Evening star., 1947-10-15
Byrnes
Foreign Ministers to deal with this
problem.
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Foreign Ministers to deal with this
problem.
Means Must Be Found"
IF the leaders of the Soviet
Union continue in every possible
way" he says, ito delay the restora-
tion of peace, and continue to keep
their troops IN Germany, in Austria
and in the adjoining states through
which they maintain lines of COM
munication to Germany and Austria,
other means of making peace must
be found .=-....:s5 - e. e !.
The means he suggests is a sum-
mons by the United States to all
the -r-srs constituting the Council
of -c~eign Ministers to agree to
hold a peace conference early in
1s48. If any member OF the Coun-
Gil rejects the proposal, the other
members should proceed with It,
Mr.. Byrnes writes, making 1t plain
that we are not trying to make a
separate peace or to dictate the
terms of the peace.
The refusal of Russia to associate
itself with the writing of a peace
treaty for Germany should not
deter the work, Mr. -Byrnes says, and
he suggests that there are several
ways German ratification could be
obtained for the treaty. One of
these might be plebiscite. He
favors one last invitation to Russia
to join in the peace treaty before
proceeding without her.
Calls for Troop Withdrawal
The next step Mr.. Byrnes takes
up is the withdrawal of troops from
Germany.
IF Soviet troops are Withdrawn
from Germany, no action by other
nations will be necessary" he says.
But If the Red army is not with
drawn, we must, as a last resort, go
to the Security Council of the
United Nations. The problem then
will no longer be one of drafting
peace treaties "a function the
United Nations was never intended
to perform We will then be facing a
situation likely to endanger the
peace-the kind of situation the
United Nations wass created to
meet
What If the Soviet Union vetoes
action by the Security Council to
get Russian troops out of Eastern
Germany?
I'VE should not start something
We are not prepared to finish," he
goes on. First of all, let me say I
do not believe the Soviet Union will
force us to take measures of last
resort .. However, If I mis-
; Judge them, and they do go to the
point of holding Eastern Germany
and vetoing Security Council
directive to withdraw occupation
forces, We must be prepared to
assume the obligatio that then
clearly will be ours. If our action
is to be effective, we must be clear
in OUR minds and must make it
clear to all that we are willing to
adopt these measures OF last resort
If, for the peace OF the world, We
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Course of Last Resort.S
II hope, believe and I pray that
the leaders Of the Soviet Union will
never force us to this course Of last
resort. But they must learn what
Hitler learned-that the world Is not
going to permit one nation to veto
peace on earth"
The former Secretary reviews the
progress of American Russian rela-
tions from the Yalta conference un-
til the summer Of 1947.
Dealing with the resignation of
MIR. Wallace from the cabinet dur
ing the Paris peace conference in
September, 1916. as the result of his
address at Madison Square Garden
criticizing the policy of the United
States toward Russia. Mr.. Byrnes
discloses that he delivered what
amounted to an ultimatum to Pres.
ident Truman to gag Mr. Wallace or
foreign affairs or lose Mr.. Byrnes
as Secretary of State.
As the result of the Wallace ad.
dress, Mr.. Byrnes says, "the position
of OUR delegation Cat Paris was .
very unhappy one. So far as. pos
sihle, I tried to avoid delegates Il
the conference or the other foreign
ministers because I wanted to avoie
answering questions about whether