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Show one oneOR 7/1 7 1 / 1 1SPECTRE OR W EA ON ONSPECTRE SPECTRE SPICTRE : OF ANOTHER WAREN WAREN WAR WAREN EN ROUTE TO PARIS - Under Underway Underway Underway way in the palace ot of Luxemburg h is hthe isthe lathe the conference on which so many manymothers manymothers manymothers mothers set their hearts for v h ch chso chso chso so many mothers sons gave their theirl.1ves theirlives theirlives l.1ves l1ves lives . - the conference to win WID the thepeace thepeace thepeace thepeaceSome peace peaceSome Some 13 000 000 men In the Amer American Amerscan Amerlean ican scan armed forces alone fought four fourlong fourlong tourlong long years-with years with years - with the hope that it itrrught itmight itmight rrught might be the last time human be bemgs berags beings mgs rags would have to go through the theternble theterrible thaterrible ternble terrible ordeal of war In the tlie Pans Pars Paris , conference eomes comes eomesthe comesthe comesthe the climax of their thcir dreams and andalready andalready andalready already disillusionment has bas be- be begun begun be-irun be irun - - gun to set sct in Already thedreams the thedreams thedreams dreams arc are tinecd tinged with night night- niglit- niglit nightmare niglitmare nightmare - - mare - the spectre of another anotherwar anotherwar anotherwarHere 'ar ar war " ' warHere Here are some of the distressing distressingfacts distressingfacts distressingfacts facts this conference has to face n ntrymg ntrying ntrying trymg trying to chart the peace of the theworld theworld theworld world 1 Historians Histonans crit cfit emit cised clsed Woodrow WoodrowWllson WoodrowWilson WoodrowWilson Wllson Wilson because he was slow in m nego negotlabng negotiatrng negotiating tlabng tiatrng peace But he got started startedtwo startedtwo startedtwo two months after the arm st at ce cc and arid andfinished aridfinished andfinished finished six months later a total of ofeight ofeight ofeight eight months after the war In con contrast contrast contrast trast it at is now almost one year yearafter yearafter yearafter after the armistice with Japan and and15 15 months after the armistice armisticeWith armisticewith armisticewith With Germany yet the final peace peaceconference peaceconference peaceconference conference is only getting started 2 The longer peace ) Is s delayed delayedthe delayedthe delayedthe the more the All es tall fall out the themore themore themore . more the other nat ons forget their theirgratitude theirgratitude theirgratitude gratitude So the longer the delay delaythe delaythe delaythe the harder it is to negotiate a apermanent apermanent apermanent permanent peace 3 Russia del berately has endeav endeavored endeavored endeavored ored to postpone the peace Thisconference This Thisconference Thisconference conference could have been held heldlong heldlong heldlong long ago it if the Soviet had not said saidno saidno saidnoDELAY no noDELAY DELAY TACTICS PLA PLANNEDMoscow's PLANIiED PLANNED PLANIiEDMoscow's ED EDMoscow's Moscow's Moscows ' ' ' delay tactics were by byno byno byno no means ace acc dental . They were werecarefully werecarefully werecarefully carefully planned and with WJth three threemotives threemotives . motives beh nd them themA themI themA I A . A . The longer peace was delayed delayedthe delayedthe delayedthe the more time Russia got to nail naildown naildown naildown down its hold on the Balkan satel satelhtes satellites satelhtes htes lites - Hungary Austria Anti Rus Russian Russcan Russlan sian scan fact ons had to be stamped out outpro outpro outpro pro Russian Rwslan ; factions tra ned to tocarty tocarry tocarry carty carry on on . . . This could not be done doneovern doneovern doneovern overn ghtB ghtB ght ghtB B The more uncertainty uncertamty and un unrest unrest unrest rest occurred in the non Soviet oc occupled occopied occupied cupled copied countries countnes - France Bel BelglUm Belglum Belgmm glUm the Netherlands - the greater great great- greater greater - - er the 1 1 I kely growth of Communism CommunismC C Finally Fmally Moscow d d not want wantthe wantthe wantthe the Red armies converging convergmg back to toRussia toRussia toRussia Russia There wasn t food to feed feedthem feedthem teedthem them and their quick return risked riskedeconorruc riskedeconomic riskedeconomic econorruc economic political turnoversThus turnoversThus turnovers turnoversThus Thus ever since smce V J Day Russia Russiahas Russiahas Russiahas has been the greatest obstacle to toearly toearly toearly early peace peaceAMERICANS peaceAMERICANS peaceAMERICANS AMERICANS lOT NOT } , ? > OT BLAMELESS BLAMELESSIn In this thJs peace conference how however however however ever not everything everythmg is black or orwh orwh orwh wh te to There is some gray shadmg shading shadingm shadmgIn shadingin In between betweenAnd And in real fact American dl di dlplomacy diplomacy diplomacy plomacy during durmg the early stages of ofthis ofthis otthis this greatest of all diplomatic dJplomatlc en endeavors endeavors endeavors deavors was just as guilty of sabo sabotagmg sabotagng sabotaging tagmg tagng the peace as the Russians Russlans- Russlans Russians- Russlansperhaps Russiansperhaps Russiansperhaps - perhaps more so I say more so sobecause sobecause sobecause because we pride pnde ourselves on be being being being ing more advanced more alert alertmore alertmore alertmore more IdealisticYet idealisticYet idealistic idealisticYet Yet actually our diplomats diplomatswere diplomatswere diplomatswere were lust just as woefully unpre unpre- unprepared unprepared unprepared - - pared for peace as the army armyand armyand armyand and navy were for war at PearlHarbor Pearl PearlHarbor PearlHarbor Harbor When it should sboull ! bave have bavebeen havebeen havebeen been ready for the most unpor impor unportaut importaut important taut peace offensive In hIstory historyof of the tbe world the tbe state depart depart- department departmeat department - - ment meat was caught completely completelynapping completelynapping completelynapping completelynappingCongress nappingCongress Congress napping has spent several severalmonths severalmonths severalmonths months of intensive study to ascer ascertaID ascertam ascertarn taID tam who was responsible tor for Pearl PearlHarbor PearlHarbor PearlHarbor Harbor yet no one has lifted Wted a afinger afinger afinger finger to probe the equally Impor Important importacit important tant tacit disaster of our unpreparedness unpreparednessfor for peaceIf peaceIf peace peaceIt It If senators probed the files of the thestate thestate thestate state department or even their own ownfiles ownfiles ownfiles files significant facts would come to tohght tolight tolight hght light . . 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