Evening star., 1955-01-24
HammarskjoId Sees
New Zealand Premier
On World Tension
By ire A.soeiotsd Pres.

bY the Associoted PfeS8
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Jan. 24.-Prime Minister Sidney
Holland of New Zealand and
United Nations Secretary Gem
eral Dag Hamarskjoid discussed
the general world situation to-
day. Indications grew that the
security council might meet
soon to consider calling for a
cease-fire in the fighting north
of Formosa.
Mr.. Holland declined to say
he had talked specifically with
MIR. Hammarskj jold about the
truce issue, but said their con-
versation dealt with general SUBJ
jects. The fighting between Red
China and the Nationalist Chin
ese undoubtedly took a leading
part. however, as 1t is the most
acute part of the world situa-
LlOn at present.
Mr.. Holland was accompanied
at the parley by A. D. Mcintosh.
New Zealand's Foreign Minister,
and Sir Leslie Knox Munro. New
Zealand delegate to U. N.
Holland on Way to London.
Mr.. Holland stopped of for
the talk with the secretary gen.
eral on his way to London for
conference of British Com
monwealth Prime Ministers. He
said he will leave New York
Wednesday.
U. N. delegates, meanwhile.
anxiously watched the reports of
the situation around Formosa
and prepared for the meeting
which they feel must be held. So
far no one has made a specific
request for a Security Council
meeting.
The organ OF the Chinese
Communist Party. the Peiping
Peoples Daily. in effect rejected
any United Nations Intervention
In Formosa, however. As quoted
by a Peiping radio broadcast to-
day, the paper said: ITO liber-
ate Taiwan CFormosa) and the
Penghu tPescadore, Islands is
entirely China's domestic af-
fair"
In London the pro-Labor Sun
day Pictorial. without giving the
source of its information. said
British Foreign Secretary Sir
Anthony Eden had a plan to
make Formosa an independent
state under U. N. trusteeship.
with Chang Kai-shek's govern
ment remaining as a sort Of
custodian for the U. N"
Russians Concern Reported.
Associated Press Correspond
-ent Richard Kasischke reported
from Moscow that many Rus
slams apparently are frightened
that the Formosan question may
blow up into a new world war,
beginning with a clash between
the United States and Red
China.
Sir Leslie is the Security
Council president for January. s
Sir Leslie conferred last week
with British U. N. Delegate Sir
Pierson Dixon and Chief United
States Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr., a cease fire move.
He declined last night to confirm
speculation that he intended to
summon the Council into session
within the next few days.
Highly qualified sources. how
ever. said such a meeting was
likely after preliminary con-
ferences this week. President
Eisenhower said last week he
would welcome a cease-fire move
by the U. N.
Chinese Oppose Fleet Presence.
The Peiping broadcast said a
u, N. cease-f1re request would
'in effect mean asking the
Chinese people to recognize the
legality of the United States
occupation of Chinese territory.
Taiwan."
1t asserted that the only way
to ease tension in the area was
to withdraw the U. S. 7th Fleet
from Formosa's waters. With
out that feet there, Peiping de-
clared. both Formosa and the
Pescadores would have been
liberated years ago."
The broadcast asserted that
nobody can interfere" with
that liberation"