Evening star., 1944-07-09


tral and Western Europe, which will
need many years to recover from the
severe blows they have suffered since
1899.
Two dozen well-equipped Red divisions
could promenade through Europe after
Germany has been brought to her knees
"lthout meeting more than a question:
able guerrilla opposition. Is Russia
AFRAID OF British-American aggression,
ms seems highly improbable. The
united States has saved Russia from
certain defeat at the hands of the Nazis
oy sendlng into Russia billions of dol
lars worth OF military equipment which
our ships carried to relay points under
the most difficult conditions.
1t Is most unlikely that we would en-.
courage a policy of aggression bv anv
nation in the world. The American re.
cord is clear in that respect. Great
Britain, without effective American
support, Is equally incapable of agrees
sion. Even if confederation of the
western European States under tho
wing OF the British empire were estab.
lshed at the end of this war, this combi.
nation militarily could be much weaker
tnan the Eastern European confedera.
ton led by the U. s. S. R.
No Internal Interference.
An equally equivocal attituds is no.
tlceable in the British gov2rnment.
Prime Minister Churchill spoke last
May about another League of Nations
TO preserve world peace and he indi.
Gated he wanted an organization bris.
tnng with guns so that aggression will
not De possible again. Who can agrees
Whom after Germany and japan have
been reduced to utter impotence? That
tnere might be some persons in highly.
placed quarters in Britain who are con.
cerned over the Near East, the Middle
East and India is. of course, possible.
AS thlngs now stand, with the United
Nations closely united in a common
purpose to prevent another war. the
only danger to those areas directly or
indirectly dependent on Great Britain
could come from the inhabitants of
those countries themselves.
And the new peace organization
which is now being blueprinted to
avoid wars Of aggression will not be
allowed to interfere in police matters
within the empire Whatever armed
reoellions may develop necessarily will
De Brltalns own business. She certainly
VIII not be able to call on international
ponce force or gun-bristling League of
Nations to suppress wholesale revolu.
tion In India or the Middle East
everybody now talks about interna.
tlonal cooperation to prevent further
wars. But If this is based on power
politics and armed force, instead of de.
termination to live In peace. we will
have fought this war in vain. We will
nave destroyed one set of aggressors to
make room for another potential set
within few years.
Ihose who have been carefully read.
Ing the speeches and statements of our
main associates feel that they have
oeen reading the words of Car Aley-
ander. Prince Metternich and Lord
Castlereagh at the Congress of Vienna
after the Napoleonic wars.
Modern Holy Alliance.
lhere was, however, reason why the
representatives of the nations forming
the Holy Alliance-of which the United
nations appears to be a modern version
insisted on the domination of Europe
oy the then Big Three.
Surely there can be no such Thought
IN the minds of the present Big Three
VINO are pillars of the United'Nations.
All the members of the new associa-
ton have subscribed to the Atlantic
Charter which provides that their coun-
tries seek no aggrandizement. territorial
or other; that they desire no territorial
changes that do not accord with ths
lreely-expressed wishes of the peonles
concerned and that they respect the
|. rlght OF the peoples to choose the form
OF government under which they want
70 i've There is no conceivable
room Tor power politics under this
cnarter which has been solemnlv ar.
cepted by all members of the United
NaIionS and which, incidentally, served
as vehicle to obtain the full indors..
ment by the American people for tn.
assistance we have given the aggressed
hallons before We ourselves entered this
war. N--"
fet here are clear indications that
tne shape of the new world which will,
arise IRON the debris of the old is in.
TENDED to be one in which the laro.
po"eis Will have complete domination.
Ahere may be many advantages in such
d pattern, provided the remaining two
Ois powers forming the planned eastern
ana western considerations do not lock
i,ofhs again within few years after
the present war is over.
Held Bad Omens.
Inc presence of large British forca
On tne northwestern boundaries O..
Ahoia' tne transfer of an equally sub
stantlal British force from Southern to
Northern Iraq; the movement of a num-
Der OF Red divisions from the sectors
assigned to them north of Teheran to
d hhe further south may be of negligible
Importance at this stage of the war,
ooe 70 those who ardently hope to live
1or at least two generations in peace in
oroer to repair the devastations caused
Ny tnls war, these are bad omens Logi-
| caily tnere should be no reason why
BRUSH and Russian interests should
eventually clash in the East. Russia has
all tne territory and raw materials she
can possibly wish. After the war Great
Britain could obtain all the markets she
oesires by cooperating fully and un-
selflshly with the other nations which