Evening star., 1945-05-27

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British-U. 5. Papers
Lack Understanding
Il BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 26-Communist
Writer David Zaslavsky in a sharp
ly-worded attack on sections of the
British and American press declared
today that the democratic states of
Europe had found their "truest and
strongest protector" in the Soviet
| Union.
Defending Russia's approach to
international problems as compared
with so-called western methods" +"
Zaslavsky took issue with articles
in the British Yorkshire Post, the
Australian Sidney Mirror and with
the handling by some American
newsmen of activities of the Soviet
delegation to the San Francisco
conference.
Writing in the Communist organ
Pravda, ZaSlavSky predicted his
article on a declaration that the
Allies can achieve understanding
but said any failure to reach such
harmony now was because the West
ern Allies did not understand or
would not acknowledge the Russian
methods.
Lack Understanding.
He quoted the Yorkshire Post as
saying that relative misunderstand-
ings among the Allies were the re-
suit of insufficient understanding
of Western methods which the Rus
slams sometimes display as a result
Of the policies of Lenin as opposed
to the policies of Peter the Great
for reapproachment with the West"
I'VE agree with the Post that the
main interests of the great Allied
powers are to create the possi-
bility of mutual understanding in
the struggle against Fascism,"
zaslavsky said.
At the same time, we fear this
English paper blocks the route to
understanding by turning to an out
of-date historic parallel"
Asserting the Post was misleading
in raising the question of Western
and Eastern" methods of approach
ing world problems, Zaslavsky said:
THE Post supposes the Russian
people do not possess sufficient
understanding of Western methods.
But, no, we are sufficiently ac-
quainted with the different Western
methods"
Referring to the pre-war Munich
days, he said:
Before the war the guiding
Western method of English foreign
policy was a policy which consisted
in pitting all Western Europe
against the Soviet Union and in an
artificially hostile isolation Of the
Soviet Union.
Led to Catastrophe.
This Western method was
tagged with the name Munich. 1t is
known what it led TOTO the great
est catastrophe in Europe and one
which almost ruined England"
The Russian writer said that with
the passing Of time this Munich
policy was displaced by another
western method" which found ex-
preston in the Anglo-Soviet treaty
and in a coalition of the great
powers.
Asking whether the Post thought
what it called the "Wetern meth
cd" referred to democracy and equal
rights for all people, Zaslavsky said
that if so, then the Soviet popula-
ton knew that in the Soviet Union
had been realized the highest form
of democracy.
The democratic states of Eu-
rope have found their truest and
strongest protector in the Soviet
State" he declared.
Touching on the controversial sub
jects of the new governments of
Poland and Austria, aslavsky denied
that Russia had been acting uni
laterally and seeking to isolate itself.
The Red army, at every place
where the military situation permits,
transfers administration to the lib
Grated peoples themselves" he said.
This is in no way unilateral &C
tivity. 1t is, on the other hand, in
full accordance with the decisions of
the Crimea Conference on liberated
countries of Europe"
Regarding American news treat
ment of the Russian delegation to
the San Francisco Conference, the
Pravda writer said:
I'VE observe with mixed feelings
Of perplexity and revulsion the dance
Of the newspaper Mohicans around
the delegation. The American press
Of the Hearst type Systematically
and evilly distorts the position Of the
Soviet delegation. Is this because
they do not understand? Not at
all. They do not want to acknowl-
edge that the Soviet Union is a great
democratic power which possesses
sufficient might not only for forming
security within its own boundaries,
but also for guaranteeing security
for the peoples of Europe"
Zaslavsky said the Sydney Mirror
and Writer Eric Baum had said
there is no necessity today to hurl
the German invaders from Stain
grad, but the English people realize
the necessity for repelling the ideo-
logical aggressors of Moscow"
Terming this the usual Soviet
SANDER" the Pravda writer con-
cluded: 1.-THE voice Of Goebbels Is
silenced in Berlin. But its echoes
are still heard in Sydney"
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