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“0 CORFDENTIAL O° Me Ee had Daal April 24, 1947. Despatch ilo. 449 See speak. This paper wrote that nothing short of a regular mass meeting ought to have been arranged: “The interest in that ‘other dmerica' which Wallace represents so_ ade mirably is not confined to a small clique of radicals and Liberal intellectuals. Thousands of friends of peace in Stockholm missed this unique opportunity to see and listen . to Awerica's peace evangelist number one." Otherwise, there were very few editorial comments on lr. Wallace's speech. It appeared to be felt that he had added but little to his earlior declarations which had already been extensively commented on by the Swedish press. However, the Liberal-Christian SVENSKA MONGONBLADET, which from its own ethical standpoint had previcusly oxpressed much admira= tion for Henry Wallace beeauso of his porgonal, chastity and ideallam, in ea leading article on April 19 took a very critical attitude toward Lr. Wallace's fornign-political theses, saying in parts ' "It Lg totally absurd to naintaln that the Truman regime and the Congress Foreign Relations Committees are bent on war. They want to safce guard peace, but they believe, @ Roosevelt did, that this wld mot be posasivile by incessant cone laisance and pacifist paroles. The ieaders of forican foreipn policy surely also want to wake- the United Wations a strong instrument of peace, but tho Ui. does not have that strong position as yet. Wallace's eager citing of that interna- tionale appears rather an empty phrasd if it right now came to solving quickly a practical difficulty for a small nation. Wallace's appearances before the meeting in Stockhoim gave the imp?ession of obscure jud ent. For example, what 4s one to say about his phraset ‘I refuse to believe that ail people with money want war with Russia’. Such is nonsense .™ Another Liberal newspaper, UPSALA NYAITIDNING, one of the yery few Swedish press organs to take a truly factual interest in the work of the United Nations, wholeheartedly subscribed to re Wallace's appeal for increased support cf the U.N., but added the following reservations in a leading articlo on April 22: "Wallace is touring those countries whore he believes he will find some response,’ Iie does not address himself to the governments, he has no dipe lomatic mission. He speaks to the pcoples, he is seeking to arouse public movementse His words vould carry greater woight, however, wore he not in many quarters looked upon as being partial in Russian favor, something for which he has himself to blame because of certain earlier, less reliable stateuonts." The = ee nn