PRESS COMMENT IN NEW YORK

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24960, 22 August 1946, Page 5

PRESS COMMENT IN NEW YORK

heNew York “Herald-Tribune”: s ; There is no doubt that young tish and Americans have been dess about navigation, or have in er ways foolishly annoyed the nourless authorities across the ldar ’ but firin 8 without warning on «ned transport planes is outa!> variance with friendly w nf s ( “ d demands a complete resllitp? R ussi a and her ‘ can ft both ways. " d . eal T th the Soviet world, armed \i ends ’ lf they so wish, or P ras’e“ tS ' Jugoslavia «' a s ” e soml W o ?’the V mes i" says that at ich Jugoslav munitions ■sonnef r »nd Se<i to attack American Property in the series ained m rn?d St £^ ont .” incidents were u that Pro e - r a !end -iease, and sugence emSPt Truman recall all Q ipmept from Jugoslavia

and Russia, as he is empowered to do under the lend-lease agreements. The New York “Daily News,” in a leading article, says: “The United States could easily slap down Tito (Marshal Broz), arid if this started a European war the British-American alliance could probably pin back Russia’s ears.

“Nevertheless, it would be foolish for America to go out of its way to fight Russia over Jugoslavia, which is primarily of British concern, because of Britain’s Mediterranean interests.”

The New York “Mirror,” calling Marshal Broz “the murderer of Mikhailovic,” and deploring the United States’ failure to take strong action against Jugoslavia, says: “We have a Government of world appeasers who go about trying to feed milk to jungle cats.”

The New York “Sun” says: “If Tito is looking for American animosity he has found a sure means of winning