Evening star., 1946-09-16
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ItoIy and YugosIovio
Told to Subordinate
Pride to Peace
BY Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Stor Stoff Correspondent

PARIS, Sept. 16.-The United
States today told Yugoslavia and
Italy they must accept reason
able settlement of the Trieste
problem-that peace of the world
is more important than inflated
national pride"
The voice was that of Senator
Connally, Democrat, of Texas. con-
greSslonal adviser to the United
States delegation at the Peace
Conference. He spoke before the
Italian Political and Territorial
Commission.
THE challenge to peace is here >
the Senator said. 1T is right here
on our doorstep, lying right here
on this conference table. We must
not create another Danzig."
Must Be Free.
In a dramatic defense of the
American thesis that administra-
tlon of the Free Territory be created
IN the Adriatic trouble zone must
be genuinely international, Senate,
Connally declared: The Free
Territory Of Trieste must in fact be
free-free from Yugoslavia and free
from Italy. 1t must be free from
intrigue and conspiracy. It's inde-
pendence must be secure
The Senator noted that Russia
wanted to see the territory en-
braced in a customs union with
Yugoslavia, a Soviet satellite state
1T Is the view of the American
delegation that the regulation OF
customs is matter for long-term
Development" Senator Connally
said. 1T is our view that this mat
ter should be worked out at a later
date by the Free Territory and the
United Nations"
The Senator made no reference TO
the controversy arising from last
weeks speech by Secretary of Com
merce Wallace on American foreign
policy. Instead. he devoted nearly
all his speech to comment on the
Trieste proposals made SATURDAY. by
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M. Molo-
tov and echoed this morning by the
Yugoslav Deputy Premier, Edward
Kardelj.
In an hour-long speech. Mr.
kardelJ declared Western powers
were attempting to draw a heavy
iron iron curtain around the Medi-
terranean Sea-"
Continues Slav Campaign.
Continuing the Slav bloc cam
paign for dominant Yugoslav posi-
ton in the projected Free Territory
OF Trieste. Mr.. Kardelj said the
United States and Britain were op-
posing Slav demands simply to pro-
tect their rights and privileges in
the Mediterranean.
They are inspired neither BY
concern for the population OF
Trieste, nor for the peoples of the
interior, nor for the people of Italy, ,
said the stocky Yugoslav spokesman
Meanwhile, the Bulgarian Politi.
cal and Territorial Commission
voted eight to five along West versu,
Slav lines to take up Greece's de.
mands for slice of Bulgarian ter.
rltory and strategic frontier.
The vote came after K. v. Kisele,
Of White Russia reported the con.
ference's secretary-generaI hac
ruled commission could discus.
any subject at any time. Slav dele.
gates walked out of this commits
sion Friday when America ane
Britain sought to consider the Greel
requests as a formal amendment
Assails Greece's Demands.
Soviet Delegate N. V. Noviko,
assailed Greece's demands anc
called for giving Bulgaria he
frontiers as they existed in Jan.
uary, 1941. This, apparently, mean
Russia would abandon her supper
for Bulgarian claims on Western
Thrace, but he did not mentor
them.
Senator Connaliy In his speech or
Trieste said the Americans are not
at the Peace Conference to further
the interest of Yugoslavia or Italy.
"Yugoslavss and Italy-I hop,
they are listening now-are botf
subordinate to the peace of thu
area and to the peace of the world,
he said. "The free territorv rn,s
not be satellite of Yugoslavis
(See CONFERENCE, Page A-4.J