Evening star., 1946-10-07
u. 5. Refuses
To Yield More
On Trieste Issue
ConnoIIy Tells Poris
Conference Of Stond
On Italian Treuty
BY the Assoeiaied Press


nally told Peace Conference del
egates today the United States
would make no further conces-
sions on the Trieste issue and
urged the adoption of commits
sion recommendations.
Senator Connally, Democrat, of
Texas was the first speaker in gen.
eral discussion on the italian treaty
as the conference went into plenary
session under the Craftsmanship of
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin for its final sprint of treaty
drafting.
Senator Connally reminded dele
gates the outline of principles for
the projected free zone had been
backed by two-thirds of the Italian
Political Commission and then
added:
1T outlines principles without
which no settlement is possible"
Keystone of Treaty.
The Senator declared that, for the
United States, the Trieste agree
ment was lone decision, one agree
ment" in which mo part can be sep
arated from the whole"
"A just solution of the problem
OF Trieste and the frontier between
Italy and Yugoslavia,' he said, "is
the keystone of the peace treaty"
Unless this statute becomes
operative" the Senator warned,
''our obligations toward the popula-
ton of Trieste cannot be dis
charged.
''The city must be founded on
democratic principles. 1t must be
free and independent. SO organized
that it can have life of its own,
free from outside influences, from
any one power or group of powers" +"
Senator Connally said it was not
enough to agree on words which
can be and will be interpreted in
various ways" but that the treaty
and the Security Council must give
residents of the zone the greatest
opportunity to handle their own
affairs.
Denies Plan for Bases.
Senator Connally answered Slav
criticism that Trieste was intended
as an Anglo-American base on the
Adriatic
mo bases. either military, air o,
naval, are to be built or maintained
in the area" he said. No troops
are to be sent there, except al
directed by the Security Council ir
the exercise of its functions.
There will be no case of any
power or group of powers using
Trieste. 1t is soplfistry to thinl
that any power or groups OF powers
can use the Security Council fol-
It's own ends" the Senator said.
In opening the session, Mr.. Bevir
called on ''the first delegate" Of
the United States, Secretary OF
State Byrnes. Mr.. Byrnes asked the
chairs permission to have Senator
Connally speak instead.
Senator Connally was one OF the
American members of the italian
Political Commission which drafted
the report before the conference
including the principles for the
statute on Trieste contained in q
French compromise text.
Urges Free Development.
Senator Connally urged nations
surrounding Trieste to allow the
city to develop as a free, interna-
tional gateway into the continent.
Against Slav contentious for un-
limited powers for the zonal assem-
bly,, Senator Connally said the Sc
curity Council must have an instru-
mentality in the governor to exer-
else its functions.
Applause greeted his call to the
conference to adopt the compromise
plan to forward it to the Foreign
Ministers Council as a guide to the
final writing of the treaty.
Senator Connally was followed by
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts,
leader of the South African delega-
ton. Applause filled the chamber
as the venerable soldier, one of the
survivors of the Versailles Peace
Conference, strode to the rostrum.
There were indications that the
delegates would be compelled to sit
day and night for the next eight
days if they are to adhere to sched-
ule and adjourn on October is to
avoid conflict with the impending
United Nations General Assembly
session in New York.
Because the Economic Commits
sion for the Balkans and Finland
still has not yet completed its work
opening of today's plenary session
was delayed for a time. First item
on the agenda was the Italian treaty
Rules Quickly Adopted.
Rules of procedure recommended
by the Big Four Foreign Ministers
Council in an effort to speed action
on the five treaties were swiftly
adopted at 45-minute plenary ses-
sion yesterday.
Three days were allowed for con-
sideration of the italian treaty, with
It's many controversial angles, and
one day each for the treaties with
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Finland.
Each delegation will be limited to
a 30-minute speech on each of the
five treaties, plus two half-hour
translation periods.
Several commissions worked
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