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u. N. Sits On Terror
Accusation
BY Chesly Manly
(Chicago Tribune Press Service

(Chicago Tribune Press service)
Lake Success, N. Y, Dec. 8 -
Irygve Lie of Norway, secretary
general of the United Nations has
suppressed complaint from the
Lithuanian legation in Washington,
u. T., charging Russia with mass
murder, imprisonment, enslavement.
and other crimes against the Lith-
uanian people no less revolving than
Nazl Germany's atrocities.
Ihe complaint submitted to Lie
by Col. Zadeikis, the Lithuanian min
lister, on behalf of the supreme Lith-
uanian committee of liberation, re-
quests the secretary general to place
the question on the general assem-
bly's agenda or to submit it to the
economic and social council SO that
the "human rights and fundamen-
tai freedoms" guaranteed by the
U. N. charter may be safeguarded.
Lie, who was Russia's choice for
the job he holds, has done neither
and the complaint, dated Nov. 19,
was not even distributed thru the
y. n. press section.
Others Remain Unheard
There is abundant evidence be-
sides the suppression of Lithuania' s
protest that not all the exploited and
prosecuted peoples of the world have
chance to be heard by the U. NJ,
the charter which pledges the men,
Der nations to promote respect for
"human rights and fundamental free
doms for all, without distinction as
to race, sex, language, or religion" "
Representatives Of Tunisia have
found little interest among the u.
N. delegations in their complaints
against French colonial exploitation
in North Africa.
Charging that British pressure
has prevented the Egyptian govern
ment from protesting to the U. N.
against the presence of 100000 Bri-
tish troops in Egypt, Mustapha Ma
has Pasha, leader of the National
ist WAFD party, has cabled pro-
test to Lie.
Filipinos Lose Out
Nahas Pasha, whose party is the
largest and most popular in Egypt
conceded by all factions to have
the support of 60 per cent of the
people, charges that the proposed
Anglo Egyptian treaty, negotiated by
Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha anc
British Foreign Secretary Bevin
would make his country a vassal
state. The Egyptian delegation re.
siding here, manifested little inter.
est, saying 1T had not seen the pro-
test. 1877 Ia
Delegates from the Philippines
grateful to the United States fol
their country's independence anC
wishing to help subject peoples in
other areas of the world, have also
fought a losing battle with the CO.
lonial powers over the Philippines
resolutions to call a world confer
ence at which all dependent peoples
could voice their grievances.
Lost Behind Curtain
The u. MS social, humanitarian
and cultural committee, considering
the constitution for an international
refugee organization, has defeated
attempts by Russia to force repa'
triation of anti-communist refugees
from the Russian occupied Baltic
states and other countries of east
ern Europe, but the committee has
not considered the plight of the
peoples who failed to escape beyond
the iron curtain. Lithuania and the
other Baltic States, Estonia, and
Latvia, are not members of the Z
N, having been annexed by Russia
but the U. N. charter authorizes the
general assembly to discuss any ques-
ton brought to it by any member
state "or by state which is not
a member"
The legations of these Baltic
states have retained their official
status in Washington, ID. c., be-
cause the United States has not
recognized the soviet annexations.
They have their own funds, which
were frozen during the Nazi oc-
cupation of their countries and lat
er released.
Cites Arrests, Deportations
Minister Zadeikis' letter to Lie
states that 'arrests and forcible de-
portations are still being method
ically carried out by the soviet oc-
cupational> police" 1t asks in the
name of humanity that the depor-
tations be stopped and that Lith-
uanian exiles in the interior of Rus
sia be repatriated.
The letter was accompanied by a
complaint prepared by the Lith-
uanian Liberation Committee charg-
ing that Russia, which first occu-