Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-04-25

justice and truth are the monopol,
of no man and that ali men err. The
conference, he points out, has had Il
change its mind many times and h
does not think himself disrespectfu
t by asking it to change it again.
Il consider as unjustiried the ap-
plication that, in his statement
President Wilson makes of his prin-
ciples toward the Italian claims,
| Premier Orlando continues. at is
| impossible for me in document OF
this nature to repeat the detailed ar
guments which have been produced
in Italy's behalf. | might simply say
that no one will receive without re-
serve the affirmation that the col
lapse of the AustroI Hungarian empire
should imply the reduction of Italian
aspirations"
Citing the presidents argument
that the concessions granted bring
Italy to its natural defenses, the
Alps Signor Orlando says:
This recognition is of great i'm
portance, provided the eastern flank
of this wall does not remain open
and that the right Of Italy should be
Mont NevosO, which separates the
waters running toward the Black Sea
and the Mediterranean"
Designate Limit.
He recalls that the Latins from the
earliest dawn of Italian history, des
ignated this mountain the italian
limit"
without this protection says the
premier, "a dangerous breach is left
in this admirable barrier of the Alps,
rupturing the unquestionable politi
cal, economic and historical unity of
the Istrian peninsula. | contend,
furthermore, that he who is entitled
to the honor of proclaiming to the
world the right of the free determin-
alton of peoples, should recognize
this right for Fiume, an ancient Ital-
ian city, which proclaimed it's Italian
nature before the Italian ships ar
rived-an admirable example of ma
tional conscience parpetuated through
out centuries.
"TO deny this right only because
the small number concerned would
mean the admission that the criterion
of justice toward peoples varies ac-
cording to their territorial extent
Premier Orlando then points out
that Antwerp, Genoa and Rotterdam
an outlet to divers peoples and terri
tories without having to pay for the
privilege by sacrificing national con
science and continues:
Claims Not Excessive.
at is impossible to qualify as ex-
cessive the Italian aspirations toward
| the Dalmatian coast, Italy's boule-
ward throughout centuries, which
Roman genius and Venetian activity
made noble and grand and whose
Italian character, defying for centur-
les implacable prosecutions, still
shares the same thrill of patriotism
with the Italian people"
d The principle proclaimed with ref
erencc to Poland that dcnationaliza-
ton based on violence does not ere.
ate rights. the premier contends
should apply to Dalmatia.
Passing to the argument Of colo
statistical Statements the premicrs
affirms, that among the national re-
construction occupying the peace
tconferencc of the reconstructed ma
tons will count within their from
tiers a relatively slighter number o.
persons of alien races than would be
attributed to Italy. and asks why only
Italians should he suspected of I'M
pcrialistic cupidity.
Delegates Were Firm.
Tho history of the negotiations
he declares, will show that the 1tal
ian delegation acted not only will
firmness. but with a grand spirit O
Cancellation,
He concludes his statement as fol
lows: