The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-08

Russian Relations
Still Main Problem
in Post War Plans
BY Charles p. Stewart

NOW THAT President kouse-
Nelts aud Anthony Eden's confer
euce is over, for the time being.
10 generally is agreed in Washing
ton that the biggest problem the
pair had TO puzzle over was Com
Tade Stains attitude toward war
and postwar issues.
Between Uncle sam and john
Bull. the recent Capitalization
made il evident that there are o
Anglo American differences OF
opinion that cant be adjusted very
readily. indeed. II wasn't expected
that any such would develop.
Earlier 10 the situation, il WASH
anticipated that they'd experience
any difficulty in harmonizing
their interests with Russia's.
The Soviet folk. 10 be sure. mi,
TALLY were on good terms with
the Na7ls. We took that for grant
ed then. no, liking COmmu6i-,r
either. When Herr Hitler attacked
The NuscOyites however, We he.
gan TO wonder how things were
likely 10 come out with The crack
ing good defense that MOsCow's
forces put up, though. we soon dis
missed all thought Of prejudice In
fact We concluded that the Rus
slams had graduated into the ranks
OF the demOyraCies
We reckoned that they were go
ing TO be just like the rest OF us
ourselves. the British. the up.to-
date Chinese and the smaller dem
oCratic nations.
We all went ahead on this sup
position.
We stuck to it until that Roose-
Velt.an-ChurChillian discussion at
Casablanca.
Joe Stain had been invited 10
attend. but he didn't do so. lie
stayed away rather conspicuously.
The impression he gave vas that
he preferred not to be too conspic-
uousy identified with the United
Nations
The chat was something OF a
frost, due 10 his absence.
II may have been that he was
Zoo bHsy-to FePortprFsrrt-Hrft-tffe-
suspicion was that he did il delib-
srately.
In the United States were
somewhat less tolerant OF radical
ism. like Moscow's, than the Brit
ish are. Not that they're radical
for internal consumption, but
they're comparatively indifferent
10 outbreaks of It elsewhere. on
an average we Americans class
Communists with anarchists and
outlaws. Maybe the English do TOO
but they're not so yociferous in
saying so.
We'll, as previously remarked,
We began 10 take more charits-
HE attitude toward the Kremlins
regime before it had been long In
the war-on our side.
Probably. though. Joe Stslia
rememb ered a few OF the unpleas
ant remarks. we'd broadcast con-,
corning his dictatorship. while it
was still young. The British had
refrsined nom making 30 many
and such ugly ones.
Consequently. Joe presumably
was more inclined TO talk sffably
with London's representatives
than with ours II we'd given him
all the help he wanted, he doub's
less would have let all these by
cones 10 be bygones. but We were
a bit slow about it and presently
he became obviously grouchy. one
story told OF him is that. when
asked how he felt toward the Rus
so-AngloAmericsn partnership, he
that the Russians felt
toward it much as he guessed the
Germans felt toward their Italian
partners. Considering how little
q d the Nazis have received from
the Fascists. this was pretty BiE-
niiicsnt remark
Nevertheless. the Soviet premier
got on with Winston Churchill and
Eden tolersbly well.
Seemingly they hadn't narrowed
ip his feelings as certain utter
snces from Washington appear TO
have done. For example, senator
Burton X. wheeler. addressing the
upper congressional chamber the
other day, recalled the recent Rus
so-Jsp treaty concerning waters
off the Siberian coast. and limited
that an investigation OF Josef was
in order, 10 determine which camp
he was in. That cant but have
ranked considerably.
The truth is, as Washington
sees it, the Americas and Britain
want a better post Jar world. The
Americas can take care OF them
selves, more or less, but Britain
asks security also.