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Show country. The head of the Iranian delegation reiterated his country's charges before the Security Council Coun-cil in a "wide open" meeting, with the result that the Russian Vice-Commissar Vice-Commissar of Foreign Affairs insisted in-sisted upon a settlement of the question by the two countries and that it be removed from the agenda agen-da of the United Nations. The question about Greece was settled after the Soviet withdrew its insistence upon a declaration that British troops in that country coun-try were a menace to world peace and also the demand that the troops be withdrawn immediately. immediate-ly. Thereupon, the British accepted accept-ed the suggestion of the United States that the Council drop the case. After Messrs. Bevin and Vish-insky Vish-insky shook hands, "admist applause ap-plause from the members of the Council," the session adjourned but on the next day the Ukran-ian Ukran-ian Foreign Commissar charged before the Security Council that British soldiers had been used to suppress the national movement of the Indonesian people and suggested sug-gested that a special commission go to the Netherlands East Indies In-dies for an investigation. fruuntii mil mi' inm iimn n i mimi milium ill niTrfrqA FORWARD MARCH By H. S. Sims, Jr. li'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMirillHIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIHUIIIIIIIIMIIII WHAT IS THE RUSSIAN MOTIVE? "The danger to the peace of the world has been the incessant propaganda from Moscow against the British Commonwealth," declared de-clared British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin before the Security Council of the United Nations. His statement was in reply to the assertion of the Soviet Government Govern-ment that the presence of British troops on Greek soil "is really a danger to peace." It is interesting to observe that the Soviet charges against Great Britain, in regard to Greece and Indonesia, came after the Iranian Iran-ian government raised questions about Soviet interference in that He did not ask that British troops be withdrawn from the island is-land but this did not prevent the British Foreign Secretary from I declaring in public session, "I give you the lie that we ever attacked at-tacked the Indonesian movement all the facts are against you." We call attention to these matters mat-ters because we think they support sup-port the allegation of Mr. Bevin that Moscow, for its own reasons, is attempting to work up propaganda propa-ganda against the British. The report re-port of the Russian and Ukran-ian Ukran-ian charges will go throughout the world, but not many people will read the explanation of the use of British troops. The net result re-sult will be to arouse some ill-feeling ill-feeling against the British Empire, Em-pire, which seems to be what the Soviet is attempting to accomplish. accom-plish. The facts in the two cases clearly exonerate the British. In Greece, the government requested that British troops stay in the country until a Greek election could be had and stable conditions created. In Indonesia, the British troops went in for the purpose of effecting effect-ing the surrender of the Japanese, were fired upon by Indonesian natives na-tives and, naturally, defended themselves from offensive action while attempting to carry out the purpose of their commanders. The fact that the leaders of the Indonesian In-donesian native movement were trained by the Japanese should not be forgotten nor should we overlook the fact that thousands of hostages and prisoners of war were in their hands. The charges, counter-charges and discussions that have featured the meeting of the Security Coun- cil demonstrate, in the words of Walter Lippmann, "that the world is not a town and that it cannot be run like a town meeting." This commentator says that the more the disputants talk, the more1 difficult it becomes for them to agree and there is little opportunity oppor-tunity for the compromise of views without one party or the other losing prestige. |
