The military trial of former Premier Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran is displaying that individual in a color that ought to cause the people of his country to rejoince [sic—rejoice] that there came an end to his supremacy.

Mossadegh’s declaration that if sent to prison for life, he would not appeal, and if acquitted, he would commit suicide at the first opportunity, reveals the former premier in his natural colors, perhaps.

His attitude towards the British brought his country from a good degree of prosperity to the depths of adversity.

A reasonable man would have foreseen the end of the course he chose, and would not have pursued it. However much Mossadegh detested the British, the fact was that the British had developed the oil of Iran and nothing of the sort had been done before the British undertook their task.

Not only did the government of Iran derive the bulk of its revenue from oil, but the money brought into Iran by the oil industry spread prosperity among all the people.

Perhaps it would be well for Americans to examine some of the men among us who aspire to leadership in the government and avoid those whose words and acts bear a close resemblance to the words and acts of the Iranian ex-premier.