Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-06
AND F June
DELEGATIONS ARE:
AGAINST CLAIM Of
THE -SLAvS
There Can Be No Compromise
Over Possession of Disputed
Seaport, ENJOYS to Peace
Conference Tell Journal
CUSTOMS, SPEECH AND
SYMPATHIES ITALIAN
People Want Alliance With
Rome, PIebiScite Is Said to
Have Shown; War Would
Follow Adverse Judgment,
BY Lincoln Eyre.
(Staff Correspondent of the Albu.
querque journal and New Yorl
World


(Staff Correspondent of the Albu-
querque journal and New York
World)
Copyright, 1919, by the Press Pub
fishing Co.
Especial Gable Dispatch.)
: Paris March 5.--As the sharply
conflicting territorial claims between
Italy and Jugo-Slavia constitute one
of the most serious problems before
the peace conference and as The
World already has published the lat
ter's case IN an Interview with the
chief of the Jugo- Slav delegation in
Paris, DIR. Pavitchitch. the Italian
claim is now authoritatively set forth
in special interviews which the rep
resentatives of Fiume and Italy gave
The World correspondent today
Signor Giuseppe Canepa is deputy
for Genoa in the Italian parliament,
u former under secretary of war and
food controller, member of the
council of the Italian socialist union,
the promoter of the congress IN Rome
of the oppressed Austro- Hungarian
nationalitjes and n member of the
general committee of that congress,
and chairman of the Italo-Slav com
mittee. His newspaper, EAveri is
always anti-jingo, while he is the
closest friend of LeOnida Bissolati
who resigned from the Italian cabinet
as protest against its Dalmatan
claims. Signor Canepa is now a mem
Der of the Italian labor delegation to
the peace conference, and contends
that his political past entities him to
be considered as untainted with
All FACTIONS Want Fiumc.
Asked whether he claimed it is
right and necessary that Fiumc
should be annexed to Italy. Canepa
replied:
without doubt Italians of all
classes and politicians of all parties,
including Bissolati, are convinced that
Fiume should be assigned to Italy"
Did not Bissolati resign because
he differed from Foreign Minister
Sonnino about Fiume ?" | asked.
No; he explicitly stated that their
difference was confined to Dali
malta" Canepa answered.
ION what grounds do Italians pre-
fer this claim ?"
Because Fumes undenic1le Ital- |
ian character is proved by its popu- |
lation, its secular culture it's Gus
toms and its traditions, which are all |
Italian, Besides, Fiume is an integral |
part of Istria, and Istria belongs to |
Italy for reasons long since ex-
pounded by Mazzini."
But will not italian possession of |
Fiume deprive the Croats of har- |
Dor essential to their development, |
thus sowing the seeds of a future |
war;" | inquired.
Calls 1t Minor Slav Port.
81 do not think So" Canepa replied !
First, because just as Trieste was |
narbor of Austria. Fiume was a har-
Dor of Hungary and Croatian traffic !
never represented more than 10 per
cent of it's total tonnage. Second,
we ale not confronted by the Croatian
state but by Jugo-Slavia, whose nat
lraI harbor is Spalato, in Dalmatia,
which affords the best communica-
lion with Belgrade and Zagreb. Fin
ally, Fiume under Italy will be an
open port giving free passage to Jugo-
Slavian, Hungarian and other hinter-
and traffic. If the Croats insist on
having a port on the Italian borders
hey can get Barros, to which they
an have free access through the
Fiumara delta"
do you not think the best and
;afest solution would be to interna-
ionalize Fiume?"
II do not" Canepa replied. "Fiume's
Undetermined ought to be re-
pected both on sentimental and prac-
ical grounds. Fumes population of
10000 would not enable her to equip
md maintain a port large enough for
he traffic of such an international
,ort."
rs Italy open to no compromise ?"
"I1er decision is firm and unan-
nous,' said Signor Canepa, firmly.
Fears Certain Strife.
But the Croats being equally firm