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Show according to Hoyle grows stronger. If all is sweetness and light, between Iran and Russia, why not let trie facts be reported to prove the truth? There is also ground for the suspicion that the withdrawal with-drawal of the Iranian charge was under duress. A Washington Wash-ington newspaper dispatch says that according to the best information reaching official quarters the Russians advised the Iranians that failure to notify the Security Council of a willingness to withdraw the charges would be considered as evidence of unfriendliness. . ' We have not been among those who see a communist under the bed at night and we have never subscribed to the theory that a Conflict between the exponents of communism and capitalism is inevitable. At the same time we doubt if there can be a just settlement of international issues, especially espec-ially those affecting Russia, if larger powers can compel smaller nations to surrender under implied threats. IRAN AROUSES SUSPICION The sudden censorship, reported from Iran, is not a healthy looking development because it indicates that either Russia or Iran is unwilling for the world to know the truth of conditions in that country. When the Soviet government comes before the Security Secur-ity Council to declare that the differences between the two countries have been settled and that there is no longer any excuse for future consideration of the complaint lodged by the Iranian government there arises a suspicion that the larger lar-ger power may have applied pressure to the smaller power. When thereafter a cenorship is placed into effect which denies to newspaper correspondents the privilege of reporting developments the suspicion that everything is not . |