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Show dropped it on two Japanese cities, thus ending- the war in the Pacific. ! Would Russia's attitude toward Asia be as disinterested as ours is now? Would the Reds be prepared to withdraw from China as soon as a stable government could be spread over the entire country? And above all, would they now be planning to turn the secret of the atomic bomb over to us or to any international organization? . . . The Grand Rapids (Mich.) MICHIGAN TIMES (Republican) says: The whole international setup adds up to a political selfishness on the part of all naions except the United States, nations which are reaching out for more power and England who is trying to hold her place in world affairs. England is now in no position to protect her-ef her-ef against any trouble that may arise and would not be in any shape to help Uncle Sam if this nation should be drawn into another war. It would seem to be a good plan for Uncle Sam ... to mind his own business. About World Affairs The PHILLIPS (Wisconsin) BEE (Republican) says: We don't claim this as an original idea, but we are highly in favor of a foreign bond issue to be sold for the loans being asked (demanded is probably the correct word) of us by foreign nations. In that way all those who favor large loans to Britain, Russia and countless other nations, could subscribe as heavly as they wish and collect the interest direct from the country which underwrites the bond. Under he present pres-ent set-up we all pay whether we believe the investment is sound or not. We will not charge Congress anything for this suggestion. Th King City (Calif.) RUSTLER-HERALD (Independent) says: It is somewhat puzzling to us when we hear statements such as were recently made in the Senate that the United States, in order to prevent an aomic war of the future, should join a world government. What world government? The senators who made the proposal do not mean the United States Organization, which they openly fear can do little toward preserving pre-serving peace. They apparently have in mind the formation of a world government like that under which our own own 48 states exist. . Well, if it were possible under the present world condition to create cre-ate an "international nation," so to speak, that would be endowed With sufficicient authority and respect to make it workable, it might go a long way toward preventing a future war. But, unforunately, such organizaions cannot tie created overnight. In fact, even the UNO, although it is practically impotent because of reservations and veto powers held by he Big Five, is finding it hard sledding to go through the motions of carrying out the purpose for which it was created. This is not to say that a world government is entirely visionary. The world may be forced to it some day. But in their varying stages of political and emotional development, nations simply do not seem ready to join such an organization. How many Americans would be willing to place the Nation's affairs under the control of a world state ? And, even if the majority were willing, would the British, the Russians, the French, the Chinese and some 60 other nations be willing? will-ing? It would seem that, instead of throwing the UNO overboard as useless and trying to set up a world authority far stronger, we had better do all we can to strengthen the present organization and make it work. If we succeed in that the world will be better prepared for a higher step. The LAS VEGAS (Nev.) AGE (Republican) says: The first report that Russia has asked the United States and Great Britain to submi the Arab-Jewish problem to a Big Five conference con-ference apparently caused some consternation in diplomatic circles. There was talk that the Soviet government was trying to muscle in on the Middle East; that its request was a rebuke to American and British proposals that the Big Three wihdraw from Iran; that it would embarrass the recenty-projected Anglo-American inquiry into the Jewish and Palestine situations, and so on. Perhaps all this is so. It seems typical of the dipomatic suspicion suspi-cion that seems to know no nationalty or boundary. But, leaving suspicion sus-picion aside, why would the 'Russian proposal not be a sensible solution? solu-tion? The Drakes Branch (Virginia) CHARLOTTE GAZETTE (Independent) (Independ-ent) says: : A dispatch from London says that an American committee is expected ex-pected in Great Britain for the purpose of protesting the English policy pol-icy in Palestine. Included among those listed on the committee are three Congressmen who have no business whatsoever on the junket. Even other Americans listed as private citizens could contribute to international good will be permitting the government of the United States to handle the matter. It is safe to say that if a committee of British citizens happened to come to the United States, for the purpose of protesting our policy in the Philippines, or elsewhere, that they would be given the proverbial prover-bial Bronx cheer and told where to go. The MEYERSDALE (Perm.) REPUBLICAN (Republican) says: Let us assume for a moment that the shoe was on the other foot. Let us assume that Russian scientists developed the atomic bomb and |