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thaC Russia mad won concessions for
the international Council in bar
gaining for settlement of Korean
and Manchurian problems. Some
observers said they considered it a
Russian victory to the detriment of
the other Allies.
People like and trust Macarthur
said one japanese newspaperman
Now they feel that some of his pol
icies will be changed by the Russians
and the Chinese. They have long
been taught to fear and mistrust
both countries"
Apprehension over the fate of HI
rohito and the emperor system ap-
peared to increase, as the japanese
recalled that both Russia and China
had previously proposed eliminating
the system.
Cabinet Sees Foreign Minister.
The French cabinet decision to re-
serve acceptance of the conference
peace treaty proposals was made
after a session with Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault.
The Foreign Office spokesman de-
scribed Mr.. Byrnes as having back.
ed down" from his position at the
flve-power London Conference o.
Foreign Ministers favoring a French
voice in the Balkan settlements.
| The spokesman also said France
was disappointed in the role allotted
to her on the Far Eastern Commits.
sion, saying it left her without tn.
power of veto which she enjoys or
the United Nations Security Council
The overall agreement for con.
GLIDING peace treaties, set forth by
the ministers communique, was de.
scribed as antidemocratic in French
eyes, which see the Soviet Union
the United States and Britain es.
tablishing peace terms, while "satel.
lite" countries Of each power merely
ratify the decisions.
"Also, it seems to U.s." said the
spokesman, that once again non.
European governments are in errol
in making the peace for Europe"
He referred to the conference de.
cision to allow France to be a sigma :
tory to only the peace treaty with
Italy.
Italy Voices Concern.
In expressing Italian dissatisfac,
ton the foreign ministry spokesman
said AT Potsdam the peace treat,
for Italy was placed first on thu
agenda and We were praised fol
our fight against the Germans
There is not word of this in Mos.
COW communique.
1t was disclosed that Alcide d.
Casper, premier and foreign min.
lister, had expressed Italy's con.
Germ to the British, American anc
Russian Ambassadors.
The spokesman said Italy We.
particularly chagrined at not bein,
granted precedence over Germany!
Balkan satellites, who caused Al.
lied losses up to the last minut,
while we gave $4,000 lives in tn,
common fight against the Germans.
Praise From Soviet Papers.
Soviet Russia's two most influen.
tial newspapers, Izyestia and Pravda
praised the results of the conference
Izvestia, official government pa.
per, asserted in Moscow that tn.
decisions of the Moscow Conferenc,
witness that a new step has beer
made toward the development oil
collaboration of the Allied states"
Without this collaboration, lives.
tia said, there will be no firmnes.
of peace"
The atomic agreement, Izvestis
said, docs not present any doubts
and the accord on treaty procedur.
means that the ministers hay,
solved a complicated problem ane
removed an obstacle delaying tn,
regulation of postwar relations II
Europe.
Pravda, official organ OF the Com.
mun1st party, stated that the for.