The sun., 1919-04-20
WILSON FIRM IN
OPPOSING ITALY
Pleas of Orlando and SOnnino
for Fiumc Fail Thus Far to
Convince President.
TALK OF SPLITTING PORT
Treaty of London Being Used
as a Threat to COerce
France and Britain.
TALK OF SPLITTING PORT
By stay Correspondent o. TIE suS.
Copyriaht. 1919. all r,okrs ,,s,,r,d

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PARIS, April 1s.-The Council of Four
at its meeting tomorrow to determine
a solution of the Adriatic question will
And President Wilson firmly opposed
to the demand OF Italy that F'iume be
granted to her. The Council of Four
failed to decide the Fiume or the Adri-
! attic question at its sessions to-day.
Following the meeting the stand OF the
President became known.
1t now remains for Premier Lloyd
George and Premier Clemenceau to
agree. There Is no question that these
two Premiers and members of the
council would support President Will
son were 1t not for the treaty OF Lon
don, which Italy is using as a threat
over her two allies in the war in an
effort to have the Adriatic question
! solved in the Italian way.
/ For hours the Big Four were in ses.
sion to-day at the Presidents house, with
Premier Orlando, one of It members, the
! chief pleader, assisted by Baron Sonnino
| the Italian Foreign Minister. who Is
noted as an extremist advocate of his
| country's claims. The ultimatum de
| livered by Premier Orlando expires or
/ Tuesday. when he has to address the
Italian Parliament and must have the
/ decision to communicate to the Italian
! people by that time.
II was this situation which compelled
( the Big Four to give up Easter to the
! problem. They will meet at the Presl
dents house at 10 o'clock in the morn,
| ing. This is only. one of many sign,
that the matter now is regarded as very
! serious. The situation may be summar
lied thus:
/. The Italians demand all the ter
ritory allotted TO them by the Treaty
Of London and in addition Fiume, on
the ground that the city already has
applied for self-determination by
! popular vote.
. The French and British would
support Italy's claim for Fiume il she
! would compromise on the London
treaty, which she has refused to do.
g. President Wilson regards the
London treaty as irreConcilahle with
the principle OF self-determination
and refuses TO agree TO let Italy take
tho territory given to her by II, while
he wants Fiume TO be international
lied.
T. Italy says that unless all her
claims are granted she viii refuse 10
sign the treaty or TO let her allies
sign il. They are bound to each other
not to make separate peace.
\ report that the American Fed Cross
and the American troops now in Ital'
have been ordered out by May and in
structed to don their uniforms II the!
are unable TO leave at that time I
credited in mission circles here and /
taken as an indication that the Presiden
does not intend to bulge, hut will dar
Italy to break up the conference and /
preparing for that eventuality.
The President has ordered the Amcri
can commission to be sure to have tn
treaty ready on April n.
PARIs. April l9.-The solution OF tn
Fiume problem considered to-day at th'
meeting OF the Council OF -Four, th'
Temps says. would give Italy that par
of the city of Fiumo lying on the righ
bank of the River Recina and the mali
part OF the port. Jugo-SlaVia would re
ceive the suburb Of Susak with tha
part OF the port on the left bank OF tn
river. The paper says that tho fate o
the Dalmatisn coast Is still undecided.