The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-29
Plume or Pystcxytxs.

Fiume or Psstc1ytxs.
To THE EDITION OF THE suN-sx: when
] read your editorial article this morn
ing on The League to Promote War"
in which you took UP President Will
sons stand on tho Italian question, !
came to the conclusion that at least one
New York newspaper has hit the nail
on the head. hope and believe that
the majority Of our people do not
with our Presidents course
in the Adriatic question. When read
Wilson's statement yesterday mar
ting himself up before the world as It's
fairy godfather. Can you imagine the
expressions Of emotion that would issue
from the threats Of certain bigotted pro-
fessonal meddlers should Lloyd George.
Clemenceau or Orlando presume TO tell
the people that they know what Is best
for the American people. and that since
the city of New York contains thou
sands OF Italians, these people must be
considered and New York made an in
dependent nation or as an extreme
measure be annexed to Italy, The case
may not Be parallel 70 that Of F1ume.
but It Is very similar. Fiume Is an
italian city. to which came thousands
of immigrants from the immediate
vicinity and from other parts OF the
Austro- Hungarian Empire. Would II
not therefore be fair to heed the wishes
of the majority In New York city
(should the people ever express such a
wish) and set New York up as a free
port for all the world to do business
in. or to set up an independent Jewish
republic. a second Naples. a new Ire
land, ct cetera. ad infnitumf
The Americans would laugh at such
n fanatical proposition, but Italy stands
face to face with Just such q fanatical
idea. not as = Joke. but as a cold.
mepaclng fact. AS its Latin name will
speak for itself. you can see that tho
Italians were the first In the field at
Fiume. The JugoISlavs would have
named the city perhaps PLstczytxz. GER
tainly not Fiume.
Mr., Wilson also excuses his disre-
garding the Treaty OF London by say
Ing that all conditions have changed
keeping with his fourteen points, =
League Of Nations" Sc He says that
four years have elapsed since the max
Ing of that treaty. In which so many
great things have happened tineiuding
q statement by him that the boundaries
Of Europe must be adjusted according
to natural racial eoundaries) that tho
Treaty Of London. on which italy relied
when she decided TO save civilization.
while our President was telling us TO
be neutral not only In words but In
thought, must be disregarded, II my
recollection serves me we'll. more than
four years had elapsed from tho time
Germany pledged herself to Belgium
integrity to the time Won Bethmann-
Hollwsg called q treaty scrap OF
paper. Was there not something ex-
tremely repulsivs then about setting at
naught international honor and good
faith? IL not Wilson's course equally
repulsive to q mans sense Of honor and
decencyf To mo II Is.
So far Mr.. Wilson's activities In Eu-
Egypt and Corea. the loss OF much OF
tho good viii OF both France and Italy
most regrettabie delay in making
peace with Germany and a demand on
the part of Japan for racial equality,
II no continues his present course
America will be heartily disilksd by all
Europe and Asia. Then, II We do 60
into a League OF Nations, every nation
will DO inclined TO soak US. Wilson Ia
making the league more and more I'm
possible. or even abomlnsbls to the
American people every day. We shall
have TO stand alone, the chances are
When will the people wake up7 md
almost without exception. that the
Americans Of italian birth or parentage
strongly resent Mr.. Wilson's policy
while the majority of the Americans OF
native parentago have no use for his
style OF doing business. A great many
say, "Why Is he 30 set on depriving
Italy OF what she fought for. while he
will do absolutely nothing for South
Africa and Ireiand1" Is the difference
merely one Of England or Italy? Who
Is going to get German Africa? who
gets German New Guinea and the South
Sea islands, Why does Wilson be-
grudge Italy one Italian city and say
nothing about England's getting practi'
cally all OF Germany's colonies?
1 am dead certain that the majority
OF the American people have no sym
patty with Mr.. Wilson's programme
which win only stir Up hatred between
America and Italy. I sometimes won
der whether he thinks he is dealing with
meek Democratic Congress over II
Paris. He certainly acts that way. HI,
accomplishments at the peace table ma,
be enumerated as follows:
l. He has delayed peace indefinitely.
2 His delay has caused rapi(
spread OF Bolshevism.