Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24
REFUSAL TO YIELD
F|UM|E TO ROMANS
CONFUSES ENJOYS
President Issues Sweeping
Statement Demanding Ads
herence to Id Points,
DECLARES AUSTRlA-HUNGARY.s
EXISTS NO MORE AS NATION
Americans Bold Assertion Sud-
denly Banishes Adriatic Diplo- &
matte Game of Chess.
ORLANDO NOT At pAELG15s
frcmlcr and Delegation Notify
Cicmcnceau They Will Depart tts
From Paris This Afternoon. rs
DECLARES AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.3
EXISTS NO MORE AS NATION
ORLANDO NOT AT pAHLElis
frcmicr and Delegation Notify
Clcmcnccau They viii Depart sis
FROM Paris This afternoon. 1

i;S associated Prcss
PARlS, APRIL 23-Presidcnt w;,.,,,,.s5
emphatic declaration that he Will nco,4s
s'cih on the Adriitic question h,,ss
crca'e' the most profound sensation
!" 'he peace conference. He has thro NM
uo"h tnc gauntlet to the suppor,cssis
vi sccrc' treaties in a manner whicI,f'
"ii'os. took away tho breath Of fhof3
oe'eBates, who have been urging cop,s
promises on points covered by manS
secret documents and at variance witbs
the PRESIDENTS fourteen points.
in T. rremier Orlando, OF Italy. .his cvon.3s
lion iion TO Premier Glenn ac( au. prcs1 r s
dent OF the peace conference. s3vis;45
presden3 na! de- rsSnlt %ilto Of The DECLARATION bs
ton had decided 10 leave paris -, 9 -
ocrbek Tbe ,,a,,n tomorrow afternoon.
Revei formcr fm '.hier rhfGie1radmiral, Thaon Eti:
Paris for Rome. General s,as. r,s,,1 Ietts
@ D,aI, commander-in-ch -chief OF the I,aiian na
-'sht. VII icaFe to5S
,, President Pre- Wilson'S sweeping deeIa.
Adriatir A.nn while mi E, air. aimed directly Ut tHa
ao-Chau con ntroversy. in ~. = 6i.e1 inSa
maaa nanan .wItb relies ira on secret asreem%efis %
Italy in iSi7 10 SUPPORT ta,n he II trhnee hn and
TO the concessions held by Germamv
III
gard President Wilson'S statenent, No
a q Cna llenge; which once for ali viii
documenis dspne Is me QUESTION whether seerat
20, "a, 'cipatlns In the war were ;gnort.
a an are 10 hgurc in the peace foijnn.
inG an armtstice in which ali :he 81 Iitn,s
ties - secret tren-lE
Wilson Upsets Program.
ne Italian situation ovcrshadow.d
in raris anSS',ons ANA ro., throughout the dag
circles. """ uhoinciai9
,hat Whfn trc it ,,s;Ga became known this mornin.
lando. was again absent from, Ihe 81
rmn,or r,un OF the council of four. various
iando remained AT Italian headnnn o, CV-
nu, messengers carried him many.
Proposals and counter-proposals ware
made between the mem bers OF tha 81
; .sm; FRENCH and Italian deleeatjnns
Were "T "Iimsrous .irnm,ol, stories OF comproniIses
HiS5Greditcd by the issnance OF I'resiEnnS I'udiEGa1S
WliSon's statement. showinn ,hatei.MN'.;s
posed % conceasiom!; @as mo; party 10 the pro-
based on the supposi,ion that TEni,S,,S Eimn1SS
conid &c given 10 Italy 'uits
me idea, which had been nrova,o,,
IN Paris. that the Adriati,. s;tnsf I'LL ~,
s,iiS,S Vas game OF chess IN which the r,,ost
less is''o of ahhpoma,S she WOULD win. regard
suddenly banished bv Pu'tioms' Prrsidom' ,Wi,s# ,Was#
sens action. VII
Diplomats in FURRY. s@af
known SwGe NO, Monday Lay IT, It had been generally
,ncnt which was presented on that day
~ ,he entire american delegation, and
IN t:n; ,hmro Inc delegation had approveds il:
secret diplomacy. N,t.sss
Declarations by the members of tba
american delegation that the Pres,s
dent den, would not yield on the mattettnf
peam eae dipioma,isgis mspG rfgardeI by most Euro
the Italians. as part OF a poIifiosi
GiH same: Unit until today: and even now s mamY
to- H5' SGn@SI ntpiomatists seem unable
Premier Orlando. FOREIGN Minist Z : (
Eonn'ns lonio and salvatore Barsiai,. An
Eaggi the, other Italian deiegatss
have been in conference at their head.
e1en,sd eHar,sTs nv eISaminng ,Sa nc situation
Text "f Statement. %7tfss
me text or the statement followg: =
tho IN ,ns, nlew ion or the capital importance Of
TO throw all possible light UPON VIVA.
Is involved in their settlement. hope
tribute TO the final formation Of oplr.
ION ana TO u satisfactory soiutions,l E$
When Italy entered the war shc
private understanding with Great
Britain and France. now known as 'ths 4
pact OF LONDON. ).
Since that time the whole face Of
circumstances has been altered Many =
other powers. great and small haya s
entered the struggle, with no knowl-
edge of that private UNDERSTANDINGS Z
The ius.-o- Hungarian Empire. \
then the enemy OF Europe. and AT
whose expense the pact OF London was
TO be Kept in the event OF victory, has
gone to pieces and no longer exists
Not only that. The several parts
of that empire, Il is now agreed bv
Italy and all her associates, are to b. 2
erected into independent states and
associated in a league OF nations ROT \
with those who were recently n F,r+
enemies. but with Italy held ana,- I,6 n
powers that stood with Italy In the
great war for liberty.
we are to establish their libertyli
as we'll as our own They arc 10 BE q
among the smaller states whose in b
terests are henceforth to be scrupu-
lously safeguardcd as the interests OF
the most powerful states.
Order Of Right and Justice,
The war was ended, moreover. by 81
to Germany AN arm!stice &
and peace which should be founded on u
certain clearly defined principles which
should set un new order OF right, "a
and justice. Upon those principles the
peace with Germany has been con-
ceNed. not only. but formulated.
Upon these principles II will be i{i5SSs
We cannot ask the great body 3ofsSSA
powers TO propose and effect penEe n