Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-17
Churchill Summons
EnvoYs 10 AdmonisIl
france About edo
By Ire Associated Press

LONDON. Aug. 17Prime
Minister Churchill summoned
four Of Britain's top diplomats
for q dinner conference tonight
to consider the developing crisis
over European Defense Com
munity.
A swift British move, inform
ing France of this country's
surprise and disappointment
oyer Premier Mendes- Frances
proposed changes in edo, was
reported in the works.
SirSWinston called in Sir Iyone
Kirkpatrick. Sir Frank Roberts,
Sir William Hayter and Sir
GladWyn Jebb to the dinner at
his country home at Chartwell,
IS miles outside London.
Kirkpatrick is the permanent
undersecretary Of state for for.
eign affairs. Roberts is head OF
the German department. at the
foreign Office and deals with
EDO questions. Hayter, British
Ambassador to Russia, arrived
here yesterday for a vacation.
Jebb, ambassador in Paris, few
in earlier today for talks on the
French edo proposals.
The four diplomats are key
men whose judgments and inter-
pretations help to shape British
foreign policy.
Eden May Return Home.
Sir Winston is running the
foreign Office while Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden is va
cat1oning in Austria.
Diplomatic informants said If
the EDO difficulties develop Mr..
Eden may cut short his vaca-
ton. He is due back by the end
Of August.
The informants said Sir Glad
wyn will fly back to Paris before
the French leader takes of for
Brussels. The foreign ministers
OF the six edo nations begin a
two-day meeting in the Belgian
capital Thursday to consider the
French proposals.
Sir Gladwyn, these sources
said, will tell Mr.. Mendes-
France or one of his ministers
that Britain considers the
French amendments, if adopted.
would change the character of
edo as it was envisaged orig
inally.
Acceptance Doubted.
The belief was growing that
the six EDO nations would not
be able to work out formula
for acceptance of Frances pro-
posals.
United States Special Ambas-
sador David Bruce, whose work
has been associated closely with
EDO, accompanied by officials of
the American Embassy in Paris.
conferred in Bonn for more than
an hour with Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer on the EDO crisis.
United States High Commits
sioner James b. Conant and
Deputy High Commissioner WAL
ter bowling Joined the talks.
German Cabinet Meets.
In! Bonn, West German Cham
celerr K0nrad Adenauer sum-
moned his cabinet to an emer-
gency session this afternoon.
The prospect Of further delay in
the EDO treaty and its compan-
ion grant Of hear sovereignty to
West Germany posed a grave
political crisis for the aged AdeA
nauer, whose government al
ready is under fire because of
the scandal of DR.. Otto Johns
detection to the Communists.
Another edo. nation, the
netherlands, already had voiced
vigorous opposition to the French
amendments.
Belgium's Premier Paul Henri
Spaak called his cabinet to meet
tomorrow to discuss the French
demands. Brussels sources were
guarded in their reaction, but
both Belgium and Luxembourg
were expected to side with the
Dutch.
Italy, the other EDO nation
which with France has not rati-
fed the treaty. was reported
similarly upset. Sources in
Rome said the French demands
probably would sabotage Italian
Premier Mario Scelba's plans to
secure parliamentary approval
Of the army pact this fall.