Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
|Peiping Insists
Dulles Must
Talk 10 Chou
Wong Declares 1t
Only Wov to Settle
| Formosu Dispute

Formosu Dispute
GENEVA, Jan. "a R.-Com-
munist China said today the dis
pute over Formosa could be set
tied only at a meeting between
Secretary Of State John Foster
Dulles and Chinese Foreign Min
lister Chou En-lai.
Red Chinese Ambassador Wang
Ping man, in another press state
ment concerning his five-month-
old negotiations with United
States Ambassador U. Alexis
johnson. charged the United
States with deliberately drag
ging out the talks. He declared
THE Chinese American am
bassadorial talks have proved
to be incapable Of settling such
a major substantive question as
the relaxation and elimination
of tension in the Taiwan (For-
mosa) area. The Chinese side
holds that a Chinese American
conference Of the foreign min
listers must be held. as this is
the practical and feasible means
for settling this question"
Mr.. Wang repeated his claim
that Formosa is part of China.
that the mutual assistance treaty
between the United States and
Nationalist China was illegal,
and that relations between Com
Imunist and Nationalist China
were entirely China's internal
affair.
Charges distortion
1.-THE relations Of new China
with the Chang Kai-shek clique
is China's domestic matter" the
statement said. whenever there
lis any possibility China will
strive for the settlement Of this
matter by peaceful means, but
| the United States has no right
whatsoever to interfere"
/ Mr., Wang asserted that the
United States State Department.
lin its statement on the talks
on January 81, had distorted the
facts.
It was not China which had
violated the agreement on lib
Grafton OF civilians. Mr.. Wang
declared. but the United States
All but Is Americans convicted
of crimes in China had been re-
LEASED. he said, but the United
States had refused to furnish
Red China information on Chi
nese civilians in the United
States and had adopted threat
ening measures" against them.
| Negotiations for a renuncia-
ton of force had led to no result
because of deliberate procrasti-
nation and obstruction by the
American side" Mr.. Wang de-
Iclared.
He said China respected the
right Of all nations to "indi-
Ividual or collective self-defense."
but there could be no question
Iof self-defense for the United
States in the Formosa area.
i U. N. Charter Cited
! mo stipulation Of the United
Nations Charter can be inter-
Ipreted as permitting an agrees
Isor nation to have the right Of
self defense on the territory Of
another nation subjected to its
aggression Mr.. Wang added,
"On the contrary. China. is en-
titled to exercise the right of
lself-defense on its own territory
of Taiwan.
%. No amount Of sophiStry
can make out tthat) Taiwan ds)
a part Of the United States and
not a part Of China. New China
has succeeded to China's entire
territory and sovereignty. Nc
statement by the United States
State Department can alter his
indisputable fact"
Formosa. originally part of the
old Chinese empire. was occupied
by Japan in 1895 and remained
under Japanese sovereignty until
the collapse of Japan at the end
Iof World War II. 1t has since
been under control of the Chi.
nese Nationalist. but it's restitu-
ton to China has never beer
formally recognized by the big