The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

The News
B! BY DEWITT
AP Foreign Ah,;-- >]iE

HiI&fE Aa.1
Under u5nderseeretary Of st n4.lyn
acheson has given u, Dem
1rom-the shoulder straight.
ING rom President T~rurnsnn''ss a',,
cy OF giving Greece and = poll.
help to resist Commas INC Turkey
SION; % What business j. sss'''
unele Sam, and a. II h. o.
intervene will it precjnit, ne DO"
oo Acneson told the Foreign Ar war;
committee Of the House Of a4s!l'
resentatives that a VI Hep.
dominated government ~irunIst
would be considered dsng.r STesI'
thls country's security, Az. %
a Communist : dominates ao Il
ment of China also wonIS govern
gerous, he replied that ~ =. aah'
we should not look with ,nlnt
upon that. Wal" favor
Acheson commented that .c.
munlst organizations throush nn,
the world appear to Ar ",
high degree Of discipline and S'n
nlmity which is beyond tho una una
ability Of coincidence" Ana a, ,Oo
war: o es 70
Il don't think it could lead :,
war: BY strengthening the toro..
of Democracy and freedom ''s'
do a great deal to elimjn.,. WV
friction between great Dove,
Two-Edged Danger
That leaves it to us to M i.
some details. We don't nsas
dwell on the danger from Con-"
mist : dominated government, ~.
pointed out in previous colnmr'
the danger can be two-edsrd~%.
political in all cases, and miIit.,,
where strategically located CONN.,.
tries are involved. In this Is,t.,
category, of course, fall Cree.
Turkey and China. However ".
question Of whether in~terv.ntio.
could cause war is worth tur,,.,
consideration.
First off. there's small dsn,.r
OF it precipitating war in anythin,
like the near future for the lc.jc,'
reason that there's no country in
the world set for immediat. A..
ton. And so far as concern, fl,
more distant future, Russia is 10
weakened by the late conflict that
it will be years before sh. is in
position to wage a major sgsr.s.
sive war.
Only a few days ago Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov told the
Foreign Ministers council in Mos.
COW that the wal with the Axii
powers had cost Russia ss57.Mo..
900, 900 He said the Soviet Union
had suffered the destruction Of
1000 villages, LILO towns, $4,000
factories and 5000. 900 buildings
which m a d e IS 900, 900 people
Repair OF all this dam.
age calls for a vast amount Of
man-power, and Russia's casual.
ties in the war have been est.
mated at from IL, 200, 900 to l5,.
900, 000-and may have been much
heavier.
However, while the Soviet Union
isn't prepared for aggressive wal,
let none overlook this probability:
She could fight a defensive War
indefinitely against all corners, Al.
though she has suffered such Ter.
rible damage in the last war, p+
tentially she is largely selt,cm'
tanned in all respects.
So nobody is likely to start
major war. As regards Greece
and Turkey, while Russia certain
ly wants control Of them, she isn't
likely to fight over the matter
Moscow can afford to shrug its
shoulders and sit tight, awaiting
a possible change OF tortunei'
Probably the same is true Of any
other part of the world, unless the
Soviet we're directly attacked.
On the other hand. if Russia u
permitted to take over Greece and
Turkey it will be Strengthening
Communist empire whose menace
to Democracy will be in direct
ratio to it's size and power Inc
corollary is that the threat 70
peace will be lessened if 4 hih
is called to aggressive Communl"
expansion. Representative Me'
row, New Hampshire Republican
on the Foreign Relations commit
tee. made the interesting oo'er'
walton during the hearing;
Mr.. Stain and his assocl't"
won't stop their program Of ~
~gressive expansion until the UnF