Evening star., 1947-02-10

his signature, Yugoslavia maintained
her claims over these territories and
would continue to insist on them
even if Yugoslav nations quit the
areas under Italian or international
administration.
Will Press for Rights.
"The government of Yugoslavia.
he said, explaining his nations
anxiety at the treaty clauses, "has
to declare, nevertheless, that, by the
signature of this treaty, the peoples
Of Yugoslavia do in no way renounce
the territories which are ethnically
theirs, and of which the treaty de-
prives them, and that they will not
cease to maintain their rights on
these territories, regardless OF what
ethnical notifications eventually
may ensue in the future because OF
a foreign administration"
italy list Eritrea, Somaliland and
Libya, her Italian colonies, and was
forced to recognize the independ-
ence OF Ethiopia and Albania, which
Mussolini had added to the empire.
The Dodecanese Islands went to
Greece. Small areas on her western
frontier went to France.
She was ordered to pay $3.50, ,000,-
600 in reparations, $500, ,000, 900 Of 1t
to Russia. Her armed forces were
trimmed to total of 97,500 men;
her navy to $500 tons.
The Yugoslav Foreign Minister
said his country was distressed
about it's nationals who were to re-
main outside Yugoslavia because Of
the obstinate lack of understand
ing on the part of certain allies"
(ThiS was a yelled criticism of the
United States and Great Britain,
which opposed Yugoslav claims to
Trieste and all Venezia Giulia)
Sought to Preserve Unity.
He said Yugoslavia was obliged
to sign the treaty to preserve Allied
unity and only because at the cur
rent hour it does not wish to take
the responsibility of not having per-
formed its part in the establishment
of peace among nations"
Yugoslavia was the last Allied
nation to sign. Former United States
Secretary Of State James F. Byrnes
and Jefferson Caffery previously had
signed for the United States.
AL five treaties had been in prep
aration more than a year and finally
were finished off at a New York
meeting of the foreign ministers of
the United States, Russia, Britain
and France last fall. All summer
long, they had been wrangled over
in the Paris Peace Conference of the
victor nations.
Promptly at II am, French For
eign Minister Georges Bidault, the
master of ceremonies, rose and de-
clared:
For the second time in less than
80 years, the French government
has been called by its allies and
friends to invite the nations to put
an end on its territory to terrible
wars.
Italians Sign in Silence.
The date of February 10, 1947,
heavy with the sorrow of six years
Of merciless struggle. with the diff
fculties and anxieties of the pres
ent, is illuminated, however, with
the promises for the future.
II trust I may be permitted to
express the wish that these nations
be soon admitted into the interna-
tional concert whose plenipotenti-
aries will come in an instant to
place their signatures on the
treaties which will permit them to
turn more resolutely toward a bet
ter future and to bring their con-
tribution to the common effort"
The italian plenipotentiary, Mar
quis Nell Lupi Di Soragna, and his
advisor, Telesit Di Torritto, ap-
preached the table with their lips
pressed tightly and tugging from
time to time at their collars. They
signed without word and retired.
The Romanian treaty was signed
at 3:21 pm. the Romanian delega-
ton was headed by Foreign Min
lister Girogiu Tataresco.
The signing of the Bulgarian
treaty followed without incident. The