The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

selves by force what By the sos>u.
covenant OF Britain. France and Ru.
sis has been promised us. II We h.
Paris DO not set our just rights ana
y we yiTp our people viii overthrow
The American had listened ouietfy
He replied:
AEsisst Aneric.u Alma
We too have war alma II rt.l,
obtained what you desire, our aim,
would have to be trampled uudes
foot and America would have Ios
her war"
And ignoring the excited interrup-
ton OF the Italian. he continued
Our aims have always been statet
TO the world II you and other
have not believed that the Presideui
meant what he said when he spoke
OF INSTRUMENTATION. the rights Of
small nations. and the new world or.
der which Ia to do away with
strategic frontiers ,snd economic
guarantees that trampIe on the
rights OF alien populations. that wa
your lookout You knew that wa
had mot signed and could not accept
the Treaty Of London. because a. vio-
lated our war aims. Now you ara
angry because we use our innuencs
TO secure a treaty that will in our
opinion maintain the peace Of the
world. The London treaty belongr
TO an old world that has passed
away; an attempt TO carry II out
nj
promises meaningless. and would
moreover at once precipitste q war
with Jugo-Slavia-
You Italians are thinking in
terms OF the past This is no time
to try to seize territory inhabited
by other races, but TO Join in and
help maintAin the security that We
all want by loyalty upholding the
terms on which Germany accepted
the armistiee-the fourteen pointss
AT this point friends parted the
conhatants- IL IL certain that the
italian dd not In the least under
stand the Americans point Of view:
II Is probable that the American
did not appreciate how those Italians
must feel who deliberately weighed
the ADVANTAGES and disadvantage OF
hghtlng on either side or not fighting
At all: who chose the side that Of
fered them most got a contract sign
ed. sealed ana delivered, and who
are now unable 10 collect what un-
der the terms OF their agreement 4,
undeniably due them.
Treaty Of London Secret.
The American might have pointed
out further that one reason why tn.
Treaty OF London cannot be honored
Is that IL was kept secret from Ser
bia- who was then f--.a-ts.z and has
fought since vNh exceptional gSl-
lsntry for the Allied cause. and the
treaty grants 10 Italy territory for
decades marked out by Serbian
statesmen rs part OF the destined
Jugo-Siav kingdom. Therefore. had
Russia. France and England not for
gotten IN 1915 TO tell Serbia what
had boen agreed upon with Italy,
SerbiaI fighting ardor might have
been considerably damped. But from
the viewpoint Of the Irnperialist Itai-
ian IL must be admitted that he has
had a very raw deal.
How France feels today can be H.
lustrated by little story. There was
once a man-eatinC tiger that stole
into a village. killed and ate a child.
and was attacked by the child's ia
ther. who desired to save the rest ot
his family and himself. Two or three
neighbors Joined in TO help. but even
so the tiger was getting the best OF
IL when a particularly powerful but
distant neighbor. who had scarcely re-
allied what was going on. arrived.
and with his aid the tiger was over
come and tied up.
Then arose q debate. led by the
powerful last conner. as 20 the fate
OF the helpless animal. The death
penalty was overruled. and the dis
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