Evening star., 1946-03-10

apparent unsatisfactory domestic situa-
ton, America is so big and so strong
that ycu can afford to make the mis-
takes you have made in the last two
or three years In the field of interna-
tional politics"
Should the unequivocal speech of
Secretary of State Byrnes be followed
by policy of deeds-an intransigent at
titude toward the principles for which
the American pople have fought the
war-it is possible that Russia's leader
will pay attention for the first time
since 1872 to Americas ideas of peace.
The key to the peace of the world is
in neither Washington nor London
it is in Moscow.
Despite the clamors of the handful
Of vociferous fellow-t travellers that our
actions-such as the maintenance of
the secret of the atomic energy-are
making the Russians suspicious of this
country, any one who is thinking in
terms Of international good will and
fairness cannot help but realize that
the American Government has leaned
over backward to treat Russia with the
utmost regard. Our policy trainers did
not understand Russia and did not
wish to incur the anger of the loud
speaking fellow-traveling organizations
when they accepted blush
ingly-the Soviet's claims to territories
to which she had no more right than
we ourselves.
Still Receive Lease-Lend.
Despite the slaps which this Gov
eminent has received from Russia
many of which are still kept as a top
secret so as not to disturb the friendly
relations with that country-we have
complied with almost every demand of
US. For instance, while all the other
members of the United Nations were
cut of lease-lend Immediately after
We day and vi day, We are still send
ing Russia about $500 100000 worth of
lease-lend materials under the excuse
that they had been earmarked and
stored in the name of that country
in the United States No such advan-
tage was extended to Britain, where the
cessation of lease-lend caused real
hardship.
According to official reports, Marshal
Tito's seven Yugoslav divisions concen-
trated along the Morgan line in the
Trieste-Venezia Giulia area are equipped
with many American tanks and other
OF our war material. This may be hurled
at our own men and at the British in
the event Tito receives word from
Moscow to demand an immediate settle
ment of the dispute over possession of
| these territories. The Yugoslav dictator
is said to be receiving the equipment for
his ever-growing army from Russia.
The United States. like all the rest
of the world, is tired of war and hun
gers for lasting peace. The policy of
appeasement toward Russia, which ex-
ceeded that Of the late British Prime
Minister Chamberlain toward Germany,
was due not only to the lack of under
standing of the Soviet frame of mind
but also to the desire to do nothing
which might cause another war.
Lasting Peace Far of.
In this respect the Government and
the people of the United States were
Of one mind. The American land and
air forces were dissolved long before
We could be assured that the military
victory would be translated into a real
peace because the American fighting
men, and their people at home, insisted
that they get out of the Army as soon
as possible.
Faced with an avalanche of protest
against keeping the GIs Unnecessarily"
in the armed forces, the Government
which had put all its eggs in one basket
the UNO-did not dare tell the people
that actual victory-a lasting peace
was still far off. The fulflllment of the
ideals for which we suffered more than
100000 casualties ana which cost us
close to 100000, 100000 depended on
how much strength we could show after
the shooting war was over.
And while America and Britain have
| reduced their forces. Russia is keeping
| under arms about 15,000,000 men fully
| equipped. Few of the Soviets industries
| have been reconverted to peacetime
work. And the large number of fully
equipped industrial establishments she
has transferred into her own territories
from Germany, Manchuria and Dairen
are all working to keep the Red Army
| at full war strength.
All the speeches made by the Soviet
leaders from Premier Stain down have
the same "leitmotif": The Red Army
which defeated the Germans and the
japanese must remain strong. and
powerful to defend the new borders of
the u S. S. r. which cannot be considered
safe unless they are no longer sur
rounded by capitalistic countries. The
statements of the highest authorities in
Russia are being interpreted in WASH
ington to mean that the Soviet policy
trainers do not feel that capitalism and
communism can live together in the
postwar era. These declarations are in
opposition to the point of view expressed
during the war by the same men, wiiu
relied chiefly on Americas lease-lend
! support to resist and eventually defeat
| the Nazis.
| Insisted on Own Way.
t.
At the Security Council meetings
| in London, Vice Commissar Andrei
Vishinsky, the head of the Soviet
delegation, showed clearly that Russia S
cooperation with other members of the
United Nations was predicated exclu-
sively on her having her own way on