1951-01-12 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1951.

EMPIRE TALKS ON FAR EAST Bevin Explains Britain's Policy On Recognition

Emergence Of New Proposals ISOLATION

For Settling Crisis

DULLES

MISSION

TO JAPAN

Washington, Jan. 11. The State Department an- nounced today that Mr John Foster Dulles would soon head a high level State and

Defence Department mission to Tokyo to consult with

General Douglas MacArthur,

and Japanese leaders on the peace treaty.

Other official sources said it was expected Mr Dulles would leave in about 10 days.

The Department said the Pre- sident had appointed Mr Dulles his special representative, with the personal rank of Ambassa- dor, to conduct on behalf of the United States such further dis- cussions

as

and negotiations may be necessary to bring the Japanese peace settlement to a successful conclusion eventually

1

London, Jan. 11.

POLICY ATTACKED

Washington, Jan, 11. Republican Senator Henry

The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, has explained to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers that developments in Korea may even- Cabot Lodge Jr. said in a tually force Britain to agree to the United States policy toward Communist Senate foreign policy speech China, reliable sources said on Thursday.

today, "We must make up our minds that if the Ruhr and

These sources emphasised that it will still be some time until such Japan were to fall the whole change in Britain's China policy can take place.

Britain is opposed to the American demand that China be branded an aggressor at this stage by the United Nations.

strategic picture would become almost inconceivably serious.

"These are the two great still in the free world. If the The Prime Ministers made Ruhr and the great shipyards

One source said: "Mr Bevin still means to go on wealth should make one great industrial potentials which are trying to secure an exchange of ambassadors with Peking, effort to initiate peace talks, bring Communist China into the United Nations, and win the support of other nations for these two steps."

London, Jan. 11. The Commonwealth Prime Ministers meeting here regard their

plan for Mr Bevin is believed to hold Four" meeting on the Korean a "Big that the prime aim at the pre- crisis as a supreme effort

to effect

to sent jundure is cease-fire which would prevent and the West, according to China which might observers in London. war with head to World War III.

a

Chinese advance in Korea means But these sources said: "The the day is approaching when this programme must be recon- sidered."

new

bridge the gulf between China

The United States agreed to the the principle of direct talks on Communist China and Britain, Far East with Russia,

it was understood. preferred that they should be But she attempted through the United Nations.

which

contact with their delegations at of Western Europe were taken Lake Success and examined by a hostile aggressor it would various peace proposals already not be long before our present before the three-man Unitea ascendancy in air Nations Cease-Fire Committee.

and naval power would be neutralised." They then concluded that if He added, "Anyone who is ful must be acceptable to both air and naval supremacy should any proposal was to be success a strong advocate of American the United States and China,

realise that the prime reason for maintaining that supremacy DIRECT APPROACH is to prevent aggressors from The Prime Ministers decided intervening in the finally

Ruhr and direct and major approach to tionism by America,

that there must be a Japan. This is not interven-

meeting the poblem through a Big Four simply an attempt to hold whai It is

would cut we already have...To say we Mr. Dulles, Republican policy

complications. through preliminary legalistic will not extend any help, to - Ten day's adviser to the State

ago, Sir Oliver Depart-

nations of Europe Franks, Britain's ment, has been carrying on pre- to Washington, was

until they Ambassador

The Commonwealth, statesmen are completely strong and do liminary discussions on a treaty to ask whether the United States instructed

then sounded American A Commonwealth conference | tions to direct talks on the Far a sick man that we would not reac- not need our help is like telling with other nations of the 13-

was going to hold a line in spokesman, replying questions East between Russia, Communist give him his medicine until he country Far Eastern Commis-

Korea.

tonight, said that it was gen- China, the sion since last September.

United States and has recovered."-United Press. The United States replied iterally assumed that the pro-Britain. State Department officials believod a line could be held posals now being talked about hoped to arrange, through and it meant to hold it. The would have priority over any the principle of Far Eastern dis- manent organisation on a minis- The United States agreed to against a suggestion that a per- General MacArthur, for con-location of this line is secret. proposal to brand Communist cussions but preferred that these terial level should be created sultations with Japanese politi- Mr Bevin told the Common-China as an aggressor. cal, religious and educational wealth countries that Britain

should be attempted through for considering the pooling and United Nations machinery. leaders to get their ideas on would support such American what should be in the Japanese efforts.

allocating of strategic and scarce An official communique issued the after today's peace treaty. They intended to

raw materials. Commonwealth meeting made no talk to political leaders of all

the plan. shades of opinion, in addition to the Party of the Prime Minister, Shigeru Yoshida.

Official sources estimated that the mission would be in Japan only a few weeks. Their main purpose would be to get a better idea of what final recommenda- tions to make to Président Truman and to the Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, con- cerning the treaty. United Press.

Nehru Host To Ministers

INDIA OPPOSED

He said, however, it was no longer that a line could be held if the retreat in Korea con tinued.

The Commonwealth Prime Ministers' general aim was to "get the Powers talking" spokesman said.

The spokesman indicated that the Commonwealth statesmen had not sent any combined pro- posal to the United Nations at Lake Success.

In that case the Chinese offen. sive would be no "mere local incursion" but an invasion of South Korea exactly like that of the North Koreans last June,

These sources said: "If the Chinese drove the United Nations

forces into

the sea, Britain would be forced to consider meeting. whether it could continue her present policy."

The attitude of the other Commonwealth countries to this possible shift in Britain's position is not known, but India reported to be trying to persuade Britain to hold to her present policy.--United Press.

was London, Jan. 11. Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, gave à luncheon party today to which he invited Mr Herbert Morrison, the Labour Party leader in the House of Commons, Viscount Addison, his counterpart in the House of Lords, Mr G. H. Strauss, Minister of Supply, and Mr J. H. Wilson, President of

the Board of Trade.

the Prime

reference to

Pakistan, particularly, urged that the review of the capital

morning

It said, "At their meeting this goods supply position should be took up again various questions

Ministers included in the Committee's

work. relating to the Far East.

The Commonwealth Liaison "In the afternoon the Prime Committee was set up by the Ministers gave

further consi- Commonwealth Finance Minis- deration to the methods ofters during their secret Balke consultation in relation to world here in July, 1949. shortages."

The raw

But hey had sent broadly similar instructions to their country's representatives there. FAIRLY. HOPEFUL The Prime Ministers, whose

materials proposal 10-day conference is due to end placed before them by a com- tomorrow, did not discuss a re-inittee of their senior officials ported now peace offer from the recommended

measures for Pelving Government

at today's exchanging economic informa-

tion on raw materials The Prime Ministers

within were the Commonwealth. fairly hopeful that the new plan to be put forward at Lake Suc- that there should be a periodic The proposal also laid down cess might in due course bring review of the about a cease-fire in Korea, ac- cording to the spokesman.

The Commonwealth was not particularly wedded to the idea of only a four-Power confer- errce for the cease-fire and did not exclude the possibility of five Powers or even all the participants in the Korean war taking part, the spokesman said,

formulation of any out at Lake Success and all the plan would have to be worked

Final

Governments concerned would to their representatives. then have to send instructions

had been given by the Prime General backing in principle Ministers in London.

NEW APPROACH

London, Jan 11. Ministers plan for a

The Commonwealth Prime new ap- proach to the settlement of the reach a decisive stage in their Far East conflict is expected to secret discussions here today. Mr Nehru was later enter- tained by the India League at were resumed this morning after Talks on China and Korea a reception. Tonight he was a one-day switch to other sub- meeting the heads of Depart- jects. It was known here that ments at India House. This was the starting point for the Korea- be followed by a supper China talks was the six point given to about 100 guests' by the High Commissioner, Mr V. K. forward by the British Foreign plan, shaped by the leaders of

HOW PLAN EMERGED formulation of principles put It was understood that the Krishna Menon. Reuter.

Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin.

Quarters close to the

Britain, Canada, New Zealand con-South Africa, ference believed that as a re- Ceylon and Southern Rhodesia. India, Pakistan, sult of the talks, more far-emerged in the following man-

had now ner: emerged. High level exchanges When the talks had been taking place between Commonwealth

began the Britain

found itself and America on the divided on the question of re- United States and Common-cognition of the Chinese Com- wealth points of view.

munist Government and Its

to

Woman May Be reaching suggestions

Rabbi

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Meridian, Mississippi, Jan. 11.

The appointment of the first woman spiritual leader of In view of the meeting of the representation on the United Jewish congregation in the 5,- United Nations Political Com- Nations, Britain. India, Pakis 711-year history of the Jewish mittee at Lake Success later tan and Ceylon favour recogni faith was disclosed tonight.

Australia, New Zealand. Officials of the Temple Beth today, a decision was believed on.

and Canada Israel here announced that Mrs imminent in the efforts to find South Africa

a formula William Ackenman Sr. had ac-

which would meet against it, America's

But all were agreed that cepted

views and a call to succeed her

have a late husband, Rabbi William reasonable chance of considera would be unwise to allow the Ackerman Sr. as head of the tion by China,

area of conflict in the Far East The Far

to be enlarged. - Eastern question, congregation.

The title of Rabbi was not was the only important item In view of the worsening

situation and bestowed immediately upon Mrs left on the agenda of the Prime International Ackerman. Officials of the Ministers' ten-day conference, American circular urging that temple said that would have to which was expected to end to Communist China should be decided by the Union of morrow with a short discussion branded an aggressor unless she American Hebrew Congrega- and the issue of a communique, agreed to a Korean cease-fire tions.--Umited Press.

Reuter

they decided that the Common.

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It consists of experts attached to the Dominions' High Com- missions in London.

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Its functions originally were survey problems resulting from the dollar shortage in the Commonwealth countries of the Sterling Area and the study of sterling gap. ways of reducing the dollar-

The Prime Ministers' confer-

supplies from industrialised ence is due to end tomorroW, Commonwealth countries to the and an agreed official communi-

material producing and que will be issued.-Reuter. lesser developed Commonwealth nations.

raw

The officials drafted this pro- posal after a two-hour meeting late last night.

This regular review of the capital goods questions and the position of world raw materials

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