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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1855,
GERMAN UN SEAT IS MOOTED
UN Debate Must Wait For Question Reunification
Algerian
BID TO INCLUDE
IT ON AGENDA
New York, Sept. 27.
Of Country
New York, Sept. 27.
Brentano, West
Dr Heinrich von
the Secretary-
The United Nations German Foreign Minister, today told Mr General Assembly today
Hammarskjold, Dag debated whether to in- clude the Algeria issue General, that he would welcome member- in its agenda as pro-ship for Germany in the United Nations. posed by 13 countries of Dr von Brentano stressed to reporters the African Asian group. afterwards that he talked of "German The 15-nation steer membership" and added: "there is only ing committee last week one Germany." recommended against in- scribing the item.
Mr
Mahmoud Fawz, the Egyption Foreign Minister, began the discussion. He was to be followed by representa- lives of Pakistun, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabin and Norway.
Dr
von Brentano is
New York to take part tomorrow in the talks of the three Western Foreign Ministers preparatory to the Big Four conference with
the Soviet Union in Geneva on October 27.
Heading the agenda at the Geneva meeting is expected to Mr Fawzi rocalled that the be the question of German African Asian conterence at reunification and European Bandung inst spring Kave security. unequivocal support
The German minister the Algerians' case against Frence It WDB П challenge to wisdom of
to
the
of the United Nations consider the to request it to issue at this assembly.
said
he was "very hopeful" regard- ing his talks with the Western statesmen.
M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, while he was in New York, Dr von Brentane replied:
"I don't think so, because re- cently I had occasion to see him in Moscow,"
The minister said he had re- reception at ceived a a friendly and cordial United Nations headquarters and had recipro- cated on
of all tho behalt German nation in the Fame friendly spirit.
He sald Germany was parti
out- In the cularly interested come of the Geneva conference "1 am sure," he said, "that and that, as a state whose fate was being considered and de- the discussion will help
cided, he thought it right that prepare in a good sense the they were to be represented in France occupied the "free, Geneva conference,”
Geneva in the same way a7 dur- sovereign state of Algeria 125 Dr von Brentano made a years
ho ngo,
Now courtesy call on Mr Hamarsking the "summit" conference. Algeria was "sili struggling to jold and on the Prendent of
lis regula
sovereignty and the
General Assembly freedom, yet it was claimed be. now in session, Mr Jose Maza -fore the United Nations that it of Chile.
was not the concern of the Interviewed by reporters in world organisation and that it the had no warrant to intervene.
sold.
SYRIAN VIEW
Mr Rank Ashio, Syrian per- manost representative, said the inscription of Algeria was one of the most important problems that had ever come before the United Nations. It invoked some fundamental Issues and reflected all the cleavages, conflicts and stresses of "our time",
Mr Mohammed All, Paicistan's permanent representative, said Algeria was a problem of inter- which national importance merited the immediate consider allon of countries subscribing to the United Nations charter.
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RUSSIAN AIMS
Asked what would happen if the Soviet Union insisted on East Germany being invited,
Brentano lunge later, Dr too, Dr von Brentano said: "It'
said that it was "quite natural" that he spoke to Mr Hammarsjad of the member ship of Germany in the United Nations.
"I told the Scerotary-General that I would welcome Germany's membership, ur the organisa- tion," he adiled. “But I said
only one Germany." German membership. There is
HAMMARSKJOLD'S REPLY
is quite clear it will be the in- tention of the Soviet Union to bri bring the so-called German Democratie Republic negotiations and to help this democratic republle
so-called
into the
to achieve at least a de facto re- cognition.
"But think all German
Word In His Ear
The fifteen-year-old bride, Princess Ira Fuerstenberg, waits at the altar steps while her groom, Princé Alfonso argues with one of the photographers who almost halted the ceremony in the year's most publicised wedding in the 18th century church of San Sebastian in Venice, Italy. The phalanx of photographers was broken up by the irate father of the bride, Prince Tassilio, who, red-faced with anger, rushed up to them exclaiming: "Please, I implore you, my daughter must get married. Please leave the altar." Then the wedding went on. — Reuterphoto.
Truman Lifts
US
Politics
The (1940
Cork On Vintage)
Washington, Sept. 27.
Ex-President Truman tonight told how the late President Roosevelt tried to curb his political future in 1940 by encouraging one of Truman's principal foes in Missouri.
Truman served as Roosevelt's running mate in 1944. But it was a different story four years earlier when the Missouri Senator was fighting for his political life.
The ex-President, in the second instalment of his memoirs published parties are unanimously agreed by Life magazine, reported at length on his introduction into politics under
the auspices of the Pendergast machine in Kansas City:
Mat there is only one legiti- mate German government
on the basis of ciccted
da mocratic elections and that In the Federal Republic, which I represent."
Queried about the effect of
Eisenhower's President
Illness on the Geneva conference, Dr
von Brentano said all Germans were deeply concerned to learn of the President's indisposition and expressed the hope that
was a
The
really
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