Evening star., 1941-06-27
Says Former Enemies
Help Russia Now
Correspondent Tells How Foes
Unite to Sustain Soviets
In Struggle With Nozis
BIZ William H. Stoneman.

By William H. Stonemlan.
LONDON, June 27-With stunning
suddenness, the Soviet Union has been
converted from a deeply hated, much
feared object of world suspicion into a
fully accepted member of the anti-Nazi
society of nations.
Now, with a modicum of understand
ing on the part OF the Kremlin itself.
Russia for the first time stands to share
fully in a just peace settlement after
the war, and, as the greatest prize Of
all, to receive the genuine friendship and
cooperation of other great western ma
tions in the building up of her own
economy when peace is restored.
All that the Soviet Union needs to
do in order to enjoy those benefits-win
or loSe-is to cooperate Loyalty with
the Allies, to refrain from making any
separate peace with Germany and to
abandon the traditional feeling of Die :
tator Josef V. Stain and his colleagues
that the capitalistic states of the West
ern Hemisphere are Russias natural and
implacable enemies.
If Russia is able to make these con-
tributions and the Allies win, then,
whatever happens as a result of the
current Russo German war, the Soviet
Union will stand every likelihood OF
emerging from the war with the frontiers
and political independence which she
enjoyed in September, 1899.
This Is certainly more than Russia
reasonably could have expected if the
Kremlin had continued to cooperate
with Germany, and the Allies, with the
assistance of the United States, finally
had smashed their way through to de-
cisive victory.
Both the British and American gov
ernments have acted quickly and sweep
ingly to straighten out their political
differences with the Kremlin and they
have had the closest cooperation of the
Dominions and Allies. They have even
had the support Of the White Russian
community in this country.
The first person to agree to bury
the hatchet, on certain conditions, was
Gen. Wladislaw Sikorski Polish Premier
in exile whose country theoretically is
still at war with the Soviet Union. At
the same time, most of the British
Dominions have voiced their approval
Of Prime Minister Winston Churchills
announcement that Britain would assist
the Russians as Ar as possible.
Then Queen Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands, whose country never recoe-
nized the Soviet government. added her
support to the British policy in broad
cast TO her subjects in Europe and over
seas. While reaf1rming the traditional
Dutch attitude toward Bolshevism, she
made clear that at the present time
the Netherlands were ready to assist
Russia in the common cause.
Wednesdays London Times carries let
ters from two of the most prominent
White Russians in Britain, Prince
VSeyolode, who is regarded as the logical
successor to the Grand Duke Dimitri as
claimant to the Czarist throne, and E.
Sabine, last imperial Charge d'Affaires
in London. Vsevolode states that he
Fundamentally agrees with the Prime
Minister.
I'VE are fighting common foe" he
writes, land whatever our differences in
the past have been. feel that all Slav
races should now be united to rid the
world Of Nazi-ism"
Sabine, who had to be removed bodily
from the Russian Embassy when Great
Britain recognized the Soviet Union. de-
clares that "the destiny Of the father
land is in mortal danger" and that
Russian patriots are heart and soul
with those of their brethren in Russia
who are ready to defend the confines of
their country against any"
(CopyriEht, 1941. by Chicag Daily News Inc ,