THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949.
U.S. WANTS NO MORAL COMMITMENT TO WAR
SENATOR CONNALLY MAKES PLAIN POLICY STATEMENT
Both
Washington, February 15.
ony
Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate today'
'"moral commit- served notice that they will not stand for _ments" to go to war in the North Atlantic Security Treaty.
The proposed treaty, intended to bulwark the west against attack from Russia, is now negotiated by the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands ond Luxembourg. The warning that the U.S, can not be committed in advance to fight in case of an attack on a for- eign nation was given by Sonator Connally, Toxas Democrat, Chairman of the Foreign Ro- lations Committee.
TURKISH MINISTER IN LONDON
CHURCHILL. VISIT TO AMERICA
London, February 14. The Conservative Party sald today that Mr. Winston Churchl. will sall for · private visit to the United States aboard the Queen Elizabeth on March 18.
Mr. Churchill will have only two forma! engage. mants during his visit, He will be the guest of Mr.
Bernard Baruch,
He will be the guest of honour
at a dinner ten. dorad by Mr. Henry Luce, editor of "Time" and "Life," in Now York 00
March 20 and will delivar an address at the
Mama. chusetts Institute of Tech- nology on March 31 Unit-
Defence Pact Mere "Scrap Of Paper"?
London, February 14,
Millions of Europeans were told by their newspapers today that the United States is trying to reduce the Atlantic defence pact in its final stagös to a more scrap of paper.
Europeans generally, and Britons especially, ore being bombarded with newspaper headlines which, if stripped to their real meaning, would
"The United States Welshes." say,
Partly because of the secret diplomacy surrounding negotia- tions, according to some West- ern diplomats, Europeans had been led to believe that the United States ja prepared to | make commuftinente în the "pact" ***] which actually It had never considered and can not make
ELECTION under its constitution. FIGHT IN LONDON
Today's headlines and editorials stemmed from two things:
1.
Reports that the United States wants to make its mili- tary commitment in the Atlantic London, February 14. Pact general and not precise. Tiic South Hammersmith, 2. The situation in the Scan- London, bye-election, in which dinavian countries, which are Senator Vandenberg, Michi- Į Senator Donnell asked: "Then Opposition Conservatives hope under pressure from the West to London, February 14. Mr. Necmeddin Sadak. Tur-gan Republican, spoke out in enn I understand you to mean to wrest a seat from the Gov-join the pact and from Russia to
Senate 'nfter Senator that there will not be any decis-
The blame for on stay out, kish Foreign Minister, called on the
Republican, hud on to fight without proper action ernment's Labour Party the
February 24, will be a straight situation is placed Foreign Secretary, Mr. O'Donnell,
by this body?" Ernest Bevin, this afternoon at raised the question.
Senator Vandenberg: "Correct." fight between the two parties. Mr. O'Donnell elted on Associn-
Senator William the Foreign Office for a review
Knowland (Republican) broke in to assert. Mr. W. T. Williams, 33, a kis- of the international situation ted Press despatch, which recited with special reference to Tur-the paints the Secretary of State, that the United States can on tory tutor at Oxford, was today satd:
longer be unmoved by an overt nominated as the Labour candi-US. Pledge watered down stul
date and Mr. Anthony Fell, 34-more." year-old engineer who, by a bye-
key's relationship to lantic Pact.
Mr. Acheson, s understood to have made in a recent talk with act of aggression anywhere. the Al-
Dr. Halvard Lange Foreign Minister, of Norway.
According to a usually reliable source, the must important mat ter discussed by the twe Forel Ministers was the extent to which the Atlantic Part powers could be assumed to be interested in the security of the Mediterranean States outside the Atlantic Pact,
such as Greece and Turkey,,
M. Sadak was expected to rats with Mr. Bevin the possibility of framing Mediterranean Unlon of Turkey, Greece, Italy, Franer sex Britain.
Britain
already ailled with Turkey. by the Anglo Turkish Alliance of 1939. Like the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Dr. Halvard Lange, who called on Mr. Bevin this morning, M. Sadak is understood to have Indicated interest In Joining the Council of Europe.
Before calling on Mr. Bevia formally, M. Sadak Junched with the Foreign Secretary at his pri vate residence. M. Sadak will fly to Paris tomorrow morning for the meeting.of the Council of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation..
Lange.
The
Valuable Talks
One of these points tbnt. although only Congress can de- clare war, the U.S. Government will subscribe to the principle
to the treaty will be an attack on that an attack on one signatory ed all
This would be interpreted, il was said, as a moral commitment to fight, Mr. O'Donnell said:
and now want to protest here about our country's being Bub- Ject to any moral commitment under which Congress would be bound to declare war.
Mr. Connally sold he will not favour any language in the pro- posed security agreement which would morally commit the U.S. to fight.
Very Plain
The Texas
Senator sald he
making it very plain to the Secretary of Stat that the
Relations Committee
"We cannot alt back twidd-election at Brigg, Lincolnshire Inst ling our thumbs while nation year, halved the Labour majority, alter nation in overrun by an as the Conservative candidate. aggressive power," he said. The bye-election was caused by the death of Mr. W. T. Adams, a Inbour Member, who at the had a general election in 1945 majority of 3,468 over the Con-
He added that, unless the Unit- States la prepared to take affirmative action. they might find the Iron Curtain extended servative. but perhaps beyond.-Associated the majority, numbers 41,000. not only to the English Channel The electorale, with women in
Reuter,
Press and United Press.
Views On
British
Atlantic Pact
London, February 14.
and Mr. Vandenberg have been No Government involved in the proposed North At- lantic Pact discussions has yet committed itself to any military obligations, Mr. Hector McNeil, Minister of State, said today when replying to questions in the House of Commons.
Foreign wlil not approve any sort of language In ลก international agreement which would com. mit us to go to war when some other country In Europe might be attacked.
He added that it will soon be Į possible to give the House some "Any European nation might information on the subject. altack another nation, not merely Mr. McNell assured the House
United States.
Princess Fools The Gossips
London, February 14.. Princess Margaret fooled London gossips tonight. She returned from a three-day week-end at the country estato of a 31-year-old friend and then went to the Opera with another beau.
Escorted by Julian Fane. 21- this year-old son of
of the Earl Westmoreland, entirely on
Princess Mar garet attended a performance of "Carmen" pt Covent Garden with Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The party sat in the sixth row.
The "Dally Express" headline
"Atlantic Pact Cris
Watered Down
The "Daily Mail" called on the British Government to give Nor- way military guarantees which, it sold, the US, had refused.
Princess Margorel set London agog on Friday when she journey- ed to the family estate of Mr. Tom Egerton for the week-end. hart bren seen with the She
In the Cold- former Captain stream Guards several times in London and he recently took her to the circus.
"The Scotsman," of Edinburgh. said in a despatch from Washing-
But this was the first time fnction in European ton that there is intense dissails-
circles at she had met his parents, Com- the last-minute American
mander Hugh Egerton pro-
fro- posals lo limit U.S. commitments.
tired), naval officer and local Justice of the Peace, and Mrs. Murial Egerton, who live in a 22-bedroom country homa Sussex,
"the view expressed here ip that the proposals water down what was intended to be a full and forthright military alliance into a loss powerful Instrument comparable in some respects to the ill-fated Kellogg Past," It said,
The "Manchester
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The Princess and Mr. Egerton went to the races on Saturday afternoon, to a dance that night and to Church on Sunday.
Today they drove back to Guardian" | London, accompanied by her said:
mald and 3 detective-United The
United States
can Press. hardly be proud of some recent passages. Ils
ap- parent retreat behind the shelter of the Senate's authority should have been avoidable and much i misunderstanding in Europe been prevented. The United States military ald provisions in the should have forced the pace
ould not Atlantic Pact and the condi- if it
not able to
Nairobi, February 14. produce tions to be fulfilled before the the goods"
Kenya will send an unofficial "The Times," more friendly in observer, appointed by the
month's talks at Victoria Falls
organisation) to
pact comes into force.
does,
That is not
DO YOU KNOW
NEW DOMINION IN AFRICA
to consider the amalgamation
the
of Rhodesia and Nyasaland into
a Central African Dominion."
The conference, called by Sir Geoffrey Huggins, the Southern Rhodesian Prine Minister, will be
representatives of Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasa land.
the one country about which we that though it is not yet certain
"If Mr. Hughes is afraid the its attitude, said: "Historically, Electors' Union (a settlers' poli- The Foreim: Office tonight re-hear so much talk," Mr. Connnt-what form the pact will take, it British Government will not pro- perhaps, the European countries tical leased a joint communique on they said in an obvious reference will be consistent with the pur-perly protect the position of this have been inclined to sign pacts
this talks between Mr. Bevin and to Russia.
poses and the principles of the country he may be assured that and to think what they mean Mr. Vandenberg said he ex-United Nations Charter.
they
will do that as well as he afterwards. communique saic: "The pects the pact to reserve to Con-
Asited whether Ere is to be
Mr. McNell added. (Mr. American way."-United Press. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Bress the complete right of de-invited to join the Atlantic Pact
Hughes 15
isa pacificist.) Affairs, accompanied by the Nor- cision on what to do about an discussions. M. McNeil replied Asked by Mr. Hughes again wegian Ambassador and by M. armed attack.
that it is not possible in the pre will not enter into military com- for an assurance that Britain Oscar Torp, Chairman of the
Observing that there would be sent state of the negotiations to mitments under this part before YOUR HONG KONG? attended by official and unofficial Norwegian Labour Party, callest no automatic commitment, he say which countries on Mr. Bevin at the Foreign Office added,
will even-full however: "obviously, tually be likely to join the pact. similar military commitments this morning. A general discus-something is meant by a general He made no reply when asked are entered into by the United slon took place on the security of assertion that we find common whether the defence of Elre Is Hughes will have to wait for the At
Sintes, Mr. McNell sald Mr. the countries in the North At-¦ interest in our mutual safety."
not a very important item in the Jantle area and on A defensive
defence of Western Europe and
publication of a draft of the pact within the framework of
An Assurance
whether
Eire intends to defendi pact-Reuter, Article 51 of the United Nations
"In my opinion," Mr. Vanden- herself, berg said, "the mere formal re- Mr. McNell further stated that
WEDDING PARTY : This discussion was very valu- cognition of this community of the
Foreign Secretary, able in promoting a full under-interest in the event of an arm-Ernest Bevin, is onxious to make
TRAGEDY * standing of the respective printsed attack on the Atlantic coma statement on the pact as soon
Ancona, February 14, of view of both Governments."
munity--without another word as possible, when the state of the Seven people were killed and Reuter.
in the treaty-would be an in- negotiations has reached a con- 25 injured last night when finite assurance against World clusive stage.
wedding party coach fell 200 War 111"
down labour, foot
凸 precipice
Charter,
TOMMY HANDLEY'S
ESTATE
London, February 14. Tommy Handley, who began broadcasting as an unknown and became Britain's best-love radlo comedian, loft £63,181.
Mr. Emry Hughes,
Mr.
near
He expressed beller that Iri -asked what British proposals Grenga, on the road between such notice of Interest had have been made to the United Fabriano and Ancona, on the existed at the time, it would
States about the inclusion of Adriatic coast of Italy-Reuter. have prevented the two pre- vious wars.
The Danger Mourned by thousands when ho Senator Vandenberg soid died on January 8, Tommy, left as far as he is concerneti, en- most of the money to his wife. forcement of provision of the £100 to his North Atlantic alliance will be He bequeathed beather John and £1,000 and a based on the self-determination house at Liverpool, in itruat, for principle laid down in the Wes- his mother-Reuter.
tern Hemisphere security pact.
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