| Show NEWS 1 B PAUL LON f L- L Released by Western Newspaper Un Union RUSSIA WILL BE POSTWAR POWER WASHINGTON The censorious censorious' us air of the Dumbarton Oaks Oak s peace conference is filled with light I tai tales of f efforts to be charming to tb the tb I Russians j jI In the matter of I seating for p pic i I lures tores for instance it w was as arranged arrange I I so O the Russian delegates would bJ ion on the right hand of the Americans I For many generations past the Bri Brit Ish always haVe sat there or at th tb the e head of European peace conference conference- conf I tables 1 Protocol practitioners of oar state department sank into a dither when one newspaper cap tion on n the picture erroneously identified the British as occupy ing the position of the Russians Indeed one business analyst re analyst porter here was officially advised that his comments on the meeting i were e not helpful to Am American So viet relations as if the official attitude attitude at- at attitude J should control the press ac J ac-J counts Some may think a little realism might help relations a lot more or or make them more solid for the long run y Investigation indicates the extreme ex ex- deference to Russia however is not necessarily being carried to the extent of accepting entirely her wishes in the peace The Moscow idea of an international air force for one instance appears to have have- been rejected The attitude seems due rather I to a prevailing diplomatic impression impression im that the Russians are sensitive and easily offended which should put them in a good bargaining position I wish aUthe all aU the people with whom I do business bus busi ness would consider me seas seas- tive tivA Behind it also is the unannounced conviction high in Washington and London that there will be war with Russia within 15 years unless a mutually mutually mu mu- acceptable postwar peace un un- understanding understanding is reached now The British are especially afraid of Russia They see her not only sitting at their usual place at this conference but in the Balkans a as aswell aswell well and indeed likely to sit there there- over all Europe For instance there were four French underground movements all aU separate te but the strongest of these was the Russian In the temporary cabinet these elements are acquiring posts of power The Balkan Policy The Balkan nations formerly guided by British financial and political po pa- policy are at least unsettled and the same problem in Italy has I reached the point of a clash despite despite- our efforts to postpone meeting the issue as long as possible This is an unavoidable i 1 6 and dominant matter of the peace and to try to hold the public h headin head headin ad adin in the sand will not solve the situa situa- tion The truth is Russia is establishing establishing establishing lishing a new place for herself inthe to m the world and any concrete agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment for postwar stabilization I means stabilization protecting her her new position as well wen as our own Formerly she was a revolutionary minority in the world and therefore therefore naturally antagonistic to the world status but now she has acquired a I status o of great power and therefore therefore therefore there there- fore needs a conservative world or or- der The Russians seem to me tobe to tobe tobe be ultra On the other hand it is equally true that much of our peace proposal proposal pro pro- i I talk is following obsolete i thought ht guided by past history ID in instead IDI I I stead of coming comins history We think mainly of putting the screws upon I Germany and Japan so they never can rise again but they can easily be put down to minor military pow poff powers ers ens and kept there as long as the world is alert I The major military forces existing existing ex ex- after this war will be divided divided divided di di- vided between the United States and I Russia and the mutual relations relations relations re re- re- re lations between these two alone are apt to have more to do with the future peace of the world I Ithan than whatever we do to Germany Germa Germa- ny fly and Japan But this is not the only invisible electricity in the air at Dumbarton Oaks South Dakotas Dakota's Senator BU Bushfield Bush Bush- field was right in his contention in inthe the senate that the American security se se- e 1 plan would give the President I I the power to declare war I While the administration does not no wish to admit this now fearing the 1 point may become involved in the campaign it does not intend to j change that recommendation I f I 1 I By unanimous vote of the B Big air Four our nations on the proposed e executive executive e u J tive council United States Britain Russia and China military action actio I could be taken Thus the President who naturallY t 1 would dominate the American America taU coun councilor COU j could send troops anywhere in III inthe the world without consent of c con congress gress j The true administration pose position on this is hardly along the line linew w Se Sn wa a ator tor Connally offered to elt Bushfield tc It essential truly feels speed is throttle military aggression 1 |
