Around The World

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 September 1949, Page 5

Around The World

Balkan Treaties The 'United States today told Bulgaria Hungary and Rumania that th-V would be charged before the United SXns with having violated human rights. The State Department said that Notes had been sent to the three nations. These alleged that religious and political trials bn d ymiated ne-ne tr-fv obligations. Officials said that they understood that untain ana E were taking similar steps.—Washmoton, September 19. a

Malta And Britain Reuter’s Valetta correspondent says that Dr Paul Boffa, Malta’s Prime Minister, was given a vote of confidence m Parliament last night by 24 votes to seven Mr D. Mintoff, who lesigned from the Cabinet during the recent London talks on Malta’s economic problems, walked out of the House when the vote was taken. Labour sympathisers left with him. Dr Boffa had asked loi approval of liis action in withdrawing the “ultimatum” to Britain during the London talks. —London, September

Austrian Peace Treaty : . The State Department announced today .that Russia had agreed to resum-four-Power negotiations on the Aust rian treaty. The _ negotiations, which were interrupted in London on Sep tember 1 would be renewed in New York tomorrow., The State Department said that Mr Andrei Gromyko, theT Acting soviet Fore gn Minister, had consented to new talks at a conference "esterday m. Moscow with the British, French, and American' repiesentatives. They had called on him in a group to discuss .the_plea made m Washington on September 15 by Mi Bevin, Mr Acheson, and:Mr Schuman that Russia accept a proposal to try to work out the terms, of the treaty.— Washington, September 19. '

European Unity The Rome correspondent of the Associated Press says that members of. parliament from 11 nations met in Venice today to strive for a “genuine United States of Europe. Complaining that the . recent European ..Consultative Assembly of Strasbourg did not go far enough, they demanded a federalisea Europe strong enough to stand alone between Russia and America. The delegates had come together for the third congress of the European Parliamentary Union. The West German Chancellor (Dr Konrad Adenauer) sent a message pledging the backing of the Bohn Government. The union, which was formed "two years ago in Switzerland, claims to be the most important of -.43.-/non-governmental organisations supporting European unity—London, September 20.