The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
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is ALLIED UNITY DEGENERATINc
INTO SPHERES OF INFLUENCE?
While the war was on the Big Three
worked in perfect harmony but in the
balmy days of peace the bonds OF
observation-disclosures sense
began to show internal weak spots
something similar to what happened
at the Geneva Disarmament Confer
ence which eliminated into an Arma-
ment Conference. The London Con-
ference was, or should have been,
about Is years wiser or more broad
minded than the Disarmament Confer
ence Cd after World War I but, it
appears now as if the main actors in
the Game-of-Politics were simply jock
eying into favorable positions in Blocs-
of-Influence in the Balkan states, or
others too for that matter.
For several hundred years Great
Britain held the Balance-of-Power in
Europe by playing France and Ger
many, one against the other, and now
is in the same position in relation to
us. and Russia. the two leading world
powers The squabble started with
the Balkans, Bulgaria, Romania and
Hungary, tinderbox of Europe; it
spread to the Mediterranean taking in
Italy, Greece and the northern coast
of Africa and from there jumped
plump into Japan
Man Proposes, God Disposes
In some quarters it was thought
only reasonable that Moscow ought to
be satisfied to get her Baltic states
back and leave the rest of Europe
for western bloc, Gordon Sanitaire"
and Carrot and the Big Stick" phrases
to be kept strictly under cover. Rus
sia's geographic position gives Mos
COW a little the best of the argument
besides her magnetic power of in
ducing adjoining nations into her fold
as in the case of Armenia which.
joined the Soviets, then withdrew and
later rejoined again.
Russia has had more or less trouble
with Japan ever since 1920, her traffic
in the Pacific passes close to Japan
which makes it but natural that she
should take an interest in the DISPOSE
ton of Japan. AS matter of fact
Russia could patrol the Japanece
shores at one-tenth the cost to the
United States doing it and, had she
landed there before G l Joe, Hirohito
would likely be in a prison cage now
or in the same grave where Hitler
belongs. To spend a billion dollars a
year for the questionable honor of
the Japs seems so foolish
and futile. If the Japs starve and go
Red, ask the boys from the concen-
Lration camps why we should care.
U. S. and USSR, Friendly Team
By friendly cooperation its in the
hands of U. S. and Russia to guide
The world into peaceful pursuits and
outlaw war, the only two nations in
4 position to do so. No military man
lere with high school education thinks
t either probable or possible for a
Red Army to come over here to fight
is nor is there military man in
Russia who thinks it possible for a
D. S. army to fight them over there,
making the talk of fight between the
wo nothing but silly prattle.
They have their idea of democracy
,ver there, we have our idea of de-
md betting our shirts on which de-
nocracy is the best won't get us any
where. Of course just before cleo
ions it's pretty handy for politicians
o sneak into office on a Red boyle
care, but the voters will eventually
.et on to that.
Working together the United States
nd USSR could outlaw war and guar
ntee peaceful world for an indef-
mite period; on the other hand, work
ng at cross purposes, they could
reate two immense spheres-of-influ-
nee always pointing to the POSSIBLE
ty of an open world conflict.
A E. ANDERSON.
butte, Mont, Oct 4, 1915.
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