Evening star., 1946-09-21
Vote Snags
British Demand
On Balkan Oil
Vondenberg Terms
Peace Conference
ToneIe 'Fontostic'
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS. Sept. 21.-British de-
mandS for specific treaty safe
guards for foreign petroleum in
terests in Romania Snagged on
a tie vote, to 7, in the Peace
Conferences Balkan Economic
Commission today.
The resulting parliamentary tam
gle caused the American delegate,
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, to declare: This proceed
ure has been fantastic"
Earlier the Italian Political and
territorial Commission approved the
separate agreement between Italy
and Austria for considerable auton-
omy rights in the Tyrol, and or
dered inserted in the Italian
peace treaty over the objections of
the Slav bloc.
The revised British annex to the
Romanlan treaty, which ran into
a parliamentary snarl, would re-
qulre Romania to restore or replace
the losses of Allied nationals in the
Oil fields. annul discriminatory leg
lslatlon and admit key administra-
tive officials and technical experts
into the country to operate the
wells.
Personnel Issue Brings Tie.
The first three paragraphs were
ADOPTED In a series of close votes.
A tie vote came on the fourth and
last paragraph concerning admis-
sion of key personnel, and again
on the projected annext as a whole.
The British Empire countries
Britain, Australia, Canada, India,
New Zealand and South Africa
plus Greece, carried the first two
paragraphs, Z to 6, against the Unit
ed States and the Slav bloc-Rus-
sia, White Russia. The Ukraine,
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
The United States took the DO
sition that special provisions for
petroleum properties were unneces-
sary because they were covered by
general clauses on property rights
Of Allied nationals.
France Switches Support.
France, which abstained on the
first two ballots, joined the Brit
ish bloc in passing the third para
graph, 8 to 6. then switched to the
other side on the fourth paragra ph,
tying the count.
The same lineup caused a tie on
the annex as a whole.
Then came the confusion over
whether the vote on the whole in
Guided all four portions or merely
the three approved ones.
Senator Vandenberg d Jared
Chairman Joseph Korbel Of Czecho-
slovakia had erred in putting all four
paragraphs to the vote on the whole
when the last had failed to pass.
The chairman insisted that under
United Nations rules the fourth por-
ton was still alive.
Disasrees With Red Delegate.
Il am sorry to intrude," said Sena-
tor Vandenberg, but I've had little
parliamentary experience VIII C h
might be of utility. agree with the
Soviet delegate that part Of this pro-
cedure has been fantastic, but I dis
agree with his conclusions
Mr.. Korbel said the rules require
second vote at new meeting with
in 48 hours in case of a tie
The Italian Commission voted, 13
to 6. to insert the Italian-Austrian
accord on the Tyrol in the Italian
treaty.
Under the agreement, which was
signed here recently by Austrian
Foreign Minister Karl Gruber and
Italian Premier Alcide de Casper,
italy granted local autonomy to
German-speaking residents of the
South Tyrol, guaranteed the right
to speak the Tyrolese language and
pledged that German-speaking per-
sons would have equal opportunity
to hold public Office
To Work Out Trade Facilities.
The two nations also promised to
work out mutually satisfactory rail,
transit and trade facilities.
Slav delegates laid down a bar
rage Of criticism against the inser-
ton Of the agreement, which was
proposed by Belgium and the Meth
erlands. Autralia's w. R. Hodgson
replied that some delegations" were
apparently opposed to guarantees
OF human rights and fundamental
freedoms
K. V. Kisselev Of White Russia,
said the agreement did not settle the
Tyrol frontier issue and argued that
a bilateral accord between former
enemy countries ought not 20 be in
tie treaty.
Virtual completion yesterday of
work on the political and terri
torial aspects Of the proposed treaty
with Bulgaria left the delegates free
to concentrate on the Italian and
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