ASSURANCE WANTED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 79, 30 September 1944, Page 7

ASSURANCE WANTED

MILITARY & MORAL CONTROL

OF THE WORLD

Rec 11 a.m. RUGBY, Sept. 29. The presence of the French Ambassador m the House of Commons for the first time lor four years gave fresh importance and new reality to the debate which began yesterday and continued today. Mr. Arthur Greenwood (Labour) said all felt very deeply a sense of spiritual gratification as they saw British and American troops liberating I ranee from the terrors of the past four years. A-new France was being b°rn out of that suffering. He hoped the British and Allied Governments would do all in their power to give s&njfh" SUStenanCe an<*

Referring to the Dumbarton Oaks g™^. h« said that Britain,- the united States, and Russia must agree sooner or later. The adjustment of diffeient conditions and outlook did take time but if they could get an assurance that for some period after the war the three great Powers would take over the military and moral control of the world they would have gained something. ye Continuing the debate, Sir Edward ££ S /Conservative) said we should Sr-^FW 1 f£ rfour. + tthisn §s in particular—First, the unity of the United Nations m force; second, the extraordinary .combination'of forces which ealyaependecl on political leadership and direction from the highest political quarters; third, the success S Ju training; and fourth, the «Q» side of operations. 0I

CONDITION FOR WORLD PEACE. Sir Percy Harris (Liberal) said that \ht ifT t °uld, be thi*king now mtiJ " + d °f T orld peace which was iIMV V°rk ,Tld be acceptable to all. Two conditions were essential- ? o c "at + lons concerned must be prepared to sacrifice some of their sovereignty and there must be power to enforce the decisions of the world organisation. woria

Major Thorneycroft claimed that we ""m 1 Xff*Z disarm Germany. Mr. Harold Nicolson (Labour) referring to Italy, said that we must be ver> firm m seeing that while we were ; Mnti to her we must ensure that she did not again become a menace' to the peace of Europe. We should tell the

Poles: "You cannot possibly entertain the insane theory that you can ever exist except in friendly relations with Russia." .He would like to convey to the Russians an appeal from the Commons that1 Russia should act with that grandeur in this matter that she has shown on the field of battle. Mr. F. W. Pethick-Lawrence (Labour) said that the main attention of the Commons 'lienceforth should be devoted, to the nature of the peace. The debate concluded. . Mr. Churchill's speech was given three to four full columns in the Russian Press, according to the Moscow message. That is up to two-thirds of the total space usually devoted to foreign news.—B.O.Wl