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WILSON SENDS
MEMORANDUM TO
ITALIAN PUBLIC
His Earnest Desire To See
Justice Done To Italy,
He Says.
(By The Associated Press.)

Paris, April ga statement was
issued tonight dealing with the
memorandum sent by President Will
son to the Italian delegation on
April 18th with permission to make
it public in Italy and which was CIV
en- out today in Rome.
| A complete copy of the presidents
statement under the heading "Memo-
randum concerning the question OF
Italian claims on the Adriatic," fol-
| lows:
"There is no question to which
have given more careful or anxious
thought than have given to this, be-
cause in common with all my collea
CUES it is my earnest desire to see
the utmost justice done to Italy.
Throughout my consideration of it,
however, l have felt that there was
one matter in which l had no choice
and could wish to have done. / felt
bound to square every conclusion that
I should reach as accurately as pos
sible with the Ia principles of peace
! which I set forth in my address to
the congress of the United States on
the eighth of January, 1918, and in
subsequent addresses.
Opposes Two Peaccs.
"The IA points and the principles
laid down in the subsequent address,
es were formally adopted with only
a single reservation by the powers
associated against Germany and will
constitute the basis of peace with
Germany. | do not feel at liberty to
suggest one basis for peace with
Germany and another peace with
Austria.
at will be remembered that in re-
ply to a communication from the
Austrian government offering to en-
ter into negotiations for an armistice
and peace on the basis Of the IA
points to which I have alluded,
said there was one matter to which
those points no longer applied. They
have demanded autonomy for the
several states which had constituted
parts of the Austro- Hungarian en-
left to the choice of the people of
these several countries what their
destinies and political relations should
be.
Ask Independence.
"They have chosen with the SYM
pathy of the whole world to be set
up as independent states. Their COM
plete separation from Austria and
the complete dissolution of the Aus
tro- Hungarian empire has given
new aspect and significance to the
settlements which may be effected
with regard at any rate to the east
ern boundaries of Italy,
PERSONALLY, l am quite willing that
Italy should be accorded along the
whole front of her northern frontier
and wherever she comes into contact
with Austrian territory, all that was
accorded her in the so-called pact of
London, but l am of the clear opin-
ion that the pact of London can not
longer apply to the settlement Of her
eastern boundaries.
1.-THE line drawn in the pact of
London conceived for the purpose of
establishing an absolutely adequate
frontier for safety for Italy against
possible hostility or aggression on
the part of Austria. But Austria
Hungary no longer exists. These
Eastern frontiers will touch countries
stripped of the military and naval
power of Austria, settled in inter-de-
pendence Of Austria and organized
for the purpose Of satisfying legiti-
mate national aspirations and created
states not hostile to the new Euro
pean order but arising out Of it, in
terested in it's maintenance, depend
ent upon the cultivation of friend
ships and bound to common policy
of peace and accommodation by the
covenant of the league of nations.
FavOrs Concession.
at is with these facts in mind
that have approached the Adriatic
question. 1t is commonly agreed and
l very heartily adhere to the agree
ment that the ports of Triest and
Pola and with them the greater part
Of the Istrian Peninsula should be
coded to Italy, her eastern frontier
running along the natural strategic
line established by the physical con-