MR EDEN’S VISIT.

Grey River Argus, 31 March 1943, Page 5

MR EDEN’S VISIT.

CONVERSATIONS CONCLUDED, I 1 (Rec. 9.55) WASHINGTON, Mar. 29Mr. Eden’s sixteen day visit formally ended to-night with a dinner arranged by- Mr. Cordell Hull. Mr. Eden concluded his conversations ajffi&n lunching with Mr. Roosevelt .' and receiving M. Mr. Soong j and Dr. Wellington Koo.

! TASKS IN PEACE AND WAR . j RUGBY, March 29. < Mr. Eden’s visit to the United Statl es is now almost at an end with his 1 approaching departure for Ottawa. The visit has borne excellent fruit, according to Press reports reaching I London. Mr. Eden has been able to make and renew personal contacts indispensable for the great tasks ahead whether in war or peace and he has had the advantage of long, valuable conversations with a wide l variety of influential Americans. Reports stress the value of these I contacts at such a time in removing i any misunderstandings which might, tend to mar the unity of the two I English-speaking Powers and so 'pre- ! judice the prospects of solidifying ( wider unity among the Allies on the momentous issues of war and peace. There is little doubt but that the visit, revealed eve n greater unity on fundamental issues than before. No ; foreseeable difficulties were evaded, | and although the conversations were I necessarily only tentative progress was made from the explanatory stage i towards the preparation of firm ground for wider exchanges. I Attention was devoted to Mr. J Churchill’s conception of future councils for Europe and Asia, and there appears to be agreement. This does not connote a preference for regionalism nor any desire that the United States should disinterest itself • m lf one thing more than anv other emerged from th e Allied discussions hitherto it was the conviction that the United Nations, and particularly the four Great Powers, must act together in peace as in war, and Mr. Eden dispelled any idea tnai Britain would not throw her whole weight into the Far Eastern war it Germany were defeated before Japan. * It was also noted with particular i satisfaction that ther e is a, steady evolution of American opinion to- * wards the acceptance of the necesI sity of fully effective, permanent, m--1 ternational' co-operation, not only m i the purely political sphere, but also [in all military and economic implications arising therefrom. With this under-lying conception in mind both countries have made it plain that the present discussions are intended to I lead towards a four-Power agreement, which will be a solid basis of a. general system of security and cooperation. . Dealing in the same spirit with relations with Russia, Mr. Eden presumably expounded British Hopes that the Anglo-Russian Treaty jyaaid similarly be the necessary precursor of a wider agreement. It is understood that the possibil-tj. of forming regional councils in various parts of the world for common security and development was discussed,' and that some progress was made on plans for the eventual re construction of the devastated regions. ' A more immediate topic for an exchange of views was the political aspect of the approaching invasion ol Europe in the case of the liberation of various territories which might be involved.