Evening star., 1946-08-27
By Newbold Noyes, Jr.


PARIS, Aug. 27.-Goaded be-
yond endurance by a Soviet ac-
cusation that Australia was en-
ploying delaying tactics" at the
Peace Conference here, Austral-
ian Delegate J. A. BeaSley today
cut loose with far the most
bitter TRADE against Russian
policy yet to be heard at the
Luxembourg Palace.
Red-faced. the Australian delegate
pounded the table and shouted, Il
refuse to be bullied by anybody y
He declared it was not Australia
which was holding up the confer
ence, but Russia herself, and that
everybody knew it.
Mr.. Beasley said freedom from
fear does not really exist in the
world. There is great fear every
where, he said, largely because OF
Russian readiness to force her opin-
ion down everybody's throat. He
was speaking before the italian
Political and Territorial Commits
sion
Red Attitude "UnbearabIe."
Mr.. Beasley had leaped to his
feet to take over the argument
for his country's position from Col
w. r. Hodgson, regular Australian
delegate on the commission. At one
point in his eloquent TRADE, when
he roared that Russia's attitude had
become ''unbearable," the chairman
Lief Egeland of South Africa,
tried to intervene with a suggestion
that Mr.. Beasley stick to the ques-
ton under discussion.
AS the commission erupted into a
babble of voices, Andrei Y. Vishin-
sky, Soviet deputy foreign minister,
leaned far out over the conference
table, smiling broadly and waving
his arms.
That's all right" he said in
Russian. Let him say everything
he has on his mind
Stung by Russian Remarks.
That's all right-thats all right, !"
Mr.. Beasley retorted. You've had
lot to say-you've done pretty
we'll. We are in the ring in this in
stance, too"
Mr.. Beasley appeared to have
been particularly stung by repeated
Russian remarks to the effect that
Australia was $1,000 kilometers
away and that nevertheless had
seen fit to offer 35 per cent of all
amendments offered to the treaty
drafts.
1--WE may be $4,000 miles away"
Mr.. Beasley said. but we have
fought in two European wars. We
have as much right at this confer
ence as anybody
"Russia's tactics of thrusting their
speeches down the throats of those
who oppose them is getting unbear-
able.
Fear Is abroad in Europe, which
is sorry place after this war, and
this fear is enhanced by the Russian
tactics of thrusting their speeches
down the throats of those who op-
pose them. We refuse to be intimi-
dated"
I'VE are not going to be intimi-
dated because one power feels it is
big at the moment" he said at an
other point.
Have Equal Rights With Reds"
THE Russians seem to feel that
nobody is representing his people
unless he falls into line with what
Mr.. Vishinsky says" Mr.. Beasley
said. TO hear him YOU would think
that the Communist newspapers
throughout the world were the only
representative organs. Well. in
Australia, nobody reads the Com
muniSt newspaper and I represent
the people of Australia.
This kind of Soviet tactics is
getting mbearable. I refuse to be
bounded around or bullied by any,
body. We have equal rights with
the Reds to put through as many
amendments as We want to-
Mr.. Beasley said Australia was
trying to do the right thing by get
ting at what Europe was sadly ir
need of-objective consideration OF
her problems.
There's been lot of lying coins
on" he said. we want to get the
truth"
The dispute grew out of an Aus.
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