The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07
The W Washingt ion MerrY-G Go Round
By DREW PEARSON us. Col Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army,

(Ik. col, Robert 5. Allen now oQ 8CtlV0
 service with the Army,
 
 SAN FRANCISCO-There is an important parallel to be drawn be- tween San Francisco and Versailles. It may have repercussions that will effect the future peace of the world.
 At the Versailles Peace Confer ence, Woodrow Wilson lost out to the other members of the Big Four" on point after point. He had to compromise on Jugoslavia, on Italy, on various boundary ques- tions. Most of all, he had to sign a treaty of alliance with France and England in order to get his League of Nations accepted.
 The American public felt Wilson had yielded too much. At that time we were just feeling our oats in ternationally. We felt that the American Army had really won the war--though some of our Allies disagreed. The great Middle West was convinced that if Europe didn't want to play ball with us, we could thumb our noses at Europe and get along perfectly well on our own.
 That view eventually was re- flected in the Senates rejection of Woodrow Wilson's Treaty and another war became inevitable.
 Today, Soviet Russia occupies very much the same spot as the United States in 1919 and 1920.
 The Soviet today has the greatest resources in the world. It is more self4sufficient than any other na- ton. It feels that it's armies bore the. major burden of this war though some of their Allies dis agree. The leaders of Russia, es- pecially the Generals, are reported believing that the Soviet can get along on it's own without the rest of the world, if the outside world doesn't want to play ball.
 In fact, the Russians today are the potential isolationists of 1919 and 1920.
 Meanwhile, their Woodrow Wilson of San Francisco-Foreign Minister Molotov-has been turned down on points. Some of his points have seemed poorly conceived and out of place and he has not always handled himself automatically But the effect of Russian public opin- ion is the main thing that counts, the effect which is registered on the potential isolationists of this new peace era.
 And that effect obviously must be bad. Just as the American public in 1919 saw their representa- tive rebuffed at Versailles, so the Russians see their man rebuffed at San Francisco. They don't re- member the Molotov victories, only the rebuffs And that is why when the final history of this peace era is written, the vote against Molo toy on Argentina may be the straw that broke the back of Rus sion world cooperation. Molotov only asked for four days to think over the question of Argentine ad- mission His pleas probably would have the support of two great figures, one dead, one ill-Franklin Roosevelt and Cordell Hull-both vigorously opposed to Fascist Ar gentina.
 Four days to consider the Ar genuine question was not much to ask, and yet Secretary of State Stettinius missed the cue to make a gesture toward Russia. Molotov made his plea for delay on Ar gentina in the best democratic tra- dition. In open plenary session, in the rough and tumble of American democratic debate. In the end, Ar gentina would have been admitted anyway, but the delay would have helped Russian opinion at home. This small point may turn out one of the most important at the Conference.
 For, if the Russians find them selves out-voted too frequently and too overwhelmingly, they may do what the U. s. Senate did to Woodrow Wilson. And peace or ganization without Russia, like a League of Nations without the United States, would mean another world war unquestionably.
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