SOVIET ATTACK

Grey River Argus, 19 November 1946, Page 5

SOVIET ATTACK

On Australia

OVER VETO ISSUE NEW YORK, November 17. Mr Vyshinsky told the UNO Political Security Committee that the small nations’ attempt to revise the UNO Security Council voting procedure was doomed to failure. If a campaign by the small nations against the big nations was intended, the General Assembly should close down as fast as possible. He singled out Australia particularly for attack, asking what was making the Australian delegation make so much noise. “It has become a tradition for Australia systematically to attack the Soviet and the great Powers on any decision they make,”-he said. But symptoms of the failure of Australia’s attack were obvious. To-day her attacks carried a hopeless note. He berated Australians for then attitude at the Paris Conference when they differed with Russia on .no fewer than 75 points. He denounced the Australian, resolution submitted to the Security Council earlier this year calling for a further study of the Franco Government. Russia was neither legally nor morally bounci to vote with the ma* jc.rity when she disagreed on. £V.cn an issue. M. Copovic (Yugoslavia) said those who attacked the Great Powers unanimously should realise that they were helping to divide the world into two blocs. . Britain, charging Russia with be ing out of step with the remainder of the world in the use of the veto, ■joined the United States, France and China in favouring voluntary restriction of the Great Powers’ votmTheS1 Big Powers, it is reported, have adopted the French proposal that the Political Security Committee should defer its decision on the veto at the end of the present bitter debate.

STILI ANOTHER TRY. (Rec 710 ) NEW YORK, Nov. 17. The Big Five will meet to-morrow in an attempt to reach an agreement to restrict the use of the veto power in the Security Council.