The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-30

can memorandum, handed 10 MIN
April IA and which was distributed
among the members of parliament to-
day by the premier, Signor Orlando
said:
Offered to Put 1t Before Allies.
"Inasmuch as this memorandum de-
MED Italy's rights over the Dalmatian
Islands, accorded only incomplete lib
erty to Fiume and even went so far as
to break up the unity of Austria,
told Mr.. Wilson it was absolutely i'm
possible for me to agree to peace on
the conditions indicated. 1 added that
under such conditions the Italian dele
CATION felt it could not continue to
participate in the conference with any
benefit for others or dignity for Italy,
but said L would communicate with
representatives of the allied powers
with which Italy was bound by spe-
cial agreements.
President Wilson showed great re-
greet for such hypothesis. adding he
would do everything possible to pre-
vent il. He said he thought it oppor-
tune and useful that France and Eng
land should undertake to find a means
of Cancellation while he would have
the question re-examined by his eX-
perts to see if further concession could
be made to Italian aspirations.
Didn't Want to Delay Peace.
1.-THE Italian delegation did not
maintain an obstinate attitude but CO.
operated during the following days in
an effort to find way to Cancellation.
1t was anxious not to delay peace and
to avoid compromising the union of
the allied peoples, even by a mere APP
pearance of disagreement. 1t was con-
tinuing patiently to seek a means of
Cancellation and was discussing the
subject with the British premier when
/ the presidential message appeared.
This new fact seemed to the Ital-
taT Anl ion of afaIIS-
as it made public a discussion which
until then, althO deep, was confined
| inside the conference. Besides MAX
| ing statements addressed to the senti-
ment and will of peoples in general
and therefore, to the Italian people,
| the full authority and therefore the
| doubted just in the grave and decisive
| hour when it was most needed"
Addressing himself to the attitude
of Italy, at the peace conference and
the justice of her demands. the pre-
mier continued: Italy did not meas
ure her sacrifices 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 the
act transformed friendship into blood
/ fellowship and it was in that sense
that Italy appealed to the allied peo-
|
Says Fiume Made Plea Herself.
THE question of Fiume was not
first brought forward by Italy but by
! a thrilling act of spontaneous will
| which began at the declaration of
| Fumes representative in the Hun
/ Earian parliament and which was SUBJ
| sequently confirmed when Fiume pro-
claimed herself an Italian town.
Can our great nation remain inert
and unmoved by the vehement and
despairing appeal of this people whose
blood is of our blood? No, Italy does
not need to put forward a formal
thesis in support of her demands
feeling sure that violence will not be
done to the will of this Italian town"
Premier Orlando reiterated that the
| treaty of London did not prevent the
allies from considering the F'iume
question from the Italian viewpoint
and that, moreover, the allies had ad-
mitted they were in nowise bound re-
garC ing Fiume, since they considered
themselves capable of agreeing to the
prestige of the italian delegates was
freedom of the city. 1T is our desire
and firm resolve 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, bat still more for the
holiness of bloodshed in a common
cause"
After paying tribute to all the allied
soldiers the premier continued:
The allies of yesterday must be the
allies of today, and all their peoples,
above all the American people who
sacrificed themselves for the victory
! of an ideal, must remain at the helm
together in the tie of loyal friend
ship.
: Notable Scene.
| The scene in the chamber of depu-
ties as the president delivered his adj
dress to crowded house was a nota-
Die one. Enthusiastic cheers greeted
: the arrival in the chamber of the pre-
mier and of Foreign Minister Sonnino
\ and these were repeated as kilograms
were read from Fiume, Sera Sebenico
! Spalato and the Island of Benazza de-
/ handing the annexation by Italy.
The prime minister. pale with emo.
ton, received an ovation which LASTED
| several minutes. while the result OF
| the vote on the motion of Deputy Luz
zatti was hailed with a deafenine
! storm of cheers.
The Confidence Resolution.
| The text of the resolution adopted
by the chamber follows:
| THE chamber, the guardian of the
i dignity and interpreter of the will o
L the Italian peoples, declares itself il
union with the government and con
firms its full confidence in it for tn,
defense of the supreme rights of tn,
nation and for securing a just anC
durable peace"
"Obeying the supreme command O
the Italian government and realizi3,
the solemnity of the hour I affirm
before this parliament that Italy il
animated by all that spirit of concilia
tlon which is compatible with the un
avoidable exigencies of national con
science and dignity
with the same sincerity. saw tina
cannot determine in this difficult
moment in what forms or bv Wha
means we can reach that object he
cause in the last solemn conversatio,
that occurred on April "a there aros
dlfterence, not only regarding on
point of view but also between tina
OF aimed and our associated powers.
Says Compromise Impossible.
| "In the present state of affairs. Ital
| is not facing a solution in which tn