Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-10
BEHIND
THE NEWS
BY Paul
Ma1on

government or France puDnCly
invited Mr.. Roosevelt 10 follow
the trail of Woodrow Wilson to
Paris.
Shortly before that, Mr..
Churchill no doubt thought he
was aiding the Roosevelt cause
by expecting a much longer war
eight more months maybe 10
defeat the Nazis, two years for
Japan.
There is no question but what
Russia (lzvestia attack on
Dewey. France and Britain
wanted Roosevelt and did what
they could 10 aid his re-elec-
ton at the last moment.
Most interesting was Stains
speech. For the first time he
talked as a world statesman.
with the assumed frankness OF
the western manner and clearly
without the defensive. injured
tone of the isolated or suspi-
cious nation.
Primarily he told what the
world does not yet realize-the
great growth of Russia as a
nation during this war, how her
industries had been bHilt Up, her
varying intellectuals and SUBJ
strata classes and nations
moulded into a patriotic whole
for the first time in history.
Indeed she Is the only nation
which has grown in the war.
while Europe has been COM
pletely demoralized and even
the capitalistic United States
and Britain have saddled their
economy with fabulous debt
Russia having no debt except
the hundred millions or so she
carries lightly in some totali-
tartan bookkeeping arrange
ment.
HOW different. Gle ar and
IL simply factual his wor d S
are in comparison with the ut
teranceS dinned into our ears
by those in this country who
lead the minds of our people
back into the past and make us
believe Russia is sensitive sort
of backwoods nation w h c n
needs help, and must not be OIL
Tended by anything we say or
do in our own interests.
Our second front pinned down
70 Nazi divisions. but his front
pinned down at=the same time
200 he faetualiy says.
We helped materially this last
war year. but for three years
the Reds fought alone and thus
saved Europe from fascism. he
correctly says remember the
domestic campaign speeches you
have heardD
His suggestions for the peace
show equal realism and similar
contrast 10 [ h ose OF our own
people who have been telling us
all we need is their formula for
the new league. without reser-
vations. and peace will follow
automatically forever
Stain puts them to the shame
OF their shallow ideallsm.
Differences reservations
He says, of course we shall have
them.
We already have the ones he
has m ade- Dumbarton Oaks,
Breton Woods, Chicago avia-
ton. He promises only that
they shall be reasonably re-
solved eventually.
LIS wants for the peace or
III those he mentioned. are be-
ligerently exclusive.
He wants permanent disarma-
ment of Germ any tdoes not
mention Japan except quite in
directly in this respect or a
wholly new league with the
right and means" and every
thing at its disposal TO act
swiftly to stop aggression.
Perhaps he want s both. he
saws there are several ways to
stop future aggression and men
tions these two. Anyt h n &
within that formula would pre-
sumably please him.
The thoughts / reach Il o m
the speech are these: Russia
under Stain fully realizes her
great new power. is preparing
10 exercise it realistically in the
new world.
Her interest in the inter-
national organizations Is AS
great or greater than ours be-
cause the new Setup will defend
her newly acquired great power,
and perpctuate the status quo
of this war as the old league
sought 10 perpetuate the wholly
different status quo of the last
one (Anglo-French world power
them For that reason she is
evolving from her old isola-
tionlsm.
CTALIN is apparently no
y longer afraid of capitalism,
else he would not 60 that far.
He offers no important COM
promises with il or with west.
ern culture. except friendliness,
(there is no mention of God IN
his summation of the victory
which he attributes to Soviet
energy
The feeling I have. however.
is that he is prepared TO make
strong reservations TO protect
himself. and in the end. cam
not help but suspect that any
details which gives capitalism
the upper hand over his in
forests would be unsatisfactory