The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-06

built in 19lZ. Left To right are "A.
r, chief dispatcher, So years; F. q
to the purchasing agent, 81 years;
taft Photo.
too late. If there is to be fraternal
association of the kind have de-
scribed, with all the extra strength
and security which both our coun-
tries can derive from it, let us
make sure that great fact is known
to the world, and that it plays its
part in steadyiag and stabilizing the
foundations of peace. Prevention is
better than cure.
Soviet Russia
"a shadow has fallen upon the
scenes so lately lighted by the al
lied victory. Nobody knows what
Soviet Russia and its Communist
International organization intends
to do in the immediate future, or
what are the limits if any to their
expansive. and proselytizing ten
denotes. have a strong admiration
and regard for the valiant Russian
people and for. my wartime COM
rade, Marshal Stain. There is SYM
pathy ant good will in Britain
and I doubt not here also towards
the peoples Of all the Russias and
resolve to preseyere through many
differences and rebuffs in establish
ing lasting friendships. We under
stand the Russian need to be Sc
cure on her western frontiers from
all renewal of German aggression.
We welcome her to her rightful
place among the leading nations OF
the world. Above all We welcome
constant, frequent and growing
contacts between the Russian peo-
pie and our own people on both
sides of the Atlantic. 1t is my duty,
however, to place before you GER
tain facts about the present posi-
ton in EUROPE am sure do not
wish to-, but it is my duty, I feel,
to present them to you.
Iron Curtain
From Stettin in the Baltic to
Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron
curtain has descendel' across the
continent: Behind that line lie all
the capitals of the ancient states of
Centrs7 and Eastern Europe. War
saw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Buda-
pest, Belgrade, Bucharest and
Sofia, all these famous cities and
the populations around them lie
in the Soviet sphere and all are
subject in one form or another,
not only to Soviet influence but to
a very high and increasing meas
ure of control from Moscow. Athens
alone, with it's immortal glories; is
free to decide its future at an
election under British, American
and French observation. The Rus
sian-dominated Polish government
has been encouraged to make
enormous and wrongful inroads up
on Germany, and mass explosions
of millions of Germans. on a scale
grievous and undreamed-of are
now taking place. The Communist
parties, which were very small in
all these eastern states of Europe,
have been raised to pre-eminence
land power far beyond their num-
bers and are seeking everywhere
to obtain totalitarian control. Po-
lice governments are prevailing in
nearly every case, and SO far, ex-
cept in Czechoslovkia, there is no
true democracy"
Pressure Exerted
Turkey and Persia are both pro-
foundry alarmed and disturbed at
the claims which are made upon
them and at the pressure being ex-
erted by the Moscow government.
An attempt is being made by the
Russians in Berlin to build up a
quasi-communist party in their
zone of occupied Germany by
showing special favors to groups of
left-wing German leaders. At the
end of the fighting last June, the
American and British armies with
drew westwards, in accordance
with an earlier agreement, to a
depth at some points $50 miles on
front of nearly 400 miles to al
low the Russians to occupy this
vast expanse of territory which
the western democracies had con.
quered. If now the Soviet govern
ment tries, by separate action, to
build up a pro-communist Ger
many in their areas this will cause
new serious difficulties in the Brit
ish and American zones, and will
give the defeated Germans the
power Of putting themselves up to
auction. Draw from these facts
and facts they are-this is certainly
not the liberated Europe We fought
to build up. Nor is it one which
contains the essentials of a per-
manent peace.
New Unity
1.-THE safety of the world, ladies
and gentlemen, requires a new
unity in Europe from which no ma
ton should be permanent by out
cast.
1T is impossible not to compre-
hend-twice we have seen them
drawn by irresistible forces in time