Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

dent and exactly upon the point of
lf-determination: Fiume. the city
while ruled by Austria, was part of
the district of Croatia under high
sovereignty of Hungary, but by spec
ial privilege granted to the city by
Empress Maria Theresa, of Austria,
was. an Independent and free city;
using that privilege, Fiume after
spectacular victory of Italian army
in last days of October, of 1918, at
same moment of down fall of Austria
declared itself in favor of the an
nexation to the kingdom of Italy:
that was done before the entering
of the Italian soldiers into the city.
The second reason of Italy is an
clinical character of the city Though
under tyrannical rulers who for CEN
turtles have done everything Tor the
denationalization of the city, rune
as Trieste, as Dalmatia, stood IKE
solid rock for the protection OF ltal-
ianism. so that the American Coihlhls-
sion sent TO different points OF ltai-
ian front. found that Fiume is ltallan
CITY: we Italians are very dellehte"
to know that population OF fluhe
ossapbled under the Italian nag JusI
after wilson's proclamation anu III
tbe presence of representatives
+be American Army, repIleu W t'le
president by confering luil po".
over the city upon the rePresen, .I,t
of the Italian Governmeht' @ "ilu that
the same people inlorIleu nm, IN ac-
Fiume union with l'a'S
complished fact.
But the President says that Fiume
must serve rs an outlet of commerce
not of Italy, but of the land to the
north and northeast of that port, ana
60. after bargaining with more pow
erfuI mowers he wants to stand pS
his idealism with the smallest of the
Allies and compel Italy to provide an
outlet to the sea for Slavs. one look
to the map will demonstrate TO every
body that in the part of the Dalna-
tian coast unclaimed by Italy are
many and splendid harbors for the
use of the Slavs.
Once accepted this abnormal point
of the observation-disclosures anu
Germany would be entitled TO ash It,e
harbor of Genoa where their tfaae
is running upon larger scale thah INC
slavic trade is running to Flume do
their necessary outlet to the sea
Third reason of Italy's staho OH
London pact is: ,.;oo on
+arad the war the PreslaenI
knowledge of the pact anu nc -,
ians are unable to understand r"act
th. President did not blame ene -
at that time, unless he wants 80 ae
slider the international tIet i'm
sluet s - naner after he, at least m
craps W nnented them by not ae-
pilelllH them at right time. lhs
T-ondon is still in force anu
- ~ &c true that in the paCe -
sDecifc mention OF flui, ,od
nv S,s,onceiyable that pfoau- ~, is
Is Ii,.a wilson can stand on lH'S
In speaking of the Atlantic coast
of United states is not necessary 70
n,alxe specitic mention OF all dlHerehe
noin+s located on that coast so III
the pact of London it IS Sehel'tS
r,artioned as the Dalmatlan coast'
aiong what coast on northel
nart of Fiume Is located; specthc
,,,antion of Fiume was omitteu 10.
~ sal<e of the common cause ltalS
accented that point. but, with uei
tio~ Of Russia, Italy was opllGeu "
meet the military Obligation neg tect7
ed bv Russia and to hsnt "'oalo
sm,inst Austria VINO now
blame italy if as compensation
terrible losses caused by RUSSIAN
fection Italy claims what Is al" h'''A
ian city?
1t is not correct what the President
says that the downfall Of Austria
was not foreseen, that new condltlon
of things arose from the victorious
outcome of war; ask new solution
of international problems. Baron ).
Sonnino Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Italy in his newspaper on April
Is, 1915, just one month before Italy
entered the war, wrote that in case