Evening star., 1944-08-06
Fate Of Civilization Hangs
On Type of Peace Adopted
Roman Theory of Woe to the Defeated Held
Likely to Inspire Third and More Horrible
World War in Years to Come
By Constantine Br0sCn

i've DyOWUs
assure certain period Of quiet life
devoted to economic and social readjust-
ment and progress would be peace in
which the defeated nation Is treated
with kindness and forbearance, q peace
in which 1t must be assumed that only
the leaders who have caused the war are
held responsible for 1t, but the people
themselves are given the benefit Of the
doubt and are considered only as tools
in the hands of their INSCRIPTIONS
chieftains.
There was such a thought In the
minds Of President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill when In the fourth
paragraph of the charter they provided
that they the United States and
Great Britain) will endeavor, with due
respect for their present obligations, to
further the enjoyment by all states,
great or small, victor or vanquished, Of
access, on equal terms. to the trade and
to the raw materials of the world which
are needed for their economic pros
perity."
Full Collaboration Sought.
In the fifth paragraph of the same
document the leaders Of two English
speaking nations said that they desire
to bring about the fullest collaboration
between all nations in the economic field
with the object of securing for ALL
capitalization by the writer improved
1ofH<,v- cfondordc ov,<
and social security" and, finally, in the
sixth paragraph, it is stated that after
the final destruction of the Nazi tyr
amy. they hope to see established q
peace which will afford to all nations
the means of dwelling safely within
their own boundaries ." 50 that
they may live out their lives in free
dom from fear and want"
Whether these noble words will be
applied to the forthcoming peace re-
mains to be seen. The IA points of Pres
ident Wilson were dealt with hypocriti.
cally by our associates in the last war.
The men In this country who opposed
the Treaty of Versailles may have felt
instinctively what was going to happen.
While on the surface the Germans were
going to be admitted as partners, after
a short trial period the major European
Allies and particularly the French en-
deavored to keep them in permanent
servitude.
Disarmament clauses, which provided
for dastic reduction in armament soon
after peace was definitely restored, were
never honored. Economic weapons we're
adopted against Germany after the rep
aration problems appeared to have been
settled and after the abortive attempt
Of debiitated Austria to bring about an
economic Anschluss with the Reich.
Great financial pressure was exercised
against both Germany and Austria
which hrought about the financial coll
lapse Of both countries and led to what
is known as the Hoover moratorium
plan of 1881.
Allies Blamed In Part
All attempts of the American admin
istrations from 1920 to 1884 to obtain q
genuine, drastic limitation of armaments
the parleys at Geneva showed the best
intentions to disarm. But every time
there was a last-minute hitch which
made disarmament impossible. The
saying that hell is paved with good in
tentions had been modified by the ex-
| preston that Geneva was paved with
| good intentions" but they never ma
terialized. In retrospect it appears that
the Allies contributed as much as the
German people to bringing Hitler to
| power.
The Casablanca conference, where the
| phrase unconditional surrender" was
| coined by the American Commander in
Chief, was regarded by many observers
as the first hole in the charter Strictly
speaking, it was a military sentence
| showing the determination of the Allies
to destroy the military power Of the
Axis. There could have been no harm in
this, If such thought actually had ex-
listed in the minds of the conferees. But
it was definitely contradictory to the At
lantic Charter and was not indorsed by
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