Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Sir Anthony Eden, in line for
the Prime Ministry of Great
Britain IN succession to Sir VIM
ston Churchill, viii bring to that
difficult job the experience Of
serving as Foreign Secretary
through three critical periods Of
history. He is 81.
Throughout his career Sir
Anthony has pursued a policy
of close association with the
United States-and of peace
through strength.
AS the clouds of World War II
were gathering. throughout that
long struggle and in the post
war conflict of ideologies, he
stressed the same viewLthat the
democracies could make reason
and peace prevail only If they
were strong and courageous. He
summed it up this way:
1.-THE essence of our actions at
home and abroad must be firm
ness and courage. All of us can
strive to achieve peace. All must
be ready to defend it,"
Stressed U. S. Friendship
In the summer of 1851. on one
of his visits to the United States.
Sir Anthony said that upon
American-British friendship
"rests the present peace and flu
ture happiness of mankind"
He referred to the Atlantic
pact, but it was upon the CO.
operation of the United States
and England that he relied pri-
marily. Those countries, he said.
must stand united "at all costs"
or risk disaster.
Sir Anthony won his spurs of
great craftsmanship in defeat,
defeat that formed the basis of
his partnership with Winston
Churchill.
In February, 1898, policy dis
agreement with Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain caused him
to resign the Foreign Secretary
ship.
Wouldn't Compromise Ideals
He had been hailed as the hoy
wonder" of British politics when
he took that Office in 1885 at the
age Of SO. the youngest man to
hold 1t in "a years.
The differences between him
and the Prime Minister occurred
in the dark period of the rise of
Adolf Hitler and Benito Musso-
lini. Sir Anthony refused to COM
promise his ideals in order to
conciliate the German and Ital-
ian dictators at time when Mr..
Chamberlain was seeking to in
sure peace through appeasement.
international peace was impos-
sible. Sir Anthony held, If Britain
yielded to constant pressure from
others. There was no point in
having agreements with other
nations if they did not stand up.
he argued, adding that they
would not stand up if Britain
showed weakness in giving in to
pressure.
Included i'm War Cabinet
Just a few weeks before the
Nazis marched into Poland,
whose independence Britain had
guaranteed to defend, Sir An
thony said:
mot only to be tough but to
look tough. to talk tough and to
act tough is the best contribu-
ton we as a people can make to
peace today
On September /, 1899. Nazi le-
gions moved into Poland. Britain
kept her pledge and the war that
Sir Anthony had warned weak
ness would bring was on.
Sir Winston. too, had disagreed
with the Chamberlain policy of
appeasing the dictators. He de-
scribed Sir Anthony as 1.-THE only
fresh figure of first magnitude
arising out of the generation
which was ravaged by the (first)
Great War"
Immediately after Britain went
to war with Germany, Mr.. Cham
berlain formed a wartime cab
met that included Sir Anthony
as Dominions Secretary and Sir
Winston as First Lord of the Ad-
miralty.
ChurchilPs Foreign Secretary
When Sir Winston became
Prime Minister early the next
year. he made Sir Anthony War
Secretary and subsequently For
eign Secretary.
Sir Anthony also was given the
parliamentary post Of Leader of
the House of Commons back
breaking double role.
Throughout the war he and