" N'OSterday level but to his friends‘
and after the usual coolin: off
period was ushered in. The con- higher versation started quietly but the heI “.35 warmheaned.
L'eiicral wo rke d himself up about some in j u s t i c e and shortly he was pacing hack and forth delivering a speech to his audience of one
He said sometimes Mat-Ar- ihiir could get worked up over things. The general had a lot of‘
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