Evening star., 1950-06-26
World Capitals Await
u. ). Action on Korea;
AttIee Statement Due
BY the Associated Press

oJ me SsSoeloieS FIess
Hurried consultations in the
worlds capitals followed first news
of the Communist invasion of the
southern republic of Korea yes
terday.
Britain's House of Commons
looked for a statement on the
situation from Prime Minister
Attlee today. Commons was pre-
pared to interrupt a debate on
the Labor governments policy
and its demand for a vote of
confidence - on keeping Britain
out of the French-proposed coal
steel production pool.
But a well-informed Dutch
source summed up the general
feeling after an emergency meet
ing Of key Dutch cabinet mem
bers: "The eyes of the world are
on Washington rather than
Seoul" he said. "It is up to the
United States to take hand in
Korea. or Western prestige will
drop all over the world
In London, Kenneth Younger.
acting head of the Foreign Office
broke a weekend holiday outside
London to confer with foreign
Office experts.
Schuman Meets Advisers.
In Paris, Foreign Minister Rob-
ert Schuman-a caretaker cab
met official since the Bidault cab
met lost out in a vote of conf
dence Saturday-talked with his
Far Eastern advisers.
Jules Moch, leader of the So
cialist Party which precipitated
the cabinet crisis in France, re-
marked that the Korean affair
lis certainly more serious than
our own crisis. Every effort should
be made to localize the conflict"
The French have a similar
problem in Viet-Nam, where the
Communist forces of Ho Chi Mimi
are a threat to the French-sup-
ported Bao Dai, who is also rec
ognized by the United States.
In Tokyo. John Foster Dulles
and Gen. Macarthur conferred
again. Mr.. Dulles, Republican
adviser to the State Department,
was scheduled to leave today for
Washington to report on his trip
to the Far East which included
an inspection trip last week to
Korea.
FOrmosan Invasion Feared.
In an area close to the trouble
zone, there was some alarm.
PC. Spender, Australian minis
ter of external affairs, said the
attack may be a prelude to in
vasion of Formosa, last strong
hold of Nationalist China.
India's Prime Minister ia
waharal Nehru, was hurrying back
to New Delhi from a tour OF
Southeast Asia and his Foreign
Affairs Ministry refused to COM
NIT itself until it heard from its
representative on the U. N. COM
mission in Korea.
A spokesman for the Indonesia
government said it would be use
less for that young republic to
take sides in a conflict that "pri-
marily concerns two big powers in
the cold war"
Government circles in the Phil
ippines, harassed by Communist
led Hukbalahap guerrillas-views
the war developments calmly.
President Elpidio Quirino said in
Manila "the government is taking
the necessary steps to meet the
Vice President Fernando Lopez
saw the possibility of a testing
ground for World War III. I'VE
may have in Korea what hap
pened in Spain before the last
war" he said.
Commanders at United States
Naval and air bases in the Philip
pines refused comment on
whether they were taking extra
precautions.
The World War III fear was
also expressed by Tchi Chang
Yum, South Korean Minister to
London. last night. He said this
not a local civil war. This as
sumes the proportions of an in
ternational affair which might
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