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Show WRITER ASKS WHY WORRY ABOUT RUSSIA There are a large number of Americans who are worried about Russia and they are constantly stirred up by the articles of this, or that, author who is afraid of the Soviet Union's post-war role in world affairs. It is worth noting that Sir Bernard Ber-nard Pares, probably the Englishman English-man who is best informed about the Soviet, has no such misgivings. misgiv-ings. He believes that Stalin, when the war ends, will turn back to his lifework of building up a new Russia. The British author sees nothing excessive or unfair about the Soviet Sov-iet Union's proclaimed policy of seeking restoration of its 1941 borders. bor-ders. He warns the people of the United States not to expect the British to throw away the friend whom Hitler has so studiply given them, by courting a new world war in order to defend Poland's very dubious title to her pre-war eastern provinces or the equally questionable cause of Baltic independence. inde-pendence. It may be well that the Soviet Union will become a challenge to the economies of the earth but the threat, we suspect, lies in the possibility pos-sibility that the Communists will make their theories work for the better advantage of their people. |