MR. JORDAN WINS GOLDEN OPINIONS

Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1946, Page 5

MR. JORDAN WINS GOLDEN OPINIONS

(Special Correspondent.)

IS GLAD HE WAS IN THAT LITTLE RUMPUS

Received Sunday, 7 p.m, LONDON, Aug. 17. That Mr. W. J. Jordan, in declaring he was tired of "quack, quaek, quack" at the Paris Conference and the Russian objections to France voting on j the Rumanian commission, was expressifig the views of. other delegations, can be inferred from the comment of the Times .special correspondent. He reported that most of tlie delegates were surprised and irritated at Mr. Vyshinsky's intervention. They had thought everything liad lieen settled in the conference ruies of procedure, Commenting on his remarks in Paris, Mr. Jordan said: "Certain countries were elected members of the committee. -New Zealand was one and when you meet under those circumstancei the flrst job is to elect a chairman. As soon as we got in .the huilding the Russians started to hold forth about the presence of France on the committee. rney reckonea ±rance snouia not De there. But the committee cannot expei oue of its members after it had been established. We could not get on with the election of a chairman and 'Mr. Vyshinsky kept on talking though it was the general opinion he was out of order. That caused a little rumpus I was delighted to be in," CONFERENCE A TRAGEDY Mr. jordan, commenting on the conference as a whole, said: "It is a tragedy. We have beeii there three weeks and we have done nothing except elect a chairman and appoint committees. "i'ne adiegations run into hundreds yet they are kept hanging about while a lot of aimless talking goes on. If we" were getting anywhere it would not be so had hut we are not. The *whole procedure is a slow and cumbersome business with every speech made three times — in English, French and Russian. When Signor de Gasperl made his address in Italian we had the whole thing four times." Mr. Jordan 's outspoken comments to Mr. Vysliinsky caused interest in London, the Daily Telegraph 's correspondent reigikEking . that. the Australian and 'New have ^.beett/earnijjg ,gdld'en:-.-.6pihibhs . in- Pari% ' It sjys ^r.' Tofdanvii eynn.nferb outspoken tlia.n Dr.* Evatt. The correspondent recalls the big part Mr. Jordan played in the League Assembly at Geneva when no man could have been more direct. Mr. Jordan could not see why Abyssinia should be expelled from the Leagup and won his way. "Ever since then Alr. Jordan has been sometliing of a liero with the small nations. He has always spoken his own rnind, He was as blunt today as he was when he became a London policema'n many years ago. This bluntness. however, goes with a soft voice and marked gentleness of manner. He hunts out people who come to London from all parts of the English-speaking world and he is a great favourite with meptbers of the Royal Empire Society. ' ' Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that the sharp outspoken protest by Mr. Jordan has had its effect — work on the Italian draft treaty is to he speeded up. All amendments challenging the Big Four draft decision on Trieste now have to he submitted to the Italian Political Committee by next Tuesday,