Evening star., 1948-03-13
Russians Forced
On Defensive by
Demand
u. N. Council to Act
Wednesday on Call
For Czech Probe
BY The Assoeiofed Press

Chlle'S demand for United Ma
tions investigation of the Com,
muniSt coup in Czechoslovakis
pushed Russia today into tn,
role of a defendant before tn,
world.
1t also opened the way for airin,
OF conditions in at least one part o
Soviet dominated Eastern Europe
Many saw the possibility of al
East-West showdown.
The Security Council put the cas-,
on its provisional calendar for mex
Wednesday. The Russians thel
must meet head on the Chilean allie.
cations that the methods of Naz
Germany are being used by "a mem
ber state against another membe,
state" and that "the extent ant
magnitude of the plans of the U. S
S. R." stand revealed.
U. S. Support Expected.
This was the first time Russia i1a
been called directly to account sine
the 1ranian case early in 1916. TIL,
feeling here was that the curren
case presages test between Russi,
and the Western powers over ex
pansion of Soviet influence.
The United States delegation eau
tiously refrained from early com.
ment. However, on the basis O
recent statements by President Tru.
man and Secretary of State Mar
shall, strongest American supper
for the Chilean case could be ex.
pected.
In filing the case yesterday
Chilean Delegate Herman Santa Cru,
emphasized that he had not dis.
cussed the plan in advance with any
other delegate under strict order.
from President Gabriel Gonzale,
Videla in Santiago. This appar.
emily was to forestall any charge.
that the move was dictated by tn,
United States.
Action by the government of Chile
forced consideration of the once.
rejected case. Secretary Genera
Trygve Lie had ruled out the sam,
charges presented by DR.. jar
Papanek, Czechoslovak anti Com,
munist delegate.
Bitter Soviet Fight Seen.
Informed persons predicted thu
case would run something like this
l. Russia will wage a bitter fight
with certain support from the Sovie
Ukraine, to kill the charges befor,
the ll-nation Council can discus,
them. However, moving the cas-.
from the provisional calendar to tn,
official agenda is a matter of pro.
cedure and therefore outside thu
range of the big-power veto held b,
Russia and the other great powers
Chile needs the support of sever
delegates to get the case heard.
2. Failing to muster five opposi.
ton votes, Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Andrei A. Gromyko ma,
repeat his walkout of March, 1916
when he left the Council chamber
in a row over the Iranian case.
3. If Russia stays and fights, on,
of the bitterest propaganda battle
in the U. MS two-year history is il
prospect with perhaps the life of tn.
organization at stake.
Palestine Problem Unsolved.
The Palestine problem remained
unSolved. Another big power seS.
sion in New York yesterday pro.
duced no solution on how to divide
the Holy Land into Jewish and Arat
nations in the face of Arab opposi.
ton.
The four powers-Britain still
maintaining a boycott-set another
meeting for Monday just four hours
before they are scheduled to report
back to the Security Council. The
council gave the major countries
10 days to reach an agreement
after the council itself could not
decide what to do about a request
from the Palestine commission for
armed force to put
through the splitup scheme.
The Jewish Agency went before
the four-nation meeting with a
plea for carrying out the partition
plan voted last November 20, by the
U. N. assembly. Mr.. Gromyko, op-
posed to attempts to mediate jew
ish-Arab differences again at this
stage, sat silent for two hours while
agency representatives talked.
The Arab Higher Committee was
asked to come to the Monday meet
ing. So far the Arabs have re-
fused to have anything to do with
partition or participate in any talks
on the subject. There was no ap-
parent indication of chance OF
nnlicY