Evening star., 1940-07-27
Accord Reached
On Colonies
Al Havana
Peace Subcommittee
Agreement Revealed
By Argentinion

fStory by Garnett D. Horner on
Havana conference on page A-30
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, July Enlargement by
q peace subcommittee on plan to
prevent European possessions in the
Western Hemisphere from falling
into different hands was announced
today by the Argentine chairman,
Leopoldo Melo.
DR.. Melo said only the writing of
final drafts and agreements were
necessary before the report is pre-
sented to the full Peace Commission
at pm
His announcement came after the
subcommittee had wrestled with the
knotty question of European possess
sions in the New World at a confer
ence lasting since early morning.
Solidarity Triumphed.
= 1t was regarded as highly signifi-
cant that the announcement came
from DR.. Melo, whose government
had been considered the chief
stumbling block to such an accord
The Argentines repeatedly had
Insisted they would do nothing to
offend European powers, who con-
sutute their best customers.
Il cannot say that the Argentine
thesis triumphed." DR.. Melo said
I'VE all made concessions. What we
can say Is that American solidarity
triumphed"
One delegate said the report prob
ably would embrace some sort of
resolution providing temporary ma
chinery for emergency action, pend
ing unanimous consent of all the
2l American republics.
Everything was ironed out per-
fectly,' said Miguel Angel Campo
OF Cuba, one of the chief protago-
nlsts for an agreement to the United
States proposal concerning Euro
pean possessions.
Meet In Hull'S Rooms.
The negotiators met at the un-
accustomed hour of am. in Secre-
tary OF State Hull's rooms, acceding
to his feeling that the conference
must abandon social activities, and
even sleep, in order to reach a work.
able compromise on the question of
foreign possessions.
The delegates, DR.. Melo, Mauricio
Nabuco of Brazil. Miguel Angel
Campo of Cuba and Narcisco Garay
of Panama. consumed pots of coffee
to stimulate them after their con-
ferences far into the night.
At the same time proposals to de-
Selop inter- American economy and
strike vigorously at fifth column
activities progressed through COM
nittees toward virtually certain
adoption.
Hull Calls Subcommittee.
Secretary of State Hull, striving
for unanimous agreement without
sacrificing vital objectives in the
United States suggestion of col
lective trusteeship" over the Euro
pean colonies, had called his Peace
Subcommittee into session to resume
efforts to satisfy Argentine objec-
tions.
The basic problem was Argen-
tinas reluctance to enter any broad
commitments on measures to meet
possible emergencies. The Southern
nation apparently was unwilling to
take action which might prejudice
her future trade relations with Eu-
rope.
On the other hand, the United
States and most of the other repub-
lies evinced strong desire to create
machinery for quick and decisive
action to meet any foreign threat
involving control of French, Dutch
or British possessions in the New
World. The United States advo-
Gates the trusteeship for any colony
threatened with transfer.
Three Point Plan Seen.
While the substance of the sub
committee agreement was not re-
vealed there were indications that
a three-point plan had been worked
out by the Peace Subcommittee,
calling for:
/. A general declaration express
Ing. the republics concern over the
future status of foreign possessions
and their determination to defend
this hemisphere.
2. Temporary machinery to deal
with attempts to transfer sover-
eighty or control of these possessions
to other non-A american states or to
acquire political domination by
other methods
8. An agreement embodying the
collective trusteeship" principle
Joint American control If any nation
found it necessary to adopt pre-
tSee HAVANA, Page A-3)