Evening star., 1951-06-24
BY the Associated Press


1t is perfectly obvious that radio
broadcasts on the subject of ''The
Price of Peace" should serve the
cause of strengthening peace and
assisting the forces which stand
for peace in their noble struggle
to prevent war. ALI the nations
of the world realize the supreme
value of peace to mankind.
It is not yet six years since
the conclusion of the second world
war. in which millions of persons
lost their lives. but peace. for
which such high price was paid.
is once again threatened.
The ruling circles in the United
States of America. the United
Kingdom and France are en-
deavoring to convince Their
peoples that. in order to main-
tain peace, it is necessary to arm,
| to create a so-called position Of
strength" which will supposedly
make the outbreak of a new war
impossible.
1t should, however, be clear to
| all that whoever desires peace
should seek to resolve by peace
full means the problems arising out
of mutual relations with other
countries.
Attacks North Atlantic Pact.
The government of the Soviet
Union has repeatedly declared that
the policy which is being pursued
by the United States. the United
Kingdom, France and number
of other countries is profoundly
vicious, will inevitably lead to
fresh international conflicts, and
contains within itself the seeds of
a new world war. 1t is precisely
this policy of the Western powers
which has brought about the pres
Ient serious international tension.
The chief reason for the deter
Iioration in relations between the
U. S. S. R. and the three Western
Ipowers was the establishment of
the North Atlantic military al
Iliance. The political leaders of
the countries participating in this
bloc make no secret of the fact
that this military alliance is di-
rected against the U. S. S. r. and
! the peoples democratic republics.
| 1t is sufficient to point out that
American newspapers and mag
azines are daily publishing maps
and diagrams showing a ring of
United States military bases in
Europe and the Near East sur
rounding the Soviet Union, and
indicating the air routes of United
States bombers from those bases
to the industrial centers of the
u. S. S. r.
/ Charges Aggressive Policy.
| 1t is well known that at the
preliminary conference of the
deputy foreign ministers of the
four powers in Paris, the repre-
sentatives of the United States,
the United Kingdom and France
offered every resistance to the
adoption of the Soviet proposal
that the urgent question of Ameri-
can military bases and the Attain
tic pact should be placed on the
agenda of the Council of Min
listers whose task it is to consider
all the more important questions
concerning the safeguarding of
peace. This policy of the gov
ernments of the United States,
the United Kingdom and France
cannot be regarded otherwise
than as an endeavor to maintain
the existing international tension.
The conclusion of the North
Atlantic Pact. the establishment
of American military bases
abroad, remilitarization of West
ern Germany and the creation of
West German armed forces, the
encouragement of a revival of
japanese militarism, the mad
ornaments race and the expan-
sion of armed forces in the coun-
tries of the North Atlantic Pact
and especially in the United
are all current fea-
lures of the aggressive policy of
the Western powers.
Cites Rise in Arms Cost.
The most fragrant manifesto
ton of this policy is the armed
intervention in Korea of the
United States and a number of
other countries dependent upon
the United States. The Soviet
Union, the Chinese Peoples Re-
public and a number of other
states have repeatedly submitted
proposals for the peaceful settle
ment of the Korean dispute, and
the only reason why the war still
continues in Korea is that the
United States has prevented the
adoption of these peace proposals.
| The seizure of the Chinese is