Evening star., 1946-10-14

gate to vote and another Ia or Is
votes were assured"
He asserted that the Americans
sought definite decision regardless
of whether they were correct as
long as they pleased this group"
He said one decision had re
pudiated" the decision Of the For
eign Ministers Council in order to
establish . simple majority rule in
the conference.
'"This was applied throughout
the conference to further the aims
which certain groups tried to at
TAIN" Mr.. Molotov said. He as
serted that the Soviet Union never
had repudiated any opinion of
agreement, but ION important ques-
tions the three other members Of
the Foreign Ministers Council
abandoned their agreement when
ever q previous decision was re-
garded as disadvantageous to them.
"The United States, Great Britain
and France abandoned their pre-
vious stand on Trieste"
Recalls Stain Statement.
He recalled that Prime Minister
Stain had said late in 1914 that
1.-The United Nations organization
would be effective only If the great
powers continued to act in q spirit
of unanimity."
"At that time no opposite views
were expressed" he said, but the
war is over. =. Now there are
attempts to adopt new ways"
He referred also to Mr.. Stains
recent announcements saying he
believed in the possibility Of friendly
cooperation with the western
powers. Mr.. Molotov declared:
This is the policy to which the
Soviet Union adheres."
He assailed what he termed Great
Britain's strange policy" Of play
ing" with Finland. He declared he
wanted to warn the representatives
Of Finland on this score. This
Is the same game which brought
reactionary circles to power in Fin
land and led to the recent war.
= The lessons Of the past ought
to be learned"
Referring to Secretary Of State
Byrnes' insistence on an early Peace
Conference, Mr.. Molotov said Ger
tain delegations" insisted on q con-
ference before there was complete
agreement.
Lack of Preparation.
"Now we are faced with the lack
of preparation" which was due to
their refusal to exert themselves
for a joint agreement" the Russian
diplomat declared.
He said the chief reason for the
unsatisfactory" conference results
was that throughout the course of
the conference, from beginning to
end, 4 certain group of states de-
sired to take q dominating position
and dictate what they thought es-
sential."
MIR. Molotov said that in repeated
15-to-6 decisions, distant or "domi-
mated" or uninterested states such
as Ethiopia, India, Norway and New
Zealand were usually found among
the majority. He singled out India
for special criticism, citing its vote
for free navigation on the Danube
and convocation Of q Danubian
conference
What Indian interests are af-
fected?" Mr.. Molotov asked, AL
will understand that if 1t were the
vote of an independent India, II
the representatives OF genuine In
dian government were here, then the
Indian delegation would be more
objective and more impartial"
He asserted that the conference
decision to shelve the Greek k-Bulgar-
ian frontier question came from a
maj ajority which was an instrument
of certain state playing q game
in favor of Greece against Bulgaria.
"The voting on the Greek-Bul-
garian frontier is serious political
error likely to create trouble" he
warned. "It is a service to those
who may long for new aggression
"It will not serve world peace"
On the question of international
guarantees of free navigation on