Detroit evening times., 1945-06-09


patched Messrs. Fl opkinS S and
Davies 10 Moscow and London
has not been limited. The official
explanation has been that they
were TO arrange an imminent
meeting of the Big Three, which
may be a broad truth conceived
to cover a lot more important
truths. Indeed, a suspicion is ex-
tant Mr.. Truman has some new
ideas on world affairs which he
wished TO test before pushing.
Yet the men had 10 60 for a
very simple and significant rea-
son. From five Roosevelt asso-
ciates at the Yalta conference,
Mr.. Truman received five differ
ent versions of what the agree
ment there actually was.
All of them, including Mr..
Hopkins, Anne Boettiger (who
was as close TO Mr.. r. there as
any one, being not only secre-
tary but companion and consoler
to her father; State Secretary
Stettinius, politico-naval adviser
Admiral Leahy and James F.
ByrneS furnished variations and
Mr. Byrnes is supposed TO have
had some stenographic notes.
4 Ii this conflicting evidence
"a concerned not only ramifica-
tionS of the veto-voting power Of
the Big Five, but many other
important matters. The Steno-
graphic notes were called for.
and analyzed, but they failed to
clear the points of variance.
Further checking became i'm
perative and Mr. Truman took
the direct way of sending the
man who knew most of the late
Presidents mind on these mat
terS, Hopkins, 10 Moscow, and
a good lawyer, Joe Davies, TO
see Messrs. Churchill and Eden.
1t is quite possible the division
of Germany Oeaving us the
smallest and least important
portion, presumably because We
need all our troops in the Pa
-eifel- is the first result Of the
mysterious journeys. T h ere
may be others.
Meanwhile a sort OF sub
subcommittee of the United
Nations conference peace en-
forccmcnt committee has put
forward a plan which reviSes
the whole careful conception
Of the loose postwar organiza-
tion and puts not only teeth
but tusks into the charter-or
rather into its proposed section
Of the charter. as there may BE-
other sections which round off
or put braces on the tuSks.
THIS newprovisior1, rrocitictti
by a committee of which
our friend Ecuador held the
Craftsmanship, would give tho
governing security council Of
the new world undiscussed,
sensational authority.
II could WELD armed forces
against nonconformlstS, but far
more than this power Of
military suppression, il could
completely wreck country
economically by complete or
partial interruption Of rail, sea,
air. postal, telegraphic, radio
and other means of commune
cation and (this last being the
leaSO severance Of diplomatic
and economic relations"
How this could be done with
out completely occupying the
miscreant nation, or bombing il
into devastation. the committee
did not explain. But il also
proposed. as if the foregoing
were not enough, 10 conduct
demonstrations whatever these
may bel, blockade and other
operations of sea, land and
air.
Now this devastation is not TO
~ be done by an international
army. but by a police" force
: maintained by each nation with
out itself, subject 10 orders from
the security council.
In short. the council could
order Ecuador to do all these
things 10 any other nation.
The way it is specified 10
work. each nation would put its
armies or certain armed
forces at the disposal of the
security council.
This whole new doctrine Of
the peace is extremely belliger-
ent in contrast 10 the formula
prevailing so far as a loose-knit
organization of friendly powers
with recognized internal integ-
rity and defended domestic
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