Evening star., 1952-04-25
International LAWYERS
Hear Pros and Cons
OF Japanese Treaty

The new Japanese peace treaty
was attacked and defended today
before the'American Society of In
ternational Law.
The organization is holding its
forty-sixth annual meeting at the
Washington Hotel.
Assistant Secretary of State
John M. Allison praised the pact
and said Pacific security agree
ments will endure. This is so. he
said, because they express "the
true interests of the 49 nations
which signed them"
Professor Attacks Treaty.
But Stephen c. Y. Pan, profess
sor at Seton Hall University
Newark. N. j., who is of Chinese
ancestry, attacked the treaty. He
declared its first flaw was in the
unusual terms of procedure in
which it was born.
The treaty was drafted by the
United States with the co-spon-
sorship of the United Kingdom, he
said. The United States played a
decisive part, but let Asiatic coun-
tries appear on the stage only as
junior partners, he declared.
China was not invited, he said.
Mr.. Pan declared the treaty's
main architect, John Foster
Dulles, never set foot on Formosa.
Mr. Pan also pointed out the
Japanese constitution does not
allow Japan an army, navy or
air force. He asked how Japan
is to defend its islands in the
face of this, when the treaty re-
quires it.
"Precedents" Cited.
Mr.. Allison declared the Pacific
pacts established new precedents
in diplomacy. He said congress
sional leaders were consulted in
advance to pave the way for rati-
fication.
Direct negotiations with indi-
vidual nations overcame Stun
bling blocks in the path of sue
cess, Mr.. Allison said. He was
the principal assistant of Am
bassador Dulles during the nego-
tlationS.
Members of the society were
received at the White House
shortly after noon by President
Truman.
Acheson Speaks.
The Korean truce deadlock over
exchange of prisoners shows the
basic split between the United
Nations and the Communists, Sec
retary of State Acheson told the
society last night.
Mr.. Acheson said that perhaps
the cleavage in the peace talks is
graphically illustrated by one of
the points still unsettled in the
true negotiations at Panmunjom.
"The stand of the U. N. in re-
gard to the return of prisoners
of war rests upon our belief in
the worth of the individual" he
said. "As Gen. Ridgway properly
said this week, the difference inI
concept of the value of human life
as held by the Communists and
by the free world is a fundamen-
tai issue at stake in the current
negotiations over the exchange of
prisoners"
Stresses Unity.
In his prepared address, Mr..
AcheSon also told the society the
European army is q dramatic IL
lustration Of creative action toI
find common solutions to common
problems.
The other speaker last night was
Judge Manley o. Hudson, society
president.
At 8 o'clock tonight, Philip c.
Jessup, United States Ambassador
and vice president of the
society, was to lead a session on
Building European Federation.
Others speaking on the same topic,
or it's ramifications, will be Paul
Gore-Booth of the British EN-
bassy, Hans Morgenthau of the
University of Chicago, Frank c..
Nash, assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for International Security
Affairs, and Representative Vorys,
Republican, of Ohio.
The three-day session closes at
z pm. tomorrow night with a BAN
quet at the Hotel Washington.
Australian Ambassador P. C.I
Spender, Associate Justice Robert
H. jackson and Senator Spark
man, Democrat, Of Alabama, will
speak.