Evening star., 1946-09-25

the commentator AnalyZer said in an
English Language broadcast.
He said Representative Skies
Democrat, of Florida and Represent
ative Short, Republican, of Missouri
were among the public figures
whose irresponsible statements -
play no small part in boosting this
hullabaloo about a new war" Mr.
Skies, he asserted, has stated that
the seeds of a third World War have
been soWn, while Mr. Short, the
commentator continued. quoted an
American admiral in Tokyo as say
ing the japanese soon would be
wearing American uniforms.
British Press Welcomes Stand.
Sucn remarks, Analyzer said, do
not reflect the interests of the COM
mon people of the world, who long
for real security and just and last
ing peace
The British press, meanwhile,
front-paged world reaction to the
Stain statements and filled editor
ial columns with expressions of well
come for the Soviet Prime Minister'S
words
The Times urged the Labor gov
ernment to revise its foreign policy
to middle course" between the
extreme positions" of the United
States and Soviet Russia The edi-
torial implied strong criticism of the
recent course followed by British
Foreign Secretary Bevin.
Committed to Halfway House"
IF the issue which lies behind
many of the debates in Paris is the
issue between Adam Smith and Karl
Marx. between an America leaning
toward unregulated private enter
prise and Soviet prediction for a
fully regimented economy, Great
Britain is committed to neither ex-
treme," the Times said.
Britain, the paper continued, was
committed economically even before
the Labor government came to
power ito seek step by step and stage
by stage that habitable halfway
house which a large part of the
world is now seeking"
Rotert Waithman. diplomatic cor
respondent of the liberal News
Chronicle. wrote that informed per-
sons in the British capital believed
the statement could be the first
indication of an important change
In the direction and technique of
Soviet policy" The Laborite Daily
Herald's banner line read: "Capi-
tails Awaiting Next Stain Move
Sees Russian "Get Tough" Policy.
A highly placed British govern
snent spokesman commented unof1-
cially that Stains remarks could
be viewed as an indication that
Russia was readying an 'get-tough"
policy of her own, to reply to the
so-called tough" policy of the
United States.
Although the Foreign Office
spokesman said the Stain state
ment was being studied with in
terest," there was no official reac-
ton by the government.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osserva-
tore Romano asked today whether
Stalin's statement was not "a NOR
phine injection"
Noting that world reaction to
Stains words indicated "a sense OF
relief" L'Osservatore recalled that
a similar reaction followed the
Soviet leaders declarations to the
Associated Press earlier this year
but that the crisis subsequently
began anew.
In Paris, one diplomat said the
Stain replies to questions by a
British newsman supplied ammuni-
ton for both the pessimists and
the optimists.'
In Moscow, the public reaction was
reflected in the comment of a house
wife who said she had been alarmed
by the talk of new war, but nov
I am not going to worry about new
war. Stain had said there is no real
danger" The Russian Prime Min
tSters comment that he did not view
the atomic bomb as so serious q
force as certain politicians are in
clined to regard it, apparently was
accepted readily by the Russian peo-
pie.
One facet of the Stain remark.
was a comment by the Soviet Moni.
tor in London that the Russian
Prime Minister might have beer
misquoted by his own translators-s
sharp illustration of the languag.
barrier.
Many close readers of the English
translation of the statement wert
mystifled by Stains comment thai
certain politicians were using ths
specter of war to wiring concession
from. 'counter-agents." The Sovie
Monitor said the word probably wa.
not counter at all, but {
Russian word having no exact Eng
nsh translation and meaning, broad
ly, person, or firm or country will