TERRITORIAL RESTORATION

Evening Star, Issue 25673, 22 December 1945, Page 5

TERRITORIAL RESTORATION

AUSTRIA'S CLAIM TO SOUTH TYROL (Rec. 10.55 a.m.) VIENNA, Dec. 21. Austria would claim the return to her of the South Tyrol, said the new Chancellor, Dr Leo'pold Fig], in his first speech to Parliament. He declared that the restoration of territorial unity was one of the most important steps for reconstruction. He appealed to the Allies for the reduction of the occupation forces, and the opening of the demarcation lines. _ ■ Dealing with domestic issues, Dr Figl said the Government intended to nationalise key industries, particularly certain sections of the power industry. The Government would not hesitate to step in when private enterprise failed from social, political, or business viewpoints. He promised co-operation with their neighbours, particularly Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, with whom it was the Government's most urgent task to make contact and discover a solution tc differences. PRAGUE, December 21. The Foreign Minister, Dr Masaryk, expressed marked impatience with the Polish and Hungarnn attitudes to Czecho-Slovakia. He mid emphatically that Czecho-Slovakia would not give territory to either, bjt was ready to talk on other subjects with both. He added that the Czech Government had sent a Note to this efect.