GERMAN-AUSTRIAN PEACE PACTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 6

GERMAN-AUSTRIAN PEACE PACTS

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NEW ZEAlLAND VKWS :■ ■ • ^ MR. JORDAN'S OUTONE SUBMITTEt) TO DEPUTTES

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LONDON, Feb. 5. The New Zealand delegate, Mr. W. J. Jordan, submitted xfremoranda on the German and Austrian peace treaties to Ihe Foreign Ministers' deputies. He urged that the Austrian treaty iriust ensure that Austria will pav full penalties for her share in the war, but will remain eeojiomically and politically, independent. "Austria," the New Zealand delegate declared, ' "can llest eontribute to Europe's future seeurity if she can achieve a prosperous existence free from German dominion." . In the absenee of specifk* proposals for the ravision ol' Austrian boundaries, New Zealand recommended that they should remain as thev wero hefore the Ansehluss.

The rnemorandum on Germany fiitl not speeifically mention the Kuhr in tho passa.ee emphasising the need for the earel'ul stud.v oi Ihe value •of detaohing and placing under international eontrol areas vital to Germany's war potentinl. "Some sueh detaeliment may be the lesser j evil." the rnemorandum stated, "if j the only real alternative is the freedom ot a large nowerl'ul Gormany • to resnnie her former eourses of ag°Ti\ssion." The memcramlum supported the Ausrrulian contention that the 18 smrfler nutions must share in Ihe prenaration of treaties. New Zealand suggested that a German denm'.'ratie federation would be ihe most effective political slruetr.re to ensure seeurity against rrnowed aggression. Prussia shonld he broken ui) into regions serving as eoiistituent l'ederal unils. • Lrng overdue land refovm and measures- designed to break dangcrous monopolies sliould be made oblip'ation? under the treaty. Tf not completed unddr oeeupation. the solution of Germany's acute economie distress must be fcund in a way which would not limit seeurity against renewed aggression. ? The rnemorandum eoneluded: "New Zealand does not favour the inehision in the treaty of an undertakirig to support Germany's admission to the United Nation?. Governments should be left free tf judge Germany's application on its merits when the United Nations ari* taking into aceount her conduet following the conelusion of ihe peace ireaty." Satellite Treaties Signcd ,t TI e British Seeretary of State i'or • Foreign Atfairs, Mr. Bevin, has signed peace treaties with ftaly. ilumama. Bulgaria, Hungarv and Finlan'd.' M. Mol«tov, for Russia, had ■aiready signed the treaties, and Mr. • Bymes, for the United States, had signed all except the Finland treaty, with whieh ihe United States . i n not coneerned. 1 ' Real imerest in the signing-of the jfive iatellite peace treaties eentred •upon whetiier or not Italy and Yuiroslavia will agreo to eompiete the Italian treaty, stare? ihe speeiai eorrespondenf oi' the New Zealand P~ess Assoeiation in Lc-ndon. The Italian Government has aiready protested hecause none of its reeommendations are omhodied in the linal draft and the Yugoslavs have not in any way modified their objections and refusal lo sign. whieh thev announced at the conelusion of ihe Paris Conference. In London it is realised that . unless Yugoslavia asrrees to si^n the Italian ti-saty, it will be difficult to pur the sLarute of Trieste into efi'eet. The official signing1 and completion of the treaties does not tako place until Monday, when the dral'ts are due to be completed in Paris. On this oecasion t^e British Ambassador, Mr. Dutt' Cooper, will sism for Britain and M. Geoyes Bidault, Foreig:ii Minister, for Franee, and diploniatic representatives of the United States and Russia for their eountries. It is still not known in London whefher l'taiy is sendinj? a delogation to Paris to sign the Italian treaty, and there is no indication from Belgrade abont the attitude of the Yugoslavs.