The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-28
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Germany's savage counterattack on
the western front and disquieting
political events in Europe have made
Americans uneasy and uncertain of
| the future.
There is every confidence that the
German onslaught, though initially
successful and apparently surprise
to the Allied High Command, will be
contained and beaten. Before these
words are in print, the Germans may
have been held, if not turned back.
But other events, such as the pro-
posed partition of Poland and inter-
nal unrest and fighting in Belgium,
Greece and other countries will con-
tinue to cause uneasiness.
Russian lans, with seemingly
British acquiescence, to divide Poland
and "recompense" her by slices of
German territory, has come in for
harsh criticism, not only here but in
Great Britain 1t is safe to say that
most Americans are bewildered and
resentful over the turn of Polish af-
fairs and agree with William Green
in expressing the hope that the
United States "will say mo- to those
who seek to apportion the territory
of Poland"
President Green, voicing American
Federation of Labor views, told
meeting of the American Labor Con-
ference on International Affairs in
New York that "in waging this war
we have been inspired by noble ideas
and high purposes"
Surely" he added, 1--WE are not
going TO engage now in invading the
territorial rights of men and women
living in countries which fought and
suffered so much" Asking Americans
to remember their history, he pointed
out that the partitioning of national
territory, whenever and wherever it
has occurred, has "sown the seeds of
another war"
Newspaper accounts Of the confer
ence said that this portion of Green's
talk was not part of his prepared text
and was delivered extemporaneously,
out emphasized that it reflected the
feeling of distrust of power politics
that permeated all sessions of the
conference
Matthew Woll, another AFL speak
er in discussing obstacles to peace,
condemned "our liberal 'realists'
who are Violently attacking Great
Britain for her policy in Greece and
Belgium" but shave never uttered a
word in opposition to the interven-
tion of Russia in the internal affairs
of Poland, Russia and Bulgaria" He
also assailed Communist disruption in
liberated Europe as injurious to the
war effort.
The Communist disruption" has
been most violent and conspicuous in |
Greece, where the British have been |
waging sanguinary war in support of |
the Greek government and against |
forces of the ELIAS Leftist move
ment, alleged to be Communist led1
and inspired. The British interven-
ton has drawn the sharpest kind of
denunciation in the House of Com
mons and from British leaders. Brit
ish families whose sons have been
killed in the Greek war must be won
dering why they had to die in that
way and why they have not been
fighting the Germans.
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That the European mess is causing
grave misgivings even among strong
of the policy Of the United
Nations in this country is shown Dy
,he warnings of Senator Ball of Min
1esota, outstanding champion of col
ective security, that British and Rus
sian policies are endangering world
peace.
"The unilateral political decisions
made in liberated Europe by great
powers on the allied side, if they con-
,inue, may do irreparable harm to the
whole cause of collective security en-
5isaged in the Dumbarton Oaks pro-
oosals," Ball said and criticized the
United States and the other big
powers for not making their position
lear.