Evening star., 1944-09-10
Role Played by US. to Hold
Future World Peace Fate
American Strength Could Exert Great Influence
to Prevent Return to Power Politics
and Inevitable Conflict
By Constantine Brovn.

me DVOWU.
have misjudged the situation when th.v
were afraid that once the war was over
we had no further trump cards in our
hands.
The fact that the United States is
emerging from the war as the foremost
world power and will be able to maintain
lts position for some time gives our
political leaders an excellent chance tn
talk plainly now, and tell our war associ-
ates that the American people have
made heavy sacrifices and are prepared
to continue them if peace which will
not contain the kernel of another war
established. And this can be done
only there is departure from the
old-tme policy of all the European
powers seeking selfish advantages for
the victor regardless of the later conse-
quences.
AS Things now stand, it appears that
power politics will be played once more
IN Europe after the final defeat of the
Germans. Regardless of whether or not
we know what happened at Teheran and
at the other discussions among the big
Three" it is obvious from the political
attitude of Russia that she intends tn
take into her zone of influence, either
by direct annexation or by the organ
lzatlon OF friendly governments" the
entire area in Eastern and Central
europe as far as the Adriatic and the
Elbe River.
Great Britain is now striving To or-
ganlze a counterbalance by organizing
tne weakened nations from Italy to the
Atlantic. This was indicated in Novem-
Der, ls43, by the speech of one of
Brltaln's outstanding political men. Field
Marshal Jan Christian SHUTS 1t was
1urther confirmed-though less publicly
by the recent and prolonged visit of
Prime Minister Churchill to Rome.
where he has endeavored to enlist into
this program the peoples of Hungary.
austria, Yugoslavia-minus Serbia-and
Italy.
Two Groups Are Outlined.
Thus regardless of how successful Mr..
Churchill's mission NAV have been
there will be only two groups of powers
In Europe at the end of the war. One
Is the eastern group, under the wing of
Moscow. and the other, the western
group, under the wing of London. pro-
Vided the British Prime Minister ha,
succeeded in convincing the peoples of
Central and Southern Europe tn io,n
his planned organization.
But within both these groups there
unquestlonably will be strong feeling
OF the peoples themselves that their
national aspirations have been frus-
trated We must always bear in mind
that these smaller nations have been led
TO believe that their more powerful
allies, America, Russia and Britain. have
been fighting primarily to re-establish
their sovereignty and complete inde-
penoence. They are individually weak
OUT would have strong nuisance value
Il tney decided to create a sentiment in
their territory against the greater DOW
ers. A police force" to maintain order
in Europe might become poverIes,
against them.
Secretary Of State Hull and his ad-
Vlsers are convinced that the political
oiSmemoerment of the Reich is an
essential factor for peace in Eurone
lhere can be but little hardship for the
Germans If the old political divisions as
existed before 1870 are revived They
leel the entire worlds trade barriers
must be erased at the end of the war
and that this will enable the German
people TO accept without resentment the
breaking up Of the Reich into its COM
ponent parts and would not result in
any particular hardship on any one.
A Germany divided into 20 or 30
states could offer no further threat tn
the peace of Europe 1t would be manv
generations before these people would
want to get together again politically.
Russia recently indicated she planned
to annex East Prussia and give Pome-
rama to Poland. If this action is car
ried out, there will be such a revival Of
the nationalistic spirit in GERMANY
within few years that Europe would
be certain to have some serious trouble.
Ihere are some veteran political men
who opposed the Treaty of Versailles
who still maintain that had the Polish
Corridor question not been injected
after the World War, Hitler might have
remained soap-box orator with little
following.
Many solutions are offered for the
paciflcation of the world, ranging from
a, status quo idea to the most ad-
Vanced theories of an entirely new
world. Few of the advocates of the
latter seem to realize that the destruc-
tion of civilization can be brought
about In short space of time, but the
construction OF new civilization is a
matter OF great many years. Revolu-
lons are easily organized Evolution
takes long time and requires patience
and constructive thought.
Nazi Military Crushed.
The German military machine has
been crushed. Its complete collapse is
matter of weeks. Although the cues
ton of postwar planning has been given
much thought here and in the capitals
OF our major allies, it appears from the
utterances of all Allied political leaders
that there are now only two funda-
mental thoughts around which tho
postwar world is expected to be re-
One is that Of the European powers,
which is as novel as the world itself.
1t consists in the victors obtaining
large slices Of territory under some form
or other. After the World War; in order
to comply with the principles expressed
BY President Wilson, our Allies agreed