Evening star., 1953-09-05
Dulles
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virtually without parallel in re-
cent years-arising from Mr..
Dulles statements in a speech
before the American Legion
convention at st. Louis Wednes-
day and at his news conference
here Thursday.
Whether the unfavorable for
eign reaction will lead Mr.. Dulles
to speak more guardedly in the
future remains uncertain. A
lawyer by profession, he never
has been known to pull his
punches.
Veteran American diplomats
were obviously distressed at the
denunciation of their chief. OFF,
cially, however, the State De-
partment tried to ride out the
storm by declaring mo COM
ment" when asked for a state
ment on the blasts against Mr..
Dulles.
Here Is a country -by-country
roundup of the picture as re-
ported by overseas dispatches:
West Germany-The German
Socialist Party, led by Chairman
Erich Ollenhauer, denounced Mr..
Dulles Endorsement of Chancel-
lor Konrad Adenauer's bid for
re-0ection tomorrow.
''It is a vicious attempt by the
American Government to inter-
fere in the German elections"
the party said.
The Socialists and other Ger
man anti-Adenauer political par
ties kept hammering on this
theme in a laSt-ditch effort to
convert Mr.. Dulles praise into a
liability for the pro-American
German leader.
The Socialists denunciations
were aimed at Mr.. Dulles re-
marks that DR.. Adenauer's de-
feat would be very disastrous to
Germany's hopes for unif1cation
and would indefinitely postpone
prospects for a rational German
settlement. Mr.. Dulles indorse-
ment of Mr.. Adenauer was the
most ringing ever given a foreign
leader just before election day
and marked a departure from
the American tradition of non
interference in foreign elections.
India-Angry newspapers and
some political figures attacked
Mr.. Dulles for his St. Louis
speech in which he commented
on Indias persistent neutrality
in the Korean war. Dispatches
from New Delhi reported Ameri-
can popularity plunged to a new
low in the wake of this criticism.
Mr.. Dulles words were viewed
as unsolicited criticism of India
for attempting to maintain a
foreign policy independent Of
the East or West.
In his speech, Mr.. Dulles said
india preferred not to join
with the forces fighting in Ko-
rea. That was India's privilege.
But like most privileges it cost
a price. One price was profound
distrust on the part of the Re-
public of Korea"
Italian Tempers Flare.
He said the successful fight by
the United States to keep India
out of the Korean peace confer
ence was no reflection on India.
But he added that disbarment
from the peace conference was
the price India must pay for the
privilege of refraining from the
fight against Communist aggres-
sion during the Korean war.
Italy-United States Ambassa-
dor Clare Boothe Luce had a
long conference at the Italian
Foreign Office as Italian tempers
flared over Mr.. Dulles remarks
about disputed Trieste. The
Secretary obviously angered the
italian government by saying the
United States is open-minded
about a Trieste settlement. He
said this country has unsuccess-
fully tried to find an alternative
to the 1948 proposal 1t supported
which favors turning the entire
Adriatic free zone over to Italy.
"It was a distressing thing for
him (Mr. Dulles) to say at this
time" said an italian official
close to Premier Giuseppe Pella.
Japan-Mr. Dulles called on
the Japanese to increase their
internal security forces to guard
against possible subversion. He
said the United States is carry
ing too big a load on behalf of
Japan at a time when the Jap
anese government seemed to find
money to spend on non-essen-
tial projects.
japanese Embassy officials
were obviously upset at this pub
lie criticism of their policy, es-
pecially since their 1945 consti-
tuition disarmed Japan perma-
nently. with American approval.
American officials predicted
privately this criticism. would be
misunderstood and resented by
some in Japan and would prompt
anti-DulleS speeches and edi-
tofialS in some JapaneSe news.