Evening star., 1951-09-08
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Iuled speeches had been concluded
and the conference had to decide
what next to do.
Ceylon moved, and Cuba Sec
onded, that additional half-hourI
talks be permitted until II pm.
g am. EDIT, when all business
except for the signing ceremony
would be considered finished.
Mr.. Gromyko was on his feet
fast. He wanted to know what
had happened to Russia's amend
mentS which he had circulated
Wednesday. Among other changes
they would have prohibited Amer
ican troops in Japan after the
Occupation and would have
drastically limited japanese forces.
/ Mr.. AcheSon said that when
Mr.. Gromyko spoke Wednesday
he had not introduced the
amendments but merely made a
statement of them. He quoted
Mr.. Gromyko's own words to that
effect. The Russian said the
amendments were before the con-
ference. Mr.. Acheson replied
sharply that what he said was
not in accord with the record"
Mr.. Acheson ruled Mr.. GromykoI
out of order. The Russian pro-
tested. MI. Acheson then went
Through long explanation of
why he considered Mr.. GromykoI
out of order and inquired icily,
lido I make myself clear, Mr..
EGromyko?"
3O-Minute Talks Resume.
DR.. Gertrude Sekaninova, the
Czech delegate, got up to speak,
talked with Mr.. AcheSon a mo-
Iment, and sat down in apparent
confusion without saying anything
publicly. The conference then
voted, Al to /, to end at IL pm.
and permit 30-minute talks in the
meantime. That ended any
chance of marathon speeches
from the Communist minority.
/ Mr.. Gromyko strobe back to
the rostrum and insisted on rec
ognition of the Russian amend
ments on the ground that it was
violation" of RusSia'S rights as a
sovereign nation to forbid discus
sion of them.
+ After some argument, Mr.. Ache
son ruled the amendments out OF
order. Polish Delegate Manfred
Lacks, speaking English, got up
and said the ruling was absurd" "
He argued every nation had a
right to present its amendments.
He implied the Reds had come
here to rework the draft treaty.
then had found they could not
do so.
! That brought American Dele
gate John Foster Dulles to his
feet. He said hotly the treaty
had been negotiated through dip
Ilomatic channels for IL months
and every nation had opportunity
to make proposals.
Dulles Heavily Applauded.
Furthermore, he said, Russia,
Poland and Czechoslovakia had
been pointedly told prior to their
coming here that the San Fran
cisco Conference was solely for
the purpose of making speeches
about and signing the treaty-no
drafting.
They didn't need to come un-I
less they wanted to-" Mr.. Dulles
bomed, as he turned from the
stage This punch line proved
highly popular with most delega-
tionS and the spectators, who ap-
Iplauded violently while Mr.. Ache
son raped for order.
| Mr.. Acheson called for a vote
on whether he was right in ruling
Mr.. Gromyko'S amendments out
of order. The conference sustained
him As to 3. In a few minutes Mr.
Gromyko was back at the speak
er's stand again, after having
failed in an effort to get the OPP,
portunity to speak last.
His talk was fast and his de-
livery mostly colorless. He re-
peated charges he had made be-
fore. He began with the accusa-
ton of American pressure" then
| launched into his familiar recital:
Red China had had no voice in the
treaty; the United States wishes
to create a war bloc based on Ja-l
pan; RuSsia'S treaty proposals,
though ruled illegal" here, will!
find an echo among the nations
particularly interested in the de-
fense of peace in the Far East"
Propaganda Line Laid Down.
He named in this connection
China, India, Burma, Indonesia,
IGeylon and the Philippines and
referred to the people of Japan.
Some diplomats interpreted this
as giving the clue to his real pur-
Ipose in sticking out the confer
: ence. They felt he was laying
down a propaganda line for
undermining the treaty in that
part of the world where it most
needed acceptance.
!, Mr.. Dulles, winding up the de-
bate which started Wednesday
after President Truman opened
1.-The conference Tuesday night, an
ISwered Mr.. GrOmVkO He declared