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THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1945.
MOLOTOV STICKS TO GUNS
Declines Blame For Breakdown
WANTS MIKADO'S
ABDICATION
Chicago, Oct. 4.
Brig. Gén, Carlos Romulo, Philippines resident com- missioner in Washington, anid to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention to-day: "There can be no peace in the Pacific unless every vestige of militarism in the Japanese heart elfaced, and that can only be done LE Hirohito is forced to alaticate and then is tried as a war criminal." --Aciated Press.
Demand In China For Democracy
is
Four Ministers
Give Statements
LONDON, OCT. 4.
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THE SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER, M. MOLOTOV — ONE - Applications should be mado to: OF THE FOUR OF THE BIG FIVE FOREIGN MINIS-tho Botanical and Forestry Scation, TERS TO EXPLAIN YESTERDAY JUST WHY THE 1st flo, Hong Kong & Shanghai COUNCIL FAILED SAID TO THE HUGE GATHERING Bank Building. OF PRESSMEN IN THE ORNATE SURROUNDINGS OF THE SOVIET EMBASSY: "NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS."
T. R. ROWELL,
Colonal
Contral Executive Branch.
SHOWING TO-DAY
HOWEVER, HE SPRANG A SURPRISE WHEN HE SAID Hong Kong. Ooto1o- 3rd, 1945,
THAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA HAD REACHED AN AGREEMENT ÔN THE TREATY WITH FINLAND, AND THAT A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ON TREA- TIES AFFECTING ITALY, RUMANIA, BULGARIA AND HUNGARY HAVE BEEN SETTLED BY BRI- TAIN, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
All four Foreign Ministers. I palus to outline the extent of the M. Molotov, United States agreement reached and also em- Secretary of State. Mr. James phasised the Soviet wish for future collaboration with the Western Byrnes, French Foreign Minis
Allies. ter M. Georgen Bidault and the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang-only
the British For Pign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Revin, has been silent on the conference-were at London, Oct. 4.
pains te The Communist newspaper point out that the failure of the "Daily Worker",
commenting conference did not necessarily yesterday on the establishment of an All-Party Political Council in mean the end of the meeting
of the foreign ministers,
Chungking, writen:
Today, the demand for unity: and democracy has become univer Rel
BOON, after M. among the Chinese, not only In Soviet but also in Kuo
Chinn.
Moreover, only
unity and democracy can Chinn advance economically, and
the living standards of her
"The three demands. for
and
raise
people.
democracy conomic develop
NOT BINDING?
The force uf M. Molotov's denial that any declsion had been reached by the Council was to suggest that the agreement rench- ed on September 11 was not binding.
This agreement modified the Potsdam Declaration ou pro- cedure, which limited the presence of members of the Council to a discussion of peace termin.
They had themselves been signatories
to the armistice,
Mr. Byron declared that the Council may meet agair Moiolov has consulted Generalissimo Star 1. All four foreign minis ters have now left for their bad been respective homes by air.
M. Molotov disclosed thai
there has been an exchange of "three prin correspondence between the of the Governments, of PT. Sun Yat- heads
the United States and
ment are the ―ciples" ΠΡΑΣ,
founder
ого
the
M. Molotov's exposition followed | aress conference by the United States
in Secretary of State which ho said that the Counci
Auspended merely be- CALE of a misunderstanding of
Cause
the interpretation of the Potak Agreement. While useful was done by the Council it was fair that the meeting should be Appended when one of the part elpants was not able to agree on frst direct cun. a point without sultation with leis Government.
EUROPE'S CONCERN
the opinion of the United States that there could be no
all no everlasting pence unlesa tions who gave their sons in the
Republic, proposed that the Re-Russia. publie should be built.
The only reference M "They
still universally
Molotov made to the Far Eas accepted by the people As the
was when he said: "Unfortun It fact, only bosis for action. In
not discuss the the Kuomintang has claimed these ately, we did thren
Allied Control principles the basis of question of an
д
"Reuter. its policy: while the Communist Council for Japan." Party Democratie League (a great Mr. Byrnes's solution was rass Inbvement formed in 1941 as
to the exclusion of China on bloc of smaller
malters provided partion and political groups with
tu
Oght for liberty should have some say in framing the peace settle.
believed that He inent. the
ference should be called which
W
democraticceria would agree to a larger id include all the nations o
the purpose of intensifying the conference
of the nations. This war against Japan) and other was turned
down. Molotov. progressive orvanisations stand while agreeing in principle, said talk for true carrying out of thear that he must first
personally with his Government. Hrinciples.
QUISLINGS
LAST MINUTE PLAN
last M. Molotov's
minute pro- To-day. retion certain pro-Japanese treacherous created a more favourable atmos- elements stand in the way realising unity and democracy in Chien,
the defeat Japan.
theae have lost their only support and can no longer carry out their splitting activities with any home of soccean.
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Europe which
which made substantial contributions to the European war. China's Foreign Minister said: "Out
desire is te gee collaboration vur among
the five Powern of the Council consolidated and outweigh all other considerations.
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The French Foreign Minister LEE THEATRE
the reactionary only of the Kuomintang and Posal which, he said, would have
phere for friendly, France breaking up of the Council's first
and with
"These Chinese 'quialin are still trying to exert some influence in China's nolicy but the upper ters of prorean are now stronger than ever before.
"Generalissimo Chian", anenk
America. Britain,
Waa thu,
also refused to recognise that the
and hins should sign the pre-session meant that no results had r that the Council toce. "of decisions adopted by the been obtained
was doomed to fallure. He at five Ministers.
ritain, America and
tributed the Council's inability to Russia alone were tu sign the protocol reach an agreement to a reason other than the difficulty which regarding treaties with Rumania
Britain arose around questione on the Bulgaria and Hungary:
The conflict which en- and Russin alone to sten th Bgenda. and bas
erged during the last day's war decisions on the Finland Treaty.
M. Molotov declared: "If it isntially between the view that the of maintaining demanded from me that I break the system
Decision of the Berlin
powers in the hands of these thre ing to the people on September or violate
nations in whose hands the war 3. on the victory over Japan sail the three Powers, and if one says
had been almost exclusively con "We must now bring in democracy that unless I do that he cannot ducted and those who were and constitutionalism and esta- agree with me on other questions,
favour of wider
ณ then I shall reply that it is not
Co-operation blish national unity."-Router.
for the making of peace. the habit of the Soviet Union to
M. Bidault considered violate its obligations and do
that n that.
the admission of France to the not recommend others to do Russia is true to her word and
Council
represented a step to wards the broadening of inter- she has never regretted it. The
national responsibility in the next step is a question on which Tokyo, Oct. 4.
all Ministers have got to reflect' peace discussion.
POTSDAM AGREEMENT The Japanese cotton spinning
based M. Molotov
the Soviet association reported to-day that
of which by only case the rejection war left Japan with
the
JAPANESE COTTON INDUSTRY DROPS
I
39 cotton mills compared with other delegates caused yesterday's
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in 1987. Spindles dropped breakdown of the first session of from nearly 14,000,000 to 3,090,- the
000. Romaining plants are operat- Potsdam Agreement.
Το support this M. Molotov
arguments;
the Council-quarely on the Potsdam ing at only one-third of capacity, processing 15,000 to 20,090 balea adduced two main
yorn monthlyAssociated Firstly, that the Foreign Minis- ters had no power to over-ride the agreement reached by the heads of States; secondly, the signed agreement was a binding Agreement.
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as compared with what was contained in the Berlin
Decision,
The Boviet Union fully respect- ed the rights of France and China
in
France firmly believed not only that she should participate in such discussions but that other Interest- ed parties should be admitted.-- Router.
U.S. Strike Wave Spreads
NEW YORK, OCT. 4.
· THE UNITED STATES STRIKE WAVE SPREAD
·YESTERDAY TO THE SOFT COAL INDUSTRY AND NOW INVOLVES ALTOGETHER 426,000 WORKERS. SO SERI- OUS IS THE COAL SITUA- TION THAT THE GOVERN MENT HAS PROHIBITED ALL COAL DELIVERIES EX- CEPT TO ESSENTIAL SER- VICES. SOME STEED MILLS HAVE ALREADY CLOSED.
Thousands of people went without bread yesterday in New Jersey as strikers, station- ed at bridge and tunnel on- trances, preyented bread from being brought into the State.
One strike was settled yeater, day when longshorcamen from
Motor Boats & Water Craft and the Soviet Union was the to work after a two-day walk-
members of the Security Coun- New York City plers, returned
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