Evening star., 1946-02-17
Britain's Back to Wall
As Soviet Expands Aims
Appeasement of Russia Increases Influence of Reds
at Time When England Is Too Exhausted
to Defend Atlantic Charter.
BY Constantine Br0zpn

Do '0Aiih' Ae diso decided 10 IOllOW ,t1e
line of his predecessor.
Yielding Policy Continues.
The result of the conference.-the q
short interlude last September in London
when Secretary of State Byrnes had the
courage to say no to the increasing
RUSSIAN demands for political and eco
nomlc eXpansion-was yielding policy
which is continuing even now.
Inc men at the helm of Americas
snip OF state say honestly that the Rus
sian people are all right and that there
is no reason why we should ever have
to come in conflict with them. This is
correct. Like most agrarian people, the
Russian masses are kindhearted and
easy-going. They want to live in peace
and take care of themselves.
But, unfortunately, this is not true
about the few thousands who preside
over their destinies. In form the Rus
sian government is communistic. In
TACT, however, it has long departed from
the Marxlst and feminist principles and
mas become military oligarchy which,
with the aid OF state police, is ruling
ruthlessly over 180,000,000 persons of
many races and creedS. 1t is these mill
tary-clvll1ans, parading in heavily gold
embroidered uniforms, who have made
up their minds to beat the iron while
1t Is hot and surpass even the most
gigantic lmperialistic dreams of rulers
such as Peter and Catherine the Great.
Their field is no longer Russia and
adjacent countries, but the whole world.
This was clearly expressed in the
speeches made last week by Premier
Stain and other top men of the only
party which exists in Russia, the So
called Communist party Stain, Kalinin,
Molotov, ZhdahoV Melenkov and other
lights OF the Russian autocracy have
expressed their thoughts SO clearly that
only the deaf can not hear them.
Army of 15,OOO,0O0.
In the past, the defenders of Soviet
imperialism excused the many incur
slons" in lands which had been sovereign
by saying that after the German aggres-
sion the U. S. S. r. must take the neces-
sary precautions to avoid a repetition.
Germany has been completely annihi-
lated. The other Western European
countries are in such lamentable state
that they cannot think in terms of
aggresslng nation of 180,00o000 popu-
iatlon, which has a standing army of
100000 men and reserves 10000 900
more.
The Russian leaders do not now speak
OF the fear of another aggression, but
| say that Russia is surrounded by capital
istic countries. This, of course, will
remain true SO long as capitalistic coun-
| tries continue to exist.
If we follow the Russian reasoning
logically, the Soviet will remain in danger
until all the capitalistic countries have
either been conquered or forced to pat
tern themselves after the Russian
pattern
Britain, one of the few remaining
capitalistic states in Europe, is consid-
cred by the Russian leaders as a danger,
This became obvious from the state
ments made in the bitter duel of words
between Vice Commissar Vishinsky and
Foreign Secretary Bevin at the meetings
of the UNO.
And because Britain might "endanger"
Russla's security, diplomatic political
| offensive is now being waged against
the British Empire
British Lose First Round.
Britain lost the first round at the UNO
Security Council when Teheran agreed
to discuss directly with Moscow the
problem" of Azerbaijan. Although the
transformation of Iran from sovereign
to friendly" state has not yet been
completed the Teheran government is
pln-pricking the British by asking the
return OF the island of Bahrein to IRAN
ian sovereignty. This island, which has
an important economic and strategic
value, was taken from the Persians in
1882 by the present ruling family of
Shaikh AL Khalifa and has been under
British protectorate for the last 100
| years.
The British frankly admit that within
the next year or two the whole of Iran
will be under the rule of the Russians
just as Poland or the Balkan states are
today. In Afghanistan, the independent
buffer state between India and the U. S.
S. R., there are already indications Of
popular" movements. They are not
widespread as yet because Moscow diplo-
macy plays its cards carefully and does
not precipitate situations unless they are
timely. Nevertheless, the British, who
are on the defensive, are looking anx-
iously and heiplessly at what may hap
| pen in the near future.
In the past we made habit of twist.
ing the British lions tail 1t was q
strong tail which had the power of hit
ting back, if necessary. Now the British
lion is tired and exhausted World War
II, with which the appeasement policies
of the late Prime Minister Chamberlain
had as much to do as Hitler's aggressive
and totalitarian ambitions of world con-
quest, has been too much for the lion.
If he were given a breathing spell to
| lick his wounds, it is possible that he
might be able to withstand the Russian
| bears hug. But, judging by the mo-
| mentum with which Moscow is driving
| to achieve her ow-unconcealed aims, it
| is questionable whether Britain alone
will be able to resist the relentless Rus
sian diplomatic offensive backed by
millions of strongly armed and well-
trained men,
Secretary Bevin is reported to have
said after the arrangement regarding
the Russo-Iranian question was reached
in the Security Council: st have been
let down again" The British FOREIGN