PEACE TREATY FOR JAPAN

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26491, 4 August 1951, Page 7

PEACE TREATY FOR JAPAN

HOLLAND RAISES OBJECTIONS (NJ. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec 8 p.m.) THE HAGUE, Aug. 2. Holland s objections to the BritishAmerican draft of the Japanese Peace Treaty were lodged in London and Washington to-day. According to an official Dutch statement they mainly concern reparations arrangements, notably an article of the draft treaty which says that all Dutch claims on the Japanese State arising from the yrar have been met. The Dutch Government fears that this will result in the Netherlands being made responsible for the claims of its own nationals. The Dutch Government also considers that the compensation for Allied former prisoners of war, provided for in the treaty, is far too low. It also objects to the stipulation that compensation claims must be dealt with by the International Court of Justice at The Hague. It has proposed the establishment of a separate arbitration tribunal to deal with such claims.

SAN FRANCISCO MEETING

PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO ATTEND

(Rec. 9 pm.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. President Truman said to-day that he would fly to San Francisco to address the opening session of the Japanese Peace Treaty meeting on September 4.

The meeting is expected to last for four days, but President Truman will probably stay only one day.