The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-27

and that enemies of the southern slavs and the Greats by handing them over to Italy was gal vanizing Austria into fresh life.
 Also they talked, and with justice. about the un- fairness of standing up for the rights of small uonalities on the shores of the North Sea and in- sulting those rights the shores Adriatic.
 The result that in 1917 by Declaration of Corfu, an accommodation was rigged up. ference was held later in Rome, at which tatves of the oppressed nationalities of Austria tended, the basis o agreements then reached raging, tearing political propaganda was started which did much to break Austria.
 Fleet Offer Blanketed
 Orlando the Italian Premier, believed to nIte nave been converted But sommino. the Foreign oL the length to which the Italian Foreign Office pushed its hostility to the slavs Croats.
 On October 4. 1918, en1issaries from the Austro Hungarian Fleet landed in Italy with offers to surrender fleet. They were to communicate these offers to the representatives of the Austrian savs then in Rome
 Had the put these emssaries in touch with the men they wanted the Austrian fleet would have been handed over three weeks before it actually Instead. enissaries were intern ed, and their arrival country kept a se- cret from the people to whom they had been make the offer of surrender
 Let us be fair to the Italians. They have the letter of the agreement of 1915 their side though for which they asking. Moreover they perfect right to ask for naval security in the Adri atic.
 All the good harbors O. the Adriatic. Supposing good harbors were on the French side of the English Channel and the channel instead of opening at it's end narrowed, the Adratic does in the Straits Otranto should be anxious for security We must not forget how we once clung 
 would not this perfectly legitimate making Italy guardian of the Adriatic herself and for the Sav federation eastern shores?
 would condition of such arrangement that Slavs should have of their own, but rely Italians for their pro- would give both Italy and the South security, and it would lead in the natural course things permanent alliance between Italians and Savs which would be the best thing 
 Italians Will See Reason
 The Americans cannot be expected to feel so in terested in the welfare of peoples of whose very they ignorant two they the Italians whom they have long known and of recognize) get their relations wi Eastern Adriatic put footing.
 Supposing Italy did get town on the coast n which her subjects formed a prosperous conmer- cial community, would be not better off. Germany Hungary would be constantly intrigu ing against amongst the Slavs; and the moment any trouble Italy would have to despatch Adriatic to protect her towns, which everywhere dominated by the hills in which the Slavs overwhelming majority of the population M
 But let her content legiti-, rnateIy hers-after all will Trieste-and she have alliance with Savs, a perfect buffer against Germanic Powers and absolute security al
 All Americas natural prejudices in favor of the Italians Wilson has been compelled to take of Slavs, and has got into hot water for doing so he is right, and in short time the Italians themselves will recognize it.