RUSSIA AND U.S.A.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 61, 15 March 1943, Page 3

RUSSIA AND U.S.A.

CAN SHAPE WORLD PEACE WARNINGS IN AMERICA AND SOUTH AFRICA (By Telegraph Press Association —Copyright) Reed. 6 p.m. New York, March 12. Unless the United States immediately took the lead in planning for peace, Russia would he the real Power in the post-world war, said Mr. William Bullitt, formerly Unitefl States Ambasaflor to Moscow and Paris, speaking at a United States forum in Philadeplhia.

He added: “We must face the fact of international interests. When a foreign government won’t move in the direction we want, there is only one way to make it move. This is the old way of making a donkey move by holding a carrot in front of its nose, a club behind its tail and intimating politely that it can have either it wants. At present we have a real carrot and a real club, but the day Germany collapses we will still be at war with Japan and Russia will be at peace. The carrot and the club will then be in Stalin’s hands. We have the power now and we must use it or lose the peace.”

A warning against the danger of waging verbal warfare against Russia was issued by Field-Marshal Smuts during a speech in the Assembly, states a Capetown message. He said the Opposition was trying to whip up feeling in South Africa against Russia and they had no idea where this might lead. Recalling a statement that if a better spirit did not prevail between Russia, the United States and the British Commonwealth then a new world war was certain. Field-Marshal Smuts said: “Nothing can be more dangerous for the world now, when Russia is bearing the greatest burden of the war and making the geratest contribution to victory, than an attempt to show that Russia is the enemy,”

Field-Marshal Smuts added that Mr. Malan had asked him to define the Government’s attitude if the Allies won the war. That was a step forward for the Opposition because, so far, it' had always asked what would happen if the Allies lost. Field-Marshal Smuts said it was unreasonable to expect him to visualise the post-war world when those who have the real authority and a decisive voice in this matter were reticent on the subject.