The sun., 1919-04-26
League of Nations Put in
Doubt by Wilson's Chal-
lenge to Orlando.
JAPAN WATTS OUTCOME
Admits 1t Cannot Agree to
Principles of His Four
teen Points.
PEACE PUT FURTHER OFF
Arrogance of Germans Ex-
pected to Stiffen as Result
Of the Fiume Dispute.
PEACE PUT FURTHER OFF
BY LAURENCE HILLS.
Sto1 Correspondent Of TEE suN.

otVU S"TeSpobocVt Oy IhE 5CE.
Copyright. 1919; OIL rioAts ,essrved.
PARIS. April 25.-Upon the Peace
Conference, now shaken to its foun.
dations, as well as upon the world at
large the verdict which the people
of Italy are called upon to deliver In
the next few days on the Orlando
Wilson issue, will have an effect so
profound as to be incalculable. Alb
solutely no one here, not even the
most experienced diplomat, can fore
tell what is 70 happen here.
Although admirlng President VIII
sons boldness, there are many who
feel that he acted rashly and i'm
petuously and that he has committed q.
the most colossal blunder in all diplo-
matte history. On the other hand,
there are those who maintain stoutly
that he could have done nothing else
once his policies had been directly
challenged. These naturally include
his close friends here who take 1t
for granted that America will ap-
plaud his act, however Europe, sat
urated with intrigue, may regard 1t.
Other Powerful Reasons.
| There have been some so-called
crises here, but this is the real one
and It Is a Wilson crisis. The Presi-
dent had to accept II at this time for
many. reasons outside Of the italian
question, some Of them even more
powerful. SO far he seems to have
| no fear Of the result. He still
believes that the manifestations
which greeted him on his journey IN
Italy meant that the Italian people
approved his policies even II they
meant the denial Of the Italian i'm
perialistic claims. This belief now
is to be tested.
In the view Of many diplomats here
the President scarcely could recover
from the blow that reputation by
! the Italian people after his triumphal
tour would inflict upon him. Such
action would give encoura cement to
those TO whom the Presidents poll
cies have been a nightmare ever since
the conference began. Every claim
ant who has run afoul of the WILSON,
ian interpretation of the fourteen
points awaits the verdict to shape his
future plans.
French Mflitarists Anxious.
Not the least of these Is the French
military party, which has suffered de-
feat after defeat at the hands of the
President and which will renew its
demands with greater insistence if
Premier Orlando wins, holding that
the League OF Nations and its princi.
pies shall no longer count in drawing
up the treaty of peace. This is true
despite the fact that the Germans
ARE due here next Monday.
The japanese also are awaiting the
verdict. Developments today showed
that they were adopting an attitude
almost exactly the same as that Of
the Italians, insisting upon receiving
many had IN China and promising to
return back K!aOchau to the Chinese
after the treaty is signed. They have
come M against the fourteen points
just AS the Italians did, and even
the japanese themselves admitted to-
day that after issuing such state
ment the President could not grant
their demands. II these demands are
not granted they will certainly FOL.
low Italy II the Italian people sustain
Premier Orlando in leaving the CON
ference. Whether II Italy should re-
main, the japanese will pull out alone
is another question.
Eject on the Germans.
As for the Germans, even the
Americans admit that the couse-
quenccs as regards the effects upon
the Berlin delegation will he of the
graNcst character. Prepared rs the
German ENJOYS are 10 dispute the ap-
!. plication in the peace treaty Of the
I fourteen points. they naturally win
be stlffened to the point Of arrogance
: should the Italians remain out Of the
conference.
There are pessimists who 90 so far
as TO say that immediate peace l.
now a dream. Careful investigation
S among many different national groups
here seems almost 10 indicate tina,
this Is true, even though the treaty