TRIESTE ISSUE

Grey River Argus, 13 August 1946, Page 5

TRIESTE ISSUE

YUGOSLAV CHARGE AGAINST ALLIES BELGRADE, August 11. The Yugoslav Government has protested to the American Embassy against the number of Allied planes, particularly American, flying over Yugoslav territory without permission. The Note alleges that in one three-week period, there were 172 unauthorised flights, and that the flights continued after assurances had been, received from the Embassy as a result of an earlier protest. The Yugoslav News Agency announced that a United States transport aircraft, which was forced to land in Yugoslavia 45 miles northeast of Trieste, had been forced down by Yugoslav fighters. The aircraft was damaged, and the co-pilot injured. It was forced down because it had “violated Yugoslav sovereignty by flying over Yugoslav territory”.

ITALY’S CASE LONDON, August 11. Mr Byrnes, of the United States, will take over the chairmanship of the Paris Conference as the historic parley moves from the wilderness of procedural debate to the business for which it was called —the consideration of the draft treaties. The conference has already heard the case of Italy against what Signor de Gasperi described as a harsh treaty, and four former Axis satellites are expected to state their reactions io the drafts during the week. The Times Paris correspondent, commenting on Signor de Gasperi’s speech yesterday, says his suggestion -that the Trieste question be deferred may have been made with an inkling of the wide differences between the members of the committee which has been discussing the statute for Trieste, on which there will be four reports, although the British, American, and French reports' are not fundamentally discordant. ROME, August 11.

Five persons were killed and two were wounded when police, who claim to have acted in self-defence, fired against a group of people crossing the border from the Yugoslavcontrolled, zone of Venezia Giulia.

At least 30 were injured and 20 were arrested in Gorizia during disorders following a pro-Italian demonstration commemorating Gorizia’s liberation from Austria. Yugoslavs jeered at the demonstrators. LONDON, Aug. 12.

Britain has declared her view that the Austrian Government is entitled to pass legislation nationalising industries, says Reuter’s Vienna correspondent. The statement of policy by Britain’s delegate to the Allied Control Council, General J. S. Steele, was made at a meeting'which failed to reach agreement on the Russian proposal that a protest should be made against the Austrian Nationalisation Bill.

General Steele’s statement declared that Britain’s view is' that no objection could be raised against the legislation as the ultimate rights of the Allies to receive reparations from German assets l in Austria would not be affected by nationalisation. • The United States delegate, General Mark Clark told the council he would assure the passage of the nationalisation measure by withholding the veto.

The Russian delegate replied that Russia reserved the right to make the law invalid in the Russian zone. HERFORD, Aug. 9. The Assistant Chaplain-General.

the Rev. Geoffrey Druitt, issued a statement accusing the British occupation forces in Germany of “lowlevel, Godless living,” and tending to make Germany “the cesspool of Europe.” He said: “Too many are exploiting for financial gain the material needs of this conquered people. Too many are prostituting German women and girls by giving way to the lust of easy temptation. i Unless it pulls itself together, the Army of the Rhine, as well as other Britishers, will leave a shameful heritage in. German. We are creating a frankenstein. England, with bread rationing, is doing all possible to feed the bodies of the Germans, but we have done nothing for the soul of Germany. “Haven’t we much to be ashamed of by reason of our spineless indifference to our obvious opportunities and our horrid examples of carnal lust?” he asked. Allegations Refuted GREECE AND YUGOSLAVIA (Rec. 9.5). LONDON, August 12. The Greek Government Information Department in London stated: “Immediately aftei’ M. Pijade (Yugoslavia delegate) alleged at the Paris Conference that M. Tsaldaris (Greece) had suggested that Albania should be divided between Greece and Yugoslavia (as' cabled yesterday), M. Tsaldaris rose at the conference and categorically denied that he had done so.”