Evening star., 1947-09-07
Is Unity q Port of the U. NJ?

graceful address to the Brazilian Congress,
the United Nations was not founded to
solve the immediate problems of the post
law and order after the writing Of Just
peace settlements. He has placed himself
on reasonable ground. therefore, in coun-
selling that the young U. N. will be heavily
handicapped until those settlements are
made, that it ought not to be judged too
harshly at this stage. and that stead
fastness of purpose, unremitting toll and
infinite patience" will be required If itt
great objectives are ever to be attained.
The President, in more or less hopeful
mood, has offered this advice against the
background of increased hemisphere good
will engendered by the historic Inter-
American Conference at Rio de Janeiro.
In his judgments judgment fully sup
ported by Secretary Marshall and Senator
Vandenberg in their joint report to the
Nation-the work done there represents
"a tremendously important milestone in
our progress toward outlawing force in
international relations" Certainly. it has
been good work. Ending with an un-
to prompt and concerted action to protect
each other against any aggression coming
from within or outside the hemisphere,
it has set splendid example for the whole
world. If similar pattern of regional CO.
operation could be established on other
continents, peoples everywhere could be
optimistic about the peace and about the
ability of the United Nations to maintain
it on lasting basis.
Unfortunately, however, the situation on
other continents is darkly different from
the situation in the New World. The
primary and overshadowing source of dis
couragement is Russian policy. More than
two years after the wars end, because of
that policy, not even good beginning has
been made on peace treaties for Austria,
Germany and Japan. Because of that
policy, too, because of long and I'M
broken series of Soviet actions doing vio-
lence to solemn Soviet pledges like those
of YaIta and the Charter of the U. N, the
doubt has grown daily-until it now towers
over everything-that the men of the
Kremlin have any other desire than to
Illustrate and veto every move to build
decent and cooperative international
society. A case in point is the Marshall
proposal for European recovery. Another
Is the plan for atomic control The illus
trations of Russian obstructionism abound.
What they all seem to add up to Is a
deliberate, calculating program to promote
chaos instead of peace and to befuddle and
paralyze the United Nations.
To take note OF these things Is not to
suggest that the time has come to sur
render completely to pessimism or to give
up all hope for the U. N The Presidents
call for steadfastness, toll and patience Is
still sound. Yet it would be sugaring the
pill to argue that the present situation
can continue indefinitely without leading
to some kind Of upheaval in the United
Nations. United? The Russians up to
now have been making mockery of the
word If they keep on that way much
longer, the rest of the world-the CO.
operating part-will have to think hard
about creating security system of its own,
excluding them and sparing no effort to
outweigh them heavily In grim new bal
ance of power. Whatever their motive.
that is what they seem to be asking for