SECURITY CONFERENCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 March 1945, Page 6

SECURITY CONFERENCE

BRITAIN’S DELEGATION

(Rec: 10.20) LONDON, March 22. Mr. Churchill in the Commons, announced that the British delegation to the San Francisco Conference will comprise Mr. Eden, Mr. Attlee, Low Cranborhe and Lord Halifax and the following junior ministers: Mr. I omlinson, Miss Ellen Wil Howbrugh. Mabane and Mr. Dingle loot. Mr.'Eden will lead the delegation. Asked why Mr. Attlee should be theJeader, Mr. Churchill said that the Foreign Secretary and not the Lord President of the Council would, in normal practice, w-rf inn The title of Deputy x nmi Minister was a courtesy V •it present was an unconstitutional authority Mr. Attlee entirely agreed with thefarrangement because herwas not a self-seeking man and tried to play the game to the best 01 his ability. EMPIRE CONFERENCE. ”’«• I °' 3o °' m March 22. The Press Association’s cliplomatic correspondent says that for been fixed as the provisional date foi the opening of the Imperial Confeience'in Loudon which w*h ' 3e a “ ed by the Dominions delegates to tne San Francisco cogence Mi- Eden will probably preside. The talks are expected to last, at least a week. N.Z. DELEGATION WELLINGTON, March 23. Mr Fraser announced chat ne would represent the New Zealand Government at the forthcoming British Commonwealth conference]in Lond that, other representatives ot Nev, Zealand would be Mr. J°E. da h a liminary talks in London hbee “It is I know, said Mi. Brasei, ‘Generally realised that the decisions which will be taken in regard to world organisation both m London and San Francisco ai ’e of paramount importance to New Zealand. The pi e liminary talks in London has been called by the United Kingdom Government for the purpose of enabling Dominion representatives, and pa - ticularlv Dominion Ministers oi External Affairs to have preliminary discussions on the proposals which al United Nations are to consider at San Francisco on April 23. in ine London talks the Union of South Africa will be represented by Geneial Smuts, and Australia by. Mr. Foide and Mr. Evatt and delegations are also proceeding from Canada and India. The New Zealand delegation to San Francisco was still under consideration, added Mr. Fraser, but he himself would lead it and Mr. Berendsen would nlso be a. New Zealand delegate. Mr. Fraser who will be leaving New Zealand very shortly will be accompanied by Mr. A. D. Mclntosh and Mr J. V. Wilson, of External Affairs Department and Miss K. G. Jordan, private secretary. VOTING RIGHTS. NEW YORK, March 22. The magazine “News Week” says Russia will propose at the San Francisco conference separate membership for some of its larger member republics in the world security organisation. The proposal gives Russia one vote for each member and will be supported by other sponsoring Powers under a compromise reached at Yalta. The Russians originally demanded independent membership for all 16 Soviet republics.on the ground that some non-Russian States would be admitted which were only nominally independent, including India and the Philippines. > The United States State Department has announced that each nation will have one vote at the San Francisco conference. That question was asked at the Press conference of the Acting-Secretary of State (Mr. Joseph Grew), and the answer was later supplied by a department spokesman. The Associated Press says the implication is that it has been agreed upon by the four big Powers. The department could not say whether decisions would be by a simple majority or otherwise. FRENCH~REQUESTS. (Rec. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 22. One of the amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals which France has handed to representatives of the United Nations shows her anxiety regarding the rights of small nations, says the ExdJiane'e Telegraph Agency’s correspondent. The amendment suggests a general assembly in which all the United Nations will bo represented and which would have power to instruct a proposed 11-man security council to investigate a situation endangering peace. This, in France’s view, would give the small Powers which were not represented on the security council a feeling that they at least were able to initiate action on some matters.

, France, in a statement accompanying the amendments, stated she “is willing to go even farther than Dumbarton Oaks.to ensure an international organisation for a durable peace. A Quai d’Orsay (Foreign Office) memorandum accompanying the amendments said that France, in support ol the principle of collective security,. was willing to limit national sovereignty to make the international organisation more effective. Other Prancc l has submitted pi oi ide ior a greater, role for rewci.oi.M pacts such as the Francoitti—mn alliance.