ALLIES’ POLICY

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 May 1942, Page 5

ALLIES’ POLICY

DISSENSION DANGERS. WASHINGTON, May 20. , Mr. Roosevelt’s secretary (Mr. Stephen Early), speaking at Toledo, Ohio, uttered a warning against dissension among the Allies. “We know that if the United Nations ever fall to quarrelling about who should have the next aeroplane, the next gun, or the next tank, the grisly cause of the Axis will be so advanced and the cause of the United Nations will be that much imperilled." ATTITUDE TO GERMANY. "RUGBY, May 21. Winding up the debate in the Lords on the post-war policy towards Germany. Lord Cranborne said that the Government policy was clearly laid down in the Atlantic Charter. Nothing would alter that. “By all means let us have justice against the Nazi leaders, but let it be British justice. Otherwise. Ido not see what we should be fighting . for. If we are going to stand firm in the world, we must stand by the principles in which we ourselves believe. The British Government have made it abundantly clear that they cannot concert' peace with the Nazi leaders. I repeat that declaration with all the emphasis in my power. So long as Germany behaves in a decent manner, she will be treated, economically, like all the other nations.”

SECRET TREATIES. “rugby, May 21. Asked if Mr. Churchill would give an assurance the Government would enter into no treaty agreements anticipating a post-war territorial settlement, except conjointly with all the Allies, and after first submitting any proposal to Parliament. Mr. Law replied that he did not think it possible to give so far-reaching an assurance. under the proposed terms, .since a variety of contingencies had to be kept in mind. Regarding consultation with Parliament, the Government did not propose to depart from existing practice. ULSTER’S "CONFIDENCE. RUGBY. May 21. The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (Mr. Andrews) speaking at Downpatrick, declared that the German people would soon realise a German defeat was inevitable. Notwithstanding the reverses, the United Nations would show by irresistible counterstrokes that the Pacific international highway was not a Japanese sea.