WORLD AFFAIRS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 64, 18 March 1943, Page 5

WORLD AFFAIRS

PERMANENT ROLE FOR AMERICA SENATE RESOLUTION Recd. 6.45 p.m. Rugby, March 16. The Republican Senators Joseph Ball (Minnesota) and Harold Burton (Ohio) and the Democrat Senators Lister Hill (Alabama) and Carl Hatch (New Mexico) have submitted a resolution proposing a five-point programme for an Allied Council to win the war and preserve peace by rehabilitating and policing the post-war world, states a Washington message. The resolution would place 'the Senate on record as urging that the United States initiate a call for a meeting of the United Nations to establish an Allied Council which will first assist in co-ordinating the military and economic resources of all the members of the United Nations in the war; secondly, to establish temporary administrations in Axiscontrolled territories subsequently occupied by the United Nations; thirdly, to administer relief* and assist in the economic rehabilitation of member nations and also of occupied territories; fourthly, establish machinery and procedure for the peaceful settlement of international disputes; and, fifthly, provide for a United Nations military force to suppress future attempts at military aggression. The isolationists have indicated that they will oppose the resolution.— 8.0.W.

SENATOR BALL’S CASE

WHY POLICY REMAINS UNCERTAIN Recd. 6 p.m. Washington, March 16. Formally introducing the Senate resolution committing Congress to international collaboration after the war, Senator Ball said that attempts to maintain peace through balance of power, diplomacy, imperialism, pacts, and treaties had all failed. Speaking for the four sponsors of the resolution. Senator Ball declared: “It is our conviction, which we believe is shared by an overwhelming majority of the American people and members of the Senate, that an organisation of peace-loving nations with authority and power to halt any future attempts at military aggression offers the best hope of maintaining peace and stability in the world after the war.” Senator Ball said the League of Nations failed largely because the United States was not a full partner in that effort to achieve lasting peace. He pointed out that uncertainty as to the post-war policies of Russia. China, and Britain stems directly from the fact that no one knows what the attitude of the United States will be. Ho believed the United States would prefer to participate in an organisation of nations dedicated to justice, democracy and fair treatment. “The only way to ascertain whether the Allies would join us in a collective effort is to ask them,” he said. “We cannot propose or ask effectively until the Senate has indicated its position.” He proposed that the Senate should define, in clear-cut terms, the foreign oclicy deemed best to serve the nation and promote stability and peace.