Evening star., 1947-09-20

to Europe-"We have chosen this
path and we shall not turn back on
this path which we deliberately fol-
low in spite of all kinds of diff
fculties."
Returning to the split between
Russia and the United States, Mr..
Bidault said:,
MANY of the speakers who took
the floor before me here referred to
the globe being divided into two
hostile blocs, division which has
unfortunately become today a basic
phenomenon. BY her geographical
situation, her moral and political
traditions, by her interest in and
outside Europe, France As certainly
one of the countries Of the world
for which the setting up of such a
system offers the most serious dis
advantages. I wish therefore to re-
peat that we shall 60 on fwelcom-
ing all those who, refusing to give
up hope, would want to work with
Us in order to unite the world"
Mr.. Bidault did not comment di-
rectly on Mr.. Vishinsky's proposal
for United Nations action against
what the Russians called war
mongers" in the United States.
Attack to Continue Today.
The Soviet attack launched by
Mr.. Vishinsky was expected to be
pressed forward today by chief
spokesmen for the Soviet Ukraine
and for Yugoslavia who were sched-
uled to address the Assembly in its
heaviest day of general debate.
New evidence of the determine
ton behind the Soviet campaign
came last night In a debate-filled
meeting of the Assembly's Steering
COMMITTEES when Soviet Delegate
Andrei A. Gromyko, in a losing
fight, identified support of proposals
for restriction of the big power veto
in the Security Council with hos
tility" to the Soviet Union itself.
He said that certain influential
circles and peoples are behind the
campaign" to restrict the veto and
that the campaign was hostile" to
the Soviet Union. He did not men
ton it, but Gen. Marshall had told
the Assembly two days earlier that
the United States favored drastic
modification.
After putting forth his most
forceful arguments, Mr.. Gromyko
lost, 9 to 2, his fight to block Assem-
oily discussion of an Argentine pro-
posal to call special United Nations
conference to amend the veto Sec
ton of the Charter. Russia and
Poland, cast the minority vote in
the 14-nation committee and India,
China and France abstained.
Two Sessions Today.
Secretary General Trygve Lie was
reported trying to wind up the
speechmaking at the earliest possi-
BILE moment, but had to revise plans
to end it tonight. With 20 of the
Assembly's IS delegations yet to be
heard, the Assembly scheduled both
morning and afternoon meetings to-
day and another round of general
debate beginning Monday morning.
AS the split between Russia and
the United States developed, small
nations were being pressed to the
point of a showdown choice on the
great issues of the Assembly session.
Any thought that Mr.. Vishinsky
might have been making a one-shot
assault on the United States in his
speech Thursday was dashed yester-
day when Kuzma Kiselev, for the
Soviet republic of White Russia, re-
peated many of the same charges of
war plot against Russia in the
United States and emphatically as
serted, War threatens to erupt into
the peaceful life of the nations.
Several speakers for small nations
continued to pound their earnest
theme that the great powers should
forget their selfish interests" and
try to find a basis for working
together.
Small Nations in Tough Spot.
The case was pointedly put by
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, India S
chief delegate. She said her newly
independent nation would follow its
own course in world affairs and avoid
entanglements with either Russia or
the United States. The peoples of