The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-28

sador Page has left Rome for Paris.
Washington, April 2S.-New articl-
es proposed for insertion in the peace
treaty, to be at the considered pen-
airy session today, the state depart
ment announced include, allies and
associates power to publicly arraign
William Hohenzollern, formerly Ger
man Emperor, not for any offense
against criminal law, but for the SUI
preme offense against international
morality and sanctity of treaties"
1t is proposed that he be tried by
special tribunal of five judges appoint
ed by the United States, Great Brit.
ain, France, tally and Japan. Holland
will be requested to surrender him.
Persons accused of violation of laws
and customs Of war according to the
second proposed article will be
brought before military tribunals for
trial, and If found guilty, sentenced
to punishment laid down by military
law" Such will be demanded of the
German government for trial by a
military tribunal of the powers
against whom national criminal acts
were perpetrated.
Article four proposes to bind the
German government TO furnish all
documents and information to insure
full knowledge of the discriminating
acts. 800
! Paris, April 26.--The most import.
ant development in the Italian crisis
today was the disclosure that Lloyd
George and Clemenceau had given Or
lando a statement prepared by Bal
four, which, general speaking, sus-
tanned President Wilson in the posi-
tion he assumed in the statement at
which the Italian delegates took Of
fence. r
The Balfour communication says
that Great Britain and France intend
to adhere to their obligations In the
Treaty of London If Italy adheres to
hers; but, as the treaty inferentially
gave Fiume to Croatia. ii would be in
consistent for italy to get Fiume as
well as all the territorial concessions
for which the treaty provides.
1t is evident that if Orlando pub
fishes the Balfour statement the Ital-
ian people will see that the other sig
natories of the Treaty of London
stand generally with Wilson. 1t is
understood that the allied Powers
have offered Italy an increase of
economic aid II she abandons her
Fiume claim.
A disposition was shown today in
British quarters to contradict the i'm
preston conveyed that Lloyd George
had approved Wilson's statement. The
British Premier, 1t was explained,
saw the statement on Sunday and re-
garded 1t purely as an exposition of
tie American position. Llyod George
did not know. 1t was said, that Wilson
intended to publish II so soon, and 1t
was intimated that he felt that 1t
would have been better to postpone
its publication until further efforts
had been made to reach an under.
standing with Italy.
The American response to these as
sertions is that, while controversy
with the British is deprecated, the
fact remains that both Lloyd George
and Clemenceau approved the Presi-
dents explanation OF the Fiume stu.
alton.
President Wilson finds himself in
surging current that sways this way
and that in the turbulent stream of in
ternational politics. A few months
ago he was acclaimed by the Italian
people as the god of peace France
gave him welcome such as had not
been accorded to any foreign visitor,
with the possible exception of Ed
ward VII. Today he is reported to be
extremely unpopular in Italy; In
France his critics are many.
The Presidents part in the Italian
crisis has brought matters to a show
down. His course in issuing the pub
lie statement, which was generally
construed as an appeal to the Italian
people over the head of their Govern
ment, gave the ITALIAN Nationalistic
leaders new excuse to withdraw
from the Peace Conference. All the
blame for keeping Italy from getting
Fiume by the grace of her allies is
now placed on the President of the
United States--perhaps not quite all,
for unkind things were said OF Eng.
land in the course Of the demonstra-
tion in Rome.
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