Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-23
PRESIDENT FIRM
|. THAT F|UME SHALL
NOT Be ANNEXED
Indications Are That Dele
gates Are Now Disposed to
Withdraw Demands.
PREMIER ORLANDO PLANS
TO REMAIN FROM SESSIONS
Discontinue Hearings on Chinese
and Japanese Claims in Shan
tung Province.
TERMINATE GERAiANl,S RIGHT
Situation in Central Empire Is Still
Turbulent With Disorders in
Many Cities.
TERMINATE GERMANY,s RIGHT
LRy As.ociated rrcs,.l


PARIS. April 22.-There are indica-
tons OF weakening on the part of the
i'ailan delegation and a disposition
10 withdraw their demands for the
Dalmatian hinterland if permitted 20
nave tile coast, the coastal watershed
and F'iume.
president Wilson is inncxible in his
position that Fiume shall not be an
neHcd TO Italy, thus bottling up Juso-
Slavia. 49,
Although Premier Orlando will prob
apiy not attend the meetings of the
elination Of the Italians 10 compro- @ @
The allies, who apparently are hopeful
mat an agreement may be reached by
mutual concessions
The suggestion is widely circulated
tonight in Paris that Great Britain
ana ana. France eannot sign a peace treaty
unoer the London agreement no mem
Der Of the entente IS TO sign n sepa-
apparently has not had any great effect
on the neg3t titions. as the delegates
9Sprssssa 9s on sn !hG 9piniSn that no snge
forming 70 the provisions of The arnii-
ssnre ssse GroadiS and and VI .h3t rights undsg
by the peoples who are clamoring for
F." settlSmgnt len iTn,t Of The world war.
tory OF the London agreement not TO
make separate peace even the most
SERIOUS brcak In tho conference would
win Germany under crisis whirh
lhi,,sht arise as result of European
alliances. But the American delegates
refuse to give serious consideration
TO such an eventuality
Ihe ambitions and rivairies of vars-
GUS leaders are figuring largely in the
prescn. deadlock.
Economic conditions are SO bad anu
European countries that d majorityc-
INC peace DELEGATES feel that no i'm
1.a"' tnue sHanry sGHqntry MI a'tsmG; to con-
virtual isolation from the supply cen
tiers.
One of the Italian delegates gave
out statement today, saying he con-
sidered it useless to further participate
willing TO grant their requests
The Italians remain inf1exible in
their discrimination TO be allotted all
pact OF London. with Fiume In addi-
The Indignation of the Italian dele
ish and tho French us against the
Americans; ana Alter tho failure OF
pear al the meeting of tn: council Of
four the break between the Italians
ana the allies became wcIl defined In
the n:amtimc. rrcin!crs Clcmenccau
ana Lloyd George and president VIII
son son arc hnsily cons idcrins ,nc Dues
Baron Maxine and Niscount China OF
the Japanese delegation.
phatically that President Wilson is dc
termined not to yield on the Fiun,e
az question. Ill As america was not party
fused TO discuss contr trovcrsics arising
over the Daimatian coast and otlier
fisncd by italy, France and Great
Britain.
London Pact Discussed.
,no 1t S,,ass; Was learned ,r today that i, was
tion that President Wilson remsined
away from tic meeting Monday morn
ins ne when, when rrGmiers Lloyd George
Minister Sonnino discussed the Lon.
don pact. The meeting between III.
is pnSdseioivsS undersiond @ o, '.e tnree powers
factory, as Italy insisted that the Lon
Sio hon treaty should not DC affected by
dent WILSON'S fourteen points and de-
manded the literal fuiriliment of tho
premises made her previously
pairing to leave Paris. apparently he.
Loving that the allies viii approach
is signed with Germany However. tic
French, British and American deie-
continue to. advise tho italians Of the
meetings as II tho Italian delegates
had not boltcd
mier. was absent this morning when
apSrneratlSns psris !:WSi,o were were resumed at the
and Premiers Lloyd George and Clcm-
enGeau were present.
The President and the two Premiers
went again into the Japanese questions
presented by Baron Maxine and Vjs-
count Chinda, which were taken up
when the deadlock over the Adriatic
question was reached yesterday.
Germans Active in Siicsia.
The German government is building
and conccalinS armored cars. railway
engines and guns in upper Siiesia. ac.
cordnS TO Information received by the
Munich correspondent OF the journal
dcs Debats. The armored cars the
numbers of several of which have been
obtained by the correspondent. are bo-
Each car is provided with two small
guns. Twenty. more cars have been
ordered, and the workmen have been
promised a premium IL they finish the
cars rapidly. - 4
In the Lehnitz and Stresslitz dis
tricts OF upper Silesia, the corrcspon-
dent adds, between $50 and 800 gus
have been hidden TO avoid handing
them over 10 tho allies. At Oppeln.
sishteen new railway engines have
VIII Not Await PIebiscite. i1t 81
Discussion OF tho peace terms by the
Versailles congress after the Germans
arc called hc :