Evening star., 1945-05-27
y. S. Policy Will Support
Rights of Small Nations
Stand on Polish Issue Indicates Stifenng of Atti.
tude on Subject of Power Politics and
Yalta and Teheran Pacts
Bv Constantine Broom

A1lACu dlLA1cS WClc llSIltlIlR 1OT IllclI
lives. On several occasions, when former
Secretary of State Hull was asked by
members of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee for a clearer definition
of our war aims, he invariably answered
that until the enemy was crushed the
cardinal point of our foreign policy was
to win the war
The late President Roosevelt and the
now retired Secretary of State went a
long way to make concessions to our
major Allies in order not to interfere
with the prosecution of the war effort.
At both meetings of the Big Three, at
Teheran and at Yalta, the American
Government overlooked some of it's
traditional policies regarding the smaller
nations to reconcile the political aims
of our major associates and keep them
in the war This was necessary, they
said, to crush the Axis. Any obstacle
placed in the way of our Allies-and
particularly the realistic Russians
might have jeopardized the chances of
final and complete victory.
The war in Europe against Germany
and Italy is now over. The two dicta-
tors who brought about the Great War
are dead. Those of their henchmen who
have escaped death so far will be tried
for their crimes and there is no ques-
ton that justice will be meted out to
them. Unfortunately, however, the re-
lationship among members of the United
Nations is nowhere near as harmonious
as most optimists would have expected
Political Expediency Rule.
In August, 1941, only four months
before we entered the conflict, our wal
aims were announced to this country
They included lofty ideals which the
American people believed would form
the basis for a future lasting peace
These principles, incorporated into what
was known as the Atlantic Charter
later comprised a document called
Declaration of the United Nations
which was signed by all enemies of the
Axis on January /, 1912, after the
United States had become an active
partner of the aggressed states. Polit-
ical expediencies have rendered that
document useless. It became obvious
that the old power political game was by
no means extinct and that the victors
of the war were seeking personal ad-
vantages and territorial aggrandiZe-
ments which they had agreed to forsake
The war against the Axis in Europe
is over A new team heads the Govern
ment of the United States.
President Truman has assumed office
under most difficult circumstances. He
is no longer a wartime President. in the
strict sense of the word. Although he
lacks Mr.. Roosevelts' experience in
foreign affairs, he has taken over the
helm of the American ship of state
with a firm hand and, while intending
to follow the general policies of his
predecessor, his actions in the last 81.
weeks show that he is determined tc
stick by the written agreements reached
at Yalta and earlier at Teheran.
Stain Plays Lone Hand.
1t is, of course, no longer a secre'
that our relations with Russia are fal
from being as warm as all the Amer.
leans hoped for. Premier Stain ha!
played a lone hand" ever since tn,
Red armies succeeded in driving tn,
Germans back from the gates of Stain
grad. He considers that the Russian
sacrifices in this war-many millions O
men, women and children killed-anc
the destruction of the western portions
of his empire justify his corralling al
the border nations for Russia.
Through firm policy, Premier Stalir
has already established Russia's bound
aries from the northernmost tip O.
Norway to the Black Sea- In this man.
ner he has formed a Gordon sani
taire" against the western world. More.
over, he is reported to have obtained a.
Yalta an agreement that the price O.
his Intervention in the war agains
Japan would be the creation of SINH.
lar defense belt in the Far East by in.
Guiding Manchuria, Chosen and Innel
Mongolia in the Soviet sphere of inf1u.
ence. The Russian empire will thu.
sway an exclusive influence from
Northern Norway and the Elbe River *
the Pacific.
President Truman realizes this. HI
and his associates also realize that there
Is little America can do to Offset thu
establishment of the greatest empire
the world has ever seen and desire tx
handle matters in such manner thai
we will be able to live on good terms
with the U. S. S. R.
But at the same time the administra.
ton has decided that the previous policy
of humoring our Allies at any cost mus
come to an end. There is nothing far.
ther from their minds than to offer &
violent challenge to Russia's demands
Nobody, for instance, likes the Polish
situation. Neither are the unilatera
actions the Moscow government ha.
taken In defiance of all written agree.
ments looked upon with favor. Bu
there is no desire to challenge by force
Premier Stains disregard for his owr
signature.
U. S. Word Accepted.
In the past Americas main asset II
the world was her respect for the giver
word. This is why all the oppressed
European nations became so jubilant Al
the news that the United States hae
become a partner in this war. The,
knew that with the enormous might o.
the United States on their side tn,
physical part of the struggle could no
be lost. But they also believed tha
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