DEPENDENT PEOPLES

Evening Star, Issue 25700, 25 January 1946, Page 5

DEPENDENT PEOPLES

HUNDRED MILLION OUTSIDE TRUST SCOPE GREATEST THREAT TO JUST PEACE (Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 24. Mr Dulles said there was a second consideration underlying the amendment. " We are more than ever aware of the extent and intensity of the unrest prevailing among dependent peoples generally. These peoples are only to a small extent under the League system of mandates. There are mandated areas . containing about 15,000,000 people, but beyond the zone of the mandates, and beyond the probable zone of the trusteeships, there are a hundred millions who have not ) self-government, and who consequently are not directly represented among us. Those people represent a great gap in our ranks, and the problems they pose constitute perhaps the greatest discernible threat to a just and durable peace. « " That is the situtaion with which the Assembly should concern itself. " Accordingly, it seems to the United States that if the Assembly is to speak about the problem of dependent peoples, we should not confine ourselves to the relatively few who may come under trusteeship. "We should show concern for all dependent peoples, and call for the implementation of all the provisions of the Charter, which is designed to promote their welfare. Otherwise, we might be misunderstood by many who already feel that the fine words of the Charter were never intended to be living realities." The debate was adjourned until tomorrow.