Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Big -Four Ministers
Go Home 10 Prepare
For Another Farley
BY the Associated Press


Four foreign ministers headed
home from their Berlin meeting
today to prepare for another
conference in two months-thiS
time to seek peace in Korea and
Indo- China. They wrote off any
chance of agreement on Euro
pean problems for the present.
The long debated Korean
peace conference will open in
Geneva April 26 with Red China
among the nations to partici-
pate, not as a sponsor but by
Invitation. The ministers agreed
yesterday the problem of ending
the 7-year-old war in 1ndo-
China shall also be discussed"
The top diplomats of the
United States. Britain. France
and Russia promised also to
"hold an exchange of views" on
world disarmament under a res
olution adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly last
November %. This resolution
proposed secret big-power talks
to speed arms reduction.
But the problems of Germany.
Austria and European security
were left unsolved when Soviet
Foreign Minister v. M. Molotov.
the chairman of the final ses-
sion, raped out adjournment
late yesterday.
Dulles Voices Regret.
Secretary of State Dulles, due
In Washington by plane late
this afternoon, voiced "a large
measure of regret" at the fall
ures. which he attributed to a
fundamental difference OF views
between the East and West.
In nearly four weeks OF tlr-
ing and frequently acid debate.
the minister found they could
not end the division of Germany
OF grant Austria the lndepen-
dence treaty she has awaited
since the end of World War II.
They could not agree to with
draw their armies from cold
war front spanning one OF the
most highly cultured areas OF
the globe.
Our failures" Mr.. Dulles
said, ARE of a kind which could
not have been avoided by mere
diplomatic or negotiating skias
at this conference. All OF
our basic differences here have
revolved around the question of
whether it was right. or indeed
safe, to give men and nations a
genuine freedom of choice. The
Western powers we're willing to
place trust in the German and
Austrian peoples. The Soviet
Union was not"
Both Sides Give Ground.
Both sides gave ground on the
Korean conference decision in
Berlin. Mr.. Molotov dropped
his promotion Of Red China as
a sponsoring power. The
United States waived its demand
that the conference be two
sided, with Russia sitting in only
as a Communist belligerent.
The closing conference COM
munique said the Geneva parley
would be open to the Big Four,
South Korea. North Korea and
other nations whose troops
fought in Korea. This excludes
such neutralS as India.
To satisfy American refusal
to recognize Red China as a
sponsoring power, the closing
communique set forth.
1T is understood that neither
the invitation to nor the hold
ing of the above mentioned con-
ference shall be deemed to imply
diplomatic recognition in any
case where it has not already
been accorded"
Rival Demonstrations Held.
Rival demonstrations here last
night reflected German dissatis-
faction with the failure of the
Big Four to agree on the unfit
cation of Germany.
Communist bosses ordered out
about 10000 East Berlin work.
ers for regimented march down
snowy streets past the Soviet
embassy.
About 500 of the Reds then
poured into West Berlin, shouted
down with EDO treaty" and
beat up several policemen. Po-
lice riot squads broke it up, ar
resting 16. Fifty Red agitators
were arrested elsewhere.