Evening star., 1946-05-22

ing of the kind.
The real struggle, as seen by our
representatives in best position to
know the truth, is between Russia
and the United States, the one prl-
marily determined to extend her
authority and increase her strength;
the other with no aggressive idea
of aggrandizement, primarily con-
cerned in reconstruction and peace.
Perhaps we are sapS, but no one
who has talked with these men
can doubt that they are convinced
of this fact. And in the struggle
the British are with us.
Nonco- operative.
Back of all the speeches and re-
ports, that is the way those who
are best informed feel. They can
get help in trying to make inter-
national cooperation work from
everybody except the Russians
They can not get cooperation from
Russia on anything except on her
terms.
Russia, as Herbert Hoover re-
Gently made plain, is not even CO.
operating on food. On the con-
trary, she moved 100000 desper-
ately needed tons of food out of
Manchuria and into Siberia, where
it is not needed, and can neither
be used nor transported. Thus, they
are responsible in no small degree
for the threatened starvation in
Asia. But for Russia, the United
Nations machine would be really
working smoothly. But for Russia
the peace treaties could be speedily
negotiated. But for Russia, start
on world disarmament could be
made.
There is no doubt that this is the
way most observers and partici-
pants in these international confer
ences see the situation And there
is no doubt that in nearly every for
eign Office in the world the specter
of Russian aggression is hid in the
closet.
StiH Two Viewpoints.
NOW ulldt llC 10 llOllic, MI. bSIIlef
Is sure to find that the popular dis
position to accept Russia as tn,
regular recalcitrant, the clog on tn,
wheel, the pull-back nation-ha!
greatly increased. 1t would b,
strange indeed If it had not None.
theless, though there is little dis.
pute as to the facts, the two school:
of thought concerning our policy
toward Russia remain.
One believes that loving kindness
and sympathetic understanding to-
ward the Russians is the answer
We must recognize, it is contended
that they are as eager for peace a!
we and are merely trying to insure
their own safety, which, when theil
history Is considered, is only natural
Further, that they so long hav'
been the victims of suspicion tha
it is to be expected they shoult
be suspicious themselves; that, &C
tually, they are friendly, simpl,
people who want only a little en-
couragement and trust to demon
strate their basic nobility and sweet
ness; that we ought to give then
what they want-particularly, tn
atomic bomb secrets. That is tn
school most conspicuously repre-
sented by Senator Pepper and i
reflects als0the thought of the Com
muniSt Daily Worker and near
Communist press in New York.
School of Turbulence.
The other school holds the viey
that turbulence should be the not
of our policy toward Russia; tha
we should be truculent even Whel
we do her favors such as lending he
money; that we should be truculen
at all times with Russia; that sh
does not understand anything elst
and anything else she at once inter
prets as weakness, moves quickly t
take advantage. Mostly these Rus
sian leaders are ruthless men. wit
no standard of moral ethics, ad
dicted to the crude methods of Chi
cago gunner.
You cannot, this school argue.
trust men who consistently practic
deceit and secrecy even in trivia
things and who do not live up
their bargains. Their co-operatio
in the United Nations is, of cours'
highly desirable but not at the pric
they want to exact Also, yieldin
is not the way to get more co-opera
ton. 1t is the way to get less.
Between these two schools is Nj
Byrnes with his policy of ''firmnes
and patience" 1t Is interesting
note that, despite his lack of success
at Paris, there seems at the momer
a greater degree of approval in Con
gress and in the country of M
Byrnes and his policy than befor,
A majority in both seems strongl
Of the opinion that, under the Gil