The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-16

We are not among those who
see anything at all encouraging"
to the cause of world peace in
Stalin'c acceptance of the Quis-
ling-like Wallace proposals as the
basis of negotiating a settlement
with the United States We are
not among those who thrilled
because the Soviet dictator has
personally and openly joined the
maneuvers initiated by Molotov.
On the contrary, we are convinc-
ed that the prospects for world
peace have been hurt.
This is not the first time that
Stain grants an interview with
or writes a letter to someone -
anking or approving leading ques-
tions which had a common origin
and inspiration with the replies.
This is not the first tine that
Stain who, more than any
other ind Yidual. Is responsible
for the Kremlin's yathless agl es-
sion against frient ant FL alike
= poses as an angel of peace.
What would the American pseu-
do-liberals and appeasers say II
Secretary of State Marshall we're
to address an open letter to
Stain asking him for the name
of a leading Trotskyite so that
President Truman might ask this
opponent of the Generalissimo to
provide a set of proposals to
serve as basis for negotiating
a settlement of the differences
with Russia? Truthfully and blunt
ly, Stain might well reply that
his is "a higher brand of demo
crazy" which neither begets nor
permits but only shoots anybody
and everybody critical of, or in
opposition to the regime. We have
not posed this hypothetical ques-
ton in order to poke fun at the
bullible self-styled liberals in our
midst. They are not to be laughed
at but rather to be pitied. We
are, however, raising this ques-
ton merely to emphasize that
the Russian dictator's fragrant
Intervention in behalf of his Com
munist Presidential candidate H.
Wallace constitutes a direct and
frontal invasion of the American
political scene. Such intervention
and invasion are not calculated
to promote peace with out nation
but only aimed at provoking dis
sention and division in our coun-
try.
A spectre is haunting the Rus
sian ruling class. The oligarchs
in the Kremlin dread an impend-
ing understanding among the
western nations in regard to Ger
many. They fear and know that
an Allied agreement to draw Ger
many into the democratic orbit
for the reconstruction of West
ern Europe will make impossible
the conquest of the continent by
totalitarian Russia. The Bolsheyik
coterie in the Kremlin is still
under the heavy defeat 1t suffered
in Italy where the people voted
overwhelmingly for the democrat
ic West and against the despotic
East. So what these political des-
perados resort to next? They pre-
tend to be eager for peace! They
pose as eager to negotiate a "set-
tlement!" From Toxic to Trieste,
they let loose their Communist
hounds to howl: Russia wants
peace America says MOI"
The Real Road To Peace
What we have here is no Of
fensive for peace but hypochi-
teal and extremely dangerous Of
fensive against peace. Lest we
forget Hitler used the same
technique with the aid of Stain
in 1880 - when he denounced
uHooIond ond Errono oc iunnoria1ict
powers opposed to peace because
they refused to accept the Nazi-
Bolshevik partition of Poland.
Eight years ago, Hitler offered
Britain an agreement" and "un-
destanding," to get together with
Nazi Germany in a bi-lateral pact
to insure peace" of Europe =
after he had already torn the
continent into pieces. Substitute
America for Britain and Stain
for Hitler and you have tn ugly
performance repeated. Genuine
and lasting peace can't be cook
ed up in a horse deal between
two powers. The Russian people
must have learned at least that
much from Molotov-Ribbentrop ex-
perience. They paid enough for
the lesson. We are sure the Rus
sian people by now know that
peace, to be real, must be interna-
tional arrived at through an
understanding not between the
strong against the weak but
among all the nations in spirit