The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-10
Bevin Urges Free BoIkons, 
 Threatens Not
 To Sign Treaty;
 Red Counters

Paris, Oct. 1O- (UP) = Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin threatened today to re- fuse to sign the Romanian peace treaty unless the Dan- ube and the Balkans are opened up to free trade and Foreign Secretary V. M. Mol otov immediately demanded to know why the same prln- ciple was not applied to the Panama and Suez Canals and other international water ways.
 Bevin demanded parity for Britain in Romania. His ap- peal followed similar demand oy Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R.- Mich.). for application of Atlantlc Charter free trade principles to the Danube and the Balkans.
 Molotov replied to the Anglo American demand by asking why these principles were not appneo elsewhere in the world.
 Bevin. addressing plenary seS- sion of the Conference on the Romanian treaty, angrily charged Russia with undertaking "dellber- atelv discriminatory" action" against wartime allies in attempt ing to exclude western powers rom access to the Danube.
 He said he knew of nothing tna1 would do more to remove western suspicious of the East than accept ance by the Soviet of the pr1nclple of free navigation of the Danupe for all countries.
 Ascks for Unanimous Vote
 He called for a conference of all Danubian states plus the United States, France and Britain to settle the Danube issues.
 Bevin appealed for unanimous decision on the Romanian treaty on which the powers are split badly. In the Balkan Economic Comm1S- sion western proposals failed to ger | tWo-thirds vote as is required for treaty recommendations to the BE Four.
 Bevin's threat on the Romanian treaty was the second to face ths- Conference Yugoslavia has threat ened not to sign the Italian peace treaty unless it gets Trieste. 1 Bevin, however, was not qulte as categorical as Yugoslavia. He said that unless Great Br1- l tain is given precisely the same I 4ro nfhnrc O1UnD IT. will be very difficult for us to ac-. cept the final treaty" Vandenberg Opens Plea Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich.), opened the Romanian de- bate with a demand for free Dan- ube and the application of Atlantic charter trade principles in the Bal kanS.
 The conference began it's final debate on the Romanian Treaty after meeting until 2:45 A. M. to complete it's work on the Italian treaty draft, which is being handed to the Big Four foreign ministers for final review and completion.
 Vandenberg, in strong re-state- ment of the American position, said free Danube was indispensable to teh economic health and peace of Central Europe and the world.
 He denied the United States has any direct commercial interest in the Danube, which flows from Ger many southeast through the heart of the Balkans to the Black Sea. He cited the long history of interna- tionalization of the river.
 Racing Against Clock
 The Conference in it's race for Oct. 15 adjournment has allotted only today for final debate and voting on the Romanian treaty. It has been grinding away all week in morning, afternoon and evening sessions to finish it's work.
 At 2:10 A. M it voted on the last article of the Italian treaty and 35 minutes later polished of the final annex after plenary session of more than 12 hours.
 The conference by a two-thirds vote upheld the Big Four's French line as the Italian boun- diary and voted 15 to 6, 6 straight East-West division, to recommend the Anglo-American type of admin iStration for Trieste.