The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-09
MoIotovSo Says EastVs West BIocs Absurd
 Will Not Change
 Stand on Trieste;
 Attacks Occupants

Paris, Oct. 9-(UP)-SOV1et For eign Minister V. M. Molotov told the Peace Conference today that the East-West division among nations is becoming absurd and suggested compromises to overcome disputes, but made clear that he would not change his stand on Trieste.
 Other highlights of Molotov's 30- minute speech:
 CD The Italian treaty must
 preserve Italy's sovereignty and
 must not lead to economic en-
 slavement of Italy by other,
 more powerful nations"
 (2) None of the treaty issues
 on which the Big Four previ-
 ously agreed have been sub
 stantially modified here, but on
 the other hand there has been
 no substantial progress on the
 so-called unagreed clauses.
 (3) The Anglo American
 proposal for the statute for the
 free Trieste zone is contrary to
 democratic principles and there
 fore contrary to the Big Four
 agreement.
 (4) The Soviet Union again
 will insist that the Soviet pro-
 posal for the Trieste statute be
 accepted and the Anglo-Amer-
 ican plan rejected.
 Calls for Troop Removal
 ''Much has been said about the disturbances in Trieste" Molotov said. "The main cause of the dis turbances rests on the occupation authorities, who have failed to find a common language with the people of the area. That makes it all the more necessary to fix date for the removal of these troops"
 He said he would seek regime in Trieste with power vested in a popular assembly instead of a gov ernor appointed by the United Ma tions Security Council.
 "This conference should fix an early and exact date for the with drawal of foreign troops in Trieste It should not be postponed for an indefinite future"
 The Anglo American plan would have the Security Council decide on the withdrawal. Both the Unit ed States and Britain would have a veto over such a decision.
 Problem Returned to Big Four
 The Italian Political Commission turned the problem of drafting a Trieste statute back to the Big Four with 8 French list of general prin- ciples. Molotov called these re- draft of the Anglo American plan which he said would establish Se- mi-colonial regime disenfranchisine the Trieste population.
 ''The Soviet Union cannot agree with the commission on this point and calls on the Conference to give most careful consideration to this problem.
 Trieste should be organized along approximately the same lines as Danzig after the war. Why should we retreat from Danzig, which was organized on democratic lines? Ii there is no desire to take step for ward, we should not step backward which is what the Anglo-Americar proposal on Trieste would do."
 Molotov added, "it would be un- tenable to impose on Trieste col onial type regime"
 To Vote on Treaty Today
 Molotov criticized the time taken by the Conference on the Italian separations question. He blamed Australia and other nations for stubborn opposition" and implied that anything Russia proposed was automatically opposed by the west ern nations.
 After mentioning the 13 other So- viet republics, Molotov said India Ethiopia and China had been in- cluded in this conference ito ln- crease the vote of certain group
 He closed in a conciliatory vein leaving the door open to compro- mise, and appealing for all to seek agreement, which he said was pos sible.
 The conference will vote today on the Italian treaty.
 Voting on the Italian treaty by the plenary session was to be article by article on more than 80 articles There was a possibility the voting may be finished tonight. Balloting was expected to reflect the cus- tomary east-west split. The plen- ary was voting on articles as ap- proved by the conference commits Si0nS