Evening star., 1946-10-13
i. 5. Is Defeated
On Reparations
Cut for Hungary
Conference Completes
Work on Peace Treoty
After Rejecting Plea
By the Assoeiotsd Pres,

treaty early today after rejecting
the plea of the United States fol
a 500, 100000 reduction in tn,
amount of reparations that ma
ton must pay Russia, Czecho,
slovakia and Yugoslavia.
In the course of completing 1t
deliberations on the last of tn
treaties for the Balkan satellites o
Germany, the Conference voted t,
free the Hungarian section of tn
Danube to commerce of all nations
as 1t had done earlier in the Ro
manian and Bulgarian treaties
After a recess today, the Confer
ence will convene tomorrow, unde
the Craftsmanship of Presiden
Georges Bidault of France, to finisl
its work on the treaty with Finland
The final meeting will be held Tues
day.
Only Canada Joins U. S.
The delegates voted IL to 2 witt
seven a5stentions to allow the three
Slav nations $300,o00,00o. Onl.
Canada Joined the United States
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Greece
Norway. New Zealand and tn,
Netherlands abstained.
Shortly before midnight, the Con.
ference, over Russian opposition
wrote into the Hungarian treaty q.
it had in the Romanian and Bul.
garian treaties provisions. to fres
the Danube to navigation of al
countries and to convene q congres.
of Danube riparian states and the
foreign ministers council to inter.
nationalize the river.
The vote on reopening the Danube
was is to 6, with the Slav grour
opposing it as it had in the othel
Balkan treaties. The vote on call.
ing the Congress was carried IA tt
Z.
Articles Quickly Approved.
Willard Thorp, State Department
economic expert, appealing for the
reparation reduction In order to
keep Hungary from economic dis
integration," spoke just before the
delegates of the 81 nations began
to vote on final approval of the
Hungarian treaty, fourth and next
to last treaty to be passed on by
the Conference.
In slightly more than Is minutes
after last nights session opened the
delegates approved all the political
articles In the treaty, including one
directing Hungary to negotiate with
CzechoSloyakia on the return OF
200, 900 Hungarians on Czech soil,
and another granting Czechoslovakia
three towns in a bridgehead across
the Danube to permit enlargement
of Bratislava.
Military clauses limiting Hun
gary's armed forces to $1,000 men
for the army, an air force of 70
combat and 20 transport planes with
a manpower of 5000 were adopted
without discussion.
Thorp Follows Russian.
Mr.. Thorp had led the campaign
to reduce Hungarian reparations in
the Conferences Balkan Economic
Commission. A member of the
American delegation said similar
effort would be made tomorrow tc
reduce reparations Russia has de-
manded Of Finland.
Mr.. Thorp was one OF the finaI
speakers at the two sessions pre-
ceding the evening meeting at which
the vote was taken on the treaty
He followed Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Feodor Gusev, who confined
himself almost entirely to a defens;
of Slavic reparations demands.
Mr.. Gusev said the American cam.
paign was directed at "the legiti.
mate rights of the Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia,
who would receive 5000, ,000, 900, $780,.
100000 and $4,000, 900, respectively
under Article q of the draft treaty
Mr.. Gusev admitted the Hungarian
economy was BADLY shattered" bu'
said the real cause was the neec
for $4,000. .000, 900 worth Of Hungarian
railroad and other material whicr
he said the Germans carted of dur.
ing their retreat and which he sale
the Americans were retaining II
Austria and Germany.
Denies Material Is Held Up.
Mr.. Thorp retorted that the 3d.
000,000,o00 figure was fantastic
and denied that the American occu-
patton authorities were holding ur
the return of any Hungarian ma.
terial.
Mr.. Thorp said the American rep
resentative on the Allied Control
Council in Berlin had suggested on
June 26, 1916, that certain ex-
enemy countries, including Hun
gary, be made eligible for restitu-
ton" of German-seized property
but that despite the continued ef-
forts of the United States" the nec-
essary four-power agreement has
not been obtained.
He declared that the United
States has dome all that it could
to alleviate the situation" in Hun
ror,, uo cold Anaricay1 authorities