Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-30
ITALY'S SENATE GIVES
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
CONTINUED on First Page. I


at the conference. Up until April
IA when he received from President
Fiume, he said he thought an agree
ment was probable.
In the course of his address, the
Premier spoke of the attitude taken
at Paris by the British and French
governments, which he said had
been loyal to promises made in the
treaty of London, which was framed
in 1915. He admitted, however, that
both France and Great Britain do
not stand with Italy in her demands
for the annexation of Fiume. He
in principle, to the creation of Fiume
added that they might have agreed,
as an independent free state. In
discussing the American memoran-
dunn, which was handed to him on
| April IA and which was distributed
among the members of parliament
! to-day by the Premier, Signor Or
lando said,
Unable to Agree
"lnasmuch as this memorandum
denied 1taly's rights over the Dali
matian islands, accorded only incom-
plete liberty to Fiume and even
went so far as to break up the unity
of lstria. | told Mr.. Wilson it was
absolutely impossible for me to agree
to peace on the conditions indicated.
l added that, under such conditions,
the Italian delegation felt it could
not continue to participate in the
| conference with any benefit for 9TH
ers or dignity for Italy, but said l
would communicate with representa-
| tiVes of the Allied powers with which
| ltD1N hnnnH Inv GnpniD1
| mentS.
president Wilson showed great
regret for such a hypothesis, adding
he would do everything possible to
prevent it. He said he thought 1T
I opportune and useful that France
and England should undertake to
! find a means of conciliation while
| he would have the question re-eX-
| amined by his experts to see If FUR
| ther concessions could be made to
: Italian aspirations. The Italian dele
cation did not maintain an obstinate
| attitude but co-operated during the
| following days in efforts to find a
: way of concilation. 1t was anxious
not to delay peace and to avoid COM
| promising the union of the Allied
peoples, even by Il mere appearance
| of disagreement. 1t was continuing
! patiently to seek a means of con-
ciliation and was discussing the sub
| iect with the British premier when
the Presidential message appeared.
| Fact Grave to Italians
This new fact seemed to the ltal-
ian delegation of enormous gravity,
as it made public a dissension which
until then, although deep, was con-
fined inside the conference. Besides
making statements addressed to the
sentiment and will of peoples in gen.
eral. and, therefore, to the Italian
people. the full authority and pres
| tiEe of the Italian delegates was
doubted jNst in the grave and deci-
sive hour when it was most needed.
Addressing himself to the atti-
tude of Italy at the Peace Confer
ence and the justice of her demands,
the Premier continued:
Motive For Italy's Appeal
! ITALY did not measure her sacri-
, fees by the letter of her treaty with
the Allied powers and did not ask
| for help when she had to withstand
the shock of the Austrian army, as
she might have done under the
treaty. Therein she only did her duty
/ as the Allies have done, but that
| fact transformed friendship into
blood fellowship and it was in that
sense that Italy appealed to the AL
lies peoples and governments.
The question of Ffume was not
first brought forward by Italy, but
| by a thrilling act of spontaneous
/, will which began with the declara-
, ton of Fumes representative in the
Hungarian Parliament, and which
was subsequently confirmed when
Fiume proclaimed herself an Italian
| town. Can our great nation remain
| inert and unmoved by the vehement
and despairing appeal of this peo-
! pie whose blood is of our blood?
! No. Italy does not need to put for
ward a formal thesis in support of
her demands, feeling sure that vio-
! lence will not be done to the will
| of this Italian town"
Premier Orlando reiterated that
! the treaty of London did not pre-
vent the Allies from considering the
Fiume question from the Italian
view and that, moreover, the Allies
had admitted they were in no wise
bound regarding Fiume, since they
considered themselves capable of
agreeing to the freedom of the city.
Alliance to BE Maintained
"It is our desire and firm re-
solve" he said. that the alliance
shall not be broken up. We wish to
remain loyal to it for the sake of
the solemn pledge which binds our
word of honor, but still more for