The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-23
International
 Trouble Now
 Over Trieste
Italy Rejects Yugosldv Of- fer-Communism
 Denounced
lRv The Associated Pressl

Italy rejected today the Yugo- slav offer to swap Trieste for the Italian town of Gorizia to the north.
 Trieste, of course, is international territory and is not Yugoslavia's to barter. The proposal of the United States, Great Britain and France to return Trieste to Italy was believed adverse to the Ital- ian Communists, bidding for su- 1 preme power in the April Is cleo tions
 A Foreign Office spokesman said
 Tt is clear that Italy cannot accept the separation of part of Italian flesh bartered for another part of Italian flesh" The Italian answer came only few hours after great throngs roar ing Viva Trieste" welcomed Pre- mier Alcide de Kasperia and For ] eign Minister Count Carlo Sforza Ddck JO ttOIIle.
 The spokesman emphasized that the Italian government had receiv- ed no official word of the report ed proposal regarding Gorizia. He said he was speaking entirely on the basis of press reports. Asked what other hopes of treaty revision there was in regard to the Italian colonies, the spokes7 man said:
 Other Phases i "On the part of France, the thesis has been confirmed in the absolute manner that she wishes to give Italy administration of Eritrea, Somaliland and Libya.'
 French officials said Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and per- haps British Foreign Secretary Err nest Bevin would go to Washing ton next month to confer with Secretary of State Marshall How ever. British Foreign Office i spokesman denied the report. The French sources said the chief topics of such a meeting would be the Marshall plan to reconstruct non- Communist Europe, at first-year cost to the United States of $5,- 3O0,000,000 and the 50-year alliance of Britain, France and Benelux countries.
 Strong Words Eugene Cardinal Tisserant of Italy declared mo menace so grave as atheistic Communism has ever threatened Christian civilization These were the strongest words against Communism yet voiced by an Italian prelate. ] The Yugoslav Interior Ministry said the mine explosion at Rachi, near Trieste, which killed Fl per sons March IA was caused "by or der from outside" A man bearing documents in the case was killed by border guards while. attempt ing to cross the border into Italy the Ministry said. Premier Alcide de Gasperi fore cast the possible official attitude Sunday when he said we could not accept it (Trieste) for Cor izia''
 Cold Shoulder
 rl, ,t.zes ffx, A cials also turned a cold shoulder to the Yugoslav swap offer.
 Nervous Italians became more jit- tery following a shooting aifray yesterday between Yugoslav and Italian border patrols in Trieste. An Italian policeman was hit.
 At Lake Success, Britain's Sir 1 Alexander Cadogan told the United Nations Security Council that the advance of Communism must be halted
 There are limits beyond which this tide must not advance and t must be damned back" Cadogan said. URGE UNIT In Washington, the Senate Arm ed Services Committee backed Pres- ident Truman's pleas for quick tsteps to build up Americas mill tary forces. Chairman Gurney R- SD said 10 of the l3 committee members were convinced both a limited draft and universal mili- tary training have become an "ab- solute necessity"
 ] In Helsinki, President Juho Paa- sikivi assured Films that next JIy's parliamentary elections will be free. It was the first interview the 78-year-old statesman has granted since the critical discus sions began on the proposed Rus sian-Finnish friendship pact. Perhaps am little naive he said, but I do not think there will be any war in the near fu- ture."
 1 Leaders in other countries were not so optimistic.