"THE AWAKENED GIANT OF THE NEW WORLD"

Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1948, Page 5

"THE AWAKENED GIANT OF THE NEW WORLD"

Received Thursday, 7.50 p.m. * LONDON, Mareh 18. Declaring that President Truman 's speech may -well rank among the greatest pronotincements in history, the Daily Telegraph in a leader points out "that Mr. Truman, imlike his predecessor Mr. Roosevelt, has not to convince a sceptical nation that aggression is loose in the world and that it is America's interest and duty to contain it. His speech reflects an already , awakened puhlie opinion. This time the United States are determined not to he caught either negligent or napping. ' ' The paper adds: "This is good news for those in Europe struggling to preserve their freedom and to halt the advance of the iron curtain. They will be heartened evdfywhere by the knowledge that behind them stands the awakened giant of the new world. ' ' . The Times says: "President Truman calls on the Ameriean people to pay the price of peace,. which is modest enough, noti in 'order to coiirt war but to exorcists it. If they do not respond promptly more harnr than good may well be done. If they do respond with firm deeds rather than Wild Words new history will be niade and the prospect of peace will brighten. In the United States as in Europe it is democracy itself that is under test." - The Manchester Guardian, in an editci'ial, said Mareh 17, 1948, would stand out in the history books. The Brussels Pact and President Truman 's speech were each historic breaches with tradition. The spirit on the European side and the Ameriean side was the same. "The West has decided to stand. Before a menace as dangerous as the Nazi aggression and beiore methods siniilar to Hitler's the Westerh democracies have comhined and the United States stands behind them. We may speculate what sucn action might have meant in 1937 when President Roosevelt made his 'quarantine' speech, in 1938 before Munich, or even in the .spring of 1939."