Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
BidauIt Makes
'Anti-War Plea
AT Paris Farley
President of France
Named Provisional
Chairman of Tulks
BY the Associated Press

L AhlO, July d. he Zl-Nd~
ton Peace Conference, convened
formally in Luxembourg Palace
more than a year after the end
of the Second World War in Eu-
rope, was summoned by Presi-
dent Georges Bidault of France
today to abolish "the plague of
war"
Addressing the l,500 delegates of
the victorious Allies on behalf Of
the host nation, Mr.. Bidault pleaded:
The long-suffering peoples of the
world today look to you. If we
cannot get complete peace solutions
l hope that at least we will get
reasonable ones"
In an apparent reference to the
United States and Russia. Mr..
Bidault said that whatever blame
could be attached to the failure
to keep the peace after the first
World War. fundamental cause
OF that failure was that the two
great powers who had taken
decided part in the conquest of arms
remained on the sidelines during
the solution of peace"
Cites Hopes of Plain Men.
The hopes of plain men are
turned toward US today" he said,
concluding his 10-minute. slowly
spoken speech Mr.. Bidault was
then named provisional chairman
of the conference on the motion
of United States Secretary of State
Byrnes.
Mr.. Bidault's words were carried
to a press gallery damned for the
historic occasion and throughout
the rambling building as he sum-
moned the delegates of the 81 victor
natiors to fashion a peace for Italy,
Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria arA
Finland, which the Foreign Minis
tiers of the United States, Britain.
Russia and France can approve.
The conference convened, how
ever. in an atmosphere of dissension.
For more than Sc hours the
deputy foreign ministers of the four
principal powers-Britain. France,
Russia and the United States-had
argued before agreeing even upon
publication of the five treaty drafts
prepared by the four powers for
submission to the conference.
1t finally was agreed to release
the five treaty texts, along with
statements on isagreements. at II
pm Greenwich mean time 6 pm.
Eastern standard timel Tuesday.
Full Publicity Sought.
The Conference also opened with
Secretary Byrnes ready to confront
the delegates with the urging that
they make all Conference negotia-
tons wide open to the press Of the
world.
Mr.. Bidault without referring d.
rectly to Mr.. Byrnes' plea for open
proceedings. remarked:
The French government, on it's
part. always has maintained and
ever will maintain that a free dis
cussion is essential, one which al
lows all opinions to be heard. 1t is
convinced that a fundamental rule
of democracy is that decision has
no value unless it is previously de-
bated in broad daylight by the rep
resentatives of all concerned"
Terms Known Unofficially.
Most of the terms of the treaties
already have become known unof-
ficially. Release of the full texts
simultaneously in Paris, London.
Washington and Moscow had been
advocated for several days by the
United States and France, but the
British and Russians had differed
on how much should be made pub
lie
Mr.. Byrnes was disclosed to favor
goldfish bowl policy at the peace
conference. If his proposal for open
meetings is turned down. an Amer
lean informant said. Mr. Byrnes
will propose that representatives of
various commissions of the confer
ence be appointed to keep news
paper reporters Informed of what
goes on at closed meetings.
The deputy foreign ministers re-
ferred to rules and procedure COM
mittees the question of working out
a formula to permit the hearing Of
claims of unlimited countries for
admission to the conference. Among
these countries are Albania, Egypt.
Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg and Mexico.
The ENJOYS of defeated Italy,
Hungary. Bulgaria, Romania and
Finland were handed copies of the
peace treaties affecting them this
morning
The deputies of the Big Four
Foreign Ministers had given up hope
yesterday of reaching an agreement
(See CONFERENCE, Page Al