Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1943-07-30
ATLANTIC CHARTER KEY TO
WORLD PEACE
IlTF4UANIANS HERE BELIEVE,
(Reprinted from The Cleveland Press, July 28)
Ey THEODORE ANDRICA

Americans of Lithuanian descent
place their hopes in the Atlantic
Charter and the promises of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill that the small states, in
cluding Lithuania, which enjoyed
liberty and independence to Sept. /,
1889, will be restored.
This is the opinion of X. S. Kar-
Plus, editor of Dirva, Lithuanian
weekly, $500 Superior; avenue, au-
thor Of several Lithuanian lang
uage books and plays and now nat
ional secretary of the League for
the Liberation of Lithuania
The league is now sponsoring the
publishing Of 20O-page book
"Timeless Lithuania', written by
DR.. Owen j. C. Norem, former Am
erican minister to Lithuania. The
book will be published in August
"After the war, the United States
should police Europe. European
nations would not be afraid of Am
erican policing because they know
that the United States has no ter.
ritorial ambitions in Europe, Mr.
Karpius said.
Postwar plans should be made
now and announced to the world Sc
that the countries with imperialis
tic aims should not waste theil
time in making plans which are
contrary to the spirit of the Allan.
tic Charter and good intentions OF
the United States.
"On the Axis side, we have OF
had three dictators who dreamed OF
grabbing territories belonging to
other nations. But we also have
two nations on the Allies side, in
the United Nations group, with
high imperialistic plans: Soviet
Russia and Poland.
"Both Russia and Poland speak
loud and at every turn of their in
tentions of grabbing neighbors
lands. / believe this is contrary to
the spirit of the Atlantic Charter
which plainly states that their
countries seek no aggrandizement,
territorial or otherwise
"The war is still on and while
America and England are putting
all their efforts to win the war,
Soviet Russia and the Poles are
openly plotting to grab the terri
tories of Lithuania, Latvia, Estho-
MIA, East Prussia. ETC., and no one
seems to discourage them.
"All Americans of Lithuanian de-
scent are working hard and sup
porting the American governments
war effort. We hope that afte,
victory is achieved by our arms
the United States will use it's good
offices to re-establish the Republic
of Lithuania and will not permit
Russia to enslave the Lithuanians.
"Stalin says that Lithuania form.
erly was part of Russia. Well, il
we look to the past for historical
excuses, then / would like to re-
mind the readers that Lithuania
once ruled over large parts of Rus
sia, for about 300 years, but Lith-
uanians now leave those lands to
Moscow, they want only what be-
longs to Lithuania proper.
NATURALLY, the dictators Of Eur
ope and Asia must disappear if we
want permanent or at least a
long peace.
1--WE often hear expressions in
favor of United States of Europe.
No United States of Europe will
ever be able to function if the large
nations will plot territorial con-
quests.
"A customs union of several
states or group of states can be-
come a reality only very gradual
ly; only after the European nations
learn to trust one anothern Mr.