Evening star., 1944-10-29
Peace Planners Declared
Copying Holy Alliance Plan
Dumbarton Oaks Assumption That Bour Great
Powers Can Hold World in Peace
Similar to 1915 Program
By Constantine Brown.

but tney DaSed their decisions to inter.
vene in order to safeguard the estab-
lished balance of power. While the
ideals are now different from the ideals
OF those years, the machinery was about
the same. The strongest powers were
to police the world of those days and
whenever there was any likelihood of
trouble they were to use armed force
even in disputes among themselves.
Vienna Ideas Repeated.
The Vienna delegates had advanced
ideas which we see repeated to a certain
extent in the Goth century. For instance,
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill agreed in August, 1941, when
they adopted the Atlantic Charter, that
the signatories land this later included
all members of. the United Nations) had
no desire for territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Inc powers gathered in an association
known as the Holy Alliance also agreed
that no one of the five great powers
was to aggrandize itself Except in re-
gard to colonies which were considered
fair prey in those days. without
giving the others the right to take
something to their own advantage.
Reliable reports from Moscow say
Premier Stain has offered Premier
Mikolajczyk of Poland vast portion of
Germany extending to the Oder River
and including the large cities of Breslau
and Stettin as compensation for Poland's
loss of her eastern province What
compensations along the same lines he
offered Prime Minister Churchill last
week in Moscow is not yet known. But
We shall soon find out.
The prospects of Warless world has.
OF course, appealed to the American
people who are willing to go to almost
any length of sacrifice to make this
ideal reality. The people of the United
States also responded with much
alarcity when the plan to save the
starving world at cost of $1,000 900 900
was presented to them. There were
many members of Congress both in
the Republican and the Democratic
camps who had certain misgivings as
to the political implications of the
UNRRA and were willing to oppose it.
But they all went along with the ad-
ministSation's proposals because their
constituents were demanding it.
Just Another Partner.
But it is obvious from the develop
| ments since the Teheran conference that
the United States Is just another partner
! in large consortium in which idealism
| is not always the main unit>of exchange.
And the American ideals as represented
IN the eight short paragraphs of the
Atlantic Charter are no longer con-
sidered as the foundations of the future
peace of the world
Bayonets alone have never secured
peace in the world. OF course, they are
vital when gangster nations have re-
| armed and attempt to seek self-aggran-
dizement by force. There is no question
that had the United State possessed
half the force it now possesses the
World War would have been avoided.
But the situation today is not the same
| as in 1889. Three of the gangster ma
| tions already have been or are by way
of being eliminated as military powers.
At the end of the war, when Germany
and Japan have been utterly defeated
there will be only three military powers
| left in the world; the United States,
Russia and Great Britain.
| All the rest of Europe is PROSTATE
and will not recover from its wounds
for long time. And in any event, none
of the rest of the European nations,
after the elimination of Germany and
Italy, will endanger the world peace.
The local wars brought on by the
Balkan states and the minor nations
of Europe were in fact the creation of
the big European powers which used
them as pawns on the international
checkerboard
Disquieting Reports.
In order to have a real era of peace
after this devastating war, it is essen
tial that the remaining military powers
reach definite understanding among
themselves and eliminate the political
problems which already are throwing an
unpleasant shadow over their relations
ship. Take, for instance, the latest re-
ports from Iran. After the Teheran
conference communique was issued
in which 1t was stated formally and
solemnly that that mideastern kingdom
would remain sovereign and independ-
ent. 1t was then fully understood that
the country, placed between the British
and Russian spheres of influence, would
no longer be the political football of
these two countries.
But in the last 10 days disouieting
reports have reached the outside world
from Iran where new faction obvi-
ously supported by Russia is endeavor-
ing to throw the lot of that ancient
country on the side of the U. S. S. R,
In itself it matters little to the aver
age American whether Iran is in the
Russian or another zone of influence
But to diplomats who look at straws in
the wind to determine the future
weather, this is of paramount impor-
tance.
The British have vital interests in
the Middle East and any attempt of
the U. S. S. r. to interfere with them
might be the cause of grave frictions
IN the future There are tens of mil
lions Of people in Eastern Europe whose
sovereignty is now in jeopardy. These
are, potential war calls because any
ruthless repression by the protective
power of the ambition of these millions
to become free again might create an
unwholesome atmosphere and eventu-
ally lead to another world conflict.
The present war actually started
when Hitler and Mussolini began to