Show Merry Go Too Many Cooks Spoiled Note U. U S. S Sent Russia By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Backstage Backstage In Moscow 1 For For many months Ambassador Smith hasn't been able to sec see Molotov Up lip until the famous note he delivered deli May 4 h he was given the run-around run only allowed to talk to a year old diplomat who heads heads' the American desk d sk of the Soviet foreign office No 1 mystery In Moscow W Why did did Ambassador Smith go fishing In France immediately after his talks with Molotov 1 Answer He merely wanted to fish has hia own plane in which to go o fishing Hitherto Hitherto things thinS's had been so dull in Moscow hi h hey didn't thinly think it made any difference For about three weeks Moscow's tel hel- U has lulled The radio has calmed down Pressure Pre sure has eased cased off against Aua Aus t J tria trig Scandinavia and the allies in Ger- Ger J many This can mean a R. lot lot or or nothing It took several months after the announcement announce announce- ment of cf the Truman doctrine for tor Greece for tor the Soviet to occupy Hungary Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Un Un- Hungary was their answer to u us u. in Greece Undoubtedly also valda was one answer to the Marshall Marshal plan From a dictatorship you ou c can n always alway expect retaliation Dictators dont don't have ti to consult their people However the Kremlin did seem to be worried about the American American Ameri Ameri- can people feared cared we were too aroused too angry too willing to vote a big al air force torce plus pIns peacetime conscription Definite information has been obtained how cannot be told that Russia has Uj the A Its It's crude and only one or two twi have been made yet et but she has it That That's why top U. U S. S defense chiefs were in sue such stuck sucha a frenzy to get ct us prepared last winter That's also why U. U S S. S defense e chiefs have hav figured Russia might strike most an antime any time time before before the thc Marshall plan has I a chance to win western Europe away front Russia completely Who ho Wrote rote the Note Three Note Three schools o of ot thought contributed to the reverberating note Ambassador Smith handed to Molotov Molo Mole to tov the other day School No 1 was the U U. S S. S Military They wanted the Russians to have a blunt stiff tit warning laid right on the line tha that if the Red army became the aggressor i in hi Europe it meant war with the USA U.S.A. Historians have argued that If it the kalser kal kal kalser ser had known that the invasion of ot Bel Belgium Belgium Belgium gium meant war with England he would woul not have invaded that if it Hitler Hiller had known know the invasion of Poland meant war with wit both England and the United States State h he would not have moved Therefore U. U f S S. S defense chiefs wanted the Russians to have hav haveIt it in cold words which they could under under- stand stand that that t we would resist with ith armany arms arm any act of aggression School No 2 was the politicians The They had their e eye e on Henry Wallace Vallace General Genen MacArthur and the accusations that Truman Tru Tm man was a a. warmonger MacArthur h ha has been saying that we needed a president I who could sit down and talk lalk turkey with wit Stalin This was resented around the White Whit WhiteHouse House Houe and probably was one reason fo for Truman's denial through denial through Senator Tydings ings that ings-that that he ever had an invitation t to meet with Stalin Actually he had The parley proposal came via ia Berlin and suggested a a. meeting in Stockholm Truman however said Mid nc no Later when Walter Valter Winchell calling a athe at atthe atthe the White House urged Truman to get to together together to to- gether ether with Stalin the president replied I dont don't lick anybody's boots Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertheless less some of or the men around Truman hanfelt have han felt he should make an overture to Stalin Stall School No 3 was the genuine peace makers Some state department diplomats diplomat have sincerely believed in the James F F. F Byrnes theory of keeping up diplomatic diplomat talks even while we build up defenses o ot of displaying both the olive e branch and th the mailed fist fist so so Russia could not claim sh she had only one alternative Alarmed over Russian propaganda li in Europe they also considered it wise ti to show western Europe that we e weren't warmongers warmongers war warr mongers were willing to keep trying t to adjust our differences Note That Meant Little Result Little Result of ot althis all al this was a polyglot note that meant little It carried the implied threat of ot war if It f th thRed the Red army moved It also alo carried an Implied Implied implied Im Im- plied invitation to discuss our difficulties Finally it went Into a long tabulation oi ot of Russia's errors which errors which though true gave back backwith backwith Molotov a marvelous excuse to come with a long recitation of our alleged errors error In brief briel the note to Molotov had jUt just about everything In it except the most mot Important important important Im im- thing of ot all namely all namely the fact tact that thai there is great longing In the hearts heart of th the American people for peace with an obviously obviously equal longing In the hearts heart of ot the Russian people for tor peace And If Stalin Stalls would lift the Iron curtain If It he would permit the American and Russian people to get to know each other to exchange books and newspapers professors professor and students stu students tu- tu dents churchmen and religious teaching radio programs and moving pictures picture then the people o of the two countries would solve sol all their own problems through friendship and the petty squabbling over O who was right or wrong In Bulgaria would become as II Czechoslovakia and Italy unimportant as the ancient debate of how bow many an angels els can stand on the point of ot needle Copyright 1918 Bell BeU Syndicate Syndicat |