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Show Peace On the Spot -By-GEORGE HICKS In an effort to keep abreast of the times and furnish its readers with information on developments at the World Peace Conference in San Francisco Calif., The Springville Herald has made arrangements for a representative at the Peace Conference Con-ference in the person of George Hicks, noted radio announcer and columnist, to send each week a review of the highlights of the Conference, together with many interesting sidelights on this history-making event. He will send short excerpts from interviews with every class of people, and will aim to present the opinion of the common com-mon man on the street and his reactions to the Conference. He will aim in his reviews to paint a true picture of the Golden Gale city and to bring readers of The Herald true facts and developments of the Conference as they transpire. The third of a series of articles on the Conference is pub-ished pub-ished this week with the caption, "Peace On The Spot," as follows: Yes, we had plenty of fireworks' at the Peace Conference this week. With most of the Big Boys gone home, the remainder of the delegates dele-gates put up a good show. The Latin-American group of nations emerged from the fray with a victory which proves that they will be a world power from now on in international politics. SIDELIGHTS: The Big Four agreed to extend the charter for human rights to all countries on the principle that to deny ANY country this proof of real democracy would be to cause future wars. In all, 18 points were agreed upon. The rumors increase that the Big Three will have an early meeting meet-ing presumably in Europe. An all-American victory was won when the big countries put their okeh on a compromise deal i to permit the western hemisphere to retain its own defense pact. New Zionist Organization demand de-mand an end to the British Palestine Pales-tine Mandate. They want recognition recogni-tion of Palestine as the homeland of the Jew, administered by a Jewish government, under international inter-national guardianship for five years, then an independent state. They deserve it but, will they get it? ( The European nations back an international police force. STACATTOS: George Darling, B. B. C. representative repre-sentative from London: "The conference con-ference should not go too fast . . . It has made a good beginning, and will accomplish its purpose . . ." He was quietly optimistic when I talked with him. Old Italian-American bootblack: "Whata da hella dis war stuff? Peace con-flurence musta do sum-pin' sum-pin' about it dammit!" Them's my . sentiments, brother. Returned veteran from Europe: "We boys who have carried our wounded and dead buddies, comrades com-rades and allies in our arms, with their blood flowing all over us, will never fight one of them in the future. So the Allies must all . stick together after peace . . . '' We will, hero. Prof. Peng Shinwei, special representative rep-resentative of Sao Tang Pao the official Chinese paper: "China and America need each other . . . There is greater understanding between our nations than ever before be-fore ..." Despite Kipling the twain SHALL meet. People on the street here reason reas-on about this way: "The European Europe-an war is won can we win the peace?" That question can be answered an-swered at the close of this momentous mo-mentous conference. The right to vote by the big Powers is perturbing the smaller nations. Canada and Australia especially es-pecially being most articulate. The majority I have interviewed agree that this conference just HAS TO succeed the alternative would just be too horrible to think about: future chaos and destruction destruc-tion of civilization. We attended the most interesting interest-ing press conference of the Greek delegation, and met the speaker, Constantine Doriadis, director in Greek Ministry of Public Works. We asked how the terrible destruction destruc-tion of life and property by the Nazis would affect Grecian culture cul-ture in the future. He replied that it would but stimulate the Greek spirit to achieve more than ever. His figures prove how awful was the havoc wrought in his country: destruction of cattle, 60 percent; hogs, SO percent; bridges, 90 percent; per-cent; R. R. rolling stock, 92 percent; per-cent; and 100 percent of their air force was destroyed. 90,000 people were executed, and nearly one million lives lost in that small country. Such was the battle of Greece. He intimated that it was high time for a peace conference. Two important points remain unsolved the extent of veto power pow-er of permanent members, and the ticklish question of trusteeship of certain fortification areas. Said Anthony Eden on his return re-turn to his own country, referring to the conference: "It is doing better than I expected.' Until next week so long, folks. |