The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-01
Molotov Aids Small Powers Voices
Given Role
 To Deliberate On Treaties

Offered by SovIef
 Minister Accepted Bulletin
 Paris, Aug. 1. tUP)-Foreigrs
 Minister Edouard Kardelj of
 Yugoslavia today rejected the
 Big Four decision to interna-
 tionaiize Trieste, and denounced
 the proposed Italian Yugoslav
 border as ''negation of all the
 principles fought for in the
 war;
 Paris, Aug. 1-(UP)-So- viet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov unex xpect e d " smoothed the work of the peace conference procedure commission today by sponsor ing two compromises, design ed to give the small powers a greater voice in treaty delib. erations.
 Molotov's compromises ap- peared to be in line with the new role which he has as- sumed in the initial peace sessions in which he has taken 8. concllla- tory line in contrast with his hard bargaining tactics in Big 4" dis cuSSions.
 The first Molotov compromise won unanimous acceptance by the procedure commission and ended a bitter wrangle between members of the Soviet bloc and Greece. Greece wanted the commission to agree that any item pertaining to a just and durable peace" could be added to the conference agenda by simple majority vote. Vote Decision Lacking
 Molotov's compromise allows the conference to put on it's agenda at the request Of any delegation "any questions pertaining to the peace treaties" It does not mention what vote will be required and this issue will be decided when the commits sion takes up the Big 4" proposal for tWothirds rule.
 The. second Molotov compromise was offered in place of a Dutch suggestion that all of the 21 na- tions at the conference have a place on each of the five commissions which will handle the treaties for Italy, Bulgaria. Hungary, Ronania and Finland.
 The Big 4" recommended that membership of each commission be restricted to nations actually par- tlcipating in war against each satel- lite. Molotov said that the Big 4 suggestion should be followed but that all nations should be allowed to sit in on the commissions with the right to participate in dehbera- tions but without the right to vote.
 Evatt Supports Molotov
 Herbert V. Evatt, Australian for elgn minister, who has tangled re- peatedly with Molotov, supported him on both compromises. He also won British and French support
 The Dutch plan was rejected by a vote of II to g with one absen- ton and Molotov's compromise then was accepted unanimously.
 The United States abstained from voting on the Dutch proposal.
 The Soviet compromise provides that each nation may be heard fully and comprehensively' before each treaty commission. Delegates Surprised The abStention of the United States on the vote surprised the conference almost as much as the unexpected roll of Molotov as the mediator between big and little | powers
 However, showdown test of the limits to Molotov's conciliation was | postponed when the commission ad- journed before getting to the con. troversial two-thirds rule issue.
 Molotov already has expressed a firm stand in favor of the two- thirds rule and is unlikely to com- | promise.
 Under the procedure fixed by the Big 4" and confirmed by the pro- cedure committee today 10 nations will have a vote on the Finnish treaty, Il on Romania, 12 on BuI- garia and Hungary and all but Nor- way on Italy.
 For the second day in succession the American delegation sat mute throughout the rules debate. How ever, Secretary of States James F. Byrnes has let it be known that he has a compromise to submit on the tWo-thirds question.
 The rules committee delayed un. til tomorrow consideration of a Po- fish appeal to be allowed to par. tlclpate in making the Hungarian treaty. Poland contended that she was at war with Hungary in fact if not by formality and said that the only reason Hungary didn't de- clare war on Poland was that she considered Poland non-existent aft- CT 1889.