PEIPING COULD END WAR

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26263, 7 November 1950, Page 7

PEIPING COULD END WAR

View Of Sir Hartley Shawcross (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 6. “Communist China could end the war in Korea at onef if she wished,” said the Attorney-General (Sir Hartley Shawcross) in a speech at Leeds last night. He said: “A word from the Government in Peiping to the remnants of the North Korean Government could ensure the restoration of peace and order in Korea injmediately. "All of us hope that they will *ay that word and not be pressed by others into spreading the conflict and causing greater bloodshed. “As far as we are Concerned, we will go forward resolutely in support of the policy of the United Nations. “This is a most dangerous time. It is a time when impetuous rashness or bellicose action of one kind or another might easily precipitate the whole world into war. It is a time when firmness and fairness can still save the world from war. , “Britain has rallied, not to fight Communism, but aggression. The action which is being taken in Korea is intended solely for the purpose of restoring law and order. “The United Nations troops will withdraw as soon as the people of North and South Kbrea 4iave had an opportunity, under free elections supervised by the United Nations—with Russia there if she chooses—to elect a Government.

"The only object is the enforcement of international law and the restoration of internal order, and that involves no kind of threat at all a gains t China or Manchurian territory, or against the industrial activities near the border of Manchuria which are of great importance to China."