The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-30
ORGANIZING PEACE

dered world may oppeor futile amid
the anarchy Of destruction being
wrought by Noz tonks ond bombers.
Yet such endeovors as those Of the
Second Inter-AIIied Conference in
London cannot be neglected even in
the midst of necessary measures to stop
the Tanks and bombers. Indeed, they
hold the hope, not only Of organizing
peace, but Of helping to end the war.
For in SO for as they offer the coptive
peoples - including the Germans = q
persuasive alternative to Hitler's new
disorder they will weaken the morale
behind the tanks and bombers.
The Endorsement of the Eight Points
by ten governments including Russio's
is almost as important as the original
announcement of this Atlantic Chorter
by President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill. Not only does it give
new emphasis to the unity OF free
governments; by committing them for
moIIy to peace program, it begins to
solve some of the problems q peoce
conference must foce. For instance,
Russian Endorsement Of the "no-og-
erondizement" feature in Point One
oives hope to the Baltic countries that
Estonion, Lotvion and Lithuanian in
dependence will be recognized 1t wos
largely Moscow's refusal to do that
which prevented an AneIo-Russion o.
Iionce in the summer Of 1889 which
might have slowed off the war.
ItwouId be mistake to exoeeerote
the effects Of this Endorsement Like
SO many other peace plans it must de-
pend on how and when the war is won
Yet this Russian action might even
now encourage Finland to relax it's war
efforts. 1t would give Britain and all
the democroces firm legal base for
supporting FinIond's pre-wor bound
aries.
The Eden plan for q food pool and
for concerning measures now to relieve
and retobiIitote Europe as soon as the
war is over is olso Of more than theo-
retcoI value. All who think about the
condition created by the war recognize
thot effective compassion, feeding the
hungry and healing hate, may do more
to win the peace than any political or
economic regulations. The very pros
pect Of it may help to break the Nozi
grip.
Another highly useful port of the
conference was the discussion Of the
Eight Points, which carried them one
step forther toward practical oppIico-
ton. 1t disclosed some Of the sacrifices
which will have to be made by various
countries. Public thought should be
prepared for those socrifices-so slight
compared with the sacrifices Of war.
Attention wos particularly directed to
the necessity for making Point Four
providing for universal access to the
trode and raw materials Of the world
-reoIIy mean freedom Of trode.
The Netherlands Foreign Minister,
E. N. van KIeffens, very courogeously
and properly pointed out that Britain
and the United Stotes could make the
qualifying clause with due respect
for their existing obligations" on
Escape clause which would largely de-
stroy Point Four. He meant that if
Britain retained "empre preference"
and the United Stotes continued to use
"sonitory regulations" to bar imports,
much Of the economic war which fos-
tered the present miitory struggle
would 90 on Nothing in the discussion
Of peoce is more imperative than to un-
derstond thot q sincere effort must be
made to establish q freedom Of trode
which will enable oil countries to OBJ
tain raw materials and other economic
essentials Of decent national ex-
istence.