Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Lie Asks Big Powers
TO Settle German Row
Inside or Outside u. n.
Nv the Assoeioisd Press


LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 7.-Sec.
retary-G General Trygve Lie called OF
the big powers today to settle thu
German problem either inside o.
outside the United Nations.
Mr.. Lie said in his annual report
to the General Assembly he didn'1
care how the four interested nation,
tackled the problem 50 long as they
reached a solution.
He told them, however, not tt
bring their dispute to the U. N
unless they come lin the spirit Of
a genuine attempt to find q solu.
ton"
Nothing" Mr.. Lie said. "woulc
contribute more to the effectiveness
of the United Nations than a settle.
ment OF this problem"
Concerned Over Arms Race.
The secretary general, while
stressing the Importance Of Ger.
many as the No. problem, ex.
pressed concern over several Other
issues including what he called
race for the production Of bacter.
biological and chemical weapons.
He also warned the great powers
the world never would submit tc
the rule of any one theology wheth-
er 1t is communism or extreme
capitalism.
One Of the most disappointing de-
velopments during the past year
Mr.. Lie said, was failure Of the U.N
to make any progress on atomic con.
troll, arms reduction or creation OF 9
world police force.
He asserted he was so alarmed
over the present race in bacteria.
logical and chemical weapons thai
he would ask the general assembly
to take this problem up at its Paris
session beginning September 81.
Weapons Stocks Piling Up.
Not a single proposal has beer
made by any nation for the contro
Of such weapons, he said, although
stocks Of these weapons are I'M
doubtedly piling up"
Speaking Of the theological con.
fiict between the East and the West
Mr.. Lie said:
1T would be q grave mistake X
believe that most Of the world ha.
any intention of accepting any sin
gle economic system, whether baset
on the communist doctrine OF thu
classics society or the most extrems
American capitalist version OF Z
free enterprise system"
One of the functions Of the UN.
Mr.. Lie said, was to bring about
change in the world peacefully in
stead Of by force.
ut has been 20 built" he said
that the old nationalisns Of thu
Western world and the rising new
nationalisms Of Asia and the Fal
East can adjust themselves peace.
fully to each other.
1T has been built to contain
within peaceful bounds any knd o1
theological competition, among CAPT.
talists, communist socialists, socia'
democrats or adherents to any other
economic or political faith, provided
that one group does not attempt tc
impose its will upon the others by
theat or use IT force"
u. N. Conciliating Influence.
Mr.. Lie did not minimize the i'm.
portance Of the conflict betweet
Russia and thu sWestern powers. !
1.-THE conflict between East ant
West has been the cause, direct OF
indirect, of many Setbacks and dis.
appointments in the work Of the
United Nations during the past
year." he declared. yet 1t Is equally
true, though far less often admit
ted, that the United Nations In
its turn has acted % Z restrain.
ing and conciliating influence upon
the parties to this conflict"
He added:
II submit that all that has hap
pened during the past year has
shown more conclusively than ever
that the road laid out by the United
Nations charter Is not only the right
road, but the only road now avail
able to permanently peaceful
world
other main points:
Mr.. Lie said the European Re-
covery Program "can have lasting
results only If present political d.
visions are not permitted to block
co-ordinated action within Europe
as . whole and an increase of trade
between Eastern and Western
Europe"
U. N. budget estimates for 1s4s
amount to $33 ,469, 4s7 as compared
to $34,s25,1 1875 for 1s4s. Part Of the
reduction Is due to the fact that
the General Assembly will meet ut
its regular headquarters in New
York next year, and this will cost
much less.