The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-28
SAYS PHOTOGRAPHS
BACK ITALY'S CLAIM
Commissioner Shows Pictnres
to Prove Dalmatia Is Cul.
turally italian.
TO SEND THEM TO WILSON
Tells Basis on Which Juro.
Slav Sovereignty Is
Opposed.

Not treaties or lawyers aryum.n.,o>
statisticians' tables WIN be Italy, h.t
argument at the peaoe conference vhsr
she lays claim to Trieste, the Who'll. "A
Istria and the central part OF Dalmas,
She has enlisted the sun itself In her b.
half as she meets the angry protest, q
the Jugo-Slavs.
Photography-lovely. splendid pictures
Of the italian architecture Of ancient ana
medieval times in these disputed tsrr,.o.
ries-will be brought forward to prov,
that Trieste and Frume and Istria and
Dalmatia were italian 1000 years am.
italian 500 years ago and are Italian To-
day. in spite of all cunning Austrian q.
fort to uproot and destroy Italian m.
tionallsm In these Adriatic llttornlA
Portfolio Going to Wilson.
The strength OF this device could no,
perhaps be Comprehended unless on.
glanced through the portfolios tia. hav,
been brought TO this country by Col. In,
Pizzarello. head of an important Italian
mission to America. And the principal
one OF these portfolios went by speech!
messenger yesterday to the Murat palace
in Paris, where soon it will fall under
the eye OK President Wilson. whom Ialy
hopes to enlist in her cause
IL il a gorgeous volume, this portfolio
Of photographs ot ancient and charming
! churches, stairways. portals, gardens
mansions OF the nobility, towers and gar
den walls. 1t is bound in leather OF the
most artful workmanship. decorated wit
| red morocco and fooled in gold b..
beauty is not its main characteristic
The Italian mission believes that IL vi.
| prove to the President that Italy has
| right to the disputed territories that car
not be gainsaid. Something OF ItsyS
| claims and reasons for assertion wers
| put forward yesterday by Col. PzZare!,,
in his apartment in the Holland House
1T might be well for the American
people to understand that the main Quss-
ton between italy and the Jugo-SlaYs
| concerns Dalmatia,' said Col P!zzare0
The Jugo-Slavs claim half OF Istria
F'iume also and the whole east coast ..
Dalmatia. basing their claim on tho ma
jority OF Slav Inhabitants.
Italy says that this claim Is ilrpossI-
bic for the best OF reasons. In the hrs.
place the Treaty OF London. arranged
between Great Britain, France, Russia
and Italy. stands in the way. This treaty.
entered into before Italy Joined the A.
lies, recognizes Italy's right TO Istra,
Trieste. and the central part Of Dalmata,
including cara and Sebenico. and 70 the
islands facing the central part Of Ds,-
malta. The JuRo-Slavs maintain tina:
this was secret treaty and that q
need not be observed. We reply that &
had to be secret, otherwise Itaiy would
have published to the Germans and Aus
TRANS her intention 70 60 to war. Thsa
OF course our allies did not want
CoIonized ny Austria.
Their second argument is that In rA'-
malta there is a majority o. Slavic pop
ulation. We agree but We offer me
fact that this majority has been srttuuy
and brutally created by co,oulZi1g tbs
districts and doing everything poss.b's
to eliminate Italians. That was the de-
liberate policy OF the Austrian Govern
ment. These lands belonged 10 Italy u
the days OF the Roman RepIblic. Th'y
passed to Venice and Austria got them
only after the downfall OF Napoleon
They should have been restored 10 tai"
in 1866, but the matter was reslec;ef
unfortunately.
THE Austrians not only :ei S,a~S
into these lands, giving them awards o.
money and lands but they eX!led rs
fans by the thousands, sending out OK
the LANDS Italian scientists, ar Sts, mar
utacturers and teachers They at
tempted to change tho very italian cha
acter OF the buildings. bg, rs. -
course, they could not do. CaT photo
graphs. which cannot lc. r-ove Dew
Italian these lands areas I,aaa7 80
Venice or Rome.