The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-11
interpreting
The News
BY W Mackenzie
AP Foreign Affairs kn,ra.

AAaiyN
Britain's o tspoken w..
Secretary, Ernest Bevin. WIN 0,slia
been i'll in London, flew o nrG aa'
Paris yesterday to resume .
place at the so-called "oeaceS a., III
ference, and as he was leavirr'g@'
France declared: lt
we must try to get 9escs
tablished and put an en3 Is.
wars. 1t is time to stop taking
get on with tAe Job" S0'
Mr.. Bevin thus demonsr..,
that great minds do indeed r'' 'e'
the same channel (sometjmssD y
about that same hour Amsr w
Secretary of State Byrnes W., M
ing the delegates at the contar. tell
in heated erms. el's
The people want us 10 ,s.
with the peace" VI
Rebukes Russia
Mr.. Byrnes' statement car...
er he had delivered a stj2ging '"'
hukc to Russia, charsc.eri7ln. II
loose and wicked talk the soy; "a
charge that voting p%rocedurs *.
the conference was directed Nv NJ
'Anglo-Saxoa bloc" da
The real pert at issue was a.
Soviet Foreign Minister MoI n-''
the day before had maintained ts,.
the duty of an international c ,ns'
fernece must be to establish IN, rr'
nimity between sll the c r,''
tries taking part" He said ~,
couldn't agree that II countris,
"a simple majority of the n ~,
lions represented-should impo,.
their will OIL the others"
Pursuant to this idea Py,,;,
moved that a tWo-thirds vote bs
required for adoption of all conta.
ence recommendations. The confp..
ence rejected this motion AVA
adopted a British compromise Inv
der which both two : thirds vo.s,
and simple majority decjsjo,,
would be considered by the for.
eign ministers council, but W.T.,
the two = thirds vote Carrying ts
greater weight.
Mr.. Byrnes asked at one min,
why there should be this Inter-
mittent struggle over the r.g5. n
nations which won the war +,
participate in the peace" And a
another time ne would seem 4.
have provided his own answer.
Action Blocked
In our efforts durlng the DIS
year to make peace and 10 max,
peace secure, we have found fink
and again the rule of unanjmm
insisted upon. not TO secure una
n1mlty, not to secure common
agreement, but to block action.
However, all this doesn't settlc
the argument. We have the assur
ance Of Secretary Byrnes ta
there is no Western Allied bloc, ol
we still have to deal with Russia
belief that sucn a bloc exists. VIA
is there that might impel Moscow
to an erroneous conclusion?
Well, in the first place there Ion!
has been plenty of direct evidence
that Russia is most uneasy be
cause she distrusts the western a!
lies. She suspects the capita
llstic" powers OF plotting to domi
nate the world. She suspects then
of trying to create barriers agains
the spread of Communism.
That is the most charitable ex
PLANTATION of the situation. At tn
same time there are many obseW
ers who point out that Russia ha!
fully demonstrated her intention
not only to create a great new
sphere of influence but to estabIis
Communist governments in a.
many countries as possible.
Moreover, the Soviet'S delaying
tactics at the peace conference, a
the foreign ministers meetings, a
the sessions Of the u. N. Security
council, and in dealings in tle al
lied zones of military occupation
all these things do provide time
for Russia to carry out more d
her plans. This is true even
if the Soviet obstruction isrt
deliberately intended to have that
effect.
In any event, the widening gull
between Russia and the Western
Allies must be bridged if we have
to have peace. That's a certainty.
Meantime the war-weary world is
getting fed up. As Mr., Byrle'
says, the people want US TO get
On with the peace"