Evening star., 1949-09-28
China and Soviet Due
For First Open Clash
Over Charges in U. n.
BY the Associated Press


LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. Sept. %.
China and Commu-
mist Russia headed for their first
open clash in the United Nations
today on charges that Russia was
a threat to peace.
Cancellation moves were afoot
in the old, nagging Greek Balkans
conflict and on the Communist
menace to Korea.
But China carried to the AS
sembly's 14-nation Steering Com
mittee her demand that the whole
59-nation Assembly weigh the
Chinese charges filed against
Russia. .... .-
Calm little DR.. T. F. Tsiang, the
chief delegate of the Canton gov
ernment to the United Nations,
had full file of charges to throw
across the table at Russia. but in.
dicated he would hold up on
specific details at the committee
hearing.
Place on Schedule Sought.
His insistence was to get it on
the discussion schedule and he
had. Chinese sources said, Amer
lean and British support for that
maneuver. The United States and
Britain generally take the stand
that any question of wide interest
should have a chance to be heard.
Opposing DR.. Tsiang in the bat
tie of the huge land mass nations
was red-faced, excitable Andrei Y.
Vishinsky. Soviet Foreign Min
lister.
There were indications in ad-
vance that Mr.. Vishinsky and his
supporters would quote literally
from the recent State Department
report on China which pictured
the shortcomings of Chinese Ma
tionalist leaders in the Russian
fight to keep the charges off the
floor Of the General Assembly.
DR.. Tsiang said before the meet
ing that his country charged Rus
STA with violating a friendship
pact signed in August, 1945, as
well as U. N. Charter provisions.
Violations Not Described.
DR.. Tsiang did not describe the
violations. He saved that for dis
cussion if and when his charges
reached the. Political Committee.
But in the general debate on
the Assembly floor last week he
accused Russia of directing the
so far successful Chinese Com
munist war that has driven his
leaders back in China.
The Chinese delegate told news
men frankly yesterday that he
was trying to stop Russia with
words. He did not indicate what
punishment he was after. But, he
said. "a moral and political judg-
ment" by the United, Nations
would be valuable.
Hopes that this U. N. meeting
would be known as the Peace As
sembly." proclaimed by President
Carlos P. Romulo last week,
sagged under these blows and un-
der the open Yugoslav-Soviet
fight going on in Assembly halls.
But Gen. Romulo was promised
a chance for active mediation on
one front.
Cancellation Body Urged.
The Australian delegation said
it would open today's Political
Committee meeting by proposing
a conciliation body to be headed
by Gen. Romulo to adjudicate
peace on the borders of Greece
with Albania, Bulgaria and Yu-
goslavia.
Other members of the concilia-
ton group would be Lester Pear
son, Canada, Committee chair
man; Selim Sarper. Turkey, vice
chairman, and Trygve Lie. U. N.
secretary general. ...-
The American delegation in
dicated it would favor the plan.
If it gets general agreement, de-
bate and recriminations would be
avoided now on the Balkans prob
lem. and the Political Committee
would go on to study disposal of
the former Italian colonies. Third
on the committees list was Rus
sia's five-power peace pact offer.
Palestine and Indonesia con-
flict questions would be set back
to wait for commission reports.
The special Political Committee,
which was created to take over.
flow problems from the No. Po-
litical Committee, was to get an
other conciliation proposal from
the United States this afternoon.
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