“United Nations Has Been Rediiced To Brawling Cockpit”

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1949, Page 6

“United Nations Has Been Rediiced To Brawling Cockpit”

, ' ... . BRUS&EtiS; 26. “THe United Nations organisation Has'been fbdUced to a brawling cockpit ifi. which irisUfis may bb firing back arid fdrtH,” said Mr Churchill in his speech to,the inaugural ebhgress of thb United Europe Moveffibht., “The main carisH of .this disaster .is the fact that thb world is sundered by the aggression of Communist ideology through the armed power of Soviet Russia; “Therh are a number of ancient and famous European States which are rib loriger able to take their stand for those huinari rights for Which there is sb great a need; the yoke of the Kremlin oligarchy has descended upon then!, arid they are Victims of a tyrahriy more subtle arid merciless than any known bhfbre in history.” Mr Chui'chill said that it must be ihade irripossible for “such „a legal atrbqity” as the trial of Cardinal Mihdszenty to be perpetrated within the boundaries of a ufiited Europe. World Government

“After each of the frightful wars which have ravaged, thb lives and hoiri’es of mankind, the hopes of huriiariity have centred on the creation of ah instrument of world government capable at least of maintaining peace and law. amorig men,” he said. “We have all been and alarmed by the fact’.that the United Nations organisation should have been so torn and broken. It has made a far less hopeful start in these first four years than its predecessor, the League of Nations.” Mr Churchill said that there.were fundamental defects in the structure of the United Nations which must be corrected. “I always felt during the war that the structure of world security could be founded only on regional organisations,” he added. "‘Large regional units are a necessary Element in ariy scheme of world Government. Unless and until this is done the United Nations organisation will be a failure and even a mockery.” Mr Churchill told his audience of 2500 that ariy European country that sincerely accepted the principles of the United Nations Charter of Human Rights would be welcomed by a European Union.

Work Before Congress Speaking of the proposals at The Hagtte last May for the creation of a European assembly arid a European court for the erifofceriierit of human Mr Churchill said: “A European assembly is now oh the point of being achieved. We have now to take the second step forward and try to establish as a practical result of our ineetihg here the setting up of a European court of human fights.” Mi- Chui'chill added: “The task of bur moveihent is to foster and encourage pride of being European. The Europe we are trying to build rpust be ihdeperident, but not isolated. We Stretch our hands out in gratitude to the other half of the world across the ocean. We express our admiration to the great United States for the part they are playing, not only in the reconstruction of the European economy, But also in guaranteeing our security and defence. The Atlantic Pact will give us all a guarantee that the cause of freedoih will not be aggressively assaulted without effective help corning from the great Republic over the ocean.” Mr Churchill said that the division of Europb into two parts—free and urifree—could not reiriairi. “th uriitirig the free countries which are, working together under the Marshall jPlaii we recognise that individual countries have special problems/’ he said. “Britain is herself the centre of a free, world-wide wealth Bi States. We are sure in our own country that a satisfactory solution. can be found by which we can develope our new association with Europe without in the slightest degree weakening the sacred ties which unite Britainoe rdagh uh t Britain to her daughter States across the ocean.”

Cornrhunists To Demonstrate The Belgian police say that plans have been discovered for a Cominunist deriionstration against Mr Churchill at a public meeting of the United Europe Movement in the Brussels Bourse, tomorrow.

The Belgian Communist Party poses to marshal 2000 demonstrators outside the meeting while 250 determined Communist's inside try to disrupt proceedings. . , .