PEACE TREATY TERMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 28, 12 November 1949, Page 5

PEACE TREATY TERMS

JAPANESE ATTITUDE

(Rec. 9.30 a.m;) TOKIO, Nov. 11. The Japanese Prime Minister (Shigeru Yoshida) told Parliament that he believed Japan had the right to refuse “too unfavourable” peace terms. ✓ . .

He said: “Since a peace treaty is, in fact, a treaty, we can probably assert our Tights. In a case where the peace treaty is too unfavourable to Japan, it is merely a matter of leaving the conference or of not concluding the peace treaty.

“REMEMBER THE WAR”

DR. EVATT’S COMMENT

(Rec. 11.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Australian Government would invite the Returned Servicemen’s League to nominate a representative to take part in discussions on framing the peace treaty with Japan, said the Minister of External Affairs, Dr. H. L. Evatt. He was addressing the annual Federal congress of the R.S.L. Dr. Evatt said: “The war will go by, and people will forget the war, but we would be wrong to forget the atrocities of >the war caused by Japan.” He added that the peace treaty was most important for Australia, and delays in its preparation had not made the Japanese problem less difficult. The Australian Government wanted Japan to take its place economically in the Pacific, but not at the expense of any other country, and no preferences should be given Japan over aiiy -ather country.