Evening star., 1946-09-02
Italian Delegate
esPeacePeri|
In Free Trieste
British Ask II Billion
In Reporotions From
Rome's Government
BY fhs Assoeiotsd Pres,

by me Assoeiofsd Press
PARIS. Sept. 2.-Italian Vice
Premier Ivanoe Bonomi told del
egates to the Paris Peace Con-
ference today that creation Of
a free territory of Trieste would
be a permanent threat to the
peace" between Italy and Yugo-
slavia.
He spoke after the 2l-nation peace
conference secretariat reported the
United Kingdom and the British
colonies are claiming f2,88O, 900 900
($ll $40 100000 reparationsp from
Italy.
Signor Bonomi told a meeting of
the Italian Political and Territorial
Commission studying Big Four rec
ommendation in the Venezia Giulia
dispute that Italy cannot conceal
her deep grief at plans to make
Trieste an autonomous free terri
tory.
"A partition of Venezia Giulia &C
cording to clearly recogniza BILE
ethnic line would undoubtedly be
accepted, sooner or later, by the
two neighboring states and would
thus insure the reestablishment Of
mutually trusting relations between
them" he said.
"On the contrary the existence of
territory which, because OF it's
very nature, will not cease to be
coveted by one side and the other,
will have the result of weighing
heavily on the relations between the
two states, thus being a permanent
threat tc the peace between them
and, In consequence to world peace
in general.
4 Objections to French Line"
The Italian delegate asked the
peace conference comission to re-
examine the Big -Four foreign min
listers agreement on the so-ca lied
French line" as the new Italo-Yu-
goslav frontier, listing four Italian
objections:
l. The French line disregards
the gravitation of the populations
OF the upper Isonzo Valley toward
the Venetian plain.
2. Yugoslavia would obtain Dos
session OF Isonzo Valley hydroelec-
trio plant, cutting of power supplies
for Gorilla, Monfalcone and Venice
as we'll as Trieste.
3. Communications with Trieste
would be seriously curtailed.
4. The French line separates Gori-
zia which would be left with Italy.
from her suburbs and aqueducts.
Power Articles Adopted.
The Italian political and terri
torial commission. with little cebate,
adopted articles 6, 7, 8 and 8 OF the
draft treaties In which France guar
antees to supply Italy with electricity
and water from the dams taken over
in the Mont Cenis and Tendabriga
border areas.
Italy undertakes to cooperate
with France in possible establish
ment OF railway connection be-
tween Briancon and Modane, via
Pardonneche, under provisions of
one OF the approved articles.
Another adopted article would re-
quire Italy to hand over to Fra nee
archives concerning Nice and Savoy
ceded to France in 1850. Maurice
Couve de Murville, French spokes-
man on the commission, said the
archives had no connection with
World War II but were records
which the Italians had declined to
give to France since the 1850 settle
ment.
British List Losses.
Most OF the British claim for
ll,520, 100000 from Italy, which
British sources said they hoped to
satisfy in part by seizure of Italian
assets in the United Kingdom and
the colonies, consists OF budgetary
war cost against italy of e., ,78O, 900 900
al1,120,000,000).
The pre-British statement of repa- :
rations claims listed losses of f70,-
10000 in shipping, f29 OO0. 900 dam
age by Italian attacks on Malta. and
FL 100000 to other colonies. The
claims does not include the British
dominions.
mo reliable estimate can be made
OF the proportion attributable to
Italy OF war damage in the United
Kingdom - approximately f2OO0,-
900, ,000," the statement added.
British peace delegation sources
said today that meeting of the Big
Four Foreign Ministers Council ten
tatively scheduled for this afternoon
had been postponed to later in the
week because of the absence of
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov.
Mr.. Molotov, who left for Moscow
on Friday, was expected to return
late this week, but no definite infor-
nation on his plans has been made
known. a British. spokesman said.
The deputy foreign ministers
charged with the task of examining
more than $50 amendments to the
treaty drafts, are scheduled to meet
again tomorrow.