NO SETTLEMENT

Grey River Argus, 26 April 1945, Page 4

NO SETTLEMENT

POLAND & SOVIET Washington Talks Fail . — —“* WASHINGTON, April 23. Messrs Eden, Soong Stettinius leaders of delegasian, Chinese Ame tions to the San nle n a ry seswill address the second plenary s sion of the conference on AP il 2b not pS* the openmg £ declared t&S ; a„c dealing, and = n S man kind has suffered enough to have acquired vision * eS °X? unbuild a structure whereby oraci, un der taw, Jan be and maim tained. He boncluded.J In hSory Us “dedans will guide the desttaies 'Z HUB of with Dr Evatt and other of At San Francisco the concensus oi ophiioriValready yoieed is that unless the bic sponsoring powcis exeicist. strict Control the discussions might go on for months, If —m y attained at the outset, it is beneved that the big R ce p a Arm grip on the fate of the Dumbaiton Oaks amendments, alth °^. gß ' S °the amendments will come Tiom the sponsoring powers themselves, ■ but as long as surface harmony is preserved and fights are settled privately theie is hope of a reasonaoly brief and peaceful conference being within (R e C c h '11.40). NEW YORK, April 25 There has been a series of talks between Mr Stettinius, Mr Eden, and Mr Molotov. They have failed to arrive at a solution of the Polish question. This is relative to Poland s representation at the San Francisco Conference. This means, says the New York “Herald-Tribune”, that the conference will open under the cloud of a major unsolved dispute, involving the Big Three, and that the real work of perfecting the proposed International Organisation may be delayed To permit Mr Molotov to consult the Soviet Government, following these talks, discussions on the Polish situation will be continued by the three Foreign Secretaries at San Francisco. „ _ Tr , . The “New York Times’ Washington correspondent say 7 s: As the situation stands, on the eve of the conference, the ’Soviet continues to press for an invitation to the Lublin Government. Throughout the day the atmosphere at the State Department, and White House appeared to be tense, and from the serious mem oi the conferees, it appeared they were as far apart as ever. The general opinion in Washington is that, even though an agreement is reached at San Francisco, it will be too late for Poland to take a seat at the conference - , The Moscow radio to-day broadcast a Soviet News Agency statement denying the reports that the Crimea Conference decided that only representatives of a reorganised Polish Government could be invited to San Francisco. It said: “The Soviet News Agency is authorised to declare this question was not even discussed at Crimea. Therefore, the Crimea decisions have in nowise prevented representatives of the Polish Provisional Government being invited to San Francisco.”

(Rec. 9.50). LONDON, April 25. A “Times” correspondent in Moscow stated: Members of the Polish Provisional Government who at present are in Moscow stated that, while they have not departed from the main lines of their policy, they, are now in an amendable mood for a reconstruction on lines envisaged at the Crimea Conference. The President, Mr Beirut, snoke about a new government to include members of the opposition in the broadest sense, although he emphasised that complete acceptance of Crimea decisions about Poland \vas a necessary condition for entering a coalition.

(Rec. 11.40.) NEW YORK, April 24. Delegates arriving for pre-confer-ence consultations heard with concern that the Washington discussions on Poland have fallen short of the goal at least for the time being, says an Associated Press correspondent in Pan Francisco. Some suggested that failure to settle the Polish issue early would jeopardise the efforts to create a security organisation, because it was imperative that the Big Three should demonstrate ability to work harmoniously. The chairman of the Netherlands delegation, Dr. Van Kleqens, announced his delegation is opposing the Yalta proposal to give Britain. America. Russia and China a veto power in the Security Council. He declared no nation, large or small, should be permitted to judge its own case. However, if the other nations agreed. Holland would reluctantly go with them. The Netherlands was submitting seven amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, which at present did not offer a basis for a lasting peace. They did not provide any bar to appeasement and future Munichs. The French Foreign Minister, M. Bidault, dismissed at a press conference, the suggestion that France might lead a revolt of the small nations and the middle Powers, against the Dumbarton Oaks plan, but he implied that France is concerned lest the United Nations shall try to influence the delegation into giving up some of France’s colonial empire, particularly Indo-China, under international trusteeship proposals. The Indian delegation announced it is demanding a permanent seat on the Security Council. Brazil will make a similar informal bid for a seat for the Latin-Ameri-can countries.

Dr. Van Kieffens urged the reciprocal use of American and Dutch bases in the Pacific, also the permanent acquisition by the Netherlands of German territory to compensate for the Dutch land flooded by the Germans. ■

The Mexican Foreign Minister. Senor Padilla, announced the American Republics would not act ns a bloc, but their solidarity represented moral strength of indubitable importance. The Security Council should include representation for the interAmerican region, A “Nev/ York Times’s” correspondent in San Francisco says: The delegations have reached the following tentative conclusions: — Firstly, Poland should be represented at the conference by a Government selected according to the Yalta Agreement; secondly, the United States will support the Dumbarton Oaks proposals as a basis for a chartex- to be drafted at San Francisco, and specifically will stand by security voting procedure arranged at Yalta, and also will back Mr. Roosevelt’s promise that the White Russian Ukraine will have a vote in the general assembly; thirdly, the United States will respect the right of other nations to submit amendments to ihe Dumbarton Oaks proposals, and will itself submit amendments-