The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
ORLANDO MAY LEAVE
PEACE CONFERENCE
Believe Delegates will With
draw and Seek Opinion
Of Italian Parliament.
Allies Confident Public
Opinion will Force Yield
ing on Fiume Claim.


was bluff. was called by President
Wilson today in a straIght-fron-tb,-
shoulder statement which says 70 ths
vorld-"That Fiume can in no cir
cumstances be awarded TO Italy. bu
must serve as the outlet and inlet Of
the commerce OF Hungary. Bohemia
Rumania and the states Of the new
Jugo-slavtc group-in other yo-dr
that II must be internstionslised
That America and other nsf5ous
great and small that entered tbe wa
afer Italy know nothing ana xfrl irnow
nothing Of the secret Pact OF I.oodo,
or any other private understsndfn<v-
that lie at the beginning OF the w..
Feurtee, Fei.t.
J. That the fourteen points are a.
principles for which America fouxht
and that they are the only principles
upon which she can make peace.
The Presidents statement cam. n,
bombshef1. but II cleared the at
mosphere- II had the fun backing NJ
Premiers Lloyd George ana Caemep-
ceau- They read and approved Il three
days ago and reresd ana rsspproved Il
this mornsins' n. clemsncean remark
ing
"Admirssls IN every way; vou,6nt
change a word"
Before the night Is over ITALY rnu.t
reveal whether her ultirnaturn VA, ~
was not a blufi. II it was she VIII
give in. perhaps by gradual stage.
but nevertheless give in. II Il wa,
not. then her peace delegates viii an
nounce 1taly's withdrawal from tn.
conference and return to Rome forth
with. The general feeling here Is th.,
they will make good their threat. and
pull out"
Ray Of Hope.
But they may put the question to
vote OF the italian Parliament. ana
in this procedure there Is a faint ray
OF hope for an eventual arnicable SET
uement. for II Is held incoaoeiyahl.
a WHOLE
would allow their country TO fall from,
the position Of one Of the 1--WE "rre.,
powers" directing the league Of n,-
tions to that OF a virtual outcast na-
ton all for the sake Of Ffume.
While on the surface the whoi,
peace situation looks extremely rrav.
the inside" facts are such as 20 vsr-
rant strong hope that in the end Italy
will give in
The procedure unoficiaIly threaten
ed by her delegates is 20 move OUT
and notify the allies they must OBJ
serve the letter and spirit - the
Pact OF London. which pledges MI
siCnatories against making separat.
peace; then to use her armed force-
to seize and hold Fiume and resist All
efforts by all comers 10 take Il awsv
from her
But apart from her grave eeo-
nomic situation. which scarcely
permits OF the resumption of nght-
ing. there are periIs in such a
course which she would hardly
risk, IL is believed. Even a tacit
siding with Germany and Russia
her spokesman here talk Of getting
coal from the former and food
from tho Ckraine-would open her
cannot risk q revolution. for once
the crown is gone a Soviet regime
would h" inevitable; and revolution
would he certain in case the hard
ships Of her people. already great.
were to be increased by new, war.
Orlando May withdraw.
Her premier. Signor Orlando. has
been telling the Big Three" that
revolution was sure to break out
in his country IL Fiume is denied
to il. This belief has not been
shared at any time by those famII-
lar with the situation in Italy,
though il is admitted the italian
government has of late stirred ma
tionaI feeling 10 a high pitch. A
press campaign has led the italian
people to believe they were getting
raw deal" at Paris.
Mr.. Wilson's statement Is not
only a "call' Of the italian dele
gates ultimstum. but an appeal 20
the Italian peoples sense Of Jus
tice and fairness.
Paris. April 23.-'President Will
sons statement has broken up the
Peace Conference" member OF
the Italian delegation declared to-
night.
The delegate said that Premier
Orlando will leave for Rome to-
morrow and that the remainder OF