The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-26
Italy Demands Dalmatian Terri
tory and VIII Not Be Salts
fled Otherwise
ORLANDO DOES NOT
ATTEND COUNCIL
Compromise Settlemnt of Claims
Rejected by Italian Delegates


mains unchanged, according to an
authoritative announcement after the
meeting Of the council Of four today
The Italian premier Vittorio Orlan
do. while not attending the session OF
the council, had a series Of private
conferences and arranged a meeting
with Premier Lloyd George with
view to seeking a plan Of adjust
ment
One compromise proposed to the
Italians, making provision for the rec
ognition of their claim to Fiun1e In
exchange for the abandonment Of
their claim to the Dalmauan coast.
was rejected.
Although the Italian peace confer
ence delegation made no official state
ment on the subject, a member of the
delegation told the Associated Press
today it considered it useless for the
Italian delegates to take part in fur
ther conferences unless the allies
were willing to grant their request.
The Italians remain inf1eXible in
their determination to be allotted al
the territory granted them under the
pact of London, with Fiume i'll addi-
ton.
The indignation Of the italian dele
cation is as strong against the British
and French as against the Americans
and after the failure of Premier Or
slando again today to appear at the.
meeting of the council Of four the
break between the italians and the
allies became we'll defined.
IN the meantime Premier Clemen-
ceau. and Lloyd George and President
Wilson are busily considering the
question of the future of Kiao Chau
with Baron Maxine and Viscount
Ghinda of the japanese delegation.
s The American delegates declare
enaplaatically that President Wilson
is, determined not to yield on the
: Eiunae question. AS America was not
party TO the London treaty, the
president refused to discuss contro-
yeries arising over the Dalmatlan
coast and other countries covered by
the secret treaty signed by Italy,
France and Great Britain.
II was learned today that it was at
the suggestion of the Italian deleGa-
ton that President Wilson remained
away from the meeting Monday morn
ing when Prelniers Lloyd George.
Clemenceau and Orlando and Foreign
Minister SonniEo discussed the Lon
don pact.
The meeting between the represcn-
tatiyes of the three powers, it is un-
derstood, was extremely unsuccessful
as Italy insisted that London treaty
had not been affected by her subse-
auent agreement. to President Wilson's
"a points and demanded the literal
previously.
The Italian delegates are not pre-
pairing to leave Paris, apparently be-
lieving that the allies will approach
them with a compromise before peace
. is signed With Germany. However, ths
French, British and American dele
gates show no signs of weakening and
continued to advise the Italians OF the
meetings as if the Italian delegates
had not bolted.
Paris. April 22 CBy the Associated
Press are indications Of
weakening on the part Of the Italian
delegation and disposition 10 with
draw their demands OF the Dalmatian
hinterland if permitted to have the
coast, the coastal watersheds and
Fiumc.
President Wilson is infleXible in his
position that Fiume shall not be an
nexed to Italy, thus bottling up Jugo-
Slavia.
Although Premier Orlando probably
will not attend the meetings Of the
council of four Immediately the incll-
nation Of the Italians to compromise
is looked upon as encouraging by the
Allies who apparently are hopeful
that an agreement may be reached by
mutual concessions.
The suggestion is widely circulated
tonight in Paris that Great Britain
and France can not sign peace treaty
with Germany if Italy refuses because
under the London agreement no men,
Der Of the entente is to sign 4 Sepa-
rate peace. The suggestion. however.
apparently has not had any great ef-
feet on the negotiations as the dele
gates expressed the opinion that no
single nation can afford to hinder q
peace conforming to the provisions OF
the armistice broadly and that rights
under secret treaties will be lightly
regarded by the peoples who are clam
oring for a settlement Of the world
war
AS the United States is not a sigma
tory of the London agreement not to
make separate peace, even the most
serious break in the conference would
not prevent her making a peace with
Germany under a crisis which might
arise as q result of European alil-
ances Rut the American delegates
rsfuse 70 give serious consideration to