REPARATION CLAIMS FILED

Chronicle (Levin), 4 September 1946, Page 5

REPARATION CLAIMS FILED

PARIS, Sept. 3. The Paris Conference Secretanat has report ed that Egvpt has liled reparat ions (daiin.s against ltaly totalling£Ul,50(M)0(). Yugoslavia is clnimiiig t2.f02,))0,()00 from ltaly and Albania £270,H()0,0()() from ltaly. The Exsrhniige Telegraph 's eorrespon dent says the British delegat.ion . pre senled reparations elaims against ltaly on liehalf of the United Kingdom and eolonies aniounting to £2, 280, 000, 030, emduding wnr darnago in the .1 niteil Kingdom at 1 rlbutable to ltaly amount ing to £2()(),0M),0(J0. The (daiin is delailed as J'ollows:— £ Budgetary war costs .. 2, 781, 000, ()()(! Burnage lo shipping .. 70,000,000 Damage to Malta .... 20,000,000 Burnage lo other eolonies 1,000, 000 A sej»arate memorunda for Malta wilt he snhmit ted stating that 10,000 Imild ings were destroyed and 20,000 par tially destroyed. il is emphasiscd tio ligures take no aeeonnt of the los.s of protit, loss of lii'e aiul iiupuirment of healt h. These 1'aetSj adds the statement. should he honie in mind when making a eomparison with the elaim of othei eomit ries. Tlie total killed in opera tioiis against ltaly, from Britain and: Colonies, exrhiding the Bominions, wus33.500. it is expeeted the British elaims foi reparat ions from ltaly will not be seriously pressed, says ihe Times' cor reqiondVnt. Mr. Bevin has frequently Mtited that Britain did not expeet pay ments from ltaly hut they are a re miuder that Britain has legitimate elaims wliieli she is foregoing- because of ltaly's eeonomie plight and may help ihe other elaims to he seen in helter proportion.