Evening star., 1943-04-08
Freedom Of All People
Who Want Il Is Goal
OF Allies, We||es SAYS
State Official Sees
U. 5. Cooperation VitoI
To Preserving Peace
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

AADo r "A "
The goal Of the United Nations in
the present war must be the free
dom of every people that desires its
freedom" Assistant Secretary of
State Sumner Welles told an in
formal luncheon audience of men,
bers and friends of the Institute of
Pacific Relations at the Mayflower
Hotel yesterday afternoon.
In the years before the attack on
Pearl Harbor, Mr.. Welles declared,
"our own people would not realize
how their vital interests were in
volved in what was going on beyond
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
Now we are beginning to understand
that a bomb dropped on a Chinese
village Is a matter of concern to us.
1t is a sad thing that we did not
realize it sooner.
L. S. Must Share Responsibility.
The objective of peace for which
we are fighting will demand more
OF the great qualities of which man.
kind is capable than the winning of
the war itself. Such peace as we
wish to see achieved can come only
through some type of world organi-
zatton and If our own country as
sumes its full share of RESPONSE
bility"
DR.. A. Loudon, Netherlands Am
bassador, discussed the part which
the Dutch have played in the Pa
clf1c area since the 10th century
and forecast more rapid develop
ment Of cooperation, justice and
security as a result of the prevail
ing conflict
The Dominion of Canada was rep
resented at the luncheon by L. D.
Pearson, Minister Counsellor, who
explained that Canadians in gen.
eral have learned to think of their
country as having two sea coasts,
the Pacific as well as the Atlantic.
j. M. Ellzalde, resident commits
sloner Of the Philippines, urged the
meeting to remember that Japanese
propaganda must be having some ef-
feet in the occupied territories.
The official position that the front
in Europe is the only front is dis
couraging to the people OF the Philip
pines who now have no choice but to
believe that nothing can be done for
them before two or three years. he
said. Il very sincerely hope that the
effort in the Pacific very soon will be
just as strong as it is in the Atlantic
and North Africa"
Fears Neglect in Pacific.
Similar anxiety was expressed by
DR.. Sao-ke Alfred SEE, former AM
bassador Of China to Great Britain
and the United States
We are all in unison, wanting to
cooperate to bring the war to a vic
torious end" he said But you must
not neglect the Pacific theater. To
do so would be expensive in time, in
lives and in money"
Sir Ronald Campbell, British Min
lister to the United States, paid trib-
ute to the work OF the Institute of
Pacific Relations, especially the con-
ference at Mont Tremblant, Quebec,
last December.
The speakers were introduced by
Edward C. Carter, secretary general
OF the institute. Guests attending
included M. R. Semi Pramoj, Free
Thai Minister to the United States:
DR.. A. P. Tixier, Delegation du
Comite National Francois; G. C.
Cox. Charge dAffaires. New Zealand
Legation: Lauchlin Currie, admin
istrarive assistant to the President;
Stanley K. Hornbeck, adviser on po-
litical relations, Department OF State;
Maj. Gen. Frank R. Mccoy, presi-
dent. Foreign Policy Association: X.
c. Ii, president. Wah Chang Corp:
Raden Loekman Djajadiningrat,
chairman Netherlands Indies Coun-
Gil: Daniel Liu, Central News Agency
Of China.