Evening star., 1945-09-13
Balkan ENJOYS
Hurry toLondon
To Byrnes
US. Gathering Plans
Urgent Consultations;
PorIey in Recess
Ey the Essociatef, Press.

ToHey IN recess
Ey the Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 13.-United
States representatives in East
ern and Southeastern Europe
were gathering in London today
for urgent consultations with
Secretary of State James F.
ByrneS on numerous touchy
Balkan situations now before the
Big Five Council of Foreign Min
listers, which was in recess today.
Mr.. Byrnes saw King Peter of
Yugoslavia at Claridge's Hotel on
the express invitation of the young
exiled monarch. Later the Secretary
of State consulted with the Greek
regent, Archbishop Damaskinos, at
the American Embassy. Another
Byrnes conference was with Herbert
Evatt, Australian foreign minister.
Two ENJOYS Already in London.
Diplomatic quarters considered sig
nificant the disclosure by the Amer
ican Embassy that the American
representatives were hur-
rying to London. Already here are
Arthur Bliss Lane, American Am
bassador to Poland, and Robert Pat
terson, Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Maynard Barnes, Minister to Bull
garia, arrived in Paris this morning
and was expected here soon Burton
C. Berry. American representative
on the Allied Control Commission
for Romania, was expected today Or
tomorrow.
Robert Gray. American Minister
to Fire, also will arrive here tomor-
row for consultations with Mr..
Byrnes
Some diplomats said they believed
King Peter was trying to gain
American support for his view that
Marshal Titos regime in Yugoslavia
was dictatorial, and that the situ-
alton demanded reshuffle of au-
thority.
The young monarch was in Paris
last week comforting with DR..
Vladimir Machek, Croat peasant
leader. and was believed attempting
to persuade Machek to come to
London and set up a government
in opposition to Tito
Staff in Secret Parleys.
Mr.. Byrnes' talk with the Greek
regent was believed linked both
with a proposed peace treaty for
Italy and Balkan politics,
Staff Representatives of the United
States, Great Britain, Russia
France and China held secret con-
ferences and studied documents
which were so complicated as to
postpone the third plenary session
until tomorrow.
Diplomats say the Greeks are
willing to join the United States
and Great Britain in a lenient
attitude toward Italy, even though
Mussolini attacked the little king
dom
1t is believed that Damaskinos has
the assurance of the United States
and Britain that Greece will get the
Dodecanese Islands. inhabited large
ly by Greeks, at the approaches of
the Dardanelles.
The Greeks have other territorial
claims against Albania and Bull
garia and there seemed little doubt
that Mr.. Byrnes and the regent
talked of these.
There were strong indications the
Greeks also will insist on repara-
tions from Italy, although the
United States and British view is
that Italian economy should not be
burdened with such payments.
Detailed French Plans.
France was reported to have of
fered detailed plans for interna-
tionalizing the German Ruhr and
Rhineland.
A French official said fatty France
had no desire to annex any part oi
the Rhineland, but wanted it and
the Ruhr severed promptly from
Germany in time to prevent effec-
lively any resurgence of German
nationalism there.
The French are reported to be
proposing control of Ruhr indus
tries-particularly coal production
by the major powers and a commits
sion of representatives of France
Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, ano
possibly Britain, to administer the
Rhineland.
Still the top consideration of the
conference was the italian peace
treaty. A tentative document i'll
cooperating French proposals fol
altering Italy's borders and con-
trolling her colonies was considered
in last nights meeting of Mr.
Byrnes, British Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin, Russian Foreign Com
missar Yvacheslav NJ Molotov, Chi
nese Foreign Minister Wang Shih-
chief and French Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault.
Tito Denounced by Peter.
Commenting on the conference
the Moscow radio said one of its
tasks lis to draw up a peace treaty
with Romania." This was taken to
indicate the Russians would insist
on acceptance of the present gov
ernment in Romania, which neither
London nor Washington recognizes
Tied in with the Ro1kon Sit,1atior