The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

able to fight together, they cannot make peace together as United Ma tions should. Perhaps that is part of the trouble-trying to do too much at the same time.
 A strong point in Cordell HulPs philosophy of peace was that the nations should leave all questions of boundaries for settlement after the war. Equally strong was his con- viction that all nations should have full rights to determine their own form of internal government. It is through failure to observe both these principles that the heads of nations have got themselves into their pres ent year-end holiday crawling. AMERICAN IDEALS
 HARD TO ACHIEVE
 These two precepts of Hull's are characteriStically American. The United States has no boundary problem of its own and it is not con- cerned with the way other countries run their boundaries so long as they do not interfere with the way this country runs its business and so long as there is no outside interfer- ence with the way other countries run their business.
 The doubt begins to arise, how ever, that the American people may not get their every wish in the at tainment of these ideals. That IS difficult for Americans to under stand.
 Why should this country-admit- tedly the most powerful nation in the world whether you measure it in dollars, guns, ships, washing machines, schools, or beauty par lors, have to give in to weaker par ties, compromising on ideals which should make sense in any land or language?
 The question is further compli- cated by the fact that all over this world the people of nations overrun by aggressors look to the United States for friendship and support in the self-determination of their future.
 Putting these two together-the desire of the smaller nations to get a square deal and the American sympathy for the underdog which prompts the desire to see them get a square deal . the question arises as to why the United States can't insist they get it.
 First, Soviet Russia and the Uni ted Kingdom, the powers which seem to want to dictate the affairs of other weaker nations, know that the United State will not back out of the war against Germany and will not even threaten to withdraw Lend-LeaSe aid to assist on a few fundamentals of justice for small people. Soviet Russia and the Uni- ted Kingdom therefore seek to com- plete their deals while the United States is busy with its two wars on four fronts and seven seas.
 U. S. ISOLATIONISM
 IMPORTANT FACTOR
 Second, these two major powers of Europe have correctly measured American isolationist sentiment, knowing that the American people vii back their government just SO far and no farther in protecting the TlSI1LS O1 OIllGT COulltIlGS-lO SGl1- -uG- termination and voice in the set ting of their own boundaries.
 Greece has chosen revolution in preference to subservience to the British. Suppression of that revolt by the British can hardly win the British much good will.
 Anything can still happen in Italy, including revolution.
 Anything can happen in India, Burma, the Netherlands East Indies, France, Spain, Palestine or where you will.
 The prospect for the end of the international world war is for suc- cession of internal, national wars or even racial wars of still bloodier consequences.
 If ever there was a time when United Nations organization to maintain peace and security was needed, this is it. Any other busi- ness before any government or it's leaders is today entirely secondary.