Words Alone Not Enough

Northern Advocate, 13 March 1948, Page 7

Words Alone Not Enough

He said the United Nations was ineffective because of the veto and the fact that the veto was embedded in the Charter and could not effectively be limited.

“My hope,” added Sir Carl, “is that the Marshall Plan will be put into effect quickly and give encouragement to wavering nations.

“It is the only thing in sight, plus the Western European. union and a growing realisation that words alone are not enough.” He also said that the Orient was one of the world’s greatest future problems, with discontent rampant everywhere.

Speaking at his Press conference, President Truman said there must be peace, because the world could not stand the self-destruction of another world war.

He expressed deep regret over the death of M. Masaryk, and said he wanted to repeat the statement made by the Secretary of State (Mr Marshall) urging the American people to be careful that their passions did not get the better of them until the full facts were known. Mr Truman also said that the United States did not favour including Chinese Communists in the Chinese Government. It never had.