Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Big } Reported
Expecting Suez
Farley 10 Fail
French and British
Discuss With Dulles
Ticking Crisis to U. N.
By EARL vOSS

Although the Cairo talks of
the Is powers Committee Of
Five with Egyptian President
Canal Abdel Nasse:' have not
ended. the United States, Brit
ain and France are already lay
ing plans on the assumption
that the outcome will be UNI
satisfactory, French sources re-
ported today.
In his two conferences with
French and British diplomats
yesterday, Secretary of State
Dulles has been discussing what
the next move should be. Among
the possibilities is the British
suggestion that the situation
created by Egypt's seizure of the
Suez Canal Co. might be re-
ferred to the United Nations Sc
curity Council.
In the 45-minute discussion
yesterday forenoon and the 80
minute talk late yesterday after
noon, Secretary Dulles is re-
ported to have discussed with
British and French officials what
sort of a proposal to present to
the United Nations.
Reluctant Because of Veto
Informed sources would not
disclose what kind of action the
Western Big Three would seek
from the Security Council
Earlier both President Eisen-
hover and Secretary Dulles had
been reluctant to take the prob
lem to the Security Council be-
cause of the veto powers which
could be exercised there either
by the Soviet Union. which has
sided with Egypt in the dispute
or by Great Britain or France.
Alternative choices for the
next step, besides taking the
problem to the Security Council
also are being considered, French
sources reported, but they de-
Iclined to discuss them.
They did say, however, that
the use of force to obtain inter.
national control of the canal
was not among the alternatives
being, considered "at this time"
At the same time these French
informants said their govern
ment is not pleased with the
idea of taking the Suez problem
to the United Nations.
Envoy Assails Nasser
Remarks yesterday of the
newly arrived French Ambassa.
dor to the United States, Hervt
Alphand, bore this out. He re.
ferred to Egyptian President
NasSer as a dictator" and sale
repeatedly there could be INC
compromise" with the mini,
mum" western position which
has been presented to the Egyp.
tian government by the Commit.
tee of Five, headed by Austral.
ian Prime Minister Robert Cor.
don Menzies. Presence of the
Soviet Union in the Unitec
Nations Security Council woulc
increase the pressure for a com.
promise.
Other nations represented or
the flve-nation committee are
the, United States. Sweden, Eth
opia and Iran. They have beer
meeting with Egyptian officials
for the past week in Cairo, pre-.
senting the Dulles plan for in
standardization of operations
of the Suez Canal, approved last
month by Is of % user-nationS
which met in London.
President Nasser announced ir
advance of the arrival of the
Menzies group that he would moi
accept any form of internationa.
control of the Suez waterway.
The Committee of Five wa.
only empowered to present the
18-nation plan, not to compro.
mise with Col. Nasser or nego-
tate any terms of a settlement
No formal action can be taken
then. until the Menzies commit.
tee reports back to the 10 nation,
which signed the Dulles plan.
This report is not likely to bc
written until early next week
diplomatic sources now believe
The Committee Of Five is TO re.
turn to London Monday, it Ii
understood.
One possibility mentioned IL
Washington today was that tn,
10 signatory powers might recon.
vene in London.