Evening star., 1945-05-13
Tito Warned by U. 5.
Allies Will Insist on
Control Over Trieste
BY the Associated Press.

by Tic aSsOCldteQ STeSS,
The United States last night
served notice on Marshal Tito
that the Allied military will con-
troll Trieste and the surrounding
area In Northeastern Italy de-
spite Yugoslav claims.
Noting that Marshal Tito, accord
ing to radio reports, is setting up a
National Federal Government of
Slovenia" in Trieste, Acting Secre-
tary of State Grew issued public
statement reaffirming the policy OF
the United States that territorial
changes should be made only after
thorough study and full consultation
among the governments concerned.
"Only on this basis can adequate
consideration be given to the hui
man, economic and political ele-
ments involved and just and stable
solution be found" Mr.. Grew de-
cided.
He said solution of such territorial
questions will be one of the most
difficult problems Of coming months,
and that there are 80 or more such
questions in Europe which require
careful study before satisfactory de-
cisions can be reached.
American Attitude Stiffeps,
Coming as it did in the midst of
an Anglo-American deadlock with
Russia over the makeup of a pro-
vlsional government for Poland, Mr..
Crews statement appeared to rep
resent stiffening American atti-
tude. The Yugoslav and Polish mat
tiers, however, were not overtly
linked at the State Department.
Tito had Moscow support long be-
fore the Western Allies had any
dealings with him.
The Polish impasse continued
without sign of a break. 1t was
learned that Premier Stain has not
replied to the request from this
country and Britain for full infor-
nation on the arrest of 16 former
Polish underground leaders. The
Americans and British, under the
Yalta agreements, are seeking in
clusion in the Polish regime of some
such elements as were represented
in the group taken into CUSTODY
in Moscow.
Many months ago it was de-
clded that the best way to avoid
nasty and precarious territorial So
lutlons in the Anglo-American
theater of operations would be to
establish and maintain an Allied
military government in the disputed
areas pending settlement by the
orderly processes to which the
United Nations are pledged" Mr.
Grew recalled.
More Than Frontier Controversy. !"
He said that the disputed Venezia
Glvlla area is temporarily of prime
military Importance because Allied
occupation forces require zone OF
administration including ADEQUATE
port facilities and lines of commu-
nlcation to Central Europe.
AN ooAo wal 1olldl 1lUO Ill feDrudrV
accepted the idea of such an Allied
military government for this re-
gion.
Notwithstanding this agreement
claims have now been advanced
that by virtue of conquest Yugo-
slav forces are entitled forthwith to
occupy and control the administra-
ton of this region" he added.
Mr.. Grew declared that "the pres
ent problem is far more than a mere
frontier controversy between two
claimants.
1T raises the issue of the settle
ment of international disputes by
orderly process rather than by uni
lateral action. The disposition of
Venezia Guilia, as of other disputed
territories, must therefore await a
definite peace settlement in which
the claims of both sides and the
peoples concerned will receive a full
and fair hearing or be a matter of
direct negotiations freely entered
into between the parties involved -