Evening star., 1946-06-02

The hopes of Secretary OF State Byrnes
that Russia, after being given cooling
of period of a few weeks, would agree
to return to Paris for another conference
in different frame of mind, are fading
into thin air.
Foreign Minister Molotov's statement
OF Monday giving his side Of the story
OF the failure of the conference and
indicating the future trends of Russia's
policies has dispelled whatever illusion
Mr.. Byrnes may have had that Moscow
was worried about our determined stand
and might become more conciliatory in
the future.
The Russian leaders appear not to be
the least bit concerned over Americas
stand. The domestic situation in this
country is such that it might have been
made to order" to suit the Soviet's
foreign policies. The lamentable hesi-
tation of an election-minded Congress
to provide even modestly for the needs
OF our armed forces and the efforts of
certain groups in this country to create
or widen the gulf between the United
States and Great Britain are all con-
vlncing arguments why the Kremlin
should not bulge from its set policies.
Mr.. Molotov has taken his time to
answer Mr.. Byrnes' raido address to the
American people. No one knows the
reason for this delay. Neither is it
possible to understand why, since the
breakdown of the Paris conference,
Moscow has permitted certain unoffi-
cial reports to reach Washington to
rekindle the State Departments hopes
that there would be a second meeting
of the Big -Four and that the prospects
of an agreement would be brighter at
the new session.
Russia Has Not Budged.
The Molotov statement has the great
merit of telling those who want to listen
that Russia has not budged one inch
from its original position that the future
security of the world must be placed in
the hands of the big powers and that
the other nations must merely accept
their verdict.
This philosophy which smacks of the
archs decided the fate of their subjects,
was clearly placed before Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill by
Prime Minister Stain during the Yalta
Conference. When President Roosevelt
insisted that Russia participate in the
United Nations organization. Stain
asked why Roosevelt bothered with the
small nations, adding that the Big Three
could do the Job without any outside
interference.
The Russian Prime Minister yielded
In the end, after material territorial
concessions had been made to Russia's
desire for absolute security. The Soviet
was permitted to take over the Balkans,
Poland and the whole of Germany east
Of the Elbe River. She agreed to formal
participation in the San Francisco Con-
ference under these terms and on con-
dition that her request for veto power
be incorporated in the future Charter
and that additional Soviet states be
given seats in the new world organiza-
ton.
Sets Big Four Pact First.
The same leitmotiv reappeared in Mr.
Molotov's discussion about the future
peace conference agreements. He in
sisted that Russia could not agree to
calling formal 21-nation peace con-
ference until the representatives of the
Big Four had reached preliminary agree
ment on treaty questions.
In the minds of the Soviet policy
trainers the Big Four remain the
supreme power to dictate to the world.
The American Government now rejects
this theory. While the war was going
on many of the Allied nations were
under foreign domination and, of course,
could not express themselves. The
three major powers undertook to carry
on the war effort and thus the Big
Three Council came into existence
After the first meeting at Teheran 1t
was emphasized that political matters
had not been agreed on at the confer
ence, which was held merely to blue
print the destruction Of our enemies
Although this was not strictly correct,
since major political questions were