Hong Kong. and Malaya. are Britain and France prepared to take the medicine of United Nations trusteeship that they seem so willing to prescribe to the Government of the Republic of China. If not. why not. An even stronger case might be made. In Formosa there is no issue of colonialism. for there is a sovereign Asiatic government in control of its own territory. There are more people on Formosa than constitute the population of Australia or Greece. There are more troops. over 500.000 in number. than constitute all the United Nations forces now fighting in Korea. plus the British and French garrisons in the Far East. plus the national armies of the Philippines.