Evening star., 1946-12-22
II. n. Seems
I Nearer Goal
Even SkepticsC See
FulflIment of Aims
For World Peace.
By Constantine Bro,on

FOR eIIles IlTSG tlIIle SltlVc AtS CIt-
alton, the United Nations appears,
even to skeptics, to bespn the road
to fulfilling its purposes. The U. N.
can be compared with the board Of
directors OF a very large and divers
flied business, whose activities must
be conducted to serve the snaRr In
terests OF shareholders ali ovef the
world. So long as the dirsctors,
representing these diversified inter-
ests, pull together and agree on a
constructive policy, thesbusiness will
prosper and the shareholders will
get their dividends. But if some Of
the directors start plugging their
own particular interests, overlook
ing the general good, everybody will
suffer, and the outfit eventually will
be bankrupt.
So long as the Russian member
of the Big Five represented the
political aims Of his government,
the United Nations was threatened
with disruption. Up to few weeks
ago there appeared to be no hope
that Andrei A. Gromyko, Moscow's
spokesman, would change his atti-
tude. s
There appears to have been a
marked change in the Kremlin re-
garding Russian international pol
icies. This induces the real we'll
wishers of the u. N. to be more
hopeful than in the past.
Azerbaijan a Symbol.
The shrewdest observers in high
Government places in Washington
have attempted to discover reasons
for this change of heart. 1t was best
illustrated in the way the Russians
handled the Azerbaija1 question.
The autonomy" of Azerbaijan
was achieved with the assistance
of the Red Army, which created a
Moscoy-nominated government at
Tabriz. Russia was challenged to
submit the whole matter to the
U. N. last March and preferred to
withdraw its representative from
the Security Council rather than
give the rest of the world an ex-
planasion. BY ordering the Red
Army to advance within few miles
of The Iranian capital. 1t forced the
Teheran government of Premier
Ahmed Qavam to adopt the Russian
solution of direct negotiations" 1t
also forced the Teheran government
to yield on the question Of a Russian
oil concession.
But w two, weeks ago sise
Iranian gPfemier decided to force
a Showdown with the autonomous
government at Tabriz and dared
send troops into AzerhaijanS e
superp1se Nhe elections The asia
Arlbassador at Teheran Watned AiH
to consider the "dire circuulstaricess
of such an action. Despite this
threat the national governments
troops marched into Azerbaijan,
kicked out the puppet government
and re-established the Shah's au-
thority.
Army Was Busy.
Yet nothing happened. In some
quarters in Washington the inac-
ton Of Moscow was ascribed to
serious troubles in the Caucasus
and in the Ukraine, where the
NKVD (Russian State Police had
its hands so full that it had to ap-
peal for assistance to the regular
Red Army.
In other quarters 1t is believed
that because of the uncertainty OF
the powerful Politbureau if, as re-
ported, Stain is permanently inca
pacitated, the Kremlin has decided
to adopt wait-and-see policy.
Other observers-they are a mi
nority-believe there is a new wind
blowing in Moscow toward interlla-
tional cooperation which will per-
NIT Russia to get back on her feet
economically. This small group says
the firm policy adopted by the
American Government finally has
opened the eyes of the Politbureau
But the belief of some of our keen.
est observers is that Russia has de-
cided it has obtained enough advan.
tages in the east and the time has
come to start operating" effectively
in the west.
This theory is supported by the
fact that the Communist Party ir
France is now making a real effort
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