New Britain herald., 1919-04-24
FRENCH PAPERS
EXPRESS OPINIONS
Some Writers Deplore Publicity
! Given Wilson's Note

Paris. April 24.-As' to the gravity
of the peace conference crisis there
are No two opinions in France today
z There ig agreement, also, that no
stone nnst be left unturned to find a
solution.
AS to the causes, views differ wide
~. The more conservative opinion, as
represented by organs which include
the Figaro. is inclined to deplore
President Wilson's action in making
his statement public as likely to do
moro harm than good.
Its evident object the Figaro.
says, SIS to transfer to the market
place negotiations much better car
fled on in calm and privacy. What
Z WAS only a difference might thus be
transformed into a quarrel"
n M. st. Brice, in LIE Journal, says
Ahe incident was the result of the
manifold mistakes made by all par
Nes. The Italians, he thinks COM
United gross blunder in publishing
Nheir claims in advance, thus elimi-
Mating possibility of maneuvering.
III cit was bad start which weighed
heavily on the negotia tions from the
first" he continues, land the discus
sions only accentuated the points of
dR&erence. The compromised plan
Hcft by President Wilson when he
withdrew from the Council of Four
pf April 81 might have had some
Naance Of success if it had been put
Forth by an Independent arbitrator,
BUT France and England could not
Rery well endorse a proposal at vari
l@nce with the Treaty OF London"
Blames President Wilson.
Nj NJ. st. Brice declares that a rupture
WAS so far from the intention of the
italians yesterday that in the morning
Salvador Barzilai calleH>upon Premier
A1snn enceau in behalf of the Italian
delegation and submitted a fresh pro-
posa1 for a, compromise by which ITALY
would take F'iume and the Jugo-Slavs
tt5s suburb of Susak, across the River
Recfn. Italy further agreed to re-
1olince her claim to the Dalmatian
cUast, getting the islands only and re-
ceiving from the League of Nations
4 a, mandate to administrate Sebenico.
i The horizon was clear, the writer de-
! c1ares, when President Wilson's state
ment came like a bomb3hell.
In the Echo de Paris, Pertinax
launches a fierce diatribe against
! EreSldenC wilson.
eve have already sacrificed too
much to the Wilsonian doctrine sol
EMMY condemned by the American
voters last November" he says. 1.-THE
international regime we have accepted
for the Saar marks an act of weak
ness which will cost our country dear.
Are we going still farther today in
oara enthusiasm for the new order?
"A fn too n O
treaties? Is nothing to remain of our
aliiance?"
sa it's Says Secret Veil Is Lifted.
ItOeuvre represents the opposite ex-
IRENE among the comm entators.
1--WE. do not disguise the fact that
in such moment we heard with gen.
zline emotion the voice of President
Wilson rise above the mutterings of
these international confidentials," it
SAYS. president Wilson, tired of the
confidential wire-pulling of secret di-
pTonacy, has finally rent the veil and
appealed to public opinion
The Echo de Paris today expressed
the belief that because of President
SWilsons direct appeal to the Italian
people, France and England will be
brought to make known the viewpoint
of their representatives in the Italian
dispute. The newspaper gives Its
opinion that the dispute will not lead
to delay in the negotiations at Yer
sai1les,
The Paris newspapers as, whole
declare the situation must not be per-
mitted to develop an irretrievable, step
in She wrong direction. They recog-
nizs the seriousness of the incident
bug do not consider it in the nature
OF "a break and express hope that an
acceptable compromise will shortly be
reached. The Gaulois says it is con-
vincedi that Premier menceau's
staff will evolve the formula for such
a compromise before the departure OF
Premier Orlando.
The Figaro sets forth the view that
principles must sometimes suffer
from deviation" and it pleads against
the display of 'sstubbornness' or of e
naughty, uncompromising spirit