Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-08
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attitude toward certain ideals
can be noted. The war started
because England and France de-
manded that Germany withdraw
her forces from Poland. Russia,
then as now looking to Russia's
future and safety, invaded
Poland from the other side and
met the Nazi hordes in the CEN
ter of that stricken country.
Now, after five
The and half years,
Compromise President Roose-
At Yalta welt and Prime
Minister Church.
i'll agree that Russia should re-
tain that part of Poland which
she occupied in September, 1889.
Except for a few who cry loudly
and long about re-establishing
former boundaries, the people of
England and the people of Amer
lea accept the Yalta agreement
on Poland as one of the compro-
misses essential to the promotion
Of peace.
And why not? There are few
of us qualified to discuss the
many phases of tangled and COM
pick politics of Europe. All we
want is fair deal for all. And
once the people of the world
understand that we want to see
all countries get a fair deal our
prestige in world affairs will be
immense. How many of us re-
call that Poland attacked Russia
as soon as she had been set up
again as a nation in 1920 and
took territory which had been
Russian? All of us who went to
school prior to the first World
War realize that countries which
existed then are entirely nom
existent now and that countries
not shown on maps then have
been in the thick of this war?
There is one fact, however,
about which we are all certain
Most of the worlds troubles
have sprun g
Russian out of the hot
Occupation political pots of
OF Poland eastern Europe.
For more than
a century there has been "a
Balkan Situation" and IA
Balkan Problem" 1t is perhaps
true that sooner or later both of
the world wars would have been
fought anyway. And yet it is
also true that had the one or
two war-provoking incidents not
taken place there is hope that the
world disasters might have been
averted.
America likes Poland. The
world likes Poland. But does
America like Poland more than
she loves peace? / think not.
And further, even though STEP
ping into dangerous territory, |
am not entirely sold on Russia.
But, as pointed out in this column
on a number of occasions, the
one big hope for the peace of the
world for the next century lies
in the ability Of the worlds
strongest nations getting along
with Russia. Not entirely by
appeasement. God forbid that
the time is here or will ever come
that our country will avert
showdown by surrendering to
every demand of one nation or
any group of nations. Our rec
ord in this war should be suffi-
cient argument to win a firm
stand. But it is not through mil
/. itary action that we will secure
the right kind of world peace
Peace will be maintained through
contentment Of peoples. Con.
tentment of peoples will come
through an understanding Of the
difficulties facing nations and
sincere effort Of the world or.
CARNATIONS to solve these prob
lens.
Russia will be near the top il
population, military strength, il
prestige, in nat
We Want ural resource
A Fair Deal and in solvency
For All The Russian PEG
pie will be con
tent only through the develop
ment Of the great natural re
sources and the consequent pros
perity and happiness. L
Russia is and remains prop