Evening star., 1946-09-04
Small Powers
Revolt Grows
Over Trieste
; New Amendments to
Foreign Ministers
Settlement Offered
By NewboId Noyes, Jr.
Stor Sfoff Corresnandsnf

Trieste proposals of the Big Four
developed at the Peace Confer
ence today.
The fact that Russian satellite;
attacked the Foreign Ministers linn
tied compromise with as much gustc
as their western counterparts con.
tributed, however, to the belief that
this was at least to some extent g
sham battle. Two contesting camp.
appeared TO be establishing series
OF positions from which to start
pushing in case, by remote chance
the present great power agreement
should collapse.
This mornings wrangle in the
Italian Political and Territorial
Commission saw the introduction
OF three new amendments, each
seeking to modify, one way or the
other, the Big -Four settlement which
would divide the disputed territory
If Venezia Giuiia along the so-called
French line and carve out of the
Italian half free territory OF
Trieste around the key Adriatic port
Connally Makes Appeal.
The activities of the commission
drew an appeal for a more serious
approach to the issue from Senator
Connally, Democrat. of Texas, who
has hitherto sat as silent observ-
er of commission proceedings.
He said the Trieste question was
delicate" and critical" containing
elements of possible breach OF
the peace" He said the United
States, which is interested here only
IN seeing peace is maintained
wants to see the Trieste issue-both
as to boundaries and to the way in
which the proposed free territory is
to be governed-considered as ar
organic whole.
Instead Of trying to see how
much We can get out of some O.
these questions" he said, ''let us lool
beyond in a spirit of tolerance, pa
tience and forbearance to a rea
settlement 1Or peace.
This is a peace conference. no
struggle to see which country car
get the greatest benefit for any one
group. We are here as ambassador;
of the people of the world to solve
the problems of the world.
we are here to assist, we hope
in helping give freedom to the peo-
pies, not to enslave them"
OF the Trieste free territory Sen
ator Connally said: The United
States wants to see such territory
and such a government that will
command the respect of both Yugo-
Slavia and Italy"
The Trieste government, he said
must be so endowed with proper
functions and powers to protect the
people Of the area in their funda
mental right.
We want peace. world peace The
only objective of the American dele.
6tion is to find solution which
viii contribute to the preservation
( peace of that area and in tn,
orld."
Amendments Offered.
The amendments put before the
Italian commission today were
|. A South African amendment
n effect supporting the Italian view
,eXpounded Monday by Ivanoe Bo'
nomi, former italian Premier. /
would extend the proposed free ter.
viz CT md 10 s,oo1Itl /,
he port of Pola as well as that O.
Trieste.
2. Byelorussian amendmen
%hich would modify the Big Fou
oundary so as to give the Yugo
avs all of Gorilla and corridor
l that area south to the sea.
3. A Brazilian amendment which
Guild postpone settlement of th'
hole question pending study of.th'
sue by new commission o.
inquiry.
In addition the commission ha
before it a Yugoslav amendmen
ubmitted in the course of yester
Gays speech by DIR. Ales Bebler, b,
which the idea of the free territor,
Of Trieste would be abandoned an,
The border fixed along a slightl
modified version of the "ethnic" lin
originally sought by the Yugoslav:
which passes west of Gorilla.
Indications are that some critica
sessions are ahead for the Italia
commission. Existing agreement
between the Big -Four merely rougl
IN some of the answers to the Triest
ouestion-one of the most difficult i
he world-and it will be up to tn
commission to supply the detaile
)lution.
Administration Big Problem.
The most fundamental answe
lat the commission will have t
apply is to the question as to no
le proposed free territory is to b
administered. When this questio
i5 broacheo, probably within tn
next few days, the conference wi
have reached the first major issu
of substance on which the Big Fou
are in open disagreement, and tn
storm then will be flying over tn
Luxembourg Palace.
This mornings session got off t
a n,acid start, however. ia
Nasaryk, CZechoslovak Ministe
spoke in support of the Yugosla
view, presented yesterday by D
Bebler. who rejected the Big Fou
solution which would divide the ter
ritory along the so-called Frenc
line.
Raoul Fernades of Brazil propose
that the whole question of Triest
be postponed pending further wor
by new commission of inquiry. H
said the compromise arrived at b
the Big Four obviously is bad on,
as it satisfies nobody and violate
the principles of the Atlantic Char
ter. He criticised the Big -Four 70
the extent to which they have re
stricted the functions of this con
ference, saying:
The great powers have the nigh
but they do not necessarily have tn
wisdom" In general, Mr.. Fernando
appeared to support the Italian view
Last night the Political and Terri
(see MOVES, Page A-6.)