MR. TRUMAN’S CHOICE

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 September 1946, Page 7

MR. TRUMAN’S CHOICE

— 1 OUTCOME OF THE WALLACE POLICY SPEECH PEACE DELEGATES’ REACTION NEW YORK, Sept. 16. The Paris correspondent of the New York Times says that American observers consider that Mr. Wallace’s announcement that he intends. to make more speeches about foreign policy leaves 'Mr, Truman facing a choice whether to ask for Mr. Wallace’s resignation or to send an aeroplane to take the United States peace delegation home. It is generally believed that Mr. Truman will take the first course and 1 support the Secretary of State (Mr. James Byrnes) rather than disavow the foreign policy so carefully developed during the last year. Mr. Byrnes maintained the silence which he has held since Mr. Wallace’s speech. A commentator, broadcasting over the Moscow radio, described Mr. Wallace’s foreign policy speech as a “very timely” reply to American reactionaries. He added: “Progressive elements in the United States are repulsing the reactionary circles, which are seeking America's comnlete withdrawal from a policy of peace and co-operation with other democratic nations and propagating a policy of force and coercion.” Mr. John Davis, a former United States Ambassador to Britain, in a speech at a Protestant dinner to the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Fisher), bitterly attacked Mr. Wallace’s speech. “Britain stood alone in 1940 against the tides of tyranny,” he said. “Therefore, no shortcomings, if any, either to-day, or to-morrow, no errors, if present or past reveals them, no faults or omissions can ever wipe out from our memories the sense of this great debt.” AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH ' RUSSIA WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. General Mark Clark', in a speech at the Overseas Writers’ Club, advocated a firm policy towards Russia and said the United States would retain a bridgehead in Austria until it had adjusted differences with the Soviet. General Clark, who is the American member of the Allied Control Council in Vienna, said: “We got along better by being firm and not giving when we could not give any longer.” He added that Russia, although occupying Austria’s “bread basket,” had not fulfilled the agreement with UNRRA to send food into the three western occupation zones, and appeared unlikely to do so.