Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-11
Big -Four Takes Up
Red China Issue
In Secret Session
BY the Assoeio,sd Press

rival Soviet and French pro-
posals for q world disarmament
conference were up for renewed
discussion today at the second
secret session Of the Big -Four
ministers conference.
Tonight the Westerners enter
tain Soviet Foreign Minister Mol
otov'S delegation at a cocktail
reception. Tomorrow the minis
tiers start discussing the long.
delayed Austrian independence
treaty.
Western delegates estimate
three or four days should be
enough to arrive at any action
which is possible on the Austrian
issue. German unification and
European security have been ex-
haustively discussed. Therefore
there is wide speculation that
the conference will break up next
week Foreign officials believe il
will come by Thursday.
In yesterdays regular meeting
at West Berlin's old Allied Con-
troll Authority Building, Mr.
Molotov offered Europe a So
year collective security pact in
return for expelling United
States armed forces from the
continent and Shattering the
Western alliance.
He sought to promote q Euro
pean security conference at some
time in the future. This pro-
posal was certain to invite
hesitant French parliamentarians
-pegging their opposition to
traditional French fears of a
revival Of German militarism-
to delay yet more months on
EDO. And in such an interval
a rising impatience could be ex-
pected in the United States Con-
gress. which votes the funds that
have been the backbone OF
western defense.
Answer to Dulles Warnings.
Mr.. Molotov got his answer
from Britain and France in per-
haps the most dramatic hour of
the Big Four conference. In
directly. it was an answer also
to warnings by Secretary of
State Dulles that the United
States will get out of European
affairs if Europe so desires.
Mr.. Bidault and British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden,
facing Mr.. Molotov across the
conference table, called on the
United States to stay in Europe.
They said Britain and France
choose to remain in NATO, of
which the United States is the
cornerstone.
Mr.. Dulles remarked that
NATO is a defense organization
directed at no one.
The United States, think,
has never intruded itself as an
unwanted participant in Euro
pean affairs and We do not have
any intentions of doing so in
the future" the Secretary said.
1t is up to the European states.
he said. to make the decisions.
This was a restatement of a
declaration Mr.. Dulles made at
a NATO session in Paris De-
cember IA in .crisper words.
Americas interest in Europe, he
said at that time, was to keep
European nations from commit
ting suicide in further wars, but
If they insist on committing
suicide the next time, they will
have to do it alone"
Then followed his warming
that a further delay in imple-
menting the EDO treaty would
bring on an "agonizing re-
appraisal" of the American role
IL 6uIOpcdH Uc1cIlSS.
Dulles "Reply Stressed"
State Department subordinates
put great stress on the conclu-
sion Of Mr.. Dulles reply to the
Molotov proposal:
whether or not the Soviet
proposal of today will obliterate
that division of Europe tbetweer
those who have been absorbed by
Russia and those who do not
want to be absorbed) is, as ]
say, something which is pri-
marily to be considered by other
states than the United States.
so far as the United States
Is concerned. we are determined
that we will not be absorbed"
Mr.. Molotov got a laugh from
the Western ministers anc
Chuckled himself at one gimmicl
in his proposed security treaty
This was a suggestion that the
United States and Communists
China be invited to send repre-.
sentativeS to the treaty agencie!
as observers" 1t was another
attempt to squeeze equal status
for Peiping with Washington II
world affairs.
Press Comment Scant.
Communist morning news
papers in Paris and Rome laud.
ed Mr.. Molotov's proposals, while
comment in other publication
was Scant.
East Germany's Soviet-con'
trolled news agency, Adm, go'
into the propaganda act with {
series Of urgent bulletins" re-
porting dissention among tn,
Western Big Three.
It declared Prime Minister
Churchill was feuding with
President Eisenhower, protest.
ing against rude and stubborn
tactics" of Mr.. Dulles in Der.
lin, and that Mr.. Bidault, worried
over his future political career
had asked German officials tx
soft-pedal German newspaper
praise of his speeches in .th'
conference.
United States and British dip
lomatic sources described Adm,