Evening star., 1951-04-01
Dulles DiscIoses
Plan for Pacts
Based on Japan
sport System of
Agreements Would
Let Ex-Foe Reurm
BY the Assoeicied Press

bassador John Foster Dulles dis
closed tonight American plans for
a series of Pacific pacts designed
to let Japan rearm against Asian
Communism and still guard
against revival of aggressive Jap
anese militarism.
In the center of a three part
system of agreements is a Jap
anese peace treaty which the
United States is now negotiating
with its Pacific allies.
Mr.. Dulles described it's key
provisions officially for the first
time. He called the proposed pact
"a peace of reconciliation"
Treaty to be Brief.
In an address delivered at Whit
tier College, he presented the pact
as essentially a document of
about half a dozen brief sections
which would restore to Japan the
power to run its own affairs. 1t
would also recognize Japan's Gin
herent right" of lf-defense.
The other major links in the
series of treaties would be an
agreement for the United States
to maintain forces in and about
Japan to help protect those is
lands from the Red menace of
Asia, and a Pacific security sys-
tenn designed to assure Australia
and New Zealand that there will
be, in the words of Mr.. Dulles.
no unbridled rearmament which
could become an offensive threat"
President Truman has given
MIR. Dulles the assignment of ne
gotiating the Pacific peace settle
ment.
Mr.. Dulles address was made in
connection with Whittier Colleges
golden anniversary dinner. cele-
brating the institutions f1ftieth
birthday.
The ambassador chose tonight
to describe in detail the treaty
provisions which the United States
circulated at Washington this
week among Russian representa-
tives and those of all other ma
tions which were principally in
volved in the war against Japan.
Russia Has No Veto.
The. Russians have broken off
discussions with the United States
on the treaty. Mr.. Dulles said
their leaders seem to have taken
fright" at the prospect of actually
getting a japanese treaty instead
of just talking about one.
He said he still hopes the Sow
lets will join in the treaty, but
added that Russia has no legal
power to veto" it.
Mr.. Dulles did not quote the
actual words of the treaty text,
but he gave this sectional descrip-
ton:
Preamble-Here Japan may ex-
press. if it wishes, its will to apply
for membership in the United
Nations" to develop human rights
among its own people, and Ito
conform to internationally accept
ed fair practices in private trade
and cn,nponroa
Territory-Japanese sovereignty
would be limited to the "four home
islands and minor adjacent
Islands" Japan would renounce
AL rights, titles and claims to
Korea, Formosa, the Pescadores
and the Antarctic area" Provi-
sion would be made also for United
Nations trusteeship over the Ryu-
kyu and Bonin Islands with the
United States administering them.
New Plan on Formosa.
The decision to limit treaty ac-
tion on Formosa to remuneration
by Japan of it's rights is a new
point at view. Previously the
United States proposed elaborate
steps by the Big Four powers in
cluding Russia, and by the United
Nations, to settle the future of
F'ormosa. The present proposal
would leave Formosa's future up
in the air.
The peace treaty would recog-
nize the legality of Russia's pos
session of the Kurile Islands and
South Sakhalin only if Russia
signed the treaty.
Security-The treaty would af-
firm that Japan would possess
what the United Nations Charter
calls the inherent right of SOW
ereign nations in respect to indi-
vidual and collective self-defense.
Commercial-the treaty would
provide that Japan would for three
years after the treaty became eff
fective agree to treat the Allied
powers as favorably as she treats
any other nation. She would not,
(See DULLES, Page A-5D