Evening star., 1946-02-03
Unselfish Use of Might
Vital to Keep Peace Alive
Violation of Promises and Policy of Appeasement
Rouse Fears That World Is Drifting
Dangerously.
By Constantine Bro,Dn

tine BrOtCn
quickly than to bother about the fate
of those troublesome nations.
We thus embarked on a policy Of
appeasement of the type which we
criticized so severely when the Messrs.
Chamberlain and Daladier were yield
ing to the Germans The juiciest
morsels of Europe were handed over
to the Russians by secret agreements
from 1914 on. Thus when We day
came we could not stop. The situation
could not be changed except by a policy
of force which we were neither willing
nor able to undertake.
Some American policy-framers saw
the writing on the wall. but felt that
they were helpless. We put all our
peace eggs in the UNO basket, although
those familiar with the Yalta con-
versations knew that Russia was lending
only lip service to the organization
The sending of delegation to par
ticipate in the discussion at San Fran
cisco was merely a polite gesture to
President Roosevelt. Many people have
forgotten by now that for two days
after President Truman assumed Office
no one at the White House and the
State Department knew whether or
not the Russians would go to San Fran
cisco since the set-up in Washington
had been changed. 1t was only after
number of urgent messages had been
exchanged with Moscow that Foreign
Conlmissar Molotov was persuaded to
! come to this country. And he took
such long time in arriving that for
several days high-ranking officials WON
dered if he had changed his mind
en- route.
Thirst for Power Grows.
But even after VI day, when hostil-
titles between the United Nations and
the Axis ended. we continued a policy
of appeasing our Russian friends. After
short-lived resistance at the For
eign Ministers Conference at London.
and after President Truman asserted
he could see no reason for further tri-
partite meetings since all outstanding
questions could be ironed out at meet
ing of the UNO-a conference of the
Big Three foreign ministers was ar
ranged in Moscow at the instigation of
Secretary of State Byrnes
In Moscow we followed the same ap-
peasement policy which had character
lied the previous sessions of the Big
| Three.
| In the meantime, Russias thirst for
power increased. 1t extended to Iran
and was rewarded by the creation of
| democratic autonomous government"
| in the oil rich Azerbaijan.
| 1t extended to China by way of a
demand-contrary to the Sino-Russian
treaty-for a so per cent participa-
ton in the development and exploita-
ton of the riches of Manchuria And
| it is expected that before spring is
| over Turkey will have to accept the
| Muscovite demands for large territories
in Eastern Anatolia, in Thrace and
bases between the Dardanelles and the
| Bosphorus.
At the same time agents. in the pay
ideologically or otherwise-of Moscow
are increasingly active in South America
and particularly in Brazil, where the
United States is described as the last
stronghold of ruthless and exploiting
capitalism. High officials in the State,
War and Navy Departments are fully
aware of what is going on but prefer
to say nothing lest the harmony among
the Big Three should suffer.
Answer Hard to Find.
The question raised by some "realists"
1iko Ho ofH y.yl,o
| another war within five years, is where
| will the Russian drive" stop? 1t now
| embraces the whole of Europe; it is
| making visible progress in Asia and it
| has begun to take a concrete shape in
| South America.
1t is not easy to find an answer,
according to those few who are aware
| of the progress of Russia's thirst. But
two constructive suggestions have been
made. One is that we Immediately stop
humoring our Soviet friends. There is
nothing much we can do in Europe
henceforth except adopt policy of nom
recognition Of those governments which
have been placed in power with the
aide of the Red armies and are being
the wishes of the overwhelming majority
of the population.
Governments which do not conform
to the Yalta and Potsdam agreements
should be outlawed, so far as this coun-
try is concerned. At first glance, this
| would appear as an academic action.
But the United States alone can provide
the war-torn nations with tools and
supplies for their reconstruction. Russia
herself is now negotiating an imposing
loan, although she has billions of dollars
| in gold hidden away somewhere A policy
of not recognizing present and future
| satellite states would make it impossible
| for Russia herself to reap the fruits of
her expansion.
No Comfort in Situation.
The other solution is a total demobil-
| ization of the armed forces of all the
| nations in the world Germany and
Japan are down and out They can be
controlled by a small force which can
see that they do not become a menace
to the world peace.
| America is demobilized, in fact al
though not yet formally. There still are
too many men in service. but we do not
have an army which may be described
| as a cohesive force.
Britain is attempting to hang on to
| her own meager national forces and
| to the Polish and Serbian ''mercenaries"
who are in Italy and Germany The fear
off ~ Il l.