Arizona republican., 1919-04-30
TELLS ITALY REASONS FOR
 HIS ATTITUDE

PARIS, April 29-(By The Associ- ated Press) "A statement was issued tonight dealing with the memorandum sent by President Wilson to the Italian delegation on April 4, with permission to make it public in Italy. and which was given out today in Rome.
 A complete copy of the presidents statement, under the heading Memo randum concerning the question of Italian claims on the Adriatic" follows:
 There is no question to which have given more careful or anxious thought than 1 have given to this, be- cause in common with all my col | leagues, it is my earnest desire to see i the utmost justice done 10 Italy. Throughout my consideration of it. have felt that there was one matter in which I had no choice and could wish to have none. I felt bound to square every conclusion that I should reach as accurately as possible with the IA principles of peace which I set forth in my address to the congress of 1 the United States on the Eighth of January, 1918, and in subsequent ad- | dresses.
 | These 14 points. and the principles | laid down in the subsequent addresses, were formally adopted with only a single reservation by the powers asso- ated against Germany, and will consti- tute the basis of peace with Germany I do not feel at liberty to suggest one i basis for peace with Germany and an other for peace with Austria.
 Back to Fourteen Points
 It will be remembered that in reply ! to a communication from the Austrian government offering to enter into ne gotiations for a armistice and peace on the basis of the fourteen points, to which l have alluded, I said that there was one matter to which these points no longer applied. They had demanded autonomy for the several states which had constituted parts of the Austro- Hungarian empire. and 1 pointed out | that it must now be left to the choice of the people of these several countries what their destinies and political rela- . tions should be.
 "They have chosen, with the sympa thy of the whole world, to be set up as independent states. Their complete separation from Austria and the com plete dissolution of the Austro- Hun garian empire has given a new aspect and significance to the settlement which may be effected with regard al any rate, to the eastern boundaries ot Italy.
 Personally, 1 am quite willing that Italy should be accorded, along tho whole front of her northern frontier and wherever she comes into contaci with Austrian territory, all that was hostility or aggression on the part O London, but I am of the clear opinior that the pact of London can no longel apply to the settlement of her easterr boundary.
 "The line drawn in the pact of Lon. don was conceived for the purpose O establishing an absolutely adequat, frontier for Italy against any possibl, hostility on aggression on the part O Austria. But Austria Hungary no long CT exists. These eastern frontiers vii touch countries stripped of the militar, and naval power of Austria, settled il inter dependence of Austria, and or ganized for the purpose of satisfyin. legitimate national aspirations, an, creattd states not hostile to the ney European order, but arising out of il interested in its maintenance, depen dent upon the cultivation of friend ships, and bound to a common polio. 7 of pace and accommodation by tn covenant of the league of nations. l Enumerates Concession
 "It is with these facts in mind tha I have approached the Adriatic ques : tion. It is commonly agreed and : very heartily adhere to the agreement l that the ports of Triest and Pola- an { with them the greater part of the Is 2 trian peninsula, should be ceded |
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