Evening star., 1953-09-19
Challenge to the KemIin

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the chances are that they will respond mega
the Kremlin have been effectively challenged
by Secretary of State Dulles to stop just talking
about good peace and to do something con-
crete to make one possible.
This challenge, of course, is not new 1But
Mr.. Dulles, in his fne address to the United
Nations General Assembly, has presented it
with such obvious earnestness and restraint,
and with such simple and somber eloquence
as to make it ring with the force of fresh and
genuinely moving appeal to reason-an appeal
keyed to the literal fact that all-out war in
todays world, with atomic weapons, hydrogen
bombs and other instruments Of mass destruc-
ton, "can wipe life off the surface of this
planet"
So it is that Mr.. Dulles, addressing himself
particularly to the Russians, has warned that
the continuing existence of mankind depends
upon universal awareness that the destruc-
tiveness inherent in matter must be controlled
by the idealism of the spirit and the wisdom
of the mind" AS he has put it, "They alone
stand between us and lifeless planet" and
they must therefore be translated into CO.
operative international action, without the
dissent of any great power. if our world is ever
to enjoy true sense of collective security
against the danger of an all-engulfng global
catastrophe
No such sense of security exists today.
Instead, there is widespread fear. And among
the free nations, as Mr. Dulles has said, this
fear stems from lone single summarizing fact:
Since 1885, some 600 million people of some IS
nations have been brought into the Soviet camp
of relationships, and in no case has this come
about by voluntary action of the peoples and
nations concerned" Further that that, despite
foil md
Moscow, there is no evidence that the men of
the Kremlin have any intention of putting an
end to this liberty destroying brand of imperi-
aliSm. On the contrary, the signs indicate that
they are as determined as ever to keep on
expanding outward in an implacable effort to
dominate and enslave the entire globe.
If this is not actually the program of the
postStalin leaders of the U. S. S. r., if they
and their partners and puppets are sincere in
their talk about wanting to co-eXist in an
enduring peace with our world, they can prove
it readily enough. They can do so as has been
said time and again before, by backing up
their words with the kind of concrete deeds
that the free nations have long been waiting
for AS summed up by Mr. Dulles, these still
lacking deeds include the following: policies
which will permit Korea to be united and free;
which will allow independence to come peace
fully in Indo- China; which will unite Germany
and free AUSTRIA which will enable RuSsia'S
neighbors to enjoy national independence;
which will end the dedication of the Soviet
Communist Party to the violent overthrow OF
independent governments and which will lead
in due course to real disarmament.
Up to now, what the world has had from
the Kremlin is the exact opposite of such
policies, and the current Communist attitude
toward every major international issue-like
the Korean political conference, for example
holds out precious little promise of an early
change for the better. Nevertheless as Mr..
Dulles has indicated, we must keep on striving
for that change seeking to persuade the Soviet
leaders that RuSsiaS best interests and security,
as we'll as the best interests and security of all
other nations, urgently require that they stop
being nay-sayers and do what they must do if
there is to be peace, not war.
Judging from the Kremlin's performance to
date, all this may sound like pious nonsense or
empty wishfulness Still, since they must have
a growing respect for the free Vests military
build-up and since they must be aware of the
annihilating potentialities of war with mass
destruction weapons, Premier Malenkov and
his top colleagues conceivaby may be in mood
to have Mr. ViShinsky answer Mr.. Dulles
challenging appeal with more than mere
invective or phony peace propaganda. Anyhow,
the world must hope that they will have some
thing better than that to offer one of these days
before it is too late.
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