Detroit evening times., 1943-09-10
Armed Might
Must Enforce
AnyAIIiance
Churchill Upset Would
Change Unity Picture
BY PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Sept lO-An
Anelo-American alliance

essential TO implement IT,
Where then are we regarding
the peace and security OF this
country and the world
The idea of the alliance, the
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military combination toapower-
ful 10 be attacked by any
enemy, and the rest OF the
-tYt1t-!ti-tf1rrrupOu- would accept
inferiority peacefully and never
plan again 10 conquer us and
establish their own world -deH4-
nance. Would II do this?
DUSSIA today has the great
IL est army in the world. Her
sluggish induStrializatlon has
-beCn- -aHfEKened- MarAneees--
sity, moved UP perhaps a-Gen-
eratOn. =
She has unparalleled stores .
Of natural resources, probably
greater than the combined
stores of Britain and the United
States. She can be expected TO
Wlcld "A powerful voice IN Asia
iChlna is closer 10 her diploma
tically than we arc). In Europe
her voice could indeed be equal
10 ours.
Her world policy has been
iSolatieRiSt so far She has, and
may continue 70 trust nor
-Nect4ftitSs y F44iftffys y to her strong
right arm.
NY unpreiudiCed eye can see
that n combination of nd
tIonS could be built around
Russia which could be mnle-
powerful Than the Anglo-Amcrl-
can alliance.
Certainly such an alliance as
Gov. Dewey mentioned and
Churchill has promised. does not
guarantee our peace and Secu-
IIty against RHesta or against
any combination OF the world
which may anSe in the coming
years and secretly arm them
-seA%e--s'S jdFfft- -ft1d Germany
did 20 start TINS war.
The alliance idea is being
foStcrrd IN this country by
those who want n In order 20
bring about a dlsarmed pacc=
whereas the security and peace
of the British -4ad- -E44si4stlt--
-caHt rEHed n4ttt'ttt,-- denfffancc
a subject strangely omitted in
all current debates
THIS would >tilI be true u
L Russia were in the alliance
Clearly then. we cannot trust
our peace and security 10 others
but must constantly maintain n
ourselves, no matter what al.
harccS are made
Another thing The British
have a world empire while we
have not Tho alliance, there
fore, not only would protect our
shores. bot The British Empire
shores around The world upon
which tho sun never sets
~ Anglo-Amcrlcan alliance.
therefore. must defend itself
constantly against the rest Of
the world. and so we must have
stronger bases in the Far last
Look ahead Suppose the
British government changes IN
The 30 years Of proposed al
lance. Suppose u becomes
paclfISt and weak, or bclligerent
and aggressive. or pro-RuSsIan.
Communist, anti-Ameucan
TTIERE can be no guarantee
4 IN any alliance that Nh.
Churchills views Will prevail
IHd0TInlte1y IN London
Would an alliance bring uS
peace and security against these
developments or others that We
cannot cnNSage IN years ahead .
Obviously not.
Peace and security then must
be q btaIned by something
deeper. more powerful and re-
assuring than alliances, by
many intangible factors such a.
national dlertncSs. constant
energy wise leadership appro-
priationS for bases. sea and air
fleets. but all these factors
stream back 20 roots IN alert
military strength and ability 20
defend ourselves,
Alliances. therefore. arc Of
secondary Importance. Indeed
they may be dangerous If they
create a false sense of security
and make Us want 10 diSarm OF
forget about armed protection
as Gov Dewey and Mr.. Llpp-
man already have forgotten
about il in their argument for
the alliance rs a CUe-all
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