GREECE SET ASIDE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 267, 23 August 1946, Page 4

GREECE SET ASIDE

CLAIM OF DELEGATE IN PARIS UKRAINIAN CRITICISM (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 1.5 p.m.) PARIS, August 22. Mr Tsaldaris, at the Paris conference asked: “Why should one aggressor receive all the marks of your solicitude while an ally from the first hour is set aside?” He added: “Albania for the moment is hermetically sealed from outside observation if we believe reports of the last few days. The Allies do not seem to have reason for satisfaction. Even missions trying to find Allied war graves ' cannot carry out their work. What seems extraordinary is that aggressors who make a pretext of tardy repentance come to the rostrum to seek advantage from the Allies.”

Mr Tsaldaris concluded: “Greece is ready to sign all clauses provided territorial questions dividing the two countries are settled simultaneously.” Mr Manuilsky (Ukraine) attacked Mr Tsaldaris’s criicism of Albania, and declared that the position in Greece was< likely to lead to trouble in the Balkans. “Whenever the Greek delegate intervenes, the more trouble and confusion be creates.” Mr Tsaldaris had asked what Albania .did' do when Italy invaded Greece, but ho might well have asked what did Greece do when Italy invaded Albania. He alleged that Bulgarian minorities iu Greece were being persecuted. Ho said Greece was following a deliberate policy of antagonising the Allies, leading to the Yugoslav Ambassador’s departure from Athens. South Africa proposed an amendment to the Italian treaty that the 21 nations make a final disposition of Italy’s African colonies instead of leaving decision to the Big Four. The South African spokesman said the proposal would leave final decisions to the signatories within a year of signing, after the Big Four had ascertained the wishes of the colonial population and had consulted nations which fought against the Axis in North Africa. ...... Sidky Pasha, in Cairo, stated that Egvpt’s claims for reparations from Italy totalled £100,000,000 sterling, which was a large reduction from the previous claim of £190,000,000 stei;l--ing. Signor de Gasperi denied reports that Italy and Yugoslavia had reached agreement on the proposed statute for the free territory of Trieste. He said lie had discussed the Venezia Guilia position with Mr Byrnes.