Evening star., 1943-09-19

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must be disarmed Immediately. It is
difficult to say whether this is possible.
1t has never been tried. But it Is safe
to argue that so long as some nations
want to expand they will do so by force
and will find the means to fight unless
the world has really learned lesson
and the necessary expansions can be
done by international agreement In
whih all the nations decide to play fair
with each other.
1t Is extremely doubtful that we have
reached the advanced stage Of civilization
when each nation recognizes the others
right to share in the worlds prosperity
and racial hatreds are obliterated. This
Is particularly true as far as Europe Is
concerned where so many nations and
races merge into clinical groups In O
small inclosure.
Dog Incident Cited.
A few days ago a group Of trained
dogs, led by their soldier trainers, ap-
peared at the Back the Attack" show IL,
Washington. The dogs acted perfectly
at the first performance, obeying the
almost imperceptible signs Of their train.
ers jumped, laid down, fetched and car
ried objects at the slightest sign or
whispered order.
The next day. however, q collie appar.
emily did not like the looks or the be-
havior of an Alsatian police dog. He
broke away from his master and In 4
twinkle was at the throat Of the Alsa-
tian.
THIS was the signal for the rest of the
dogs to join In the flight and pandemo-
mum reigned in the inclosure until the
soldiers restored order and separated the
bowling, biting and fighting animals. 2
The trainer of the collie maintained
that his dog was not the aggressor but
that the Alsatian had growled chaileng-
1ngly at him. The Alsatian's trainer said
his ward was perfectly under control
and fought only in self-defense.
The other soldiers said they could not
prevent their charges from fighting once
the battle started. Some of those who
tried to break up the fight came out of it.
with bruises and minor bites, as is inevi.
tably the case in every dog fight.
This illustrates perfectly the history. Of
peace and war down through the cen-
turies.
Hundreds Of years OF wars which
brought about temporary glory for
their makers, but only disaster to the
peopel, have not taught the European
nations that war does not pay. It is
highly improbable that the present con-
f1ict will teach them differently. OF
course, If the leaders Of the victorious
nations could show enough wisdom to re-
frain from retaliations the picture
might be different.
Forgiveness Unlikely.
But this war, in which the Axis held
the upper hand at first, has brought such
misery and the subjected nations have
been so dastardly treated by their tenn
porary conquerors that 1t would be ask.
ing too much to expect forgiveness for
those who have been guilty Of wanton de.
struction and murders.
Therefore, 1t is unlikely that the cool
ing-on period after this war will be long,
and during that period the victorious
groups will have to remain armed while
the others are disarmed.
II there were complete harmony
among the victors Immediately after the
war is over. some sort Of stable peace
might be established But unfortunate
ly this may not be the case. Already
there have been some sharp exchanges
between Moscow and some OF the United
Nations governments-in exile, such as
Poland and Yugoslavia.
We have indorsed the complete inde-
pendence of Poland and Yugoslavia and
the restoration of their territories. How
will this harmonic with the Moscow
views about the future boundaries Of
Poland?
The British government is looking
sympathetically toward the monarchs In
exile who have led their nations in the
fight against the Axis What will be the
attitude of the British police forces in.
Greece, for instance, in the event the
Greek people decided to change their
form of government and depose King
George, who is being strongly supported
by the British government? ~
But what is more important than these
local squabbles which could be ironed out
eventually by the application of intelli-.
gent craftsmanship is Britains position
regarding Russia. -
Warm Water Port Issue.
Although it may be unwise in time Of
war to point it out, we cannot blind
ourselves to the fact that there are SONS
conflicting interests between Russia and
Britain in the Middle East. The Rus
SLAMS desperately need an outlet to the
warm Indian Ocean. Their best bet Is
the Persian Gulf.
The Soviet now has number of divi-
sions in Persia and, according to reports
which have not been denied, the Soviet
a few months ago annexed two Persian
provinces bordering the Caspian Sea. 20,
We may assume that once the war Is
over the Russians will wish to make ar
rangements with the Iranian government
whereby they can reach the Persian Gull
which is now in the British zone OF in
fuence. At least two British divisions
are in that area and two complete ar
mics are in other Middle East areas.
Should the Russians, at the end Of
the war or at later date, decide that
they want to gain that access and should
the British oppose the move, it is hard to
conceive that the matter could be treat
ed amicably.
Russias insistence on getting to the
gulf by way of Iran might be easily
construed as an aggression and II IJnitad