PRESERVING PEACE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25661, 9 October 1944, Page 6

PRESERVING PEACE

INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY (Rec. 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 8. Mr Anthony Eden, Speaking at Bristol, emphasised the importance of the interdependence of nations. If, when the war was won, the nations would understand how complete was their dependence each on the other, then we should have made progress towards keeping the peace. None would dispute the need for some international authority to guide and direct the work which the Governments of the world must do together if full use were to be made of the opportunity victory would bring. It was equally true if that authority were to have a fair chance of success that it must command sufficient armed strength to enable .it to enforce its decrees in a world not' yet ready to accept control by international law. If the new international order were to have a fair chance of success, it must be based upon the closest understanding between the three great Powers—the United States, Russia, and the British Commonwealth. There should be nothing exclusive about this association, nor did any one of the Powers concerned desire that there should be. Unless this foundation of understanding existed, we would soon find ourselves faced with many of the problems which previously baffled and finally destroyed the League of Nations.