The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-20
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Secretary of State Sumner Welles
and the delegates of Mexico, Co.
lombia and Venezuela, who present.
ed the anti-Axis resolution, confer
red at teh foreign Office today. Later
Argentine Foreign Minister Enrique
Ruiz Guinazu conferred with Aran-
ha, but virtually no progress was
made toward solution.
Authors Are Steadfast
The authors of the resolution re-
fused 10 alter their firm stand or to
accept an Argentine compromise
proposal that each country be per-
mitted TO break with the Axis when
and under what circumstances it
sees fit. Ruiz GuinaZu did not at
tend today's meeting of the sub
committee of the main hemisphere
committee, which has the severance
resolution, and Of which he is
member.
A high Chilean quarter said to-
day that fears of an Axis attack and
not economic reasons prevent Chill
can adherence to the resolution.
This source pointed out that Chile
has a small navy including only six
submarines, and that if the United
States would send two or more
cruisers, four destroyers and two or
three air squadronS, Chile would feel
sufficiently secure to join the sever
ance pact. This source, however, said
he recognized that the United
States was not in position to as
sign such q force at the present
time.
The Chileans said they would sign
the Argentine compromise reSolu-
ton providing freedom Of action as
to time and manner of the sever
ance, and that any nation not
breaking relations Immediately
would in all good faith, carry out
g. series of severe measures COM
pletely eliminating Axis activity
within its borders"
One Chilean resolution called for
hemisphere general staff consulta-
tons beginning March IS. 1t pre-
viously had been reported that such
meeting might be held in Wash
ington. Chile also presented reso-
luton condemning war reprisals
against civilians.
-Beiligerent Status
The committee on hemisphere de-
Tense forced a special Sub-commit-
tee to consider proposals to grant
non-belligerency status to Great
Britain and others OF the United
Nations, which would allow their
Warships to use all hemisphere ports
The Subcommittee also will con-
slider the United States resolutions
| FOR of c,,h1nrciun ot iuitioc
Lawrence M. c. Smith, chief of the
special defense unit of the Depart
ment of Justice, will sit on the sub
committee.
| The five ub-committees Of the
main economic committee met at
the foreign Office today to consider
various projects.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that
Ruiz GuinaZu has been told that he
must decide upon the severance OF
relations before Wednesday since
the deadlock has temporarily Shelly
ed consideration of other projects.
| Seventeen nations were determined
not to let Argentina compromise the
resolution intended to sweep the
Axis and its agents completely out
of the western hemisphere. Ten OF
these nations have already declared
war on the Axis, three have broken
diplomatic relations, and four are
ardent supporters of the resolution.
They made 1t plain that they
would not let Argentina prolong the
conference and force compromise
and, 1t was reported that they were
ready to pass resolution condemn
ing Argentina, if she persists in
stalling The United States, how
ever, was understood to be opposed
| to such resolution.
Atmosphere Changes
AS committees considered more
! than 100 projects and resolutions
for hemisphere defense in swelter-
ing Itamaraty Palace, the surface
atmosphere of sweetness and light
that had characterized Pan-Amer-
lean conferences for a century had
vanished under the realities of war.
The main committee will receive
it for rejection or approval Wednes-
day or Thursday, and that Will be
the deadline for Ramon S. Castillo
and Enrique Ruiz Guinazu, Argen-
tine acting president and foreign
minister, respectively, to make up
their minds.
AS of today, it was believed that
every American nation with the
possible exception of Argentina -
would approve it. Even Chile was ex-
pected to go along, although Chile's
delegation said last night that 1t
could not, after new Axis threats OF
reprisals, sign, because of the "un-
certain political" situation at home.
and because the United States
could not provide Immediately help
to defend Chile's long, exposed
coast.