The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-08
China, South
 Korea Demand Asiatit Pact
United States 10 Develop New Policy Toward
 China
SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL
 NEWS EVENTS
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated PreSS)
 The leaders of Nationalist China and the South Korean Republic called today for a conference oi Asian powers to draft Pacific Alliance against Communism.
 Chinese Generalissimo Chiane Kai-shek and President Syngmar Rhee of South Korea made the re- quest in a joint statement issued after a two-day conference ir Chinhae, Korea They asked Presi- dent Elpidio Quirino of the Philip pines to summon the nations.
 Quirino, on his way to visii President Truman, had no com. ment. He and Chiang laid the foun- dation for Pacific Pact last month in a similar conference al Baguio, in the Philippines.
 The picture has changed since then, however. Quirino recast last week his entire concept of the pro- jected Pacific union and elimin- ated all reference to Chiang and his crumtling Nationalist regime in China. The United States issued white paper which labelled the Chiang government failure in the civil war against the Chinese Com- munists
 Now Washington seeks the de- velopment of a new American policy toward China and the Orient. Secretary of State Aohesor expects to begin consultations with Congressional foreign policy com mittees on the subject before the end of the present session of Con- gress.
 Rep. Martin of Massachusetts Republican floor leader in the House, said yesterday that Repub- licans stand ready to join with the administration in the formula tion of strengthened China policy for peace"
 EUROPEAN UNION MEETS
 Leaders of 10 Non- Communist European nations met in Strass- bourg. France. for the first session of the Council of Europe. It is hoped the discussions there will advance the countries a long steE down the road toward full Euro. pean unity.
 Represented are Britain, France Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Den mark and Ireland. The Council is prepared to extend it's area into Southeastern Europe with the for nal addition of Greece and Tur- key to the present membership Some Council members favor add ing West Germany as the 13tt member as soon as the new West German state chooses a govern ment next week.
 MILITARY CHIEFS RETURNING
 Americas top military plannerl concluded To-day tour of the At. lantic Pact countries aimed al cementing them into a solid de. fense wall.
 Gen. Omar Bradley, Army Chiel of Staff; Adm. Louis Denfeld, Chiei of Naval Operations, and Gen Hoyt Vandenberg, Air Force Chief inspected the US. Army of Occu- patton in Germany and Austria and conferred with military chief. of Western Europe during the tour.
 At each stopover on their trip the American Chiefs emphasized that no decisions were being made But Denfeld, speaking for ths group in Paris, said the talks hac resulted in great unanimity ol opinion on almost all questions"
 The American Chiefs will return to Washington today crammee with facts about Western Europe. defenses and her military organi. zation. Their report is expected tt influence the course of President Truman's $l,45O, 100000 arms foi Europe program now before Con. gress.