The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-04-25
ROME CHIEFS PREPARE ron WAN
TO HOLD POSSESSION
OF FlUME.
ORLANDO GOES HOME
WILSON OUTLINES STAND OF
PEACE CONGRESS AoAiNsT
SECRET TREATiEo.
we.tern Newspaper Union New. serv,c.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Paris, April 23-Premier Orlando Of
Italy addressed an official communi-
cation To PreUlier Clemenceau, presi-
dent of the peace conference, saying
| that as II result of the declaration by
President Wilson the Italian delega-
| ton had decided to leave Paris.
| A partial text of President Wilson's
! statement on the Adriatic question fol-
lows:
In view of the capital Importance
of the questions affected, and In order
to throw all possible light upon what
| is involved in their settlement, l hope
that the following statement Will con-
tribute 10 the final formation Of opin-
ion and to satisfactory solution:
When Italy entered the war she en-
| tered upon the basis Of definite priv
ate understanding with Great Britain
| and France, now known as the pact of
London.
Since that time the whole face OF
circumstances has been altered. Many
other powers. great and small. have
entered the struggle, with no knowl-
edge of that private understanding
The Austro- Hungarian empire, then
the enemy Of Europe, and at whose
expense the pact Of London was to be
kept in the event OF victory. has gone
to pieces and no longer exists.
Not only that, but the several parts
ef that empire. 1t Is agreed now By
Italy and all her associates, are to be
erected into independent states and
associated in league Of nations, not
with those who we're recently our
enemies, but with Italy herself and the
powers that stood with Italy In the
great war for liberty.
I'VE are to establish their liberty
as we'll as our own. They are to be
among the smaller states whose inter
ests are usnceforth to be safeguarded
az scrupulously as the interests of the
most powerful states.
THE war was ended. moreover, by
proposing to Germany an armistice
and peace which should be founded or
certain clearly defined principle
which set up new order Of right and
justice.
Upon these principles the peace
With Germany has been conceived. not
only, but formulated. Upon those
principles It will be effected. We can
not ask the great body Of powers to
propose and effect peace with Austria
and esta blish a new basis of independ-
nd iDh in Sfaf tNh
originally constituted the Austro-H Hun.
garian empire and In the states Of the
Balkan group on principles of another
kind
I'VE must apply the same principles
to the settlement of Europe In those
quarters that we have applied In the
peace with Germany.
TT was upon the explicit avowal OF
those principles that the Initiative for
peace was taken. It Ia upon them that
the whole structure of peace must rest
IF those principles are 10 be ad-
hered to, F!ume must serve as the out
let of the commerce, not of Italy, but
Of the land to the north and northeast
OF that port-Hungary. Bohemia, Ru-
mania aud thes tates of the now Jugo-
Slav group.
"rhe interests are not now In ques
tiop. but the rights of peoples Of states
new and old, OF liberated peoples and
peoples whose rulers have never ac-
counted them worthy of right above
all, the right of the world to peace and
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make peace secure.
These, and these only. are the prin-
ciples for which America has fought
These and these only, are the princi-
pies upon which she can consent to
make peace. Only upon these princi-
pies, she hopes and believes, will the
people Of Italy ask her to make peace"