Evening star., 1946-09-08
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Serves Notice of Her
Refusal to Sign if
Present Border Stoys
By the Associated presS


PARIS, Sept. 7-Yugoslavia
served notice on the Peace Con-
ference tonight that she would
refuse to sign a treaty with Italy
1t the delegates approved the
1talo-Yugoslavia boundary rec
commended by the Foreign Min
listers Council, and the confer
ence ended its sixth week en-
broiled in bitter territorial dis
putes.
The Italian Political and Ter
ritorial Commission overwhelming
ly rejected a Brazilian proposal to
defer decision on establishing the
Yugoslav Italian frontier after
Yugoslav Vice Premier Edward
Kardelj denounced the proposal as
one aimed at giving Italy all she
wanted. The vote was 18 to /. with
Belgium abstaining and only Brazil
voting in favor.
The Soviet Ukrainian republic
lined up with the other states of
the Russian-influenced Slavic group
in supporting Yugoslavia's claims to
Venezia Giulia before today's last
word was spoken by Mr.. Kardelj.
The Yugoslav vice premier de-
manded a major portion of the
disputed area and an economic link
between Yugoslavia and the pro-
jected free territory of Trieste.
Replies to ConnaIly.
Replying to Senator Connally
Democrat. OF Texas, who had
warmed that territorial disputes
were the road to war, Mr.. Kardelj
said:
We agree with Senator Connally
that territorial claims lead to war
but what were its implicst tons? To
whom was his appeal addressed? We
think it was not necessary for him
to address it to us-we were the
victims. We never waged war of
aggression. We have a claim to our
own land, wrenched from us by the
invader. Senator Connally should
have addressed his appeal to Italy"
Mr.. Kardelj said Yugoslavia was
willing to agree to the establish
ment of a free territory of Trieste
only on condition. that from an
economic point of view Trieste is
sufficiently linked to Yugoslavia and
to other countries of her hinterland
which she serves as an international
port"
He said if the foreign ministers
decision on the so-called French
Line. which gives Gorilla and sea-
coast towns to Italy. was not
changed, Yugoslavia will not recog-
nize any decision taken and will
not sign the peace treaty with
Italy"
Backs White Russian Plan.
The Ukraine's delegate, Prof. N.
Petrovsky, proposed acceptance of
the boundary suggested by White
giving Gorilla to Yugoslavia
and cutting off the coastal corridor
by which the foreign ministers
planned to link Italy with the in
ternationalized zone. He claimed
the French line would create "an
italian corridor to Trieste
which deprives Yugoslavia of an out
let to the sea-
Prof. Petrovsky said a truly
equitable solution" would be to in
corporate both Venezia Giulia and
Trieste in the Yugoslavia federation,
but he did not ask cancellation of
the decision to create the free terri
tory of Trieste.
Mr.. Kardelj struck at South Afri-
can and Brazilian viewpoints which
had favored Italy. and accused Brit
aims Hector Mcneil of introducing
the political factor in the dispute
because the Briton realized the
ethnic and economic factors favored
Yugoslavia.
Still ahead of the conference were
other stormy territorial disputes
Bulgaria's demand for Western
(see CONFERENCE, Page All