Evening star., 1946-03-01
|byrnesAssaiIs
Slow Aggression
In Red Warning
Insists on Stop to
World Muneuvering
For Advantages
fTert OF Byrnes' Speech, Page A-l6.)
BY Gornett D. Horner

By Gornett D. Horner
A stern warning by Secretary
of State ByrneS that the United
States will not stand for aggres-
sion by "gnawing away" pro-
cess was regarded today as bring
ing closer showdown with Rus
sia to end suspicion and dis
trust"
Mr.. Byrnes' warning, coupled with
inSistence that this country must
maintain its armed power to help
keep world peace, went far toward
meeting the demand of Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, of Michi-
gan for plain speaking" to Russia.
Secretary Byrnes, speaking In New
York last night. said the American
people want to keep on being
friends and partners" with Russia,
but that there must be "a stop to
this maneuvering for strategic ad-
vantage all over the world" He de-
clared that I'VE must make plain
that the United States intends to
defend the UNITED Nations) Char
ter"
Voices U. s. Opposition.
Then, in language that hardly
could be misunderstood In Moscow
although avoiding specific mention
OF Russia and particular cases, he
proclaimed firm American opposi-
tion to:
l. Keeping troops In other soy-
ereign states without their consent
an obvious reference to protracted
occupation of Northwestern Iran by
Red Army. forces, which were re-
ported today to have received or
ders to start withdrawing tomorrow
from those sections which are un-
disturbed" but to remain in the
area which includes the province of
Azerbaijan.
2. Any one power deciding for
itself what alleged enemy properties
it will take from liberated or ex-
satellite states. There have been
many reports of Russian removal
of industrial equipment from Man.
churia in the face of Chinese SOW
ereignty there, as well as unilateral
Soviet stripping of Eastern Ger
many and other occupied portions
of Eastern Europe.
3. Conducting war of nerves
to attain strategic ends"-a refer
ence that might apply to Soviet
press demands for territorial con-
cessions from Turkey.
4. Unduly prolonging the max
irg OF peace and continuing to i'm
pose troops on small and impover-
ished states" hitting by inference
at maintenance of large Russian &C.
cupation forces in the Balkans.
Address to Overseas Press Club.
Mr.. Byrnes' enunciation of prin-
ciples was in terms general enough
to apply to any situation. thus con-
stituting permanent basis for
more vigorous American leadership
in world affairs. But it was spe-
cific enough to leave no doubt of
their immediate application to Rus
sian actions throughout the world.
His speech, setting new prece-
dent for firm exposition of policy
on critical issues in relations with
friendly major power. was made
before the Overseas Press Club in
New York only day after Senator
Vandenberg told the Senate that
the United States and Russia can
live in reasonable harmony if the
United States speaks as plainly on
all occasions as Russia does"
Senator Vandenberg withheld i'm
mediate comment on Mr.. Byrnes'
address, telling a reporter this morn
ing he had not read the text of the
speech.
Mr.. Byrnes pointed out that as
one of the great powers the United
States has special responsibilities to
maintain peace and see that other
nations live up to their United Ma
tions obligations, and intends to
meet them. We must maintain our
power to do so" he emphasized.
Urges Military Training.
This means, he added, that this
country cannot ,disarm alone as
much as it desires general disarma-
ment, but must keep up the armed
strength necessary to maintain its
position, and must have some form
of universal military training"
He said "the present power re-
lationships of the great states pre-
clude the domination of the world
by any one of them," and asserted
that any substantial change in this
balance of power would upset the
United Nations structure.
This balance of power reference
made plain American interest in
preserving British power, which
would be threatened by Russian ex-
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