Evening journal., 1919-05-24

very clearly. mat lbcy ndNc btt"ft"i
are and will be. her enemies. oi efr9e
II Serbia is going 10 support inc go
Slavs in their unjust claims, llaiyYili
be sorry but she is bound to d'nd
her own lands and sons even aglst
her.
Italys and Japan's Cases.
Japan has been given control er
forty million Chinese by the RE
( Conference. How can Mr.. wilson q
sistently refuse to Italy territos
distinctly Italian?
Public Opinion.
Notwithstanding The clash OF or
/ ions. II Is very easy to feel mat ,
great majority OF the American pr
! fully recognizes the Justice OF ltal
claims; even the newspapers viii
are supporting the President now Il
that they are doing so for absolute
other reasons than the Justice OF Italy
cause. Some are backing the Presldei
only for the sake OF Americas prestig
! The President has been obliged
yield 10 the strongest nations, Englan
and France, on almost every point. Il
1 order not TO come back 20 America
defeated man he must win somewhere
II is really a misfortune for American
! generosity and her sense OF right that
! the President has tried TO find this
somewhere in Italy. the weakest OF the
big three in Eur0pe
In England and in France the great
majority OF the newspapers recognize
the just claims Of Italy and shQv
clearly that they cannot understand !
how IL is possible that the same prin
ciples should be applied TO the Allisi
In so different ways as TO cOncete
everything TO the powerful and TO deny
( the Tightful claims to the WeaBr,
Worse than that-that they could be
applied with tho idea Of favoring no
enemy and leave a faithful ally. fhO
has sacrificed everything. fghtinf 10
The last, side by side with the naphs
she considered the most loyal and
righteous. i'm the worst condition Of
economy and Of safety. 10 is usess
! TO say that in Italy the popuHon
and the press unanimously feeuhe
wrong and injustice of Mr.. Wins
statement.
But in France, in England, in ally
| too. The extreme socialists havGc-
claimed the President apprOyingln-
rcservedly what he has done. No hn-
| der But the wonder is that thchrt
4 Of the American press which appres,
OF pretends 90 approve, the Presiht,
/ is quoting complacently the appial
/ of those socialists as very impoht
| for the final issue OF the questiOiIt
! seems impossible that they are une
/ 10 see that the approval of thatS-
I irene party is the worst cOndemnan
/ for Mr. Wilson, they hope to pred
/ tate revolution as a consequence Ofe
unrest created by him,-poitical
rest, added 10 the economical unit
I consequent 20 the war. Did Mr.. v
son go tO Europe with the secret j
Of starting revolution in the All
countries2 Does he not know that
/ this moment revolution means 3
shevism? What would America do
somebody should come 10 Ameri
/ from Europe TO start a revolutil
/ here?
But another thing should advise VI
Wilson that he is in good faith. actin I,
in the interest OF the enemy: The 10
is in Germany and Austria by his state
ment against Italy .
ItaIy's Representatives.
Mr.. Wilson has tried to convince The
world that Premier Orlando and Min.
lister Sonnino represent only their ovns
/ opinion and not the opinion OF the
Italian population Mr. Orlando has
clearly and serenely answered the Of,
fense to ltaly's free and democratic
I Institutions: every one who Is ac-
quaintcd with them knows also that
| they are al least as liberal and demo-
cratic as Americas. but Mr.. Wilson did
not think. on the contrary. that any
doubt could arise as TO whether hes
voiced his own personal opinion or the
opinion Of America when he published
his statement on the Adristic question:. /.
As a matter Of fact, the Senate has not
had the least part in that statement
and the American people last Novem-
Der, clearly told Mr. Wilson that they
did not entirely share his views. Italy
feels that. and for this reason. while
unconditionally supporting her leaders. I.
she processes clearly her longtime
friendship for America and her sur
prise for the unjust and uniustlhed.
personal act Of the President.
To Compel Italy TO Yield.
It is extraordinary how simply and.
plainly some American newspapers eX-
planned how easy it would have been
to compel Italy TO yield her claims
leave Italy alone in complete isolation,'
her supply of coal, raw material and
food cut Off-starve herl IL is strange
that these newspapers do not see the.
awful side of the thing The Allies
would feed Germ9ny and the other
enemies accused OF 50 many dreadfuls
crimes: they would feed the BolsheviH
In order TO placate them; and these
newspapers are threatening TO starve
and strange italy TO whom the great-sI
est part OF the victory must be credit
ed. because Italy, having fulfilled her
obligations. asks the Allies TO do their
duty and TO be loyal 10 her. In very
clear and proper terms this cannot be
called anything but blackmailing. Is.
il possible that America and the Allies
are going TO dshonor themselves in
order 20 back Mr.. Wilson'S personal
decisions? Honest people refuse to be-
lieve Ill