The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-06
U.S.-SOVIET DIPL LOMkCy LASH
BaLkan Failure Cr11a OF Issue
By R. N. sHACKF0RD

United Press Stan CorrespomasntN
 Washington, Oct. 6E(UPll The United States and So- viet Russia engaged in a blt= ter long-distance debate to- day over which nation was responsible for the failure Of the London Foreign Minis terS conference.
 Secretary of State James F. ByrneS blamed Russia.
 Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov blamed all the other big powers. The Soviet government newspaper Izves- tia placed responsibility di- rectly on Byrnes.
 Radio Address
 Byrnes gave his side of the story last night in Q radio (CBS) review of the ill-fated 22-day conferences He implied that Russia wanted a few presently powerful states" eo make the peace.
 The only way the conference could have continued, Byrnes said. would have been for Britain and the United States to yield their views and convictions" to the Russians. Neither was willing to do 60 and the conference adjourned without even formal record of its proceedings ByrneS said.
 ''The United States" he said, ''is willing to dictate terms Of peace % an enemy but is not willing to dica tate terms of peace to it's Allies"
 We are willing to make many concessions, he declared, but the United States does not believe an agreement at any price"
 Byrnes tried In his address eo Aps pear hopeful and not too pessirnlstics He outlined the achieveInents toward an Italian peace treaty ana toward treaties with Bulgaria. Re- mania and Hungary.
 Compromise Hope
 Byrnes held out hope that enc Russians would accept his coEnprolsi,a ise proposal on procedure and thag q second try at peacemaking would be made soon. But in general his speech was Q dismal review of days of debate among the powers in Lone don over procedure and interpfes tation of earlier agreements ct rots4 dam.
 It was Byrnes' first majcr addrenz lon foreign policy since, he hec4uae ISecretary three months ago. For the first time he gave ( clue to wlA&z may have been the major difficulty behind all the pickering over pro cedure. He revealed Soviet disasl pointment with the failure Of 8Elts ain and America to recognise the present governments of Bulgaria and Romania. The Anglo-American view is that they are not represens tative of their peoples.
 Byrnes said the Soviets apparente ly think hat objection to those e0v. ernments is because Of their friends liness to Russia "and that our ans willingness to recognize these 9ovl ernments is Q manifestation of uns frIendliness to the Soviet Union.~
 MlscOncepti0n f'
 "There could be no greater mal1s conception of our attitude" he sain explaining that it is America's pol icy to seek the establishment q governments responsive to the VII of the people" and that is why thu U. s. is unwilling to recognize ths two governments.
 Had 1t not been for the diff culties over Bulgaria and Romauia Byrnes said, "a more conciiint0rl spirit might have prevailed ans might greatly have helped to over come the procedural difficulties Q the council"
 But he insisted that the Yalti agreement on interim government could not be fulfilled in collntrlel where freedom of speech and of az ! sembly are denied; that the U. k l did not demand perfection where ] . was not obtainable: that the U. 2 did not seek to dictate the intefzia affairs of any people.
 Refusal Right
 We only reserve the right Co re 5 fuse to recognize governments if A1 1 ter investigation we conclude the. - have not given to the people tn 3 rights pledged to them in the Xalt' l agreement and in the Atlantic Char l ter" he said.
 s Byrnes differed with statement l made by Molotov in London regard 2 ing the U. s. proposal that gener t al peace conference be called befor l the end of the year to consider th t various peace treaties. Tn U. s. pro l posd that not only the Big Five bu
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