Evening star., 1945-01-16
More AIibis Seen
On Allied Diplomacy
Advisory Commission Flouted by
Big Three Says Writer
By David Laurence


There are good many aHbis being
tossed back and forth concerning events
that brought on the present European
war. and it looks as II more alibis now
are being introduced to camouflage sheer
incompetence in the handling of diplo-,
matte events that have arisen during
the present war.
Thus, the meritorious proposal Of
Senator Thomas Connally of Texas,
chairman OF the Foreign Relations
Committee, recommending that provi-
sional council of United Nations be set
up at once, would not be necessary if a
similar body in existence had not already
been treated with indifference by the
governments of Great Britain, France
and the United States
Again and again excuses are being
made that this or that document would
have prevented the present war or that
the League of Nations covenant was
deficient in this or that respect and
hence the war came, when the truth Of
the matter is that it was not the League
of Nations but the member nations
themselves, and likewise the statesmen
OF the governments of those nations who
lacked courage and hence must bear the
responsibility for failure to prevent the
present war.
One Sided Actions.
Responsibility for the controversy and
mix-up that has occurred in the han
ding of the situation in Greece, Italy
opd pn1onH 1,o frorod Airoof1xy fo ha
Allied governments of Great Britain,
France and Russia. Unilateral or one
sided action by Russia in handling the
Polish situation, and by Britain in han
ding the Greek situation, and by Britain
also in handling the Italian situation
would not have been taken if proper
attention had been given, to the Euro
pean Advisory Commission.
1t will be recalled that in October,
1943, from Moscow the United States
Russia and Britain issued a joint an
nouncement which said:
THE conference agreed to set up ma
chinery for insuring the closest cooper
alton between the three governments in
the examination of European questions
arising as the war develops. For this
purpose the conference decided to estab-
lish in London European Advisory
Commission to study these questions and
to make joint recommendations to the
three governments"
In the same announcement Great
Britain Russia and the United States
| declared:
THE conference also agreed to estab-
lish an advisory council for matters
relating to Italy, to be composed in the
| first instance of representatives of their
three governments and of the French
Committee of National Liberation. Pro-
vision is made for the addition to this
council of representatives of Greece and
Yugoslavia in view of their special in
terests arising out of the aggressions of
Fascist Italy on their territory during
the present war. This council will deal
with day-to-day questions, other than
| military operations, and will make
recommendations designed to coordinate
| Allied policy with regard to Italy"
OF What Value Council?
OF what value would be a United
Nations provisional council if the major
powers pay as little attention to it as
they did to their solemn pledge setting
up the European Advisory Commission?
1t is fact that the London government
went its own way in handling the COM
position of the new government in Italy
and likewise embarked on a unilateral
course with respect to Greece. 1t is
small wonder that Russia felt encour-
aged to go ahead and extend recognition
to the Lublin government in Poland, for
if each of the three powers was to have
sphere of influence" there was no
reason why Russia should not do like
wise.
If the present discussion results in the
formation of provisional council of the
United Nations which will have the
respect of the major powers it will be
long step forward. What the public
already in existence has been ignored
1t certainly doesn't augur wellefor future
pacts, resolutions and the high-sounding
phrases of other documents that are
issued as joint communiques only to be
pigeonholed and ultimately discarded
while each of the major powers does
just about as it pleases.
Instead of resolving still further, the
Senate could perform a constructive
service by finding out what has already
happened to the meetings of the Euro
pean Advisory Commission and why
that institution was so soon scrapped
after it was proclaimed to all the world
as the means whereby political questions
arising in Europe would not be per-
mitted to impair Allied solidarity, but
would be solved from day to day by the
closest collaboration of all three powers
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