Evening star., 1946-10-15
YugosIaviaQuits
Par|ey, Draws
Byrnes' Rebuke
Unjust Decisions
Are Protested as
Conference Closes
BY the Assoeiaied Press

PARIS, Oct. f5.-Yugoslavia
withdrew officially from ! the
Peace Conference before it
closed today in protest against
what she termed unjust de-
cisions" of the conference ma
jority and drew prompt rebuke
from Secretary of State Byrnes.
Just as no one nation had the
power to win the war" Mr.. Byrnes
said, 80 no one nation has the
right to dictate the peace"
The conference ended oficially at
5:28 pm. Q1:28 am, EST. With
rap of his gavel, French Presi-
dent t-Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault declared the conference
closed, after brief address In which
he reviewed the work accomplished
by the delegates since they con-
vened July 20 to write treaties with
italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary
and Finland.
Challenges Italian Treaty.
Deputy Premier Edward Kardelj
of Yugoslavia, in announcing the
Yugoslay decision to withdraw,
challenged the decisions of the 81
nation conference on the Italian
treaty. He said the solution should
be met by mutual agreement" and
implied that If Yugoslavia's desires
were not achieved his country would
not sign the treaty.
Mr.. Byrnes, taking the floor
after the Yugoslav withdrawal was
announced, said the United States
would support in the four-power
Foreign Ministers Council every
decision backed by two-thirds of
the Peace Conference.
The secretary said the American
delegation would do so regardless
of how it voted itself, and would
give sympathetic consideration" to
every other conference decision.
The delegates approved the
plenary session reports on all Ave
treaties-for Italy. Romania, Bull
garia, Hungary and Finland-within
a half hour after the meeting con-
vened.
Reds Keep Their Objectives.
Russian Foreign Minister Molotov
declared the Soviet Union would
continue to support its objectives
with all its power"
THE Soviet considers It to be its
duty to continue to fight on be-
half OF the objectives for which 1t
fought the recent war" he said.
Irrespective OF whether other
countries like it or not, the Soviet
Union will do all in its power for
what 1t believes essential to dem
ocratic peace"
Mr. Byrnes told the conference
the United States believed before
and throughout the conference that
the nations which, participated in
the war should participate In max
ing the peace
The world wants the peace to
be a peoples peace" he said. Mr..
Byrnes added that this was I'M
possible" If the peoples OF various
nations could not make their opin-
ions felt.
The American statesman said 1t
now was the duty OF the Foreign
Ministers Council to reconcile diff
ferences which have risen during
the course of the conference. Mr..
Molotov defined these yester-
day as Trieste, the Greek
frontier and free navigation Of the
Danube. The United States had
favored more lenient reparations for
certain Of the defeated Axis satel-
lites.
Voting System Assailed.
The Yugoslav letter contended
that the voting method of. the con-
ference was incorrect" because it
meant imposition Of the will of
one group of states upon the SOW
ereign and equal countries" and be-
cause it meant solving problems ac-
cording to Special interests of the
groups of states representing the
ma jority OF the conference"
Mr.. Kardelj said the Yugoslav
delegation had made important
concessions" in an effort to reach an
agreement, but that other delega-
tions did not reciprocate.
During the last plenary meetings
of the conference" he wrote, the
method of outvoting fully assumed
the character Of ruthlessness and
finally proved to be the method by
means of which no solutions can be
taken"
In anticipation of such a develop
ment, the Italian Political Commits
sion had inserted an American
backed provision that the treaty's
benefits would extend only to states
which signed the document. This,
in turn, would deprive a non-signer
Of reparations.
Bidault Appeals to Peoples.
Mr.. Bidault's final speech was an
appeal to peoples everywhere to work
together with good will to overcome
the tendency toward rival blocs. He
criticized the powers for attempting
to settle the fate Of Germany's allies
before discussing the future Of Ger
many. He said he hoped the expe-
rience of the conference would help
in the settlement of Germany's fu-
ture.
Mr.. Bidault said throwing the
(See CONFERENCE, Page A-4)