Evening star., 1947-09-18
Europeans Reaction
To Marshall Talk Is
Mixed and Cautious
BY the Asseeioted Press

Of State Marshalls proposals fol
revising United Nations machin-
cry brought mixed-and eau
tious-reaction in European
capitals today.
The United States official called
on the U. N. Assembly yesterday tt
create Greek border commission
and year-around security commit.
tee and to move for curbs on the
big power veto in the Security
Council.
Extreme 1eftwing groups saw his
revision plan as a weapon against
Russia. Extreme rightwing sections
hailed it as possibly the U. MS best
chance"
Off1cial comment was sparse. The
British Foreign ONCE refused to ex.
press itself on the proposals. One
Government informant said Britain
might leave 1t to her U. N. repre-
sentatives to put forth the British
view.
Athens official circles expressed
approval.
Rome Papers Critical.
The Rome Socialist newspape,
.Avanti headlined its account of the
Marshall speech, Marshall Seeks
An Alibi for Intervention in the
Balkans. The Rome Communis,
paper Unita used the headline
Marshall Has Spoken to Liquidate
the U. N"
In Berlin, headlines in Russian
controlled newspapers said the Sec
retary was trying to dilute" the
U. N. Most of them published q
story from Tass, Soviet news agency
alleging that the United States was
trying to make the U. N its tool.
In Britain, newspaper represent
ing many shades of opinion ex-
pressed the view that-as the in
dependent Times of London ex-
pressed it:
While changes in the machinery
for the settlement of disputes can
improve and quicken the means OF
conciliation. only the will to settle
can make the instruments of con-
ciliation effective"
The Times said the proposed AS
sembly Security Committee would
be valuable as an outlet for world
opinion which no power could
wholly ignore"
american League" Opposed.
The liberal Manchester Guardian
commented:
Hateful though it is to accept the
present situation by which Russia
can f1out the will of the majority
to fit her own INSCRIPTIONS poll
cies, it is more hateful to contem-
plate the alternative, which would
rapidly turn the United Nations
into an American league against the
Soviet Union"
The Conservative Daily Graphic,
erediting Gen. Marshall with having
shown the way" out of the veto
tmpasse, said his suggestions gave
the U. N. what may be its last
chance"
In Stockholm, the Liberal Stock
holmstidningen, only newspaper to
comment this morning. said that "for
the U. N. the plan might be a
means of strength, though mostly OF
a moral character"
In Oslo. the Conservative Aften-
post said the scheme was 'one of the
few possible solutions 1t added:
1T would have been encouraging
If the Americans had learned how to
win the full confidence of the demo-
cratic governments of Europe, they
being Socialist, Conservative, Liberal
or coalition cabinets"
U. n. Termed Failure.
In Madrid, the monarchist news
paper ABC said Gen. Marshall's
speech demonstrated that the U. N.
thus far was a failure and was
"likely to suffer dissolution in the
not distant future if Russia con-
tinues to sustain the principle of
unanimity"
A left wing Czechoslovak news
paper, Pravo Lidu, published in
Prague by the Social Democratic
Party, said Gen. Marshall did not
consider, in his accusing of one
power, the reasons which are lead
ing that power to efforts to attain
solution of world problems which
would be founded upon broad
basis"