The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
ITALY DECLINES
TO SIT FURTHER
WITH BIC FOUR
Demands Adiatc Caxm Be-
Adjusted or No Further
Conference
WILSON UNYIEIDMc
Attitude Of Italians Deemed
Defiant as Bolshevim
Threatens
WILSON UNYIEIDM

F.rfs. Aprn Rim. NJ
continues To be the strnu6e n
tne italian peace delerzt.- n IN
fufents and purposes they m, srrt
OF the Peace Coaferenc, ana vfu No.
come back unless their -,sonuc5ou-- ,,
the Adriatic question q .cc.ps-s 4,
fun. =
They have not len Psri.. eut ~
fuse to attend The sessions of the -Eax
-Four" until their assocdstes-the de,e-
gates Of America Britain. and Fr.pc-
send word 20 them that they surr.o-
der uncondftiouarly 70 the Italian
terms.
frestdent Insisf~u1
OF such a surrender there seems rc.
the slightest chance tonight. srter n
day Of ardous efforts by the -hir
three" to ind q way out OF the di-
lemma
President Wilson vfn not budre
from his stand that Ffune must be
intcrnationari1ed: a. for the secret
pact Of London. his attitude is that
America has nothing to do with H.
France and Britain do not know
which way to turn: they incline TO
the Wilsonian stand but they are
signatories TO the treaty which
Italy claims is not only secret. but
sacred as well.
Strong report has q that Orlando
and Sonnino are willing 20 stay
here till the end Of the week. but
not day longer. The Italians' at
titude Is not only DEFIANT. but
threatening.
The latest club used by the dele
cations semi-ofncial spokexmen is
Bolshevism-
Economic conditions N ITALY are
known to be grave. " is frankly
admitted that if Orlando cannot ten
the Rome Parliament on May that
all of Itaiy's claims are granted. his
government will cave tn
There is ground for fear that On
, that event Il viii drag the crown
with it. and either a Republican or
Societ regime will rise to power.
japanese and Chinese represents
tives presented their rival terri
torial claims at this afternoons ses-
sion OF the big four"
Japan's Densnda
Japan's demands for ratification
( of her occupation Of Kiaochau and
the Shantung Peninsula presents
situation paralleling the position Of
Italy.
Presentation of the japanese
claims has been deferred from dav
I to day since last week owing to
the pressure of the Italian ques-
tion. 1t was announced last night
that If the Italians did not appear
before the big four" today Vts-
/ count Chinda would be heard on the
japanese claims.
Japanese representatives conferred
informally with the Chinese delegate-
regarding amicable settlement of the
question which involves territory that
( is admittedly Chinese and which was
10 be awarded 10 Japan under a Sc
cret treaty similar TO the Pact Of
London. on which Italy's demands
are based.
II was admitted in japanese circles
that this conference failed OF its pur-
pose and that the matter must now
be decided by the big four
Meanwhile. unofficial information
received in Paris tended to show that
Orlando and Sonnino are guided In
their attitude largely by the internal
situation at home. II was reported
that conditions there are such thar
a revolution-either Bolshevik or re-
publican-is likely soon. Distribution
facilities are poor. the coal supply is
great reduced and the whole nation
is known TO be uneasy.
While the peace delegates continued
their deliberations unofficial reporis
were received of the overthrow of one
Soviet government and the setting up
| OF a new one.
Foreign Minister Bella Kun. virtual
dictator OF Hungary. was said to have
been forced to resign, apparently
through pressure OF the invading Ru-
manian army.
At the same time IL was from KieH
that a Soviet government hal been
instituted in Constsntinople. Neither
report was confirmed.