Evening star., 1946-09-16
Conference
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or Italy. Yugoslavia and Italy must
accept the settlement that may
be reached in good faith, with a
genuine intent and desire that
the settlement may be a success.
There must be no mental reser-
vationS. There must be no secret
evasions of mind. If they fail to
so accept it they will fail in their
duty to the world.
Peace More Important.
"The peace of the world is more
important than any few miles of
territory The peace of the world
is more important than inflated
national pride"
Answering criticism that the
American proposal on TrieSte's gov
ernment was "undemocratic," Sen
ator Connally said that under the
United States plan the assembly,
elected by a universal secret ballot,
would in turn elect the govern
ment council.
The assembly would also draft
the citys constitution for Security
Council approval.
Senator Connally's exposition of
the American view concluded four
days of general debate in the COM
mission on the subject of the statute
of the proposed Free Territory. The
problem now passes to an eight-na-
ton subcommittee, which will be
faced with the hurculean task of
reconciling deep-rooted differences
between the views of the Western
powers and those of the Russian
block
The subcommittee will have as
its raw material four drafts of the
statue, prepared by the Big Four.
The Russian draft would place ad-
ministration of the territory in the
hands of a locally elected assembly,
and in general appears to be aimed
at tying the little state as firmly
as possible to Marshal Tito's apron
strings. The British draft, on the
other hand, goes to the opposite
extreme. subjecting the territory to
the virtual dictatorship of gov
ernor" appointed by the United Ma
tions Security Council.
Between Two Extremes.
The French and American posi-
tions are between these two ex-
tremes, with the American position
the closer of the two to the British
stand.
But the fundamental conflict is
one as to whether this explosive area
shall be permitted to work out its
own fate, or whether the situation
there is so tense that its administra-
tion must be genuine international
responsibility. In support of the
latter thesis, the United States
Great Britain and France are
aligned together. 49,.
Russia, too, is committed to this
view in principle, but the draft SUBJ
mitted by the Soviet has indicated
clearly that implementation of in.
ternational control is another matter
for Russia.
1t was against the background oi
this conflict that Senator Connally
spoke today. His defense of the
American position was general-he
dealt largely with principles rather
than with specific points at issue.
He said the United States regard.
as vital the question of providine
true guarantees for the indepen.
dence and integrity of the territory
I'VE hold" he said, that the
governor of the free territory, wht
is to be appointed by the Securit,
Council should be entrusted witt
the power and means to meet the
responsibilities placed upon the Sc.
o9rity Council"
Carries Broad Grant.
He said doubt had been expressed
Is to the authority of the Securit,
Council to play the dominant rols
which the United States wants il
to play with regard to Trieste. Bu1
he pointed out pat under the U. N
charter the q neil has primary
yesponsihility e. the maintenanc,