AFTER THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25176, 17 March 1943, Page 3

AFTER THE WAR

AMERICA’S POSITION MOVE AGAINST ISOLATION WASHINGTON. Mar. 15. Many observers believe that the circumstances surrounding the resolution to be submitted to the Senate to-mor-row committing Congress to international collaboration after the war make it the most important development in American foreign relations since Pearl Harbour, says Mr Glen Perry, writing in the New York Sun. It is certain that the Senate resolution will preci-, pitate a pitched battle. Internationalists do not mind this prospect, believing that any resolution acceptable to the die-hard isolationist leaders would be too anaemic to be of any practical value. . Mr Perry adds that the resolution will require a two-thirds majority to achieve its object. Failure in this would mean defeat for the internationalists. The Senate sponsors are confident, however, that events have convinced a vast majority of the American people that it is no longer possible to stand aloof. Mr Perry says the major Allies are reported to be formulating two distinct post-war plans, one for use u the United States remains in the game, and the other if America jumps into a bomb shelter and locks the door. It is to enable the Allies to throw away alternative plans and concentrate on a scheme in which all major Powers are joined that the sponsors of the Senate resolution are acting. Senator Lister Hill, spokesman for the senators, who yesterday submitted their resolution to President Roosevelt, said they had reached agreement on the broad objectives. Mr Roosevelt is reported to have told the senators that some of the features of the resolution should be omitted. For example. Mr Roosevelt feels it would be unwise to hold a United Nations’ conference at present, as the “ Big Four ” are doing the bulk of the fighting. In addition, a conference of all the 30 members of the United Nations would not lend itself to efficient military planning.