Capital Comment
STOUT, JONATHAN
Capital Comment Will USA Give Communist Poland $600,000,000? By JONATHAN STOUT WASHINGTON, D. ^Diplomatic circle* in the Capital are buzzing over the slick maneuver by which Poland is...
...Yet...
...There is another interestina,-»idelighl on ihe Woild Bank Ihe membership in the World Bank comprises 'Ml of the members of ihe United Nations...
...The World Kauk now has before il applications for Wis an.,..,, „ ,„ §1,650.000,000...
...c , Ankara and l»ndon ttjb now in cousrillation, and Washington must give London full and Wriesgiiyocsl support, fox i f Turkey is forced...
...Of course, a sufieierfl force / i f agents in plain (lollies will be IfYl to direct the policies of these Balkan Governments, but not enough la be a menace to Turkey...
...The only tsvgpium u A'/mw which hat declined so fat to participate in this United Nation effort at financial **Hlily of the *ortd...
...I'01 reetal, Acbesou arid Byrnes a re seekirrg now lo 'repair the damfge done hy Wallace and Pepper...
...I his made it evident to official observers here that fef Polish Government, on instructions from Russia, intend* to discard the Yalta formula for free elections...
...As things s t a n d now, an overwhelming Yugoslav Army faces a token AngloAmerican duty force across the Morgan line in Vi-iic/.ia (iiulia...
...The sum is S*enVd for foreign purchases on the world market, W lor this are needed American dollars or Britsih pounds...
...The first explosive situation centers about Trieste, where the t h r e a t e n e d move by T i t o to seize t h a t city holds within it real potentialities of war...
...Military observers here a r e noting this move against the b a c k g r o u n d of t h e two explosive situations which exist not far smith of this area...
...Bui fteri...
...The World Bank is expected lo act officially within • few days, and it is regarded here as quite likely that Poland will gel all or very nearly all it wants...
...m the hV,| Army continues lo belie his "words" with mure . . . ,1,1.1, "oVeda...
...Three synchronized moves have l»een made...
...Confirmation of this t u - o b t a i n e d a few_ days ago in t he euphemistic announcement by t h e Czech Government t h a t Karlsbad was offered to Soviet staff officers as a r e c u p e r a t i n g' station as a t o k e n of g r a t i t u d e ^ / o r t he liberation of Czecho8lovaki»»and appreciation fpr t h e Soviet Army's consider•iiiin in not r e m o v i n g all t h e German•wned factory equipment f o r r e p a r a t i o n s. HHitary circles in Washington: a r e interested, however, in t h e c u r i o u s extent s t i l u s " h o s p i t a l i t y , " which includes b a r r i n g of t h e whole Karlsbad and surrounding area to Czechs and all others...
...If Russian assistance to the Greek Communists makes t h e g o i n g loo tough, the Greek (lovemment will call on t ha British troops in Greece for a s s i s t a n c e. If the British answer the call, a s it Is believed they will, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania will g o to the a s s i s t a n c e ot the Communists...
...Thai nr»te baa never been answered . . . except indirectly when a spokesman of the Polish Embassy in Washington told newspapermen that the note <vay "an iiiadmisMbU immixture (by the United States) in Poland's purely domestic affairs...
...No new declaration of war would be needed t o hack up American soldier* under a t t a c k anywhere in the wwrMf" A«o...
...Only Britain's power has prevented^ Russia from overwhelming 'Turkey as so many other small nations have l»een sulidjucd |o \\>mcow's expanding might...
...although Russia has refused lo make any contribution In the J " 1 " 1 UN financial fsTnrt, more than one billion dollars •i the loan applications are earmarked lo go lo liN»i«> satellites...
...That fact explains why Stalin demands the nonintervention of other powers in the • ,.ntli, I between Russia and Turkey over the Dardanelles...
...American a u t h o r i t i e s are in possession of reliable evidence that Hi.-, u r a n i um mines nre already being worked full time by t h e Russians, who are sendi n g the total output of the r aw o r e to t h e Soviet Union...
...Iff rrsoTFlo war Wi defense of her independence, eVftain will have to fighl also, and the USA will not be long 'n joining the fray, and we will has* World War III HiC if the 1 *A is firm, Stalin will retreat...
...The tension* of today on the horders of Turkey will be eased...
...Whether such a war would he localized or would liecome generalized would depend largely on what The Soviet Union would do...
...Il will lie necessary fur the United Slsles snd Britain In back Turkey with* all their force le I-1...
...we a r e still officially allied with c.reece, and B u l g a r i a and Albania e re still enemy countries...
...arid Romania Only these powers, Mow ow savs, have any right lo participate in settling Bla< k Sea affairs...
...This fact is n ow heightened* in importance by t h e r e p o r ts t h a t one, a nd possibly two, first-class Soviet motorized combat divisions' are now in possession of t h e Karlsbad area...
...the link with Loudon And on the same day Slalin graciously gisirf* an in.riview lo a British correspondent and says, in effect...
...m l.iiropean nations...
...Same while ago Poland applied to the US Government Export-Import Bank for two loans...
...In t h e event of 'a"h a t t a c k by Tito, the American forces in T r i e s t e would h a v e ' t o get immediate reenforcements from the American zone in Germany, Whether t h e American zone could send such reenforcements might • e l l depend on t h e moves of the Red Army now m o v i n g into the ijiilitarily s t r a t e g i c Karlsbad sector...
...Hi.- State Department held up the'loans for some time by insisting that free and unfettered elections be held in Poland in accordance with the Big Three decisions at Yalta...
...So the slick Poles have jpplied for a loan ol that an...
...Thus Stalfn lavs claim to exclusive i-nnirid pf lira Black Sea, and of the Dardanelles door to ft...
...I ha fact wenl almost unnoticed thai in the Soviet note the Russians, for the first time In history, spoke j»l 'lbs Black Sre powers,^ mea.iing...
...For t h a t matter, *•> 1* Yugoslavia, it has been largely forgotten, but the faet i* t h a t the official Government of Yugoslavia unfler the R#geiit< Prince Paul officially declared war on t h e U n i t e d S t a t e * In 1 9 4 2 . . An Editorial— America and Turkish Independence THE world anxiously awaila Turkey's reply lo the menacing Soviet demand that Turkey reject any .interference by Britain or America in the settlement of tli • "dispute over.trie Dardanelles...
...The hilest is Ihe taking ever by the Bed A r m y of the once f u h i n i K i M e watering r e s o r t of Karlabad in Czechoslovakia...
...i . i i from the World-Bank, an interpational organisation over which the US Slate DeparlasssiL has no control, although ihe bulk of the hank's assets are provided by the United Slates Treasury...
...i The next Jew mouth* will be a crucial per ion...
...On the m a p t h i s looks like military c h e s s , with our t w o pawns checked in each case by R u s s i a n a n d Yugoslav pjacoa of superior force...
...an ill-considered word could lead to disaster...
...The US Slate Department has in .diialed that we, will not accede to lire Russian effort le isolate and bullW Turkey into capitulation...
...The road from Moscow to Ankara has led through London: Stalin seeks a direct route from Odessa lo Istanbul...
...r ' K l I N makes speeches about "peace in our time...
...In that case, once again, the B r i t i sh will need reenforcements...
...Of these four, only Turkey remains un conquered...
...The ambitious aim of Soviet policy is to separateVTurkey from her ally, to isolate and conquer her...
...Peace treaties with Bulgaria and Rumania will toon be signed...
...By JONATHAN STOUT WASHINGTON, D. ^Diplomatic circle* in the Capital are buzzing over the slick maneuver by which Poland is preparing to get $600,000,000 from the United States Treasury while thumbing its nose at the I jS State Department...
...Stalin was probably encouraged to send his menacing note, almosl an ultimatum, 'to Turkey by the speech made by Henry Wallace, proving thai Am.-i 1; . 0 1 - are not united behind die idea of ending appease merit and slopping Soviet expansion...
...What is i n t e r e s t i n g m i l i t a r y circles a re two little-known facts...
...TJu- second explosive situation being watched anxiously here is the Greek s i t u a t i o n , where, it is now known, Russia is a r m i n g and e n c o u r a g i n g Greek Communists, reenforeed by Albanians, Yugoslavs and B u l g e r s , in t h e effort to r ip Greece wide bpon in a civil war...
...One for 940.000,000was for the purpose of purchasing railroad equipment'in tin-' . H im 1 1 A secoi.d, for $5O,0TJ0^X), wa> to buy American surplus war materials in Europe...
...The Foreign (Mice irr Moscow dispfalches a strong nota to Arrkara demanding discontinuance of...
...i ,. , II Stalin intends to make Turkey psrl of the Soviet sphere, he must act swiftly...
...k a rejfeti tion of what has happened lo Iran and the l.,r«i...
...The Wallace paendo-liberal* have made tire tasks of the USA n iich more difaecull, and liltjr have added lo the danger o f War...
...Unless Moscow find* s pretext to'postpone istification pf the treaties, the Russian position will be militarily weakened ylssvi* TurJkVv...
...And the Soviet spearhead at K a r l s b a d once more Is in the strategic position of blot-king r e - enforcement coming from the" B r i t i sh son* and v e ry probably Jrom t h e Araei - iesn zone...
...Marshal Zhukov travels around the Balkans inspecting the huge Soviet Army mobilized on Turkey's borders...
...I. passed a new electoral law which, according to Amlmsssdor Arthur Bljss Lane, isf preparing the, g i 'Hid for au election* on the Ruasian-BnlgarianYn • islat pattern...
...When they were granted finally, this Government sent Polish President Beirut a note Masimling him that the •forthcoming Polish < f t i o ni •tost in fact be free and must noV follow the pattern »( fblfce Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, where the onep...
...but the Polish Commtinist dictatorship would like IP* get a loan of |fjOq,000,000 with which to consolidate at-nnmnically its grip on the country...
...In the diplomatic struggle with the northern giant, Turkey's great ally is Britain, her only hope of maintaining independent e. It is an open secret that British military supplies sre pouring into what remains of the M i l - , • ic ii < in.,,,,, ,i Empire...
...Moscow speaks for the other two, at this note reveals...
...The Turkish Government must watch ita step...
...i.-iv ballot gave a 98 percent vote to totalitarian dictatorships...
...Russian troops have been thrown around the a r e a , which is now under the closest g u a r d to hide the a c t i v i t i e s of the Russians there...
...The United S t a t e * J* still officially in a s t a t e of war...
...The first is t h at adjacent to Karlsbad a r e t h e Joachjmsthal u r a n i um mines, the only ones in Kurope...
...I promise peace in our lima if Miilain minds ber own business and does not Interfere in Soviet plans, and if American troops sre withdrawn I nun China...
...Kussia, Turkey...
...At least the lone ol the note and ihe demands made would base I . . . 1 1 different...
...P a r t of the " h o s p i t a l i t y , " too, is t he Czech Government's acquiescence in perm i t t i n g the R u s s i a n s t o r i n g the a r e a in steel...
...The second i n t e r e s t i n g fact is that K a r l s b a d has a n i m p o r t a n t strategical location on the Dresden-Leipzig line, which faces t h e American zone of occup a t i o n in Germany...
...Three months thereafter the Red Army'is obliged by the treaties lo withdraw...
...In spite of the note sent to Beirut, the Communistd . i n n i * i i ' . | temporary Parliament of Poland on Sept...
Vol. 29 • October 1946 • No. 40
