‘Stalin states readiness ‘to cooperate in move to end war in Korea a Premier Joseph Stalin said on De Sider a meeting with General Dwight Eisenhower, - *aSing international tension. He also said he was ready to co 4 the Korean war. sl hese statements were contained in answers by Pre him by James Reston, diplomati: correspondent of The questions and answers, as re'eased here by Tass, News agency, were as follows: ~ QUESTION: “With the advent of the New Year and the change of administration in the Jnited States, do yéu still adhere to the convic- ion that the USSR and the United States can Continue to live in peace with each other in the _ put to coming years?” _ ANSWER: “T still believe that war the United States and the USSR cannot be regard- af €d as inevitable, and that our two countries can, _ ™ the future, live at speace with each other.” QUESTION: ‘Wherein lie, in your opinion, the sources of the present international tension?” ANSWER: “Everywhere and in everything where aggressive activities of the policy of the _ Cold war conducted against the Soviet Union mani- fest themselves.” ‘MOSCOW -ember 26 that he would favorably con- U.S. president-elect, to discuss operate in a new diplomatic move to end QUESTION: “Would you welcome diplo- matic talks with the representatives of the new ‘administration of Eisenhower, for the purpose of examining the possibility of a meeting between yourself and General Eisenhower on the question of easing the international situation ?” between a proposal.” war in Korea?” war in Korea. ° ANSWER: “I hold a favorable view of such QUESTION: “Will you cooperate in any new diplomatic measure designed to put an end to the ANSWER: “I am agreeable to cooperate be-. cause the USSR is interested in the ending of the mier Stalin to questions the New York \Times. the official Soviet Ending of the Korean war, for which, as all ‘Soviet resolutions on this subject have pointed out, an immediate cease-fire would be the most promising beginning, would, of course, be an essential prelimin- ary to diplomatic efforts to reduce international tension. The belief that the two systems can co-exist peacefully is:a funda- mental Soviet thesis, which has been reaffirmed constantly by So- viet leaders since the cold war was declared at Fulton in 1946 by Brit- ish Prime Minister Winston Church- ill. It is accompanied by the con- viction, given recent expression by Georgi Malenkov, that the present correlation of forces between the camp of imperialism and war and the camp of democracy and peace makes the prospect of preserving peace and preventing world war “a completely real one.” of wilful distortion of his state- ment in Economic Problems of So- ms acral Nam | Il challenges US. to give accounting of _ 7 : Korea, Chinese POW’s killed , Produc Wounded. General Nam Il, chief of the Korean truce negotiation team, € an official accounting of all the Korean and Chinese prisoners 0 By WILFRED BURCHETT Massacres of prisoners, but the Americans have not replied at all. ; Cross, 2, HOw. Over 3,059. cst a figure of nearly 2,000 en \ and wounded for 1952 alone Sually been given. ‘Your side € not make an accounting,” Gen- ee N am Il challenged U.S. repre- _ Sentatives last week. yr meen side cannot make any ac- of ie nor is your side capable err ing any account,” he declar- * “ GED ae keeping shameful silence you the ght you would be able to escape ee grave responsibility for the “@ughter of prisoners of war.” meh figures, he said, were far 8 an 3,000 POW’s killed or unded by the Americans. challen Occasion of General Nam’s killin € was a protest against the ‘ hee of three more Korean and on C wate by the Americans as: mas Eve and Christmas ies ek Place ata time when ati ie merican and other United los, S prisoners of war were en- Bent: Christmas dinners and or- ay 2 their own festivities in eo Cean. camps. a Vancouver Second Hand Store ® Stove Parts and Repairs @ Usea Plumbing Supplies : Tools Kitchenware . 1588 Marn ST. PAcific 8457 Basing his case on U.S. press reports and re po he said the total number of Korean and Chinese POW’ rts of the Jnterna s killed an KAESONG has challenged the Americans to f war they have killed and Since last February, he declares, he has lod ged 45, protests with the Americans about their tional Committee of the Red d wounded in U.S, camps is cialism in the USSR, about the in- evitability of wars as long as im- perialism continues. Stalin’s declaration spikes distortions of earlier statements By RALPH PARKER MOSCOW Stalin’s replies to the New York Times correspondent are taken here as the most authoritative confirmation that the change of ad- ministration in the United States makes no difference to Soviet policy of working for replacement of cold war conditions by live-and-let-live relations between: socialist and capitalist parts of the world. Stalin’s words will finally dispose’ Stalin was writing about the in- evitability of conflicts between capi- talist countries and not between the socialist and capitalist parts of the world. Stalin’s statement is being discuss- ed by the Soviet people with great interest. So long as the people know that the government is not counting on the certainty of war they rest as- sured that living conditions will continue. to improve, with prices falling, wages rising, greater abun- dance of consumer goods in the stores and more houses going up. That the improvement would be even quicker if the cold war ended they know, but also they know that advance would be brought to a halt altogether if the government was preparing for war. All their ‘present experience points to the fact that on the con- trary it is building for peace. Stalin’s words have deepened that ‘conviction. JENS ENEE ue Southern Rhodesia. Union of South Africa. Africans plan petition to Queen against federation LONDON Central Africans may send a deputation to Londen to petition Queen Elizabeth against the British government’s plan to federate the territories of Nyassaland, North and South Rhodesia. Reflecting the intense opposition of the African people in the three territories, Africans are boycotting the London conference _ which is now working out the final details of the plan for federation. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, R. A. Butler, is trying to push through the scheme in order to exploit the dollar-earning potentialities of the territories by developing mineral and agri- cultural resources under domination of the Europeans who rule Africans are opposed to federation because they fear it will lead to their further exploitation, lower their already poor living standards and degrade them to the status of Africans in Malan’s H risy ice hit LONDON The hypocritical attitude of the Western powers toward peace, as reflected in the capitalist press, is exposed by the London Daily Work- er in commenting upon Premier Stalin’s latest statement. The paper observes: : “The capitalist press can be re- lied upon, as usual, to sneer away the significance of Stalin’s replies to the New York Times. “The technique follows well-est- ablished lines. “First, it is loudly asserted that the Western capitalist powers are willing to talk peace whenever the Soviet Union is, and it is therefore up to the Soviet Union to make the first move. “When, however, a Soviet states- man declares that the Soviet Union is ready to negotiate on any ques- tion, be it Germany or Korea, the press immediately turns round and unanimously declares that there is nothing in the offer.” British gallows over Kenya Erection of the gallows shown here, ~ was denounced as barbarity b and herded into compounds, policy in Kenya came under fire in full view of African men, women and children rounded up y Labor MP’s when the Churchill government’s recently in the British House of Commons. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JANUARY 9, 1953 — PAGE 3 ©