Evening star., 1949-04-01

BY bringing II into perfect spph-
cation can We hope 20 solve for our
selves the problems Of this world
and OF this world alone
cannot speak 10 you here to-
night without expressing 10 tire
United Ststes-as have perhaps
some right to do-toe thanks o..
Britain and Of Europe for the splen-
did part America is PLAYING in the
world. Many nations have risen
TO the summit Of human sfTalrk.
but here Is a great example where
new-won supremacy mas not been
used for Self-aggTsndisemeut bu.
only for further sacrifice
Three years ago I spoke a. Frll-
ton under the auspices OF President
Truman, Many people here and in
nv own country we're startled and
even shocked py what I said. But
events have vindicated and fulfilled
in much detail the warnings which
l seemed IL my duty TO give al that
time
Today there is very different
climate Of opinion. am in cordial
accord with much that Is being
done. We have. as dominating
facts, the famous Marshall aid. the
new unity in Western Europe and
now the Atlantic Pact. How has
this tremendous change in our out
look and policy been accomplished?
The responsible ministers in all the
countries concerned deserve high
credit. There Is credit enough for
all. In my own country the Foreign
Secretary. Mr.. Bevin. who has
come here TO sign the Atlantic
Pact, has shown himself indifferent
TO mere party popularity IN dealing
with these great national issues He
has shown himself, like many Amer
ican public men. above mere par
tisan interest in dealing with these
national and world issues. No one
could, however, have brought about
these immense changes in the feel
ings of the United States. Great
Britain and Europe but for the as
founding policy of the Russian
Soviet government We may we'll
ask, Why have they deliberately
acted so as TO unite the free world
against them?" II is certainly not
because there are not very able men
among them, Why have they done
it? l offer you my own answer TO
this strange conundrum. 1t is be-
cause they fear the friendship of
the West more than its hostility
They cannot afford to allow free and
friendly intercourse to grow up be-
tween the vast area they control and
the civilization of the West. The
Russian people must not see what
goes on outside, and the world must
not see what goes on inside the
Soviet domain. Thirteen men in
the Kremlin, holding down hundreds
of millions OF people and aiming
at the rule of the world, feel that
at all costs they must keep up the
barriers. Self-preservation. not for
Russia but for themselves, lies at
the root and Is the explanation of
their sinister and malignant policy.
Communist Conduct
without Precedent.
In consequence of the Soviet con-
duct the relations of Communist
Russia with the other great powers
of the world are without precedent
in history. Measures and counter
measures have been taken on many
occasions which in any previous
period could only have meant armed
conflict. The situation has been
we'll described by distinguished
Americans as the cold war" And
the question is asked Are We win
ming the cold war;" This cannot
be decided by looking at Europe
alone. We must also look to Asia.
The worst disaster since our victory
has been the collapse OF China un-
der Communist attack and intrigue.
China, in which the United States
have always taken a high interest.
comprises an immense part of the
population of the world. The alb
sorption of China and India into
the Kremlin- controlled Communist
empire, would certainly bring meas
ureless bloodshed and misery to
eight or nine hundred million people.
On the other hand the position in
Europe has so far been successfully
maintained. The prodigioes effort
of the Berlin airlift has carried us
through the winter. Time, though
dearly bought, has been gained for
peace. The efficiency Of the Ameri-
can and British air forces has been
proved and improved. Most of all
the spectacle of the British and
Americans trying to feed the two
million Germans In Berlin. while
the Soviet government was trying
to starve them, has been an object
lesson to the German people far be-
yond anything that words could con-
Ivey. / trust that small and needless
provocations of German sentiment