THE NEBRASKAN
Sunday, March 4, 1945
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Complete text of resolutions of
fered by the 12 conference com
mittees of the experimental peace
conference which will be con
sidered at the plenary session
Monday and Friday have been
distributed by the planning committee.
The resolutions will be read at
tm first niAnarr session Monday
night at 7 p. m. in the coliseum
and consideration of amenamems
to these proposals will begin at
that time.
The Nebraskan prints the en
tire text of all the resolutions so
that every student may have ft
chance to familiarize himself with
the topics which will be dis
cussed during the coming week.
Committee L
WORLD SECURITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
The committee recommends the
establishment at the earliest pos
sible date of a general organiza
tion to maintain international
peace and security and to pro
mote friendly relations and eco
nomic and social co-operation
among nations. This organiza
tion should include a general as
umhiv a security council, an in
ternational court of justice, an
economic and social council, a
secretariat, and such other sub
sidiary agencies as may be found
necessary.
The committee recommends to
the conference the adoption of the
nronosals agreed UDOn at the
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference as
the haste statute of the general
organization, with the following
changes, additions, and amend
ments: I. Functions and powers of the
General Assembly The commit
tee desires to rive special empha
sis to tbat Portia af Chap. V. Sec.
B. Para. 1. which empowers the
Assembly to make any recommen
dations an any subject whatever,
Including amendments, to the Se
curity Council.
II. Functions and powers of the
Security Council
1. The Council must consider all
recommendations of the Assembly.
2. Decisions of the Council must
be accepted by all members of the
Assembly.
in. Membership in the As
sembly. 1. Initial membership in the In
ternational organization shall be
open to the present signatories of
the United Nations Declaration.
2. Any nation other than the
original members shall be ad
mitted to full membership by a
three-fourths vote of the As
sembly. IV. Voting in the security coun
cil l. In all cases not involving
punitive measure, decision shall
be taken by a simple majority of
the council.
2. In cfses not involving puni
tive measure, no party to a dis
pute shall have the right to vote
in its own case.
3. In all cases involving puni
tive action (such as economic or
military sanctions) against a na
tion which has been adjudged
nn a pressor, decisions shall be
taken only with a two-thirds ma
jority vote of the council.
V. Rerional Arrangement.
1. The committee desires to rive
special emphasis to the proposal
that int rroMB of nations mar co
operate lhrs the establishment of
regional arrangements, provided
they are consistent with the prin
ciples of the world organisation.
2. Delegates at rerional confer
ences or associations shall be se
lected by the member states in ac
cordance with any methods they
choose to adopt
S. No question under advise
ment before a rerional association
r.hall be transferred to the juris
diction of the security council
until every resource of regional
settlement has been exhausted.
VI. International court of jus
tir-e i i
1.. The committee recommends
a a a I IV niiwiimvv v
that the present permanent court
of international justice ue con-
;ihaJ as the supreme iudicial
body of the new world organiza-
a:
viuu.
2. The optional clause of the
etatirfe of the world court
haii he rertealed and in all cases
coming within the judicial power
the iurisdicuon oi ine court
Committee 2. 1
PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIM
INALS.
To affirm acts of violence in
flicted upon civilian populations,
and in order to place among their
principal war aims the punish
ment of those guilty of or respon
sible for these crimes whether
they have ordered them, per
petrated them, or participated in
them, and to see to it that: (A)
Those guilty or responsible what
ever their nationality, are handed
over to justice and (B) that the
sentences pronounced are carried
out, the power of punisnment oi
war criminals shall be invested in
two commissions. These commis
sions shall have jurisdiction over
all war criminals.
I. The Commission
. A. Powers
1. Sentence arch criminals.
2. Standardize punishment in
each national court.
3. Deride criminals to be tried
and punished by commission and
which cases will be tried by Na
tional Court.
4. Accent jurisdiction if na
tion does not prefer to try its
offenders.
5. Subject neutral country w
iwtvcntt or declaration of war
upon failure to release escaped
war criminals.
6. Act as court of appeal
R. Personnel
1 Three reoresentatives from
SA. USSR, tireat Britain, ana
three frnm each of the overrun
countries, shall have equal voting
CUUIHUC&, diian nave cua. . vi"b
power. In Far East Commission
China shall
exercise the same
nrivileere
2 One representative irom
each remaining United Nation.
Neutral countries may be repre
sented without voting power.
a The members oi Commis
sion appointed by the individual
governments.
f Time and riace Of meeuns
1 The (Commissions shall be
set np immediately. Punishment
shall take place immediately roi
lowinr termination of actual
ha tile.
2. Western: Paris or neutral
MnntrT.
3. Far East: Shanghai or Aus
tralia.
II. The Courts and Representa
tives
A National Courts
1." Criminals will be punished
in each country according to the
penal laws of that country.
9 Renresentatives: one repre
tentative from another Allied
country at each court.
COmmi ri k.k. .
TERRITORIAL PROBLEMS OF
EAST ASIA.
T TCnrea
A. Korea should be given its
complete independence as soon as
Japanese troops are withdrawn
from its territory.
1. Korea will be subject to the
protection and jurisdiction oi trie
Security Council as outiinea in
the Dumbarton Oaks Flan
If 'Manchuria
A. Manchuria should be re
turned to China with no Russian
or Japanese interference in the fu
lire
1. China would become owner of
present Japanese property in Man
chnria.
2. The northern border of Man
churia shall be changed to pro
tect the trans-Siberian railroad.
3. Russia mav use the South
Manchurian and East Chinese
railroads without discrimination
by the Chinese government.
Ill China
A There will be complete
withdrawal of all Japanese troops
trmm the mainland
B All foreirn concessions will
be returned to China. All foreign
leases will be dissolved with the
evcention of Ilonr Konr.
t Hnnr Konr will be returned
to China as of the agreement of
1943. In return for this China
will rive Great Britain the right
tit re-establish and maintain a
naval base at Hong Kong for 10
years. This agreement is subject
to renewal by the Chinese gov
ernment. C China agrees not to Interfere
mot - - - -
with British influence in Tibet and
wnn nussian uuiunivc u Vu-
rolia
IV. Siam
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A. It shall be re-established as
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an independent country as soon
as Japanese troops ue ww
drawn
V. Indo-Chfna.
A. Indo-China will remain as a
Committee 4. 1
TERRITORIAL PROBELMS OF
GERMANY.
I. Western Frontier.
A. Alsace-Lorraine shall re
main permanently French.
TV The Saar Basin shall be given
to France. The Rhineland should
be internationalized under an in
ternational control commission
with France and Belgium as co
chairmen and all Interested na
tions represented.
C. The boundary of Belgium in
the Rhineland area shall remain
as it was prior to 1938. The Neth
erlands shall be given the right to
occupy territory from Jade Bay
south to Osnabruck, west tnru
Rheine to Enshade; including tne
Fast Frisian Islands, for a period
of 20 years after which a plebis
cite shall he taken.
n. The Netherlands shall have
the right to dispossess Germans in
this area to provide homes ior tne
Hisnossossed Dutch.
II. Frontier with Denmark
A Denmark shall be given the
province of Flensburg, beginning
t the nort of Flensburg soutn
west through Schlesvig to the sea:
including the Island of Ssylt.
III. Heligoland and the Kiel Canal
Heligoland and the Kiel canal
shall be internationalized and de
militarized.
IV. Eastern Frontier
A " F.ast Prussia hall be di
vided by a line contiguous with
the Curzon line, running north
west to lust west of KoenigsDurg.
The eastern portion shall go to the
U.S.S.R. and the western portion
to Poland.
R The Citv of Danzig and the
old Corridor region shall be given
to Poland.
C. Poland shall receive terri
tory west to the Oder river to
Silesia thence including Upper
Silesia as compensation for
losses.
n. Poland shall have the right
to move Germans from northern
East Prussia to make room for
Poles.
V. Austria and Czechoslovakia
The Austria-German and
Czechoslovakian-German bound
aries shall remain as they were
nrinr to 1928.
VL The integrity of the Remaining
German Territory
A. The Ruhr area shall be in
ternationalized.
B. The rest of Germany shall
remain unified.
VII. Residents and Annexed and
Occnmed Teritories
The residents of annexed and
I occupied territoies shall be per
mitted to remain or to return to
the country of their choice except
as otherwise provided by these
resolutions.
f'ommitLee No. 5.
TERRITORIAL PROBLEMS Of
EAST EUROPE.
T Polish boundary against Russia
A. The Pre-Munich line or isms
choiilri he adopted.
1. With modifications from live
In eight kilometers.
h. A Commission of Foiisn ana
Russian representatives should be
established to determine tne moai
fixations.
1. This Commission is to be
established after the Peace Con
ference.
IT The Dardenelles.
A. The Dardenelles should be
opened as a free passage to the
ships and commerce of all nations.
B. The straits should be con
trolled by an international com
mission to be established by the
Security Council.
C. Non-discrimination of ship
ping shall be maintained by Inter
national guarantee.
III. Division of East Prussia.
A. East Prussia will be divided
beginning at the Curzon line run
ning northwest to west of Konigs
burg to the Baltic Sea.
B. Russia will receive the east
Planning Group
Extends Deadline
For Amendments
The planning committee of
the miniature peace confer
ence has extended the deadline
:'.r amendments to committee
resolutions until p. m. Sun
day night
The committee emphasizes
that the amendments must be
submitted no later than that
time.'
Dortion of East Prussia and Po
land the west portion.
C. Konigsburg will be given to
Russia.
D. Danzig will be given to Po
land.
IV. Migration of Peoples.
A. There shall be no restrictions
on:
1. The mi rration of Poles from
Russian territory, or
2. Of Germans from whatwas
formerly East Prussia.
Committee No 6.
TERRITORIAL PROBLEMS IN
CENTRAL EUROPE AND
THE BALKANS.
I. Balkan Confederation.
A. The purpose of this confed
eration shall be:
1. The protection of the Balkan
countries from future aggression
and
2. The establishment of a gov
ernment which will make possible
the political, economic, and mili
tary co-opcrafion between the
Balkan nations.
R. The form and government
of this confederation shall be:
1. A loose confederation with
eoual representation from each
member slate. It shall be com
posed of Yugoslavia. Bulgaria
Greece, Albania, and Romania
providing each of these states de
sires to join the confederation
The government of each state
shall be chosen by a free vole of
the people.
2. The confederation shall meet
at regular intervals.
C. The advisory council sJ'all
1. Re composed of members
from the United States, U.S.S.R
Great Britain, and France.
2. Meet with the Balkan Con
federation in an advisory capacity
with no vote until tne security
Council decides that it is no longer
necessary.
II. The Balkan Territories shall
be divided thus:
A. Western Thrace is to be re
tained by Greece: Eastern Thrace
retained by Turkey.
B. Southern DobruJa shall go
to Bulcana.
C. Salonika shall became a free
port.
D. In Macedonia:
1. A nlebiscite shall be taken
immediately after the terms of
the peace treaty have been drawn
up to determine whether this dis
trie! shall become independent.
I 2. If the oeonle of Macedonia
declare by this plebiscite that they
do not wish to become independ
ent, they shall remain a part of
the country to which they now
belong.
in. A Central European Con
federation is impractical because
A. There is a lack of desire lor
such an organization at the pres
enr time.
1. The desire to co-operate in
a regional confederation is lack-
inP and
2. Therefore, it would De im
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possible to establish a regional
con federation .
B. In case there is a future ae
sire for confederation
1. It must be approved by tne
Security Council,
2. The states must join volun
tarilv. and
3. The other provisions shall be
similar to those for the Balkan
Confederation.
IV. Boundaries for Transylvania
and Czechoslovakia shall be as
follows:
A. Transylvania.
1. This complete territory Is
in he retained by Roumania un
til a plebiscite is held seven years
after the terms of the peace weaiy
have been drawn up.
2. This plebiscite is to deter
mine whether this territory goes
1a Rnnmaiiil or Illinriry. It 1
to be sponsored by an interna
tinnal Board of the Big Four ac
cording to the Dumbarton Oaks
principles.
R. Czechoslovakia.
1 Should he riven her Pie-M'l-
nich boundaries from Sudetenland
nn the North to tne ci lies oi
Prague, Pilsen and Budweis on
the West and South.
2. She shall also receive Te
shea on the Czech-Polish border
COMMITTEE NO. 7.
TERRITORIAL PROBLEMS
AFFECTING ITALY.
r fctria.
A. The territory of Istria will be
given to Yugoslavia.
B. The city of Trieste will be
free city; 1 efore maintaining
free port u..-uer the jurisdiction
an International Organization.
with Italy from the coast between
the Isonzo estuary and Fradez, in
northerly direction to the rail
way bridge over the Isonzo, thence
to the River Ter, and the village
of Salt. From here it will go
north-west, 1 saving to the east the
villages of Rizzolo, Tricesimo,
Cassaco, Rtin, and Humin, and to
the west the villages of Buja and
Ossopo. Crossing the river Til-
ment, it will pass the western foot
of Mt. S. Simeone, cross the Tag-
iamento again, and follow the
ridges of Mt. Cullar to Trogkoffel
on the present Italian-German
frontier. This area would right
fully cover the Julian March. This
includes Unie, Lussino, and Cher
so Isles.
II. Dalmatian Coast.
A. The Dalmatian coast will be
given to Yugoslavia.
III. Trcnlino.
A. Trentino will be divided ac
cording to Austria's second pro
posal of 1915.
1. The Brenner Pass and all
and north will go to Austria: and
all land south will go to Italy.
IV. Boundary with France.
A. Albania will be free.
B. The people shall be allowed
to deride by vote on their form of
government.
C. They shall be allowed to en
ter the Balkan Federation if this
decision is reached by vole of the
people.
D. A police force will protect
her government if necessary.
V. Population Problems.
A. The' minority population in
ceded territories will be given the
option either to remain in the ter
ritory or to leave the territory.
COMMITTEE 8
COLONIES AND MANDATES
I. Mandates
A. We favor retention of the
system of mandates.
B. The mandate system should
incorporate the following fea
tures: 1. The open-door policy should
extend to mandates of all classes
provided each mandatory power
shall determine its immigration
policies toward its separate man
dates. 2. The mandates commission of
the international organization
shall have power to send its
agents into any mandate for in
vestigation and inspection.
C. Any group, representative of
a majority within the mandated
territory or from member nations
shall have direct access to tha
Mandates Commission, and fur
ther appeal to the highest body
of the international organization.
D. The Mandates Commission
shall be made up of all manda
tories and five other powers,
elected for two-year terms on a
rotating basts.
E. The Mandates Commission
shall have the authority to assign,
transfer, terminate or change tha
character of any mandate.
F. The protection of the man
dates shall devolve not upon the
mandatories but upon the nations
of the world, who shall have tha
power and the initiative of tha
security council to take any nec
essary measures.
II. Jspan's Pacific Islands.
A. Formosa and the Pescadores
shall be restored to China as de
pendencies.
B. The Japanese mandated is
lands, i. r.: The Carolines, Mar
shall and Marianas, and also the
Bonin ihlauds, shall be placed
under mandate of the United
States.
C. The south part of Sakhalin
island shall be restored to Ruskis
as a dependency.
III. Italy's colonies.
A. The northeast section of
Libya, Cirenaica, shall become a
British dependency.
B. The remainder of Libya
shall be placed under a French
mandate.
C. Ethiopia's independence shall
be generally recognized.
1. Ethiopia shall be given pos
session of Eritrea.
2. Italian Somaliland shall be
come a French mandate.
D. Rhodes and the Dodecanese
islands shall be annexed to
Greece.
E. Great Britain shall be given
possession of Pantelleria.
COMMITTEE 9.
TREATMENT OF GERMANY.
L Reparations.
A. Require payments In kind
consisting of materials and labor
to the fullest extent possille,
(See CONFERENCE, pare D
C. Yugoslavia's frontier will run
should be compulsory.
territory of France.