Evening star., 1943-09-27
Officials Here See
World Police Force
As Impractical
By the Associated Press.


There is growing disposition
among top policy-makine officials
here to discount entirely all talk of
a world police force to maintain
peace after this war.
In diplomatic, as well as military
quarters, the view is frequently ex-
pressed that a peace enforcing or
ganization made up from the mill
tary and naval services of the United
Nations would be unwieldy and i'm
practical.
The counterproposal to which this
Government is understood to be CIV
ing most serious consideration is
that each of the United Nations, but
particularly the United States, Brit
ain, Russia and China, should keep
in service land, sea and air forces
sufficient to discourage any acts of
aggression.
Idea Proposed by Hull.
This Is the principle which un-
derlay Secretary Hull's statement, in
his speech on foreign policy earlier
this month, that maintenance of
peace must be based on the Wiling
ness Of cooperating nations to use
force If necessary
Some officials say that in much
talk of the postwar world the idea
OF a police force is used loosely to
mean any employment of force to
localize international disputes and
avoid another general conflict. But
in many instances the advocates of
the idea definitely contemplate the
organization of a truly international
power to which all of the United
Nations would contribute men and
materials.
Both diplomatic and military off,
calls claim this would not work be-
cause of the innumerable practical
difficulties such as differences in
language, traditions and operational
procedures of the worlds existing
armies and navies. Furthermore,
they question the wisdom of inter-
national commitments made on such
basis.
According to the principle broadly
stated by Secretary Hull, each ma
ton participating in some future
world organization for peace
whether based on a system of alli-
ances, a world court or a league
would support peace forcefully in
two ways: BY maintaining an army
and navy able to cope with any pre-
dictable outbreak and by always be-
ing willing to use those forces when
necessary.
How System Would Work.
Thus if two Balkan nations be-
came involved in a dispute over
boundaries and appeared unlikely
to settle it by peaceful means, one
of the great powers with the ex-
pressed approval of the others,
would use its own forces if neces-
sary localize the dispute and d.
rect an agreement.
If some future Germany or Japan
developed new dreams of conquest
and began to implement them, one
of the peaceful nations would move
In, disarn the potential aggressor
and take such other measures as
the council of nations believed nec-
essary to- end the threat Of war.
In such actions the role of the
United States probably would be
cast chiefly in the Pacific area.
That is It's traditional sphere Of
influence. At the same time its
moral support would be given the
cooperative actions of other ma
tions and its military resources
would be available if needed for
use in other parts of the world.
Officials stress that these plans
apply only to the period of world
affairs which will follow the estab-.
lishment of real peace. They do
not apply to the period Immediately
after the end of the war in which
armies Of occupation may be en-
ployed to enforce surrender terms
and establish order in defeated
countries.