Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-25
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Washington, April 24.-President |
Wilson'S attitude toward Italy was en-
dorsed in a statement today by SEN
ator Johnson of California, republi-
can who declared the present situa- 1
ton is the supreme test of the profess
sion of our purposes which the presi-
dent has 50 often voiced"
The presidents decision" said |
Senator Johnson, "as / understand it, !
is that he as the representative of
America will not recognize secret
treaties by which territories and peo-
pies We're bartered. | am in hearty
accord with this attitude.
"To my mind nothing more depress-
ing or humiliating to us could occur
than to transmute our much Wanted
dealism into territorial acquisition
and disposition of unwilling peoples
secretly agreed upon during the war.
1t is my hope that he will persist in
his refusal to recognize Japans
secret bargains or Italys secret bar
gains"
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, republi
can. also issued a statement APPROX
ing the presidents attitude. Il hope
he will succeed in smashing not only
the Italian but all secret treaties for
all time to come" he said.
While agreeing with the presidents
attitude toward secret treaties. Sena-
tor Borah of Idaho. republican. said
the Italian question was one which
should be adjusted according to the
principle of self determination.
ut all reveals" Senator Borah said,
what it means for this country to
enter into and to intermeddle In Eu-
ropean affairs. We have been in EC
rope now about four months seeking
to adjust European affairs and have
incurred the i'll will of the people of
Japan and Italy, and the suspicion of
the people of China and the severe
criticism of the people of France If
4 we have accomplished this much in
four months how much could we ac-
4 complish under the league of nations
i in ten years? Another thing is al
! ready apparent when you take into
consideration expressions in the news
papers in Japan, Italy, France and
= England today and that is If we un-
. dertake to deal with European affairs
= nothing can keep them from interior
! ing in American affairs. The most
powerful argument in the world for a
/ quick and speedy conclusion of a
peace treaty with Germany and her
allies and of our return home is found
| IN the present SITUATION.
London, April 24.-All the London
} evening newspapers devote their lead
t ing articles to President Wilson's APP
| peal in connection with the Italian
l situation at the Paris conference and
! to Premier Orlando's decision to with
draw from the conference. The West
minister Gazette endorses the state
ment of the American executive, not
ing that Italy went beyond the treaty
of London in claiming Fiume as wei
as the Trentino and other territory
assigned her by the London pact.
1--WE are obliged to point out says
the newspaper, that in this very
treaty, we are as much bound not tc
give Fiume to Italy as we are bound
Ito give her the other territories"
If the Italians claim Fiume under
the principle of self-determination
adds the Gazette, that principle also
applies to the Slav regions which were
assigned to Italy under the treaty.
The Evening Standard says it car
not pretend to be convinced by Presi-
dent Wilson's arguments. while the
Pail Mall Gazette says that Italy Is
claiming the fulfilment of the treaty
where she is the gamer by It's terms
and it's abrogation where 1t stands II
the way of her full demands.
The Evening Globe, which is strong
ly anti-Wilson, says the president, has
taken up an impossible attitude. II
refers to his appeal as an insult to th'
Italians and suggests that his bes
course would be ito retire GRACEFUL!
from a discussion which concerns
neither himself nor the American
continent"
o. Il ,.sx ty,Nr n n n
the Manchester Guardian terms Pres
dent Wilson's appeal.
Pointing out that the question L
one of applying principles, it con
tinues:
Let there be no mistake as to II
significance. What the preslden
says he means. These are not merel
words. They are an act"
The Guardian analyses the ltallal
position in a sympathetic vein, but
warns Italy against pressing histori
claims too hard
after ALL, concludes the Guardian
"the support of America for Worl
peace is worth a good deal more tina
the security which any particular stat
could hope to derive from adding
strip to its own frontier"
The Liverpool Post, which fully er
dorses President Wilson's statemen
thinks that his appeal was mad
with the full privity and consent {
Mr.. Lloyd George" and adds:
For not less than America, Ems
land lies under moral obligation
square every decision she takes in RI
mapping the world with the axiom
of peace in the fourteen points.
South Africa Wants Freedom.