VIOLATION OF PACTS BY THE SOVIET

Grey River Argus, 31 May 1948, Page 5

VIOLATION OF PACTS BY THE SOVIET

United States Quotes Thirty-seven Cases (Rec. 7.35). WASHINGTON, May 29. The State Department to-aay disclosed thirty-seven specific instances of violations of pacts by Kussia. The list was submitted to Congress and to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the request of thirtynine of the Senators. The violations concerned the Russian disregard of the pacts concerning Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe, Korea, and Manchuria. In connection with Germany, the State Department listed ten violations, including charges; (1) That the Soviet had steadfastly blocked the Four Power efforts to treat Germany as a single economic unit. (2) That the Soviet had coerced and oppressed non-Communist political parties. (3) That the Soviet authorities had choked off freedom of speech by suppression, by intimidation and by terrorism. For Austria there were seven violations cited, involving the introduction of impediments to Austrian economic and political activity. The list also cited the Russian abrogation of the Yalta and the Potsdam Agreements in connection with the Polish elections, by interfering in that country’s internal affairs. The Department cited numerous examples to support its charge that Hungary, Bulgaria, and Rumania have been subverted by Russia to totalitarianism. Four violations are listed for Korea in connection with the Soviet refusal to foster the political and economic unity of that country. In the case of Manchuria, the Soviet was indicted for its removal of the military supplies and of other material resources, and its obstruction of the Chinese reoccupation.

Soviets Veto Fine is Overrated by International Court (Rec. 10.5). NEW YORK, May 29. The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, M. Gromyko, indicated to-day that the Soviet Union would disregard an advisory opinion given by the International Court at The Hague. This is the first such opinion given in its history. The Court has ruled,, in effect, that Russia has gone beyond the bounds of the United Nations Charter in making Italy’s membership of the United Nations membership to be conditional upon acceptance of . Finland, Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary as members. The International Court is not authorised to make interpretations of the U.N.O. Charter, said M. Gromyko. “That has been our stand and our position”. He said that all of the applications for membership that were involved, at the time of the vetoes made against Italian and Finnish membership should be considered at some time again, maybe before the session of the U.N.O. General Assembly. The United Press says: Some delegates at Lake Success have hailed the International Court’s opinion as a strong support of their campaign to have some of the Big Power veto rights voluntarily eliminated from the Charter. Critical Period for U.N.j says New Zealand Minister MONTREAL, May 28. The New Zealand' Minister in Canada (Mr James Thorn), addressing the Royal Empire Society last night, said that although the United Nations was now in a “seriously critical period which, with its limited authority, it has no power to control”, the organisation must be accepted bymankind if mankind were to avoid a “war so terrible as to bring widespread destruction to the richest parts of the earth and death to millions”. He urged the nations to rise above power politics and see themselves not as entities exercising sovereign rights, but as members of the human family. Mr Thorn explained the New Zealand social security system, and commented on forty-minute film of New Zealand life. Four hundred prominent Montreal citizens were at the meeting. Soviet Charges Against U.S.A. in Japanese Waters WASHINGTON, May 28. The United States has rejected Russian protests, - claiming that American aircraft had interfered with Soviet shipping off Japan. A i-eply to various Soviet Notes of protest was delivered to the Russians by the American Embassy in Moscow onTuesday last. The State Department said the Soviet had objected to more than 50 cases alleged interference. The departme/,-.c said: “Neither in the Russian Notes nor in direct investigation by the American authorities has there been evidence of such interference. “General MacArthur usges air, army and naval forces to prevent smuggling ar/l _ illegal entry into Japan. Low flying, within the limits of safety, in conducing this off-shore patrol, is absolutely necessary for recognition purposes.” Soviet Minister Leaving U.S.A. WASHINGTON, May 28. The Soviet Ambassador to the United States (Mr Alexander Panyushkin- a’.noiuiced after a visit to the State Department that he had informed the Under-Secretary of State (Mr Robert Lovett) that he planned to return to Moscow for a brief visit to receive new instructions on the continuation of negotiations about the Soviet’s 16,600,000,000dollar lend-lease debt. Mr Panyushkin said Russia was doing everything possible to reach an agreement. SOVIET OFFICIAL DECIDES TO RETURN BERLIN, May 29. Colonel T’assoev, who was formerly in cahrgn of the Soviet Reparation Mission at Bremen, who arrived as a “refugee” in Britain on May 6, changed his mind and went back to the Russians on May 20, says an official announcement.