Evening star., 1947-06-22


the next five years amounting to be
900 dollars.
Authentic reports, gathered by
the United States but of Other
countries as well, show that the
Russians are making intense mill
tary preparations both in Europe
and Siberia.
The United Nations, which once
was believed capable of suppressine
major crises through good Will
rather than force, seems to be nc
more in position to stop trouble
than was its predecessor, the League
of Nations.
Secretary of State MarshalPs pro-
posal for economic unification OF
Europe, in which Russia would play
an important role and obtain q
large share of the proposed "loan,
was based on two factors: CD The
belief that money can buy peace
and that all countries are equally
interested in postwar reconstruc-
ton, and CD the desire to force
Moscow to admit, If it refuses to
adhere to the proposal, that it Is
interested in further expansion
rather than in world recovery, to
which it pledged itself in signing
the IT. N. Charter.
Russia Cool to Proposals
The British, French and other
European governments jumped at
the American proposal less than "a
hours after it was made, and even
before they had time to appraise the
reaction of Congress. France and
Britain Immediately took the miti-
ative to invite the Soviet govern
ment to consult with them on the
American governments project.
Their proposals were received in
Moscow with greater GOODNESS than
anticipated by the most pessimistic
observers in London and Paris. Rus
sia was not interested in dollars
so they were unof6cially informed
The Soviet press, which expresses
only the official government view,
started attacking President Tru-
mans dollar diplomacy and the
satellite states faithfully followed
the lead.
Prime Minister Stain stated sew
eral years ago that communism and
capitalism cannot live together.
The Soviet attitude toward the
American proposal confirms that
he meant exactly what he said. No
amount of billions can blunt Rus
sian aims of expansion and world
conquest. The Soviet is not in
terested in the welfare Of individ-
uals, except the commissars them
selves, and the idea of another
clash of arms does not fill the
Moscow leaders with any fear of
what will happen to mankind.
No Interest in Economics
American officials hesitate to
present the public with the facts
in their possession which indicate
clearly that Russia is following the
whole of the Nazi German pattern.
They are reluctant to tell the Amer
ican people that we have reached a
stage in international affairs where
It is almost impossible to think in
terms of peaceful discussion.
The Russians are not talking, but
acting. Moscow knows full we'll
that America would go so far as
to approve constitution of the
Balkan bloc under the Soviet wing
If this meant organization of that
section of Europe as an economic
unit. But Soviet leaders are not
interested in economics and world
exchanges. AL their plans are
based on political and military OBJ
jectives which ultimately would
place the world under their su-
premacy.
Soviet military activities are
comparable to those during the war,
when the Russian government re-
ceived billions of dollars worth of
lend-lease war materials and food
from the United States and Great
Britain.
Underground factories are being
built-many are already completed
on both slopes of the Urals
Many others are being constructed
in Eastern Siberia. An efficient net
work of communications-railWays
and roads-running to the north
ernmost point of Eastern Siberia,
facing Alaska, is about to be COM
pleted.
There are at least SO airdromes
of the most up-to-date type in that
area. Russian oil tankers are load
ing tens of thousands of barrels of
oil and gasoline on our West Coast
and transporting them to Siberian
ports. 1t is just repetition of
what Japan did during several years
which preceded Pearl Harbor.
Have Long-Range Bomber
Russian and German aeronautics
engineers in the U. S. S. r. now have
a version of our B-36 and it has a
longer range than the American
prototype. According to our mill
tary aviation experts, the Soviet
jet planes and buzz bombs are better
and far more numerous than our
own. German aviators who Loyalty
served the Luftwaffe are reported
to have donned Russian uniform
They have become instructors and,
if young enough, have been made
squadron leaders. Special types of
weapons for Arctic warfare have
been developed in the last Is
months, while troops accustomed to
subzero temperatures form the