The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-13
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Before and After.

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| The Era Nuova of Trieste re-
minds us very opportunity OF the
Franco English promises to Italy
in the hour of danger. In August.
1914, when Italy declared her neu-
| trality. the French press was unan-
imous in its expressions of graft
! tude.
| The Lanternes said: The neu-
trality of Italy enables us to con-
centrate all our forces on the Ger
man front Vive PItalie!-
The Gaulois: I'VE shall never
| forget and again: -The Adriatic
must once more become an excIu-
sively italian sea-"
The Lfberte: Nothing shall be
| forgotten! For the present. only
| one word: Thank your'
The Journal: France will never
forgetr
The Cemenceau LHomme Libre:
In the Mediterranean as well as
on the continent there is place for
the free and peaceful development
Of the two Latin nations" Then
began the exhortation for inter-
vention in the conflict.
The Figaro: The eyes of all Eu-
rope are turned toward Italy" And
Minister Pichon wrote: THE dis
memberment of Austria is newt
able and who can profit there
by more than Italy?
And Mr.. Clemenceau himself
said: The day has come when
Italy can take in the new Europe
the place which is due her" And
Delcasse: France and England are
not opposed TO any aspirations
presented by the popular Italian
sentiment"
Nor was the English press less
fervid in its affirmation of the Ital-
ian rights and its exhortation for
Intervention. And after Italy en-
tered the war. oh the clamor!
! The Temps said: TT is not only
a strong reinforcement that Italy
In arms brings to our side. It Is
the guaranty of a complete and
! speedy victory
The Daily Telegraph: England
has nothing against Italy's desire
/ to be the mistress of her home in
the Adriatic."
The Journal: ITALY has set free
a large number of our troops. Italy
may prove herself worthy OF
| greater praise. but no act will be
more praiseworthy than this one.
| in the eyes of France who loves
her.
The Morning Post: This inter-
vention calls for sacrosanct obliga-
tons on the part of English states
men to make sure that Italy shall
never remain isolated"
The Daily Mail: We shall I'm
ally see a united nation. once her
| new frontiers are established, re-
vive in the Adriatic, in the Near
East and in Asia Minor the glory
and prestige of Venice and Genoa
Thus wrote the French and Eng
lish papers during the war. that is.
as long as the German menace was
pending. Now that the war-the
menace-is over. these same papers
seem to have forgotten Italy en-
ttrely.
A Sad Chronicle.
The Idea Nazionale. of Rome. re-
cites the following sad chronicle
of the Peace Conferences:
1. France, England and the United
States have formed a defensive al
lance against Germany; as for
Italy, they have neither interpret
lated her nor invited her to Join the
new postwar entente.
2. France, England and the United
States added to the preliminary
treaty of peace to Germany article
IA, stipulating that the treaty shall
be valid with the ratification OF
France, England and the United
States on the one hand and that OF
Germany on the other. The rau-
flcation of Italy. who Joined in sign
ing the preliminaries. has been con-
sidered unnecessary for the validity
of the final treaty.
;. France, England and the United
States have proceeded to the dis
tribution of the former German col
onies. assigning most Of them to
England. some to France, and q
very small portion to Japan. italy
has thus been excluded from par
ticipating in the distribution as well
as in the assignation of the coll
onies. and she has been granted. in
fulfillment of article Is of the Pact
Of London. the right to rectify the
frontiers of her colonies in Eritrea,
Somaliland and Lydia.
4. An Ethiopian mission. accom-
panied by the French minister at
Adds Abeba. has been sent to Paris
to ask the conference for French
protectorate over Ethiopia.
5. France, England and the United
States, in the distribution of the
mandates in Asia Minor, in violation
of the agreement of St. John, Of
Modiana, which assigned, among 9TH
er things. Smyrna to Italy. have ex-
cluded italy from the Eastern Medi-
terranean to favor even Greece, and
they would give us mandatory pow
er over some inland region in eau
casia, Of some economic but of no
political Importance whatever.
s. France, England and the United
States. in the policy of succession
to Austria-Hungary. have proceeded
to reconstruct a Danubian-Balkan
confederation upon the ruins of the
erstwhile Austro-Hungarian EN-
pire destroyed by the Italian army.
Z. France, England and the United
States are ready to comply with
the Pact Of London, but integrally;
that is, with the assignment Of
Fiume to Croatia and with an In
acceptable compensation, The Unit.