Evening star., 1951-11-12
Eden Proposes
New Start on
Road 10 Peace
Urges Russio to Beei
On Minor Issues, Go
To Big Ones in U. N.
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Nov. 12.-Britain's For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden
called on the Russians today to
put aside major world issues tenn
porarily and seek a step-by- step
solution to the cold war.
Let us grasp the definite and
limited problems, and work for
their practical solution" Mr.. Eden
said in a conciliatory speech be-
fore the United Nations General
Assembly.
THAT is the real road to peace.
That is the way to make a fresh
start" he declared.
Mr. Eden'S speech, his first in
the U. N. since the founding con-
ference at San Francisco in 1945,
was notable for its mild tone and
lack of attacks on the Russians.
Backs AchesOn Policies.
He urged all U. N. members
including the Soviet Union-toi
work from the small issues to the
great with real good will
Backing up United States Secre-
tary of State Dean Acheson'sI
policy statement last week on
every point, Mr.. Eden cited the
British -French-Americ disarm-
ament proposals as one example
of how the East West diSputantSI
could work from the small issues
to the large.
1--WE suggest" he declared, that
disarmament should begin with
the less important categories of
armed forces and ornaments,
then move on to those that are
more important and secret. and
therefore more difficult to-
THE sooner We can agree on
the simpler categories, the sooner
we shall have confidence to tackle
more complex tasks"
Appeals to Vishinsky.
Mr.. Eden appealed to Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky
to reconsider his scornful rejec-
tion of the Western proposals. The
Russian had submitted, instead,
his own disarmament plan calling
for a world arms conference. Later
Mr. Vishinsky waved off reporters
and refused to comment on the
speech.
Mr.. Eden slso urged. as Mr.
Acheson had before him, that
agreement be reached to:
/. End the war in Korea; !
2. Reunite Germany through !
free democratic elections:
3. Give Austria treaty ending
the occupation by France. Britain, |
the Soviet Union and the United
States;
4. Admit Italy to the United
Nations.
Mr.. Eden implied that the time
was not yet ripe for a conference
of President Truman, Prime Min
lister Churchill, Marshal Stain
and French Premiere Rene Pleven.
as French President Vincent Au-
riol suggested last week.
Must Have Right Climate.
First. the foreign secretary told
the assembly, the climate must be
created through sincere attempts |
to settle limited problems ''in
which the kind of moving appeal
which Monsieur Auriol made to us
can meet its full response"
preparation, conference and
agreement: that should be the
order of our endeavour. Starting
from the small issues and working
to the great. Steady pursuit,
with a fixed determination
with real good will" he said.
Mr.. Eden's speech took on add
ed significance by being the first
policy outline put before the U. N
by Mr.. Churchill's new Conserva-
tive government. The Tories lost
control of the British government
soon after the U. N. came into eX-
istence; they did not regain power
until late last month.
Canada Voices Appeal.
The British statement was the
third from a member of the Big
Four world powers. The United
States and Soviet Russia last
Thursday outlined their programs
for international peace based on
disarmament
Frances Foreign Minister Rob-
ert Schuman probably will be
heard near the end of the week.
Canadian Minister of External
Affairs Lester B. Pearson, speak
ing later, also urged Mr.. Vishinsky
to reverse himself.
"The three powers have made
serious proposal" he said. 1--WE
know, however, that determining
factor must be the attitude of the
U. S. S. R. I hope that his atti-
tude will be reconsidered,
so that the Soviet delega-
tion may be able to help us real
lze, rather than to laugh at, the
deepest hopes of mankind.