Evening star., 1953-11-08
Italy Reported Asking
Removal Of British
General in Trieste
By the Associo,ed Press

ROME, Nov. Italy has told
the United States that quick re-
moval of British Gen. Sir John
Winterton as allied commander
in troubled Trieste is the best
way to ease anti-British rioting
erupting across the country, re-
liable sources said tonight.
Premier Giuseppe Pella made
this clear, they said. in a As
minute meeting with United
States Ambassador Clare Boothe
Luce after another day of riotous
anti-British demonstrations in
Rome and other italian cities.
Gen. Winterton heads a
7,000-man occupation force made
up Of United States and British
troops. Under his control are
the Trieste territorial police, a
British trained force of Italians
and Slavs who have killed six
persons and wounded more than
80 with carbine fire this week
in the port Of Trieste to break
up pro-Italian demonstrations.
All the dead are Italians.
U. S. Denies Responsibility.
Estate Department officials
in Washington said Livingston
Merchant, Assistant Secretary
of State, told Italian Am
bassador Alberto Tarchiani
the United States had full
confidence in the zone COM
mander. Mr.. Terchiani pro-
tested the Shootings in Trieste,
but Mr.. Merchant replied that
the United States and Britain
were not responsible for the
events.
In London a British For
eign Office spokesman said the
department had no knowledge
OF any Italian request to fire
Gen. Winterton.
0n an exchange between
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden and Italian Ambassador
Manlio Brosio, Britain angrily
accused Italian neo-Fascists of
sparkling the Trieste rioting
and Italy retorted that "ex-
cessive action" by the British
trained police was at fault
but promised to help check
extremist elements.)
Trieste itself, focal point of the
Zone A which the Allies decided
October 8 to turn over to Italy's
administration. was quiet. Hun
dredS of red, white and green
Italian flags, decked with black
stripes, f1uttered at half staff in
cold Adriatic winds. Bayonets
cleaned as United States and
British troops stood guard at
trouble spots.
Burial Tomorrow.
The Allied government issued
a communique saying:
To-day the city is calm and
the citizens, displaying their good
sense of responsibility, have dem
onStrated their wish that all
members of the community re-
turn to their normal activities.
Gen. Winterton hopes that
the calm will continue, a hope
also contained in a message from
the United States Department of
State urging citizens to CO.
operate with the commander of
the zone"
The dead demonstrators will
be buried tomorrow. Fears we're
expressed in Trieste of new riot
ing If police or soldiers try to
with plans for a huge
funeral profession. In Rome, a
simultaneous memorial will be
attended by Premier Pella and
the entire cabinet.
The get-together of Mr.. Pella
and Mrs. Luce came after $4,000
student rioters, soon inf1ltrated
by a hard-core of Communists,
fought police for more than two
hours near the British embassy.
Hospitals treated % police, 10
carabinieri and 20 students. 1t
was estimated 100 more were in
jured.
Lesser demonstrations took
place elsewhere in Rome. but
the United States embassy
target yesterday-was left strict
ly alone today.
Other riots were reported in
Milan, Naples. Bari, Messina,
Genoa and Palermo.
Both Mrs. Luce and Mr.. Pella
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