The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-19
Byrnes
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After listening to the speech of the Secretary of State, am more certain than ever that we must adopt a real American foreign pOl- icy.
 T am glad he has progressed since his Stuttgart speech. slncerely hope that further progress will be made and that the Secretary of State will eventually realize that the American people demand justice, good neighborlineSs and peace in the world
 ReStateS FirmneSS
 Tn his Stuttgart speech, Byrnes outlined in detail this countryS poll icy of firmness. He restated that policy last night. At times he was bitterly critical of RuSsia's attitude at the Peace Conference, but he tempered his criticism with repeated offers of patience and friendship. Byrnes said he was worried not so much by the peace treaty provisions themselves as by ''the continued II not increasing tension between us and the Soviet Union"
 In fortnight terms, he called upon Russia to join the United States in bridging real and deep differen- ces"-a project which he called the paramount task of statesmanShip" today.
 The first step, he said, is for Rus sian leaders to rid themselves of tfle belief that war is inevitable. It is entirely possible, he added, that their failure or inability to do so lies at the very root of our difficult | ties"
 To Get Reaction in New York
 war is inevitable only if states fail to tolerate and respect the rights of other states to ways of life they cannot and do not share" Byrnes said. .s
 An opportunity to determine the effect of Byrnes' words will come when the Big Four foreign minis ters meet at New York to pass on peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland.
 Russia has threatened to try to alter the treaty recommendations The United States, Byrnes warned, will not stand for arbitrary revers- al
 Those decisions were approved by two- thirds vote of the victorious Allied nations, he said, and mo . state should ignore or veto, the ag- gregate sentiments of mankind" Refutes Dollar Charges
 Byrnes criticized particularly re- grettable" charges by Soviet peace makers that the United States has enriched itself during the war years and is seeking to ''enslave Europe economically
 He reminded Russia that this na- ton advanced more than $10,000,- 100000 of Lend-Lease aid to Soviet forces. He said our writing of of large sums advanced to our Allies invaidated charges of dollar dip- lomacy"
 The Secretary also termed re grettable" a voting bloc on many important issues composed of the Soviet Union and new governments in central and southeastern Eu- rope
 ! Again enunciating a patient but firm" U. S. policy toward Russia, Byrnes called upon Soviet leaders to:
 l. Forego false and mislead- ing propaganda" campaigns
 and substitute instead good
 faith and the spirit of concilia-
 tion."
 2. Refrain from arbitrary
 use of the veto power in the
 United Nations Security Coun-
 cil.
 3. Bypass use of threats,
 pressure and force to disturb
 the established rights of other
 nations"
 In urging Yugoslavia to accept the Paris decision establishing Trieste as an international zone administered by the United Nations he said there must be no seizure of power in Trieste after this war as there was in Plume after the last war"
 Likewise, he urged that Russia accept the two-thirds Paris vote recommending internationalization of the Danube.