Permanent United Nations' Council Urged

Northern Advocate, 8 April 1943, Page 3

Permanent United Nations ' Council Urged

WASHINGTON, April 7.

The formation of a permanent United Nations Council was recommended at the December conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations. A report just published points out that there was considerable criticism of excessive British and American dominance in the conduct of the war and a growing belief that the operations of war and peace would be badly handicapped unless the present nominal association of the United Nations was transformed into the functioning of a policy-making organ.

Lord Haile;? suggested a regional councii for the Pacific, consisting of representatives of England, America, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, China. Canada, Thailand, France, the Netherlands and the Netherlands East Indies. Co-operative Action

The Pacific Council would arrange peace safeguards and organise cooperative action to secure a common economic policy and tariffs. Other recommendations included that Japan be stripped of all possessions. including Manchuria, Korea and the mandated islands. China indicated that she desired Formosa.

Far Eastern delegates proposed that Allied Asiatic troops occupy Tokio temporarily after the war. A proposal that the Emperor Hirohito's palace be destroyed was rejected. Most delegates were of opinion that captured lands in the Pacific should be returned to the sovereign Powers pending steps toward self-government. Collective Security for India

The round-table on India stressed the need for some form of collective security, including the United States, thus breaking American isolationism on one hand and British Imperialism on the other.