Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-31

United States, Britain and France
agreed, Romania will be required to
restore all the legal rights and prop
erty of United Nations nationals
Allied and associated powers will be
given the privilege of retaining any
Romanian property seized in the
national interest" before Romania
| signed the armistice with the Allies
on September II, 1914, and turned
against Germany.
300,000,000 for q. S. S. r.
Soviet Russia is the sole bene-
ficiary from reparations. Under the
proposed treaty, the U. S. S. r. would
get s300,000,000 payable over eight
years from September IL, 1914, in
commodities such as oil, grain, tim
Der. seagoing and river craft and
machinery.
The Romanian treaty, like the
drafts for other former enemy states,
gives Romania an opportunity even
tually to become member of the
United Nations, requires the govern
ment to guarantee its people enjoy
ment of human rights and of fun
damental freedoms, including the
freedom of expression, of press and
publication, of religious worship. of
political opinion and of public
meeting"
Within 80 days after the treaty
becomes effective. the proposed
agreement says, Allied occupation
troops will be withdrawn subject
to the right of the Soviet Union to
keep on Romanian territory such
armed forces as it may need for the
maintenance of lines of communica-
ton of the Red Army with the So
Wet zone of occupation in Austria. 81
The treaty draft sets no restric-
ton on the number of such troops
Heads of the diplomatic missions
of Russia, the United States and
Britain who now act as the Allied
Control Council during the occu-
patton, would continue to function
for period not to exceed 10 months
as enforcers of the treaty. Article
IS provides:
For a period not to exceed 16
months from the coming into force
of the present treaty, the heads OF
diplomatic missions in Bucharest OF
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics, the United Kingdom and
the United States, acting in concert
will represent the Allied and asso-
ciated powers in dealing with the
Romanian government in all mat
tiers concerning the execution and
Interpretation of the present treaty
The three heads of the missions
will give the Romanian government
such guidance and technical advice
and Qualification as may be neces-
sary to ensure rapid and efficient
compliance with the spirit ano
terms of the present treaty"
Economic Clauses Long.
The lengthiest parts of the draft
are the economic clauses and debate
in the peace conference is expected
to focus on the conflicting view.
points OF Russia and the western
powers. Only the sections on which
all of the Big Four powers agreed
were made public in the proposed
treaty, but discussions at two pre-.
vlous meetings of the Big Foul
Foreign Ministers Council disclosed
wide differences.
Article Is provides: "Romania
recognizes that the Soviet Union
is entitled to all German assets in
Romania transferred by the contro
council for Germany and undertakes
to take all necessary measures fol
facilitating such transfers"
Another economic clause provides
that "Romania shall restore all the
legal rights and interests in
Romania of the United Nations ano
their nationals as they existed or
June %, 1941, and shall return all
property in Romania, including ships
OF the United Nations and then
nationals, as it now exists" A foot.
note states that inclusion of ship
ping was stipulated by the British
Another seton requires Romania
to "nullify all measures, including
seizures, sequestration or control
taken by it against United Nations
property between June %, 1941, and
the coming into force of the present
treaty"