Evening journal., 1919-05-24
ITALYS SITUATION
BY DIR. /. VACCARO.

4 possible HOuefdtlOn, mas cOnScnlcu 10
leave Jugo-slavia more than two-thirds
Of the Dalmatlan coast. But she Is en-
titled TO have all the Islands granted to
ber by the Treaty Of London, not only
because they are inhabited by Italian
population, but also because they
should be a good defense for her in case
Of war In peace time. no danger or
menace for the Jugo-slays from these
Islands exists, but IN war time they
should be a great danger and menace
for Italy should they go TO the Jug0-
Slays-and Italy has realized too much,
this menace from the Austrlans In this
war, TO consent to allow the Same mem
ace to survive I'm a possible future war
with the same people.
The Aegean Islands.
Not satisfied with trying TO deny Italy
what Is contemplated by the Treaty OF
London. Mr.. Wilson would be delighted
TO deprive Italy OF the DOdecanesO Is
lands In the Aegean Archipelago claimed
| by Greece. II would be asked why
Greece did not claim those islands when
they were kept by Turks. ard claims
them now that they have been for sew
eral years under the liberal regime Of
Italy2 But tho important point Is
another one. Those islands are men
! TONED In the Treaty OF London only in
an incidental way because they were
ceded 10y Turkey 10 Italy under certain
conditions, by the Lausanne treaty.
October, 1912 II Mr. Wilson Is entitled
TO revise the treaties existing before the
war I'm the name OF nationalties, we
hope that he VIII not stop at 1912 but
going back, we can hope that In apply
| ing the same principles he Is going TO
ask ENGLAND and France 10 give back to
Italy at least Malta and Corsica.
Italy's Imperialism.
Iialy's Imperialism Is an old story. In
order to Join the Allies and have back
| her lands and her sons sufferings under
Austria, Of which Jugo-Slsvs were q
willing part Italy refused Trentino,
Triest free port, Savoy and Nice. Cor
sica and Tunis, offered TO her by the
| Central Empires, without any risk,
with the only condition That she re-
main neutral. a real empire. without
any risk. with the only condition that
Size remain neutral. a real empire, one
/ hundred times bigger than the little ter
rlory claimed by her as her own on
| the Eastern shore of the Adristic, which
! the Jugo-Slays. beaten by Italy in war,
| try, with the strange completely or Nlr.
! Wilson. 10 steal from Italy at the peace
liable. 10 is very difficult for the Italians
| to understand why England is not inn
perialislic in eiaiming the German col
onies and the sea power. why France Is
| not imperialistic in asking for Alsace-
! Lorraine. for the Saar Valley and the
! left bank of the Rhine; why Jug0-
Slavia is not imperialistic in wishing for
not only Bosnia and Erzegovina, not
only for Croatia and Montenegro, which
70 Is very doubtful how anxious they
are to ioin her. but 10 steal also Italian
lands and harbOrs, and why Italy alone
is represented as imperalistic when
she asks for the little that is her own
by every possible reason, notwlth-
standing the standardization violently
attempted by Austria and her faithful
servants.
or course in the lands she claims
Italy will have some foreign people
under her: this is a consequence Of
the natural innltrations along the
boundary lines and. In this case, OF the
artificial superpOsition of Slavs TO the
/ Italians forced by Austria. But Mr..
! Orlando has clearly demonstrated that
no nation. under the contemplated ar
rangemenis. will have so little per
cent OF foreign subjects as Italy, il
she could have everything to which
she is entitled.
/ Austria'S Collapse.
A very strange theory is announced
when Mr.. Wilson states that Austria
complete collapse was not anticipated
and the new state Of things created by
/ that collapse is a good reason for the
Allies TO escape the obligations CON
tracted under the London treaty. IL
Is very easy 10 see the absurdity OF
this statement at first sight Had Italy
scored half victory and left Austria
crippled but living, she could ask
what the treaty promised her. Having
won a complete and decisive victory
She must have less; in other words,
italy must be punished because her
victory was too complete.
Mr.. Wilson in this way is treating
very badly not only Italy but England
and France. 10 seems that he wants
to tell the world that England ana
France are Jealous Of the great victory
OF Italy or that England and France
were I'm bad faith when they signed
the treaty. hoping that Italy was not
able TO win. in order that they could
give her as little as possible OF what
they had promised
But nobody can think that a treaty
signed by England and France could
be a scrap Of paper nobody asks
Wilson to Join in the Treaty OF Lon
don-he can remain simply what he
is, quite a stranger to il.
As a matter Of fact It Is very difficult
TO sec why Mr. Wilson must have the
final word in the settlement OF things
between Italy and Austria. He has
not signed the Treaty Of London; only
one American regiment Mr.. Wilson al
lowed 20 Italy in the last decisive drive
and that regiment had not even good
chance to fight. America has given to
Italy quantities Of material and Italy
Is very grateful for IT, but Italy has
paid or must pay fully for it with
great sacrifices because she has always
paid more than the value OF the Amer
lean dollar and for a long time paid
almost double lbs value.
The Fourteen Points:
Il Is often assumed that some OF
Italy's claims cannot be recognized be-
cause they arc not In full accord with
Mr.. Wilson's fourteen points. II could
easily be answered that these famous
fourteen points are not an international
treaty. and II there Is "a tendency to |
disavow the treaties II is hard to un-
derstand why the personal utterances
Of single man must be considered |
by all tho world as a Sancta Sanotorum
which nobody should attempt 10 altor.
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