Evening star., 1946-08-11
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Treaty, Premier
Pleads at Paris
Year Postponement OF
Trieste and Other
Border Issues Asked
By The Associoted Press

PARIS, Aug. 10.-Italy's Pre-
mier struck out at the proposed
italian peace treaty today az
punitive" and beyond his coun-
try's capacity to fulfill, and urged
the Peace Conference to post
pone for a year settlement oil
the Trieste and other frontier
problems.
The decision to internationalize
Trieste. Premier Alcide de Casper
said. was "a bite into our very flesh
Pleading Italys cause before ar
afternoon session which received
his arguments in cold silence, Mr.
de Gasperi protested the deep slash
in Italys armaments, the bills fol
reparations, and the changes in the
italian frontier, particularly the Big
Four decision on Trieste and Venezia
Giulia.
He buttressed his request for q
delay by reference to Italian claims
for damage against Germany, ask
ing: rs this not another proof that
no final settlement in Europe can
be attained before peace is made
with Germany?"
Byrnes Shakes Premier's Hand.
There was no applause or other
demonstration by the conference
after Mr.. de Gasperi's 41-minute
speech, but as he walked back up
the center aisle Secretary of State
Byrnes leaned out and shook hands
with him.
The conference adjourned until
Monday with a decision to defer
discussions on the italian plea until
then. 1t also took no action after
a mornings debate on admission OF
Albania as a member Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov again walked
from the room while the Greek
delegate was speaking, and the
Yugoslav delegate charged that il
was the policy of Greece. bitter op-
ponent of Albania. Ito foment and
start war III the Balkans
Mr.. de Gasperi, urging delay or
Trieste, said:
am well aware that peace must
somehow be made, that the dead.
lock must be broken. But on the
other hand, if you have deferred
by one year the colonial settlement
for lack of good solution, why car
YOU not do likewise for the Juliar
Trieste and Venezia Giulia prob.
lem?
What good will come of clingins
to a solution which only bids fol
new trouble? Why shut your ear.
to the cry for help of the Italian.
IN Istria who at this moment
are preparing to abandon hearth
and home rather than submit to the
new tYugoslav) regime?'
Recalls Frontier Offer.
The Italian Premier. described the
French line proposed as the from.
tier between italy and Yugoslavis
as a Tine of political expediency'
which lett 10000 Italians in Yugo
slavia and SO 600 Slavs on Italiar
soil.
He recalled that he had Offered
TO relinquish the natural frontier
of the Alps and to fall back or
the line traced by President Will
son in 1919. He added that Ital,
approved with certain reservation
the ethnic line established by ar
Allied committee of experts las
spring.
But the Yugoslav delegates in.
sisted, with arguments still basee
on the idea of punishment, fo
total possession of Venezia Giulia,
he said
The premier described the pro
posed free state of Trieste as
mixture of Slav elements within {
predominantly Italian population
dependent on Italy for some service
and on Yugoslavia for others. H,
estimated its buogetary expense
would total between five and sever
billion lire while the maximum rev
enue would hardly reach one bill
lion.
Mr. de Casper said governmental
subsidies and contributions in tn
form OF public works had kept tn
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