Detroit evening times., 1945-05-02
New Opportunity
At San Francisco
ARTICLE ii
By SAMUEL CROWTHER

GAN FRANCISCO, May 1+Until the American
~ delegation squares off and declares set of guild
ing moral principles, this conference will founder
in sea of meaningless speeches, squabble about
meaningless details and finally sink without trace.
That is exactly what most of the delegations
want to see happen. They are willing to give the
conference decent burial and if necessary, call
the burial birth.
They recognise the consequences of diSuonment, butt
They also recognize that only in the United States w the
For only in the United States has the illusion been
created that the mere signing OF proper could
1t be changed only by the American delegations taking
a leadership on moral grounds:
for only the United States Is in position to risk headon
collision with government But until unless that
showdown the conference cannot get anywhere
E for this several There the further COM
pcaton that the Soviet people here in the belief that
United States bound by the commitments which Mr.
Roosevelt made personally Marshal Stain the tragic meet
at Ya We do not yet know the full extent Of these
commitments but they against the complete oppos
Churchill formed the why Marshal Stain
represented this meeting the holding of which
Therefore part of tho attitude of the Russians is ex-
planable
because of of financial aid because O threats that
they did appear they could not hope for future aid
The British reliably informed do not want the Breton
Woods money scheme any international money plan which
might hamper them in the manipulation of sterling and the
sterling This directly contrary the representations
drawn not to affect British monetary policy for at
least several years.
pressure for Breton Wood. came from the United
States and closely bound with the Russian policy The
whole story of Breton Woods has not yet been told
IN so far learn the American delegation is not
of all the commitments financial and otherwise that have
been made to induce participation this meeting Only two
possibly delegates any
The others bask in the honor being delegates
delegates
This is a meeting to draft permanent organization for
the afi0nn nf Sand
action the agenda touch the terms Of
that will follow this The most that be done is to
create organization to enforce that will be made
OF the 46 nations only three have anything do
with the of Europe following the defeat of Ger
peace in the Orient following the defeat Of Japan.
But according to the Dumbarton Oaks formula, all the
signatoes would In advance to uphold whatever
peace might This they have slightest intention
Of doing For since Yalta II Is taken for granted that the
eventual will be dictated by Russia and founded entirely
force.
The delegations realize that spite all fine words
being spokenand each will contribute share Of such words
the Dumbarton plan soey,on will Of
and the United States with Britain aiding or
the other to use force.
TTNHEY noting with unamused cynicsm that the plans
call for the ending by changing the nomenclature
that any fighting a Big Three dom-
mating the security council will
all three choose to call What looks tastes and smells
like in which die might be designated only
punitive expedition suppress threatened aggression
They know that Russia and Japan had lively battle that
cassed They know that the japanese
pedion which took Manchuria classified
the League of Nations because the larger had
interests which being affected and hence did
bother.
These delegations refuse to be forced into organization
dominated Russia and dedicated to the of force regard
less of moral principles They looking about for graceful
out-they afraid just to walk out
TIHESE nations anxious for that will endure But
they will accept organization in which peace becomes
mere play words
They think that they must give lip service TO pro-
posal which has the backing Of the great powers.
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But that they do in the absence declaration
of what constitutes peace and justice
This is the American opportunity.
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