Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-25
Italian Premier Declares
Wilson Ideas Are Not
Applicable.
NOT JUSTIFIED IN
FACE OF HISTORY
ItaIy's Claims Go Back Into Centuries
Of Wrongs and Injustiess Which Il
Is Now Insisted Can Be Rishted-
Rome Hears Report That American
Ambassador Page Has Resigned Be-
cause Of President Wilson's Attitude.

cause OF PreSident WILSON'S Attitude.
Paris. April 24.-ln the statement
given out today by Premier Orlando
in reply to President Wilson's appeal
on the Adriatic question. stress was
laid by the italian prime minister upon
the question of the propriety OF any
attempt from the outside TO set up op-
position between the Italian people
and their government As revealed by
the full text of the premiers state
mcnt now availa ble, after arguing that
such an attempt would virtually mean
the ignoring and denying Of the high
decree of civilization which the Italian
people had attained under democratic
government the premier added:
ITO oppose, so to speak. the Italian
government and people would be to
admit that this great, free nation
could submit TO the yoke Of will
other than its own. and | shall be
forced to protest vigorously against
such supposition. unjustly offensive 10
my country"
Comes Back at Wilson.
In subsequent part of his state
ment Premier Orlando. in referring to
the conferences that have been held
in an effort to solve the territorial
problems affecting Italy. during which,
the premier said, President Wilcon has
had the kindness to recognize that
truth and justice are the monopoly OF
no one person and that all men are
subject to error Premier Orlando
continued:
And add that the error is all the
easier as the problems to which the
principles apply are the more complex.
Humanity is such an immense thing.
the problems raised by the life Of the
people are so infinitely complex that
nobody can believe that he has found
in a determined number Of proposals
as simple and sure way to solve them
as II it were question Of determining
the dimensions. the volume and the
weight Of bodies with various units OF
mea sure.
Principles Do Not Apply.
While remarking that more than
once the conference nearly failed when
it was a question of applying these
principles. do not believe that I am
disrespect toward this high
assembly. On the contrary, these
changes have been and still are the
of human judgment 7
mean to say only that experience has
proved the difficulties in the applica-
ton Of these principles OF an abstract
to concrete cases. Thus, win
all Difference but firmly, consider as
unjustificd the application made by
President Wilson in his message OF his
principles to the Italian claims"
Declaring that no one could not ac-
cept without reservation the statement
that the downfall Of the Austro- Hun
garian empire implied d reduction Of
Italian aspirations. the premier added:
":It is even permissible to believe
even the contrary, that ir, that at the
very moment when all the varied
peoples who constituted that empire
sought to organize according TO their
ethnic and national affinities. the cs-
sential problem caused by the Italian
claims can ana must oe completely
solved.
Now this problem Is that OF the
Adriatic. in which are summed up all
the rights OF both vhe ancient and the
new italy. all her suftnrings thruout
the centuries and all tbs benefits she
is destined to bring to the great In
ternational Community"
Following IS the text Of Premier Or
lando's statement:
; Yesterday, while the Italian delega-
ton was discussing counter PROPOSE
tions which had been received from
the british prime minister and which
had for their ain, the conciliation OF
contradictory tendencies which were
manifest concerning Italian territorial
apsirntions, the Paris newspapers pub
lished message from the president of
the United States. In which he ex-
pressed his own thought on one Of the
grave problems which has been~sub-
mitted to the judgment Of the confer
erce. .
Hints He'll Appeal TO United states.
"The practice OF addressing nations
directly constitutes surely an innova-
tion in international relations. do
not wish. to complain. but / wish to
record Il as a precedent. so that at my
own time may follow it. inasmuch as
this new custom doubtless constitutes
the granting to nations OF larger par
in international questions,
and, personally, / have always been OF
the opinion that such participation
was the harbinger Of a new order OF
things. ,;5,
Nevertheless. il these appeals are
TO be con sidered as addresses to ma
lions outside, Of the governments
which represent them Il might say
even against the governments) !
should feel deep regert in recalling
that this pracsss, heretofore applied TO
enemy governments is today applied
for the first time to a government
which has been, and intends to remain
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