Evening star., 1943-11-01
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

dIIel lllt Wal 10 MAINTAIN Jl(
peace and to seek ablishment
at the earliest practicable
date of a general internatiOna
organization to safeguard the
worlds security.
That is The chief fruit Of tht
Moscow conference OF foreign Secre.
taTies, whose actions we're an.
n0unCed today III Washington. by
Acting Secretary of state StettinluS
and IN London and Moscow Secre.
tary Of State Hull signed the four
power collective security agreement
for the United States in MOSCOW.
The four powers committed them
selves to fight against their enemies
until unconditional surrender. Thus
the Soviet Union spiked recurring
runors that it would seek separate
peace with Germany.
Five agreements Reached.
Living up fully to President Roose
ve!t.o 0ecldT2Uou that the MOSCOW
meeting had been a sweeping sue
CeSe, tho conference. carrying the
United states lutnc. INTO the
stream Of world adairs than ever III
It's history. brought forth five docu-
mcnts.
! The f0ur-pOWer pact whose
proposed international organization
would be open to membarsnlD b.
all peace LOVING nations, large and
small.
2. A lont CommlmiQue. annornc-
Ing the establishment in London Of
a European Advisory Commission
to deal with European questions
arising As the war develops --ap-
parently among them boundary diff
cultleS like those potentially relating
to Poland and the Baltic ~oppblIcs-
as we'll as the creation Of IN Ad-
visorV Council for Italv and DC
C1SiOn 10 take steps for closest mill
tary cooperation in the future
among the United State Brita n
and Russia
). A declaration on Italy. calling
for the demoCra tizauon of Italian
national and local governments as
soon as Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower
commander IN chief, on the basis of
instructions received from the Com
bined Chiefs of Staff Committee.
deems it advisable.
Fascist Chiefs to Be Arrested.
Fascist chiefs and army generals
known or suspected to be war Grim
lnals shall be arrested and handed
over to justice" the declaration says
4 A declaration on Austria. prom
Using its liberation from German
domination and inviting the Aus
trianS to rise now to harass the
Nazis.
; A statement by President Roose-
welt, Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stain on atrocities. giylno
fun WARNING" that Germans re-
$DonSlblo for atrocities will bc sent
back to the countries in which their
sbomlnab'c deeds were done" for
judgment.
The most important paragraph
from the viewpoint of American
policy in the four-poWer declara-
ton is paragraph !, which SAYS:
The governments of the United
States Of America, United Kingdom
the Soviet Union and China =
Jointly declare that their united
action, pledged for the prosecution
Of the wal against their respective
enemies. Will he continued for the
organization and maintenance OF
peace and security"
Frank Disc ISsionS Held
The participants in the confer
ence held frank and exhaustive dis
cuSsiOns Of the measures to be taken
to shorten the war against Germany
and her satellites in Europe the
joint COnnuniQUe said
IN an atmosphere OF mutual con-
fCcncc and understanding which
characterized all the work OF the
conference the COmmuniQue said
consideration was also given TO
other important questions.
These included not only queS-
tlOnS Of a current nature. but also
questions concerning treatment OF
Hijlcrite Germany and its satellites.
economic cooperation and 2ssur-
anco Of general peace.
The COnmunique throws no light
on whether the conference is to be
followed by meeting among MI
Roosevelt, MI Churchill and Pre-
mler Stain, Such a Meeting has
been suggested as a possible result
of the Moscow conference
Decisions apparently were not
taken on the problem of how to dea
with Germany after the war, what
to do about Finland and other pend
ing questions.
Phases of Collaboration Stressed.
The four power declaration tc
which MI. Hull put his signature fol-
the United States sends the United
States much farther along the road
of international collaboration than
the pending Connally resolution il
the Senate or the Fulbright resolu-
tion passed by the House
How Congress Will greet this eX-
treordinary commitment Is yet to be
seen. The tour-poWer declaration
has seven points and long pre-
amblc, and the whole document
stresses various phases of Joint col
latOra ION,
When he issued the documents
NJ. StettlnluS told neWSpapcrmen:
The American people owe a debt
of gratitude to Secretary Hull fol-
his magnificent contribution to the
success Of the Moscow Conference.
The inclusion of China III the most
far-reachlng decision made at the
conference-calling for postwar COL
labOration among the powers-came
as a surprise.
The conference convened October
l9 as tripartite meeting. The
fourpoWer agreement was signed
for China by the Chinese Ambas-
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