Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-16

through Gorilla IN the direction Of
the new frontier.
Copies of a proclamation by Gen.
Airey formally constituting the Tri-
este free state were distributed dur
ing the morning. The proclamation
stated that all the powers OF govern
ment and administration in the
British American occupation zone
will continue to be invested in me
in my capacity of commander"
The proclamation also threatened
the death penalty for ANY person
who incites any inhabitant of the
occupied territory to instruction
against any authority or organizes or
leads any public demonstration or
assembly for such purpose
While copies of the proclamation
were being posted, some 10000 per-
sons marched in funeral process
sion for Amelia Passarini, an H.
year-old Italian girl killed last Sat-
urday by machinegun fire directed
into a Communist club.
Dock and shipyard workers Sus-
pended work to attend the services
and Communist leaders instructed
members of their organization to
come fully prepared" The funeral
took place, however, without in
cident.
The, toll from recent demonstra-
tons In Trieste rose to three today
with the death in a hospital of a
17-year-old Italian student who was
wounded yesterday by a hand
grenade. The other fatality-an I'M
identified man-was killed by q
grenade thrown at Associated Press
Photographer Walter Green's jeep
yesterday in the Piazza Garibaldi
Mr.. Green was not injured.
Loses 5000 Square Miles.
BY terms of the treaty with the
victors of World War II, ratified
formally in Paris yesterday, Italy
lost some 5000 square miles of terri
tory she had held since few years
after World War l. Approximately
40 square miles went to the free
territory of Trieste.
CThe peace treaties for four
other Axis satenites-Romai&,
Bulgaria, Finland and Hungry
were activated yesterday by ue-
post of ratification instruments
in the Kremlin, In Moscow
The Italian treaty went into effect
at midnight, Greenwich Mean Hne
% pm, EDIT, and the free Il h.
tory simultaneously came into Re-
ing. H
At that moment, Yugoslav troops
moving in to complete occupation
Of the treaty. gained area-the
Istrian Peninsula and land to the
north-made contact with United
States British forces % miles north
west of Trieste on the new provi-
sional Italian-Yugoslav border. The
troops met at an outpost OH the
edge of Gorilla.
Prior to that hour, g. day OF Slav-
Italian rioting in Trieste had re-
suited in the death of one mantle
second fatality in three days-and
the wounding of 81 other persons,
II OF them Venezia Giulia police
men. Twenty-four Italian parti-
sans were arrested"
Last night, before the troop move
ments, Yugoslav army officers re-
turned an American officer and
enlisted man they had held since
August 8.
The two were 1t. John c. DWyer
OF Chicago, medical of1cer, and
It's Willie Smith of Waycross, Ga,
his assistant. They were seized
as they fished on the Isonzo River
near the Morgan line and had been
reported in guardhouse at Tolmino.
Moved 10 Hours Ahead of Schedule.
The ground that went to Yugo-
slavia had been occupied by United
States and British troops west OF
the Morgan Line and by Yugoslav
forces east of the line.
Gen. Moore said the Yugoslavs
had agreed to begin taking over the
rest of the territory at 9 am. today
g am, EDIT but moved forward 10
hours ahead of schedule. He marked
this maneuver down as a hot curve
apparently meant to con-
fuse US"
However, he told an interviewer,
when he learned of their change IN
plan Il got on our communications
network and ordered my troops to
retire" Later the Allied Military
Government in Trieste reported the
8sth had finished withdrawal.