Evening star., 1951-08-01

ments of all the great powers, why
does it oppose the prohibition of
the atomic weapon, why does it
perSecute those who champion the
cause of preservation of peace.
why does it not ban war propa-
yanda in Britain?.
Mr.. Morrison wants his words to
be taken for granted. But Soviet
people cannot take any ones words
for granted. They demand deeds
and not declarations.
Disputes Arms Charge.
Equally unsound are Mr.. Nor
rison's assertions that the U. S.
S. r. did not demobilize its army
sufficiently after the second world
war. The Soviet Government has
already stated officially that it
demobilized 80 age groups, that
it's army is at present approxi-
mately the size it was in peace
time before the second world war.
and that the British and Ameri-
can armies on the contrary are
double the size they were before
the second world war. Neverthe-
less. unsubstantiatee assertions
are continually advanced against
these irrefutable facts.
Perhaps Mr.. Morrison would
like the U. S. S. r. not to have an
army sufficient for defense? An
army is in general a great burden
for the national budget, and the
Soviet people would willingly go
to the length of doing away with
a regular army, were it not for
the danger from without. But the
experience of 1918-1920, when the
British, the Americans and the
French together with the Japa-
Inese) attacked the Soviet Union,
attempted to sever the Ukraine,
the Caucasus. Central Asia, the
Far East, and Archangel region
from the U. S. S. R. and tor
mented our country for three
yearS-thiS experience teaches us
that the U. S. S. r. must have a
certain minimum regular army
necessary to defend its independ-
ence from imperialist invaders.
There is no instance in history
of Russians attacking the ter
ritory of Britain, but history has
witnessed a whole series of in
stances of the British, attacking
the territory of the Russians and
seizing it.
Mr.. Morrison asserts that the
Russians declined to cooperate
with the British in the German
question. in the question of Euro
Ipean recovery. This is quite un-
true. Mr.. Morrison can hardly
believe this statement himself. In
reality it is known that it was not
the Russians, but the British and
Americans who refused to CO.
operate, since they knew that the
Russians would not agree to re-
storing faScism in Germany, to
converting Western Germany into
a base for aggression.
AS for cooperating in the mat
ter OF European economic recov-
cry. far from rejecting such a CO.
operation, the u. S. S. R., on the
contrary, was one to propose it on
a basis of equality and observance
OF the sovereignty of the European
countries without any dictation
from abroad, without any dicta-
tion from the United States OF
America, without the enslavement
of the countries of Europe by the
United States of America.
Free Elections Claimed.
Equally groundless are Mr.. Nor
Irison's assertions that the Com
|munists came to power in the
peoples democratic countries by
violence. that the Cominform en-
Igages in the propaganda Of vio-
lence. Only those who have sci
themselves the aim of slanderine
the Communists can permit them.
selves to make such allegations.
4 Actually, as is known, the Com.
munists came to power in the
peoples democratic countries as 9
result Of general elections. O1
course, the peoples of those coun-
tries threw out the exploiters ano
all kinds of agents of foreign
secret services. But again, such
has been the will of the people
the voice of the people is the voice
Iof God.
AS for the Cominform, only
people who have lost all sense Of
proportion can assert that it en-.
cages in the propaganda of vic.
lence. Cominform literature ha,
been published and is being pub.
IliShed. It is known to every one
lit complstely refutes the SIAN