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FIRM MH|S
POST I ION
ON, F|UME
Agreement May Be Reached
Through Change in italian
Attitude After Premier
ConSuIts Parliament.

Paris. April 25.-Premier Clemen-
ceau this morning received a mes,
sage from Premier Orlando. which
the Italian statesman dispatched
while on his way to Rome.
Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign
minister, will leave here for Rome
Saturday.
Premier Orlando left last night
accompanied by Salvador Barzilai,
General Diaz, and two other men,
bers of the Italian mission. He
was given an ovation at the station
by crowd.
Confident of Settlement.
While the American delegates ,ex-
pressed regret over the temporary
break with the Italians, they ap
parently were confident today that
some settlement would be effected
when Premier Orlando confers with
the. Italian parliament.
The general opinion in American
circles is that the making of peace
will be somewhat delayed by the
Italian incident.
There is no hint. however, .hat
President Wilson will yield in the
slightest concerning Fiume, and i'll
the opinion of the Americans. an
agl cement can be only reached by
change in the Italian attitude.
President Wilson had a number
of engagements during the after
noon. Among those who called to
see the president was Frank Hayes,
president of the United Mine Work
ers Of America.
The. engagements of President
Wilson filled his day until 4 4o'clock
this afternoon. He saw Gen. Task
er Fl. Bliss and Bernard M. Baruch,
| former chairman of the American
War Industries board and also re-
ceived delegations of Kurds,
| Czecho- -Slovaks and Siamese and a
| committee of French working men.
Some of the visiting American con-
gressmen also visited the president.
Orlando May Return.
Not a rupture, but a suspension
of Italy's collaboration in the peace
conference-that is how the situa-
ton was defined in conference cir
cles here today. The Italian
delegation, feeling that its rep
resentative character has been
called in question in certain quar-
tiers, considers it its duty to refer
to the Italian parliament, but it is
believed to be probable that Pre-
mier Orlando will be back in time
for opening of the negotiations with
the German plenipotentiaries at
Versailles, which will not occur be-
fore May or May 2.
Show Cancellation.
The Italians have suspended at
tendance on such commissions and
committees as are directly depen-
dent on the peace conference and
whose work is involved in the decis-
ion of territorial questions at issue
but they continued today to partici-
pate in the delibera tions of organi-
zations formed prior to the confer
ence of the supreme economic Coun-
Gil. They also are discussing eco
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the American and other representa-
tives is if nothing had happened.
Symptomatic of Its an, expecta-
ton of adjustment of the present diff
ficulty was the continued participa-
ton by the Italian representatives
in theNcomnittee discussing the allo-
cation of seized merchant ships be-
tween the Italians and Croatians.
French Exchange Views.
| The French cabinet and the mem
bers of the French peace delegation
held a meeting today and exchanged
views regarding the work of the
peace conference. Marshal Foch
gave the cabinet details of the mill
tary point of view concerning prob
lens submitted to the conference.
Besides Marshal Foch, the other
members of the conference delega-
ton present were jules Cambon,
Captain Tardieu, Finance Minister
Klotz, Foreign Minister Pichon and
Premier Clemenceau. President
Poincare presided at the meeting.
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