Evening star., 1943-01-03
u. S. EXPERTS PLAN POSTWAR COOPERATION
Propose Assistance to Al! Needy Motions When Peace Comes

Had his contemporaries not bestowed
the title of Tiger" on Georges Clemen-
ceau because of his fierce patriotism and
his untlring efforts toward seeing France
emerge as a first-class power after the
last war, no doubt the title would have
gone to Prime Minister Winston Church
Ill Of Great Britain.
At no time during the darkest hours
Of the empire, when the Germans were
hammering necessarily at English cities,
or the japanese were picking up, like
ripe plums Britain's prize possessions in
the Pacific, did Prime Minister Church.
i'll lose confidence in the survival of his
country. Neither did he allow some of
the ''ideologists" around him to change
his theory that Britain must emerge from
the war as strong and intact as she had
been before September /, 1899.
Mr.. Churchill told the House OF Com
mons that he would not hold the posi-
ton intrusted to him by his majesty un-
less he knew he could preserve the en-
pire. And even in these days OF terrific
struggle when the outcome Of the war
Is not definitely insured, the Prime Min
lister and his followers in Parliament are
fighting for supremacy after the holo-
caust is over. At no time has interna-
tionalism become foremost In their
minds. There is no doubt that Britain
wants to contribute all she can to the
restoration of the world, but Britain
First" is the slogan of all Britons today.
How deeply welded the British are to
their own interests was illustrated in the
statement by Capt. Harold H. Balfour,
the Undersecretary for Air, in the House
of Comls ons last December II, when he
said that after the war is over "all bets
will be off, in regard to the empires air
routes which American planes now are
permitted to fly for military purposes.
British Eye North Africa.
This matter arose from question put
to the government as to the reason why
distinguished Britishers such as Mr..
Churchill, Ambassador Lord Halifax and
Marshal Jan Christian SHUTS, the
South African Premier, are being flown
hlther and yon by IAN inexperienced
non-Britisher.' The question referred to
trips made by these gentlemen in four
motored Liberator bomber piloted by the
former Pan American flyer, William
Wander Kloot. One of the members of
the House urged the Air Minister to ask
all high British officials to Fly British"
The incident itself is of minor lmpor-
tance, but it does indicate how strongly
nationalistic are the British Parliament
and the people it represents.
1t is an open secret and not Herr JOS
eph Goebbels propaganda that the Brit
ish would like to obtain some sort of
control over French North Africa If post
war developments prove such that the
French cannot take care of their trans
Mediterranean possessions. Do not for
one moment think that Britain wants to
grab" the French areas; no such
thought ever entered Mr.. Churchill's
mind. But should France be beyond re-
pair" after the war, should civil and mill
tary strife appear in the country with
a violence which is feared by many, she
would not be in position to take care OF
North Africa where there are millions
of Arabs who do not like paternalism
from weak country.
1llelS TIC wiz ClIlh
that since India may have to be given
complete freedom and the dominions are
only sentimentally tied to the mother
country. British protection of the entire
North African continent might be the
answer to the United Kingdoms crying
need for British controlled raw materials
and markets.
Wallace Plans Aid to All.
On this point some of the high Ameri-
can officials who are drafting blueprints
| of the postwar world have adopted
| different attitude. High-minded men
| such as Vice President Wallace and the
| hosts of advisers who are spending all
their time and energy to prepare world
free of greed and strife think in terms
of helping the outside world first and
| America later.
| Large stores of food are being assem-
bled for shipment to the four corners
of the globe to help starving millions.
Nations which in the past depended en-
tirely on the industrial powers for their
manufactured products are being told
that American capital and American
| IldcIileiy Will Uc ScIiI w IIlSil W Hidht
them economically free states. There
will be loans of many billions to help
these countries stand on their feet and
form economic entities regardless of
whether or not they are prepared for
such a task,
The exponents OF these economic
theories believe that in the end-say 100
years from now-the American people
will reap the harvest Of their self -sacri-
fice. thanks n the wisdom Of the leaders