Evening star., 1947-12-14

CnlpS were GOWN III WOIlo WAL IL
recently warned a high-ranking
American who visited him:
This is more than battle for a
peaceful settlement in the world
It is a battle for the survival OF
white civilization against the Tartar
Mongolian campaign to destroy it
Unless we in the western worlc
stand together and present COM
mon front to the reckless Soviet
drive, not only our system OF govern
ment but an entire civilization will
be doomed. And that will happen in
our lifetime, much earlier than most
governments expect"
In London, Russian Foreign Min
lister Molotov has loosed stream OF
verbiage against the three other
Foreign Ministers. He has thus
avoided discussion Of the real pur-
pose for which the conference was
called. He is not discussing the
question of peace treaty with Ger
many and Austria and the best
method of arriving at some positive
results by negotiation and COM
promise.
Compromise Is Out
The word compromise apparently
has been eliminated from the diplo-
matte dictionary of the Soviet repre-
sentative. He delivers long speeches
aimed at the people of Germany, as
whose champion he now wants to
be regarded Mr.. Molotov's dreary
and interminable speeches are
broadcast fully by the Russian radio
to Germany. To these are appended
pointed comments by Russian pro-
paganda officials about the selfish
ness of the Anglo o-American capital
lists and the vengeful French, whose
only aim is said to be to destroy
the German nation forever.
The Soviet Foreign Minister has
adopted as his main theme in Lon
don the slogan that Germany must
be refrigerated politically before any
attempt is made to consolidate hel
economic structure. Politics Is the
forte of the Soviet Union and Mos
cow-trained German Communists
now are frantically propagandizing
the Reich. BY spoken and printed
words they are pointing out that
Germany's only hope for salvation
and redemption for the crimes OF
Hitler and his cohorts is the adop-
ton of Russian-type democracy"
The western victors, they say. are
not interested in the future of the
Reich: they are looking out for their
own selfish interests.
This propaganda reaches the
western zones, where the responsible
authorities still permit discussion OF
Moscow's propaganda through the
agency of Communists who either
have infltrated the western zone
or who have entered the pay OF the
Soviet government.
AFL Sends Messages
In the Russian zone of occupation
only the Soviet word is heard
Feeble attempts are made by organ
izations like the American Fedora
ton of Labor to reach the working
classes in the eastern part OF Ger
many in order to tell them what our
aims really are. The AFL agents
are careful to print their messages
on extra thin paper which can be
swallowed if the recipients are
caught by the Russian secret police
The leaflets, if found, would seno
their possessors to join the 2o0oo,ooo
inmates of the Soviet forced LABOR
camps.
Moscows leaders are fully aware
Of the Importance of placing all OF
Germany behind the iron curtain
They believe that in the event OF
an adjournment of the London Con-
ference, the western Allies will not
have the strength to maintain them
selves in Western Germany, partic-
ularly If the inhabitants of that
region become convinced that their
future lies with their fellow coun-
trymen across the Oder.
In the opinion of the Kremlin,
Germany is as important as West
ern Europe in Russia's expansionist
plans. The principal objective Of
Foreign Minister Molotov in London
today is either to force the other
Foreign Ministers. to yield to Rus
sia's demands or bring about stale
mate which Russia can exploit in
the near future.
Dissatisfied With Policy
Germans in the Russian zone have
no illusions as to what life is like
under the totalitarian Soviet regime
But those in the western zones, who
have more freedom. are being lulled
into a feeling that Russia needs
them for the accomplishment of her
aims. They are also dissatisfied
with the short-sighted policies
American administrators have pur-
sued In Germany. These policies
have resulted in persecution Of ci-
villains who were not directly con-
cerned with Hitler's war crimes,
shortages of al kinds and an ex-
asperatingly inefficient administra-
ton which met with strong disap-
proval from congressional commit
tees which visited Germany last
summer and fall.
To Germans outside the iron cur
tain, life in the Russian zone, as de-
scribed TO- them by the Communists,
seems much better than their pres
ent fate. They are being told that
so long as they do not oppose the
Communist regime and are willing
to work loyalty for the U. S. S. r.