New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
<foiy in Statement Coils
Her Need of F1St1y,se vital

from possessing a part of the Adriatic
coast, claiming for herself not more,
hut not less. than she needs to insure
her peace of mind and eliminate for.
eign mcuaces.
Wants Half of Dalmatia
"1ho Treaty of London gives to Italy
G,326 square Kilometres of the total
area of Dalmatia. which is 12,OS5
square Kilometres and Al per cent of
the population of Dalmatia; while Of
the whole coast from lumc TO the
BoYana, Italy viii only have onc-siNth
That is to say, the ,jugo Slav state will
have six times as much OF the coast
as Italy and Will have moro than half
Of the population and half Of the total
area Of Dalmatia and it's islands.
Gwen II historical right and ua-
tionai reality were otherwise, italy
could not for reasons Of safety i'm the
future rcroGncc having part of Dal-
malta. Italy would be threatened from
Dalmatia If the whole of it fell to am
other state, whereas ItalY's claim to a
part Of Dalmatia threatens no one.
"lhc memorandum turns to the spc-
cial Qucstior Of Plume. Kussa's Dc
tcction imposed ON italy much
greater burdcn than that stimulated in
the Treaty Of London. American in
tervention did nothing to relieve the
pressure on Italy. whereas on the
Western front it more than compcn-
sated for Russian dcfection Not ONLY
Trieste but Fumc must cease to func-
~tion in favor Of indirect German doni-
nation Of the Adriatic.
States Claim TO Fiumc
"Lcaving aside the damage to Tri-
este which would result from the COM
petition Of Jugo-S -Slav Fiumc and TO the
economy of the Hintcrland resulting
upon the inevitable attempt to defect
all Of its trade to a non-Italian Fumc.
1t IS necessary TO insist on the anti
German part which Italy alone can play
at Flunc, a part which car be played
in such Il way as to benefit the Croatian
and Hungarian Iintcrland
AT this point the memorandum in
sists on the natural apttudes and the
technical resources of seafaring ma
ton like Italy, which by placing both
FJumc and Trieste at the entire dis
posal of the Iiinteriand would concili-
ate IN the best possible fashion her
two interests with those Of the COM
mercial clientele of the two ports. The
memorandum emphasizes the fact that
these two ports have got to serve Ger
many Austria Bohemia, the Jugo-
slav countries and hungary.
Croatia Does Not Need Fiume
ut is not true, the memorandum pro
ceeds to argue, shat Croatia needs
tiume, Croatian trade in the port
represented only Z per cent, the re-
fsna indSr coming from other regions.
and especially Hungary. The total
trade of Slovenia, Croatia, Dalmatia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the port Of
llumc hardly reached 13 per cent; the
remainder went toward the ports of
Lower Dalmatia.
"1he memorandum explains why
Tiume was given to Croatia in the
Treaty of London. At That time the
fall of the Hapsburg monarchy was
not forcseen. It was therefore natural
that to Il population Of 50,0o0,000 in
habltants one independent Adriatc
port should be left, but Italy's decisive
victory of 1915 has effectively de-
strcyed this argument. BESIDES Buc-
carr and Segna. Crotia- another fact
unforeseen IN the Treaty Of london
has at her disposal other outlets in
tho Lower Adriatic, outlets which it
vas thought would be reserved for
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