Evening star., 1946-08-24
Bevin in Conference
with Byrnes Before
Flying 10 London
BY tina As.oeioted Press

PARIS, Aug. 24.-Secretary of
State Byrnes conferred for more
than an hour today with Foreign
Secretary Bevin at headquarters
OF the American delegation, but
American spokesmen refused to
make public any details of the
meeting.
This was the second meeting be-
tween the two ministers since Nj.
Bevln arrived in Paris from Lon
don last week.
1t was not Immediately learned
at whose suggestion the meeting was
neld, 1t was generally believed the
conversation centered on Peace Con-
ference strategy and the German
situation.
Mr.. Byrnes reviewed German
problems last Sunday with Brig.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American dep
uty commander in Germany.
Soon after his talk with Mr.
Byrnes, Mr.. Bevin flew to London
to confer with Prime Minister Attlee
He did not expect to return to Paris
until the middle of next week.
Czechs Make Complaint.
In the Peace Conference itself.
Czechoslovakia declared that the
draft treaty for Hungary did not
go far enough in stating Hungarys
completely" in the war.
The Czech delegate told the Hun
garian Political and Territorial
Committee it was absolutely essen
tial' the treaty state that Hungary
was the first of the satellites to
voluntarily join the Axis"
The committee was drafting the
treaty's preamble. The Romanian
political and Territorial Committee
was also discussing the preamble of
it's treaty.
The Czechoslovak speaker was
Vladimir Clements.
1t. Gen. Walter B. Smith of the
American delegation suggested that
since the Czechs had not formally
proposed an amendment. the COM
mittee get on with its work. He said
the treaty preamble stated Hungary
had become an ally of Hitlerite
Germany" and this was "odium
enough"
The Romanian committee struck
a snag when delegates protested they
had not received copies of a minor
Australian amendment and minor
Romanian suggestion for changing
the date at which Romania was con-
sidered to have joined the Allies.
Chairman Dimitri Manuilsky of
the Ukraine observed that If we 60
on this way the peace conference
will last until 1855" The committee
finally decided, however, not to try
to take any definite action today,
but to enter into only a preliminary
discussion of the preamble.
Amendment Withdrawn.
Czechoslovakia agreed to withdraw
her amendment to the Hungarian
treaty when the Yugoslav delegate
Avdo Humo, said he was convinced
there are really democratic ele-
mentS in present-day Hungary
which should be encouraged, az;
joined Gen, Smith in urging that the
amendment not be pressed
A request from Hungary to insert
in the preamble that she contrib
uted to the final success of the war"
after she joined the Allies, received
no support and was considered re-
jected.
Both the Hungarian and Roma
nian commissions became snarled
over Australian amendments assert
ing each treaty assures to all per-
sons, human rights and fundamen-
tai freedom without distinction of
race, sex, language or religion"
The Romanian commission de-
cided this amendment should GO to
the general commission and ad-
journed after the Ukrainian dele
gate had raised the question of the
status of the Indian population In
South Africa. The African delegate
w. G.. Parminter. countered tartlv
that the Ukrainian had gone out
OF his way" to discuss the IndiaI,
problem in conference devoted to
European peace treaties.
In the Hungarian commission
however, Russia's Feodor Gusev in
sisted that the body discuss the
Australian amendment and long
procedural debate ensued. This
commission adjourned without re-
solving the problem.