DETERMINED WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 135, 9 May 1945, Page 4

DETERMINED WORLD

ENSURING LASTING PEACE SUPPORT FOR CHARTER (KZ Press Association -Copyright.) 945a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO May 8 Mr Anthony Eden, in a broadcast, said Uncio will craw up a world charter which will do much, but not all, toward ensuring world peace when : .Japan. is brought to the same overwhelming defeat which Germany has now suffered. Mr Eden described Uncio's work as an essential task, but warned that" a united determination to make the piojected world organisation work was even more important than the effoits to produce a perfect chartep. , "So far, though the progress is peihaps inevitably slow, _ it has, on the whole, been encouraging,' he acicieci. "I am confident we are going to agree on the charter. 1 have hopethat it will be a better document than anything of its kind that has existed in the world so far. Of course, it won't be perfect, • but the great thing is to get it going."' Mr Eden hailed the victory in Europe as a bewildering, but majestic and triumphant, hour, and called for an intensification of the British and American war effort in the Far East "until the bells to I for the Japanese as they have already tolled for Hitler.". The "Big Four" .have informed the smaller nations which are fighting for the expansion of the security council from 11 to 14 members, tlyit the Big Powers are adhering to a membership of 11. '•BIG FOUR" AGREE.

M. Molotov stated at a Press conference that the four co-presidents ol Uncio had achieved unanimity on the amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks decisions and the committees had begun work. jhc Soviet attaches greatest importance to the following points:

1. The "purposes" chapter now provides for the observance of tho principles of justice and international law, contains reference to the necessity for respecting tho principles or the equality and self-determination of nations, and provides respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms irrespective of race or creed. 2. The idea of revising treaties coneluuou during the war is to be i rejected as untenable. It is obvious | that rescission would play into the hands of enemy countries who would like to undermine and emasculate these treaties. Any attempt to submit these treaties to the international organisation would he tantamount to violating the signatories' sovereign rights. g. It has been agreed that the j treaties signed during the war to prevent the renewal of aggression by I Germany remain in force until such I time as the Governments concerned | feel that the 'international security i organisation is really in a position to | undertake the task of preventing agjgression. ! 4. It is a noteworthy fact that no I proposals have been put forward for j changing the role of the security council. This demonstrates unanimity of the leading Powers in the main I problem of post-war security. 5. Tho British and American pro'posals relating to territorial trustee- ! ship differ, necessitating stndy. The Soviet realises that it must first see that the dependent countries axe enabled as soon as possible to take the path of national independence. This should be promoted by a special organisation of the United Nations, acting with a view to expediting the principles of equality and self-determina-tion .

The Allies had successfully settled the Yugoslav question and did not doubt that the Polish issue wou'd also be settled successfully. T-he principal point was that the issue should be settled in a manner favour-

able to the Poles. Replying to a question, M. Molotov said Denmark would he welcomed at Uncio, hut he pointed out that the decision did not rest with linn He' suggested that the conference should be able to complete its work in two or three weeks.