Evening star., 1955-02-15
Public Discussions
OF Formosa Truce
Suspended by U. N.
80 Washington, D. C
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY rs, 1855
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.
Feb. 15.-Sharply rebuffed by
Red China and Russia, the
United Nations Security Council
yesterday suspended indefinite
ly It's public efforts to achieve
a cease-flre In FormoSa Strait
It left the next move to secret
diplomatic maneuvers here and
in the capitals of the major
powers.
The council refused, 10-1, to
consider now as an urgent mat
ter q Moscow plan to end the
hostilities by condemning al
legged United States aggression
against China and ordering the
withdrawal Of American forces
from Formosa.
Henry Cabot Lodge. jr.. chief
United States delegate, said the
Council has not concluded its
consideration Of a proposal by
Sir Leslie Munro, New Zealand
for a cease-f1re in the troubled
area.
Indeed" he said in a state
ment, 'it has hardly begun to
do so. In these circumstances
we would have done the Council
and the cause of peace an in
justice If we were to allow dis
cussion of the Soviet item to
becloud the issues of the urgent
matter at hand"
CounterdemandS Made.
The Council formally invited
Red China on January 81 to
send a representative here for
the discussion of the New Zea-
land proposal. Peiping quickly
turned this down with a blunt
demand for the Council to dis
cuss the Soviet item first and
GUST Nationalist China in favor
of a Communist Chinese dele
cation.
Sir Pierson Dixon. Britain
whose government has taken the
lead in consultations with Mos
COW for some arrangement to
stop the fighting, said that the
Red Chinese rejection was not
helpful. He suggested the coun-
Gil adjourn while governments
study the situation and consult.
This the council did after a
three-hour session and without
a vote. The delegates left it up
to the Council president, Victor
Andres Belaunde. Peru, to call
a meeting whenever develop
mentS warrant.
In London. Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden said in the House
of Commons that Britain and
Russia are still engaged in diplo-
matte exchanges looking toward
an easing of the crisis. He said
any conference would have to
include Chinese Nationalists and
Chinese Communists.
Chou Reply Called Insult.
In the U. N. Security Council,
T. F. Tsiang, Nationalist Chi
nese delegate, took off the diplo-
matte wraps and told fellow
delegates that Red Chinese Pre-
mier Chou En-lai's reply was
IAN insult to the Security Coun-
cil."
II think it should be ex-
purgated from the records of the
United Nations" he added.
Tsiang assailed Sir Leslie, who
had put before the Council last
month the problem of the hostil-
tiles in the offshore islands be-
tween Formosa and the Chinese
mainland. Tsiang said that Sir
Leslie's moderation" in express
ing regret at Chou's message
was an attempt to lead the
Council from the world of "hard
fact into a Charming Alice's
wonderland
Arkady A. Sobolev, Soviet
Union, attacked the United
States again on charges of COM
miting aggression against Pei
ping and once more demanded
the Council unseat the "Kuomin-
tang clique He said there would
be no solution of the crisis unless
Peiping took part in the discus
sions.
Mr.. Lodge replied that Sobo-
lev's speech was the same
trumped-up Communist mythol-
ogy that the world has become
accustomed to over the years
and which I don't think is be-
lieved by many people, and prob
ably not by those who formulate
II 4"