The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-05

PARIS. May 3.---A dIplumatst G:'
Scribod Ia me tn" sensations al! paSHCa
through during the days OF the ltalian
crisis On coming home late at night ne
saw in IN" Temps President Wilson
manifesto He could not take it all IN Al
once and read it twice and then weh'
10 sleep. lie woke up at in the morn
.us, road II 4 third time and then do%ed
again.
For some hours pcssimism rclgrcd
with SpcctcrS Of appalling immediate
prrils such as the renewal o. the war
and triumph Of Il united Germany over
the disunitcd AUirs and the impossible
i;y of Franco and England signing any
! treaty with Italy pl"dsinS them to siSH
all together or not al all.
Al first il looked us # the President
had interviewed in tho manner most IN
convenient and least considerable. for MS
manifesto apparently was delivered AS
4 surprise packet to the tire" prrln!crS
lust a, a moment when they were ar-
nroachinC an agreement. But this 10 an
cn,irc misapprrhcusiun If the whole m
cidrnt. The Italians knew Of PrcsidcHt
Wilson's intent ions and perhaps even 'nc
terms Of the manifesto before the man =
rcs'o was delivered to the public. Inc
uanifrstu WIS rot issued TIL tho PrcSl-
dent was convinced hr was knocking his
head asainS, a stone wall and then ~"
had to art immediately ar surrender All
tho principles f"r the maintenance OF
which H. had given himself and his
country I'll TN trnublr of his prolonged
absence form Washington.
Opinions among t'rrnchIn"n VI,
grcatly divided. rather reserved with
,nnspiCunusly large OMISSIONS du" 1" IN"
,.nsor's blue pencil. That som" extreme
nationalist organs stand BY Italy is rN-
rIirah,.. FIRST. by their sympathy with
!taIy'S hnapir!.iy to Mr.. Wilson'S att
nude toward cxircmrI:st demands for ter
r!torinl "nlrrr"mcnts. and secondly. II
ua.nful anxiety 10 keep Italy by the side
rf France If - r'nIuv should renew her
attempt to destroy both. On the o.hcr
hand. among British a. we'll az in Amor
,can circles Italy had few friends re
cause Of her ins,stenrc nm IN" har!
terms by which her support had been
purchased at n critical hour. Th'%"
were her unwii!inGneSs TO let go even
Of ,hc Greek islands and her wnni0n
addition Of F1um" to exaggerated gains
under the secret London treaty. All OF
these things shad produced Il reaction
against her.
The attitude % Italy. ! think. mus, BE-
largely attributed to the internal Situa-
ton. That situation, ! have good r"a-
! son to believe rs very diSQuletInE. The
want If food. insufficient pay. PENSIONS
for soldiers, tho Infection Of BolShr-
yISm which has Iahrn root more III Italy
than III any countries outsid" R;Ssia
and Hungary. rloI~ more widespread ana
severe than thu nu"rS publish. "Nc'ta-
lion Of the Nationalist sentiment. drtHH'
I'd pct encouraged by IN" ltnlIan minis
lcrs--all reveal such extreme tension in
l,alv as would make II fatal for cny
ministry To climb down even Il lit;'c bit
an Ilaly's extreme demands.
HIS instructive visit In Italy. his *.
traordlnary FLAIR for exploring political
situations probably made MIR. Wilson
understand ihII the only escape far thu
, italian politicians was IL subject III" M
L. such pressure from the outside 40
would enable Them 10 rrri'Ss ihc nHhil'
ity To resist tho irrCSi%t bic forces
against them.
Though irr,l hy the London treaty.
feel convinced irrini"rs cicin"nccau and
Lloyd C;rorgr .icrr- tly approve Mr.. WI.
sons attitude. ,*prc tally AZ It cases -
much their own position in dealing with
O, her outstanding questions.
The way. for instance is cleared for
such problems as DunziE and Constar-
tinopIe. The Poles have rightly Insisted
that without free atcion in DanziG they
would hr suffocatcd by tho Gcrmans.
whose methods Of embarrassing other