Evening star., 1945-03-25
Pact to Ban Aggression
Among Big Three Urged
Failure OF Yalta Agreement to Be Specific About
How Great Powers Are to Be Kept
in Check Causes Concern
By Constantine Broyn

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riers, not only in our hemisphere but all
over the world, has taken root In the
minds Of the people of this country.
Because we are afraid of another holo-
caust, our citizens are prepared to
underwrite the most extensive partici-
patton with the rest of the world and
accept responsibilities which would have
appeared preposterous 10 years ago.
The leaders of the Nation have compro-
missed on the idealogies which have
brought the country into this war to a
much greater degree than they we're
expected to because our Allies were
adamant about their practical purposes
in this second world confagration.
Yearn for Lasting Peace.
Lasting peace through an interna-
tional organization has been sought by
the common man" in every country
since 1899 and 1907 when two conven-
tions with that object in view were held
at The Hague, in Holland. Because of
the improper aspirations and the hidden
designs Of certain powers which were
represented there, the measures adopted
proved to be only wishful thinking.
After the World War, when for the
first time the United States became
militarily and politically involved in
world affairs on a grand scale, popular
sentiment in this country overwhelm-
ingly favored some sort of world union
which would insure the globe against a
recurrence of the wholesale carnage Of
1914-1918. AS result of the Paris as
sembly the country desired a world
agency devoted to the prevention of
war. This was not accomplished because
it became obvious that our major war
associates wanted to maintain the dis
liked policy of balance of power rather
than sincere and honest international
cooperation.
This was obvious within a few weeks
after the cease-f1re signal was given on
the western front. On December %,
1918, President Wilson in an address at
Manchester, England, denounced the
doctrine of balance of power as belong
ing to the old international order which
had been repudiated because it had
brought about the World War.
Two days later, Frances Premier
Georges Clemenceau, at session OF, the
Chamber of Deputies in Paris, declared
himself in favor of maintaining the
doctrine of balance of power and stated.
SO The system of alliances, which I
do not renounce, will be my guiding
thought at the conference . so that
there will be no separation in peace of
the four powers which have battled side
by side
Picture Is Not Clear.
There is little difference between this
statement, which "grieved" President
Wilson and which later was regarded as
portending -the shape of things to
come" by those who fought the Yer
sailles Treaty in the United States, and
the present agreement at Yalta between
the Big Three.
Within less than Is years after Ver-
Sailles, however, the American people
were called on again to fight not only
on the European soil but at the four
corners Of the world at a cost enor-
mously greater than that of the World
War.
The overwhelming number of citizens
OF this country thirst for some sort of an
international agreement which, however
imperfect, would prevent another war.
The American people, who have no am
bitlon to expand outside the confines
OF the rich and prosperous country they
have created in less than two centuries
and who hold no desire to dominate"
any other nation regardless of how weak
she may be, are willing to cooperate in
any international set-up which would
guarantee several scores of years of real
peace. Hence their enthusiasm for a
successful completion of the San Fran
cisco Conference.
The picture is not quite as clear in
regard to the other two major associates
OF this country.
The U. S. S. RS policy in Europe has
shown clearly that there has been a
radical change of mind in Russia's
Premier Stain. The old Lenin- Trotsky
doctrine OF a proletarian revolution
throughout the world and the creation
OF "one world" through the proletariat
has been discarded. Stain has reverted
to the old Czarist policy of nationalistic
Imperialism.
Aided by Puppets.
Acting under the assertion that
Russia. nation of 10000, 900 at the
outbreak of the war, must be protected
against totally defeated Germany, which
at the end of the war is not likely to
have more than 5000, 900 or so 900 900
inhabitants, the Soviet is expanding her
geographic frontiers into the heart of
Europe either through outright annexa-
tions or through the creation of puppet
governments set up at the direction of
the Kremlin.
A similar policy is going to be followed
In Asia, where the U. S. S. r. already
has obtained at Yalta permission to
annex the Kwantung Peninsula and to
create puppet governments in Korea,
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia.
Tnus, while we have reversed the ira.
ditional American policy of mo foreign
entanglements" because our people have
come to the conclusion that it is out
moded and that modern inventions have
made the world much smaller, the pro-
gressive Soviet government has adopted
policy Of intense nationalism which
necessarily leads to territorial expansion
commonly known as imperialism.
Whether RuSSia,S nationalistic inn