Show p m J r m J RE iV PE A N Must We Fight Russia M MOST 1 CST OST significant talk newspaper editors have had in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington recently was an the record conference with George Kennan General Marshalls Marshall's chief Russian policy maker Here are the highlights Russia's tough talk is nothing new It has been going on for ICO years under both Czars and the Soviets It was soft pedalled in the and because the Bolsheviks were too weak to talk tough The main problem In Europe is the vacuum in France and Italy This vacuum has to be filled Big question is whether Russia or the United States will move in The vacuum was recognized by Russia even during the war and Stalin prepared then to fill it The U. U S S. S doesn't want to fill It but does want to see it filled by democratic Frenchmen and Italians themselves Whoever first fills this hole in Europe will be successful In dominating all Europe People of Europe are afraid of Russia but not of the United States Because they are scared stiff they would appease Russia before they helped the United States Inside Russia the people are cynical dont don't take Moscow's propaganda too seriously Vi barbed thunderbolts at U. U N N. N are nothing new Hes He's only saying what he has said for two years only this time Its It's louder There Is no real worry over war with Russia Its people haven't recovered Furthermore the Russians figure they can get what they want by political means Most significant key to the fact that Russia doesn't want war is that the Soviets always try to ride out war They made a deal with Hitler In the last war In order to stay on the sidelines and the last thing they want is war now with the United States We are very far from war concluded Kennan L. L. L |