The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-01
TREATY FOR ITALY
SHEARS TERRIIoPv

WASHINGTON, D p
Italian peace treaty. vni., Tie
ing Secretary of State o''s'
signed in advance of ofbo, ',5a'
representatives. vii! ro G'+sF AIet
territorial possess ems 'ye Italy,
ably below those held )vo2sde,
World War l. pE'or
The regions to bo
from Italian control rsn 9se'I''a
the eastern MediterranesSsS Ton
coast of China, from tbo 10 ts
Ocean to the head Of +b ~'S 5adsa
Sea, o e the Natioo., 'I.ae:
graphic Society. ''''l Gep
The land surface 10
amounts, to nearly 9OoOm " lost
miles, made up of desor, SquaN
and fertile farmlanas Tas!s'
cities and ports. and loro, p'puloo'
tain QlStTlcIS. 'Oe@
1t is estimated that NOR.
three million people are V in,. laal
in the changes. They Arc 4i'o'ei
section of the worlds j.6sS q VFo''
ranging from primitive rriS =
to scientists, Christians o.oes,Gen
lens, Slavs and Latjos '''u Mos
Chinese, Hamites and Negr ~t.'5
One long-disputed are,
with 1taly-the South Tvrol ',',aI1'
ferred from Austria after VI TaaS
War L. word
1taly's greatest t e .ritorf,, L.,
under the present trpaly l0SS,
from the %renouncing of ii5 f oons'
African empire of Libja t 73sa.
somaliland, d Eritrea A t'a.,aa
the Mediterranean from +b a' TO-,
ian boot Lioia alone '% is . l's'
over twice the size Of r. VEL
italian Somalilsnd. reacba. leAs as
to 800 miles inland from the rr ,'
an Ocean, and smaller 'T Fr t,.a,'
with a long frontage on tba I n',
Sea, together cover about 9oo ne" "o1
square miles. -'''0"
Acquired late in the coI,...,
partition of Afric5 ltaly's bN Y'g,ldl
were widely separated and I'0 nas'
IN resources. Torrid Eritrea f tr,,
Italian foothold on the continent 4', !.
1859. has a reputation Of beino oa ~
of the most uncomfortable sn vs
on earth. Libia, won bv tbe 1 TpV'
Turkish war of l9l1-l2, was called
the desert colony"
The treaties after World War
added a few border areas IA II.
ly's African possessions. # WV,
not until the invasion of the lon,
independent native kingdom y
Ethiopia in 1885 that sizable en
pansion came. Then the Italian,
consolidated Ethiopia. Ertrpa
and Somaliland into a single rmG
known as italian East Africa. md
made strenuous efforts to deyelo.
it. Libia, too, was intensyey
colonized.
Now Ethiopia is reestabished =,
an independent nation, and final
disposition of Italy former CO.
lonial empire is postponed by TN
treaty for a year.
In Europe, smaller but even
mort pub i cized territorial
changes take place between Yugo,
slavia and Italy. The frosty pro.
v1des that most of the Istrian pen.
insula at the head of the Adriat.
Sea, together with nearby Islands
and mainland to the north, are to
be part of YugoslaVia.
IL m u c h disputed port Of
Trieste and its environs become
an international Free Territory.
Pola, once a naval station Of III.
A"ustro-Hungarian Empire and aft.
er World War I a similar base
for the Italians, goes to the Yugo.
slavs, with its numerous Italian
residents being evacuated to Italy.
Fiume, another old subject Of
controversy, also is transferred TO
Yugoslavla, as are the central
Adriatic islands of Pelagosa and
Lagosta, and the former Italian
enclave of cara on the Yugosiay
shore.
Albania, recognized as sovereign
and independent by Italy, gets I'M
disputed title to the islaad Of Sa'
seno, on the Albanian side Of tho
entrance to the Adriatic, which
was retained when Italian forces
left Albania after World War !.