The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
The Ne~
British Eapo,1|
Marshall PA,
BY DEWITT MACKF1n.
AP Foreign Affairs llE

Anal.
This column yecentIy N may,
lenllon to the fact that 'f lbs
rent investigation Of ne %
and control of the British ' prt
England's Socialist PIess
launched some time ago ,Ss GIN
an outcry among COMM a~
and fellow travellers for '!atA
tation of newspapers ,s3lNd
causing uneasy specuIs. io' nay 0s
whether this indicates a t' as
nlent. sover
We now have a senssto,.,
ification of the g~overnms e,,a4 cd|
icies in British Foreign sa,
Ernest Bevin's blistering
sleeve speech in COMMON, at
ing Russia bluntly what tb. ..1
Of international relations i tV seq
Frlme Minister Attlee's poi ara
antl-Russian speech bet rn1
miners m e.s rally in Bsrnsley tss,]
IN which ne declared tbs- va ~
called democratic gover ra
a travesty' in several co,as
of Eastern Europe" N''"1Ie
Eevin-one of the MOS CIV.
ken of England's major nub YIT.I
ures fatty declared bio
against lone party gove ,-,-.e
(Totalitarian). He said h. , masI
regret a conflict between ia Sy1
gies but if it is forced uo ,as' d
we must face it, He djdn', l..
lieve that in the long Run
western world would be fl.
ferers in event of a confin NJ
cause the many dictators n, u
have tried to suppress ljber.,M
the world have lied.
1t was a fighting speech vsi,l
wa oilecl chaJlenge to aggr.,l
tics which that ISM has been .s
ploying in Eastern Europs
would seem to line Britain
souarely with America. Tie 49,.
of battle over this issue ha, bss
thrown down.
An interesting aspect NJ a
fiery pronouncement is that 4 r,
delivered while Lcndon and p.,'
were awaiting Moscow's reoIy
the joint Anglo-French invjta4,I
to Russia to ion in draftin,
program Of aid for Europe in A,
cordance with U. S. Secretary \
State Marshall's program for .,o1
nomic rehabilitation. British nev,
papers deduced from the tone n
Bevin's speech that France Al
England had made up their mind
to 60 ahead with the task l,]
down by Marshall ~irrespectjv. h
whether the Soviet Union decjt,j
to participate. In effect it served
notice on Moscow to fish Or cyI
bait.
Bevin made it clear that in nd
augurating this program id
wouldn't tolerate any such del,rI
as those which caused the rec.rI
Moscow conference OF the s
Four foreign ministers to fail h
efforts to write the all-importaI
German peace treaty. The m.l
ern allies charged that Ruan|
obstruction was to blame for AID
failure.
Il ,oent six weeks in Moscow
trying to get a settlement" Bevid
told commons in his speech Thuls1
Gay night. Il shall not be a party
to holding up the economic rsc,v1
cry of Europe.
The British Press generally ,I
proved Of Revin's call for speed
an exception being the Commri
list Daily Worker which charactt+|
lied it as an ''ultimatum." u
course obstruction TO cause dea'|
has been a favor;te Commlnk|
weapon in many recent ~instanu;|
where delays in rehabilitation Al
vored the Red ism.
Bevin's dramatic pronOunrt|
ment OF policy was accompanied
by a speech by Anthony Edg
conservative party spokesma
which brought Britain's two m,ir|
political parties into complete sol
idarity as regards General Na|
shall's proposal. Eden charged
Russia with fragrant interfersr,t|
with the right of Eastern Eufr|
pean nations to govern thsn|
selves. OF the American economic
program the former British h|
eign secretary said:
This offers the possibility 4
creating a new Europe-it is VI
second chance that so ratt'|
comes. il. When rarely this dN|
come, it is in the nature 81
miracle"