Evening star., 1951-09-06

of status, her dignity and self
respect and which will afford
her the opportunity to develop
on peace loving, democratic
lines"
Mr.. Younger spoke highly of the
skill and patience of Mr.. Dulles
in negotiating the peace.
Let me here say word about
India" whose representatives we
are very sorry not to see with
us in San Francisco today. India
like Pakistan, played conspicu-
Gus and distinguished part in the
defeat of Japan. India was with
us in the Commonwealth consul
tation. India agreed with us
throughout on the principle Of a
liberal and early peace and was
indeed one of the strongest ad-
vocates of this policy.
1T is therefore a matter OF
great regret to us that the In
dian government have not felt il
possible to participate in the
treaty because of sincere concern
about certain of its terms"
Mr.. Younger said the other
great absentee" was China. He
said no country has better claim
on grounds of long and bitter ex-
perience of Japanese violence to
take part in the peace treaty.
Mr.. Younger finished speaking
at 4:40 pm. t7:40 pm, EDIT.
Next speaker was Rafael De La
Colima, Mexican Ambassador to
the United States.
Complimenting Mr.. Dulles and
Mr.. Acheson for their work on the
treaty, Mr.. Colima stated, my
government has seen generally
with sympathy the stipulation and
provisions, of the peace treaty
which have been submitted to us .
Mr.. Colima spoke less than 20
minutes.
He was followed by Virgilio Diaz
Ordonez, the Dominican Re-
public's minister of foreign affairs.
He spoke only five minutes.
GrOmykO Takes Podium.
Then Andrei Gromyko took the
podium for the Soviet statement.
Mr.. Gromyko said there were
many nations which were victims
of japanese aggression.
II will not mention the Chinese
people who have been fighting
the japanese aggressors, and suf-
fered greatly by their aggression. !"
A number of other states in the
Far East---including India, Bur
ma. Indonesia and the Philippines
suffered from Japanese agrees
sion, he said.
Japanese militarists have not
abandoned aggressive plans in re-
gard to the Soviet Union" he in
sisted.
He said the Chinese had made
a valuable contribution" to the
defeat of Japan.
The Japanese people require
that there should We peaceful re-
1ations between Japan and the
other nations, Mr.. Gromyko went
on.
The question of the peace treaty
with Japan should require that
not again lead Japan.
Heacharged that the aim of the
"imperialist powers" is to rebuild
Japan's military might.
United States policy on Japan
was Sufficient evidence, he said,
of its own special plan, and was
mot in the interest of peace in
the Far East"
The Ameriean-British draft
treaty allows Japan to go again
along the path of military ad-
venture, he said.
The Allied agreement of 1912
was mot to conclude a separate
peace with Japan, y he shouted.
Agreements, Mr., Gromyko said,
looking down at his text, provided
for the elimination of Japanese
militariSts. fg
He referred to the Japanese at
tack on Pearl Harbor and to the
size of the japanese Army in
Manchuria and throughout the
Pacific, during World War II. He
said they were preparing for
more. war;"
Urges U. S. Withdrawal. a
Mr.. Gromyko said the Far East
Commission, of which the Soviet
Union Is member, was instruct
ed to take the necessary measures
to prevent Japan from rearming.
A peace treaty for Japan, he
said. should include China.
Mr.. Grofnyko said, 1T goes