Evening star., 1919-05-04

ed Press).-Count Macchi di Gel
lere, the italian ambassador to
the United States, had 4 confer
! ence late today with President
Wilson. This IN regarded N nm
indication that Italy II consider-
: ing a resumption Of her place at
the peace conference.
~ the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 2.-The Italian cabinet
appears to consider that any further
peace overtures should be on thu
basis Of giving Fiume to italy. rs II
IL asserted that the loss OF the city
to her might cause an uprising men
acing the government
One suggestion has been made for q
solution by means of a formula rec.
ognizing Italian authority over tht
city, but leaving it's ultimate con-
troll to a plebiscite.
Some Of Premier OrIando's friends
according to advice reaching here
are urging him to resign as the best
means OF eliminating any personal eie-
ment standing In the way OF . re-
sumption OF the negotiations.
Gen. Diaz Goes to Trieste.
The departure for Trieste OF Gen.
Diaz, the Italian commander-fn fn- chief
followed the receipt OF reports that
the Jugosiavs might make = military
demonstration to hold FiulnA. the
government desiring to have him near
the scene.
All the foregoing Developments In
Rome. the advices concerning which
come through the best informed
channels. have not appeared to
awaken here any response favorable to
the granting Of Ffume to Italy.
Sees Injustice to ITALY.
ROME. Friday. May a.Arhe Epoca
today prints letter from Prof.
George D. Heron declaring that
grave injustice is being dora 10 itaiy
sahd that the people Of the Sarf6us
countries do not know what is hap
pening behind the scene in Parft
& Prof. Heron affirms positively that
b settlement of the .Adriatic question
Mas about to be effected on two oc-
easions and that Il only failed ~ b
result of the intrigues OF q few In
ternational fnanciers. dtpiom1ticaliy
privileged. who, he declares, ne the
real cause Of the exfstfng crfsfs ana
of all the political and moral failures
Of the peace conference" and on
whom '-wtiI fall the resp6nsibiiity
fbr the ruin threatening the. world. !"
+ This group. Prof. Heron de&iAres,
seeks concessions for the deveaop-
snent Of Fiune and the Daimatian
ports. 30 as to monopoii1e shipping on
the Adriatic. The scheme. he says. Il
one which contemplates the sxpioita-
ton Of the Serbian people and entail
ing complete commercial ruin on italy
by driving her nag off the seas and
destroying her commercial and poiiti-
zeal relations with Rumanfa and the
I Balkans.
when q conference with the various
Russian factions was proposed in
Paris early In February Prof. Heron,
formerly a college professor in the
United States. and sometime resident
IN Switzerland. was appointed. to-
..gsther with william Allen White of
Kansas. to represent the United States
In the proposed conference. Neither
NJ these delegates acted. however. as
.the conference was never held
italy Sees Treaty Violation.
I. ROME. Friday, May 2.-Newspapera
favorable to the government protest
against the continuation by the peace
conference of negotiations with the
German delegates without the partici-
patton Of italy, because, they say, ii
violates the treaty between the allies
forbidding separate peace. The
The allies are pledged TO us by a
sacred treaty. They cannot siEn !
peace without US. and they cannot
make separate peace without rea
son: President Wilson may be an auto
crat. but not 10 the point Of Imposing
the shame of treason upon Great
Britain and France"
TIE IIea Nazionaie asks how the
peace conference could deciare the
league OF nations approved unanimous
ly last Monday while Italy was alb
sent: how the conference could as.
sign Kiaochow to Japan when Ital,
was not present. and how the con
ference can present the preitminarie,
Of peace to the German deieEateS
without italy acting with them. TfS
newspaper adds:
The conference places itself outside
the alliance of Italy. Italy must an
swer by the annexation Of the terri.
tories she claims"
EXPLOSION DESTROYS PLANT.