Evening star., 1946-10-12

Ministers Council consult Yuso.
slayia before giving final approva
to the decisions of the conference
reached "by bringing the erroneous
method of out-voting to extreme
ruthlessness.
Relations "Unsatisfactory."
DIR. Vlado Clements of Czecho.
slovakia spoke Of "the unsatisfactory
state Of our relations even at pres.
ent" with Hungary, saying "the be.
vahior of the Hungarian government
in this matter is such as to provoke
very serious disquiet in this section
OF Central Europe"
He said "the world should accept
what he termed "the cooperation
and alliance of the Slav nations, who
suffered more in the war, with the
Soviet Union"
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmi.
tri Manulisky denounced any at
tempt to reduce Hungarian repara.
tions to Russia as IAN unfriendlJ
act"
The United States has led a fighl
In committee for minority pro.
posal to reduce the figure from
$500 900, 900 to $2O0,000,0 900, warning
that Hungary might be sent intt
economic collapse by heavy demands
upon her.
Mr.. Manuilsky also touched or
the other economic sore SPOT in thu
treaty-the majority proposal fol
freedom of commerce on the Dan
ube. He charged that states lik'
the United States and Great Britain
want to dictate, their will to tn,
tDaraubian states" but that the Dan
lube states Intend to free them.
selves from economic dependence.
Delegates wound up action on th'
Bulgarian treaty at lis am. today
| in the third consecutive after mid
might session.
Over Russian opposition ar1t
splitting, Is to s, an East-West lines
the conference wrote into the Bull
garian treaty-as it had into thu
Romanian-a clause to throw th'
Danube River basin open to worle
shipping.
One big question was left for th'
foreign ministers-whether Bulga
ria's border with Greece should b.
fixed along the line of January, 1941
Nine nations favored this-France
Norway, the United States ant
Russia and five Slav sister states
| But IL, including Britain, abstaine.
from voting, and Secretary of Stat'
Byrnes presiding, ruled that tn
article had lost for want Of pln
rality.
Greece had asked to move he
border northward for strategic rea
sons. Bulgaria had sought Thra
clan corridor to the Aegean Sci
through Greek territory. The vot,
was regarded as at least tempo
rary-and certainly surprising
victory for Greece, since it left tn
way open for continued efforts t.
win border territory from Bulgaria
Must Defortify Border.
The nations voted, IL to 6, witt
three absentions, to require Bull
garia to defortify whatever boundar.
is established with Greece and II
demolish any weapons that could b'
fired into Greece.
The delegates voted s125 ,000, DO
in Bulgarian reparations. to be pait
to Greece and Yugoslavia in equa
shares within six years In farm
products. coal, livestock and railroad
equipment.
| Bulgaria's liability for restitution
| for Allied property seized or dam
aged in the war was fixed at IS pc
cent of the full value.
| In military articles approved with
out discussion. Bulgaria was limited
to an army of $4,000 men, navy o
$500 men and 1900 tons of shipping
and an airfarce of $500 men. z,
combat planes and 20 transpor
planes In addition, the conferenc
voted. IA to s, to prohibit Bulgarii
from owning motor torpedo boats
She also was forbidden to have an.
atomic bomb material.
Bulgaria further was required. de
spite Slav opposition, to steer clea
of a monopoly In civil aviation ant
to avoid race discrimination.
Political Opportunism."
Two Bulgarian cabinet member
expressed hope that the Council o
Foreign Ministers would revise tn
territorial and reparations clauses il
the Bulgarian treaty.
Foreign Minister Georgui Kouli
chev said refusal to ratify Bulgaria
frontiers as of January, 1941, wa
political opportunism,"
Finance Minister Ivan Stephano'
said payment OF any reparations b,
the Axis satellite nation was fncon
ceivable" and that any "additiona
burden" would lead the country Il
economic and financial "catas
! trophe."