BRITAIN MUST TAKE LEAD

Chronicle (Levin), 12 October 1946, Page 5

BRITAIN MUST TAKE LEAD

ESTABLISH1NG UNITED STATES OF EUROPE Roet*i\i*l Satunlav, 1.5 a.m. tui-; hahei-:, oct.i 1. Britain musl tuk** ihe lcal in cstabllslii nt> a Uuiti'tl States of Lurope in tlu1 form suggt*slt*l l»y .Mr. Churchill ia his Zurivh speerh, said Eii.*M Marshal Smuls aiiilressiug the Dulvii Parliament. If Britain was unwilling tlu* smaller states of Europe sliuuld try to persuade lier to do so. It' tliey were unwilling thev ?liould try to form amoug tliemselves rcgional political or eeonomic groups. "I11 Eastern Ktirojn* the Slav group is already fonniug, he said. " Wliv should tliis be resented and feared as a menaee to others.' lsn't it wiser ro regularise these groupings whieh correspond to deep-seated national or eeonomie interests.' I believe Pnited Nations needs sneh Imttresses to its overall world strueture. " "The posiliou of all the small I'owcrs is so precarious as to heeome unemlurable. They may be foreed to altaeh tliemselves sooner or later as satellites, to some great Power. Couldn't tliis be prevented by timely aetion whieh would preserve independem-i. within the European system."' he asked. Field Marshal Smuls went 011 to say that the Pnited Nations eharter not only j>rovided but also almost iuvited sueli grounds under an overall setup but if no State was wiiliiig to take ihe lead, a start. could be made on Ihe eeouoiuic ]daue wilh the establislimeiit of a Europeau Eeonomic Pouncil. Jt would control uurivalled iesoiti'-es of maupower, natural resources, iiidiistrial eipiipnieut and com-munii-at ion and would widd togollier all Europe 's .-innjl and frost rnted national units. "Mr. Pliiircliil], wlio is our groatost Europeau, from the N'pth of his experi-eni-e >ee no otlier or better vvay out of tlu* present di-tress of tliis eotilinenl , ' ' he added.