Evening star., 1946-06-04

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answer is:
| AS sure as there's a face on the
Kremlin clock and Joseph Stain has
a mustache, the Russians do not
want to fight anybody.
Vital Factors Listed.
In addition to the Russian people
and leaders not wanting war with
any country-and to be realistic
England or the United States or
both-the following factors which
may not be generally known in
America are worth consideration:
Russia suffered greatly in her war
with Germany. She lost many men
and women, large amount of ma
chinery and livestock.
Russia's coal, iron and electrical
industries are badly crippled, al
though coming back fast.
Russia, so persons who are in
| formed on the subject say, is far
behind the United States and Brit
ain in atomic research.
Russia's people are tired and even
| if they were not they have never
been a people who liked or wanted
wars.
Russias air force is nothing near
a par with Americas or that of
the British Empire.
Navy Is Small.
Russia's navy cannot be consid-
cred in the same paragraph with
those of her Allies.
Russia's leaders are desperately
anxious to get their flve-year plans
into operation.
Russians look on peace with some
thing akin to adoration and worship.
Then why all this talk of war here
and in Britain?
A large part of it, as I have told
my Russian friends, is due to the
methods their country uses in car
rying out her policies plus shock
ing lack of insight into the Anglo
Saxon mind.
The methods are her own and OF
her own design and the Soviets are
firmly convinced that they are con-
Quoting their international affairs
in the best and just way-for Russia.
They can and do (and in the process
fairly beat your ears Off seek to
justify their every action, from their
behavior in Manchuria to Andrei
Gromyko's actions in the Security
Council of the United Nations.
Fear "Ganging Up"
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the United States and Britain have
ganged up on them, that numbers of
prominent persons in both countries
are still bitterly anti-Soviet, that
they are still Disseminated against
and treated as second-class citizens
of the world and that while the
United States and Britain want
their security, they yell the loudest
when Russia tries to batten down
the matches on her own
People in the United States and
Britain who talk about the posi-
bilities of Russia going to war are
not alone. At one time this year
before Prime Minister Stalin's an
swer to the Associated Press-there
was an awful lot of loose talk on
the same subject in Moscow. It
should be added that Britain, not
the United States, was the country
the Russian people connected with
war.
(Mr. Stain, replying last March
% to questions posed by Mr.. Gill
more, said: II am convinced that
neither the nations nor their
armies are seeking another war.
They desire peace and are en-
deavoring to secure peace. This
means that the current fear of
war is not being caused by this
side. I think the present fear of
war is being brought about by
the actions of certain political
groups engaged in the propa-
ganda Of a new war and by these
means sowing seed of discord
and uncertainty" Mr.. Stain
also said that Il attach great
Importance to the United Ma
tions organization as it is seri-
Gus instrument for the preser-
vation of peace and international
security.")
Two Britons Blamed.
Without going into the issues in
volved, without considering the
rights or wrongs involved if any,
the main reasons put forward by
the Russians were two men-Win-
ston Churchill and Ernest Bevin.
They were doing and saying things
which simply were not understood
nor liked by the Russians; and there
was little or no effort to make them
understood.
As Mr.. Stain has said, he believes
emphatically that Mr.. Churchill
wants war with Russia. In recent
conversations with foreigners the
Russian leader has muttered like
an angry bear this very thing, and
has added that there are certain
other people in the United States
(See GILMORE, Page A-2)