Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-25

behalf. l might simply say tha no one will receive without reserve the affirmation that the collapse of the Austro- Hungarian.
 Citing the presidents argument that the concessions granted bringing Italy to its natural defences, the Alps, Signor Orlando says:
 This recognition is of great inn portance, provided the eastern flank of this wall does not remain open and that the right of Italy should be interpreted to include the line of Mont Nevoso, which separates the waters running toward the Black Sea and the Mediterranean" He recalls that the Latins from the earliest dawn of Italian history designated this noun tain the Italian limit
 Without this protection" says the premier, "a dangerous breach is left Tn this admirable barrier of the Alps rupturing the unquestionabl ble political economic and historical unity of the lstrian Peninsula. I contend. further
 more, that he who is entitled to the honor of proclaiming to the world the i right of the free determination of peo- pes should recognize this right for tune, an ancient Italian city which | proclaimed it's Italian nature before the Italian ships a1rived-an admir- able example of national conscience perpetuated throughout centuries. "To deny this right only because of | the small number concerned would mean the admission that the criterion
 of justice toward peoples varies ac- ! cording to their territorial extent" 1 Premier Orlando then points out | that Antwerp, Genoa and Rotterdam
 are international ports serving as an
 outlet to diverse peoples and terri 1 tories without having to pay for the | privilege by sacrificing national con-
 science and continues:
 Tt is impossible to qualify as ex- i cessive the Italian aspirations toward the Dalmatian coast, Italy's boulevard | throughout centuries, which Roman genius and Venetian activity made noble and grand and whose Italian
 character, defying for centuries i'm. placable prosecutions, still shares the
 same thrill of patriotism with the people"
 The principle proclaimed with ref. eronce to Poland that denationaliZa
 ton based on violence does not create rights, the premier contends. should
 be applied to Dalmatia Passing to the | argument of "cold statistical state
 ents the premier affirIns that among the national reconstruction. occupying the peace conference non, or the reconstructed nations vii
 count within their frontiers a rela lively slighter number of persons O ,alien race than would be attributed t
 Italy, and asks why only Italian
 should be suspected of Imperialisti cupidity. The history of the negotia tions, he declares, will show that tn
 Italian delegation acted not only wit , firmness, but with a grand spirit o conciliation. He concludes his statement as fol : lows;
 "The presidential message end f with warm declaration of America
 friendship for Italy. I reply in tn name of the Italian people, and proud ly claim the right and honor to d , this as one. who ill the most tragi z hour of this war, proclaimed the CT / of resistance at all costs. This CT was heard and replied to with cour - age and abnegation. of which ther z are few more striking examples in tn I worlds history
 Italy, thanks to the most heroi . sacrifices and purest blood of he II children, was able to ascend from tt abyss of misfortunes to the radia1
 crest of most glorious victory. In tt c name, therefore. of Italy, I expres = with all my power the sentiment , Il admiration and profound sympath n with the Italian people professes tt Fl ward the American people,"