Evening star., 1948-09-27
KremIin Accused
Of Insinoerity
And Dishonesty
By the Associoted Press

eign Secretary Ernest BeVln IN
blistering attack on the Soviet
Union said today the Russians
alone would be responsible for
new World War.
United Nations Assembly delegates
cheered the British Foreign Secre-
tary at the close of Britains major
policy speech IN one OF the greatest
demonstrations in U. N. history.
Frequently departing from his pre-
pared text, Mr.. Bevin spoke to the
Assembly as the three Western pow
ers turned their Berlin dispute with
the Russians over to the Security
Council.
He addressed Soviet Deputy For
eing Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky
directly, and warned that Britain
would defend herself against any
Russian attack.
Mr. Vishinsky took notes through
out the Bevin speech.
ALI But Russians Applaud.
Mr.. Bevin accused the Russians
of insincerity, untruthfulness and
evasion. He declared, with all the
solemnity at my disposal" that 'if
the black fury, the incalculable dis
aster of atomic war should fall upon
us, all I can say is, that one power
will alone be responsible fo-
the evils which may be visited upon
mankind"
When he had finished talking, all
except the Russian delegates and
their satellites jumped to their feet
to cheer and applaud the British
delegate. Cries of bravo" and
tres bien" could be heard outside
the Assembly hall.
Mr.. Vishinsky strode from the
hall, his face set in grim mask,
Immediately after Mr.. Bevin had
finished
Mr.. Bevin added new gloomy
note in a hint that Britain already
envisages the end of the United
Nations unless the East-West con-
tiict can be solved.
IF we cannot proceed on world
basis as we had hoped, we must
proceed on a regional basis" he said.
Replies to Vishinsky..
Mr.. Bevin replied directly by name
to Mr.. Vishinskys speech Saturday
In that speech the Russian called on
the Big Five" (Russia, Britain,
China, France and the U. S. to re-
duce their armaments by one-third
Immediately and proposed forma-
ton of an international control
body in the Security Council to ban
atomic weapons.
How on earth are we to regard the
latest proposals put forward by Mr..
Vishinsky? We must be forgiven if
we are suspicious. AS you all know
his country is sealed book. So
The British labor leader traced
the political failure of the United
Nations since its beginning and
then said,
The reason I am afraid (for the
U. NJ is fundamentally simple
one. 1t is that although they often
put forward a point of view which
cannot be disregarded and which
should be intelligently discussed, a
minority in these matters resolutely
refuses to accommodate itself even
in the slightest degree to the wishes
and desires of the majority
Abuse of Veto Hit.
Then, speaking with all the SOL
emnitv at my disposal" Mr.. BeVin
declared
If the black fury, the incalcul-
able disaster of atomic war, should
fall upon us, all I can say is that
one power, by refusing its co-opera-
tion in the control and development
of those great new forces for the
good of humanity, will alone be re-
Sponsible for the evils which may
be visited upon mankind"
The root of the worlds troubles,
he said, is the abuse of the veto
in the Security Council. Progress
toward peace lis unobtainable
unless real attempt is made to
regard the majority view as some
thing to which the individual views
should in general defer" he said.
Mr.. Bevin accused Mr. Vishinsky
of pure invention" in many of his
charges Saturday against the West
and said he was neither impressed
nor edited by Mr.. Vishinsky's at
tack on the United States.
IF he or his government had any
feelings for the simple people of
Europe or the world, if they were
animated by anything but out-of-
date, backward, unsecientiflc doc
trine, they would be the first to
applaud the great, unselfish contri-
button of the United States to world
recovery
Refers to German Situation.
Mr. Bevin made no direct refer
ence to the Berlin question. He re-
ferred to the German situation as
a whole to say he was disappointed
that the Russians had turned down
(See BEVIN, Page A-4J