The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-06
A Thought for Today
British Declarations

OF our senators, and probably in those of
their constituents, that any congressional
resolution that favors International CO.
operation to prevent future aggression
and insure peace is putting this country
dangerously far out on limb. They see
the Senate committing this country even
in the mild-mannered Connally resolution,
to an idealistic course that no other
great power will follow. They are afraid
that we may become the laughing stock
OF the cagey diplomats of old Europe.
Their chief argument is this: Why
should we commit ourselves when our
Allies have not? During debate of the
Connally resolution, Senator Harland
Bushfeld of South Dakota remarked
that Russia has not felt the necessity of
publishing its war or peace plans; neither
has Great Britain nor any of our Allies"
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana
said, Certainly the Parliament of Great
Britain is not adopting any resolution
CT the kind now before the Senate, and
certainly the British cabinet is not pro-
posing any such resolution"
The senators were correct in calling
attention to British reticence, so far as the
actual mechanics of governmental
resolution are concerned. But if they
doubt that Britain's postwar intentions
coincide with those o. the Connally or
similar resolutions, if they think that
Britain may pull fast one on us, they
could comfort themselves by reading
some speeches of the British prime min
lister and foreign secretary, who speak Tor
a government that needs no tWo-thlrdS
parliamentary approval to make treaties.
Here are a couple of examples. MIR.
Churchill, in his speech at Harvard
last March, said, Zone can imagine that
under a world institution embodying
or representing the United Nations, and
scrne day all nations, there should come
into being Council OF Europe and a
Council of Asia :. hope we shall not
lightly cast aside all the immense work
which was accomplished by the creation
of the League of Nations. We must
try am speaking, of course, only Tor
ourselves - to make the Council OF
Europe, or whatever it may be called, into
a really effective league, with all Inc
strongest forces concerned woven into It's
texture, with high court to ADJUST dlS-
puteS, and with forces, armed forces, ma
tional or international or both, held ready
to enforce these decisions and prevent
aggression and the preparation OF future
wars"
Mr.. Eden told the House of Commons
last December, "Our general object is to
form a world system for ensuring the
peaceful development of all peoples; but
there is an essential preliminary to all
this. It is to restrict, let us hope Tor
all time, the aggressive power OF Ger
many and Japan" MI. Eden said 1urtner,
"There are three indispensable ATTRIBUTES
for any international organization II IL Is
to have a chance to achieve its purpose:
First. it must be fully representative OF
the powers that mean 10 keep the peace.
Second, the powers themselves must have
the unity and determination to arrive at
agreed and positive declarations And the
third, and perhaps the most important
Of ali, is that they should have the force
behind them to give effect to their de-
ciSion."