The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

state spoke after the assembl,
adopted a mildly critical resolu
ton on big power use OF the YETI
and approved a trusteeship pro
gram for eight territories form
erly administered under league o
nations mandates.
Byrnes gave this listing o
american forces abroad:
China - 10. 900 troops. "abou
Is, 900 troops ri combat troop
and roughly one-haf of these art
under orders to return home"
Panama = About 1,5O0 troops
excluding the Canal Zone.
Iceland - Less than 900 troops
no combat troops. -.
Azores - About 300 men witt
mot a single combat soldier among
them"
Occupation Forces
OF the $50, 900 troops. Byrnes said
most Of these troops are in Ger
many, Japan, and the japanese
islands, Korea, Austria and Vene
zia Giulia." He listed l17,000 II
friendly countries, leaving abou
433, 900 in the former enemy ma
tons he named.
! Answering Russian charges tina
american forces in China were
interfering in internal affairs
Byrnes said that:
I'VE repudiate the suggestion
that our troops in China or else
where, with the consent OF the
states concerned, Ire a threat t.
the internal or external peace o.
any country"
Byrnes said that American com
bat troops were in China "at the
request of the Chinese National
government" to carry out the sur
render terms for disarming ane
deporting japanese forces.
1--WE have made it clear that on,
troops will not become participant
in civil strife in China" he said.
At the same time, Byrnes said
1--WE cannot ignore or tolerate ct
forts upon the part of any STATE
to retard the development Of the
freedom and independence o.
China"
Because the representative O.
the Soviet Union has referred K
our troops in China" he said, .!
must say that l am confident tina
the number of American troop!
in North China are far less thar
the number of Soviet troops il
South Manchuria in the Port Arthur
area"
Assembly High Spot
Tonight was the highspot OF the
assembly session and the cham
Der was packed as Byrnes spoke
In the front row sat British Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin- and Sovie
Foreign Minister v. M. Molotov
flanked by leading members o
their UN delegations.
The debate Friday night was OF
the biggest assembly accomplish
Iment to date = the approval il
committee of a, resolution calling
for a general reduction OF arm
and outlawing the atom bomb.
Actually the Political and Securi
ty committee passed to the Securi
ty council the task of writing tn
disarmament treaty, but agree'
in principle on a system OF inspec
ton, unhampered by the big powe.
veto. The resolution was adopted
unanimously Friday morning b,
the committee.
At the same time the COMMITTED
VIRTUALLY killed the Russian pro
posal for a census Of the troops o
all members, an action to which
Molotov objected vigorously.
1t was the Russian demand tina
Byrnes answered in part Frida!
night, attempting in advance t
ward off the Russian attack when
is carried to the assembly floor.
Byrnes was given an ovation a
he walked to the rostrum. He be
gan talking slowly. in a resonan
voice. He was interrupted by ap
plause frequently.
Outlines Stand
Byrnes outlined the America.
stand on disarmament this way:
I'VE must see TO it that disarma
ment starts with the major wes
pons Of mass destruction.
The first task which must b
undertakenis the control OF atomi
energy to insure that it will be use
only for human welfare and nc
for human warfare.
There are other weapons
mass destruction but unless we ca
meet the challenge of atomic wal
fare-the most dreadful weapo
ever devised-we can never NEE
the challenge Of these other Wes
pons.".
Byrnes appealed to the nation
which are members Of the ,atomi
energy commission to instruct the
representatives to press forWar
with its work If we are really in
terested in effective disarmament
and not merely in talking abou
it,"
He said the commission could fill
an interim report next week, an
added Il do not want the work G
that commission to be sidetracke
or sabotaged."
Let us concentrate upon thes
major weapons and not dissipat
wi energies on the less importal