The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-03-28
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Acse groups and serious trouh,e was tbrs.tored
thoro vas only the thought that back in Paris
termInas statesmen were assembling fully de-
NO. ~ ~ se'tie once for all the possibility Of
W. making the prediction that the war was in Its
INFANCY rather than at its end
80 ~ some unknown reason Fiume was not in.
"0'u III ,ne list OF towns allotted Italy in that
40" FAMOUS pact OF London, which was signed
py the allies just before Italy entered the war
. o's una Iriste ports on the Adriatc, and stu
ateu on the lstrian peninsula were given to italy
Italian possession OF the last-nomed cities wos
more Or less unquestioned But Fiume was liter
~i5 NO Mans Land when the peace conference
started although neither Italy nor the Jugo-Slavs
would admit much
Americans 4 Mediators
America had really prominent part In the af-
fair' noncommital part. because we were not
one OF the nations signing the pact of London
III every respect we were neutral. But we had
one warship and four destroyers In the harbor
ana battalion of soldiers ashore, and our colors
we're cheered with enthusiasm by both elements
eontestlng for possession of the city
Americas popularity may In a measure he
judged by the fact that one of the local hotels
had Just been rechrstened Hotel Wilson. and
there were numerous American flags In evidence
also pictures Of President Wilson,
While small In number-the American so,d,o-u
numbered only battalion-our troons had q SO
tige that was wholly out of proportion to their
numerical strength. The responsibility of natrono
the streets and maintaining quiet was divided
among the four allied nations. In this lob Amer
lean troops had quarter OF the work n nov
sorm' since each street patrol was composed of
Tour soiolers-a Frenchman. an Italian a British
Tommy and an American. They walked IN rorrs
abreast, and you could see several such grouns T.,
even brief survey Of the city from one Of tho
principal business corners.
Somehow other the patrols managed to M,
verse with each other. The Americans and Eng
liSh could understand one another Of course md
the Italian and French could talk Then I'm eoch
patrol there usually one or two men that
knew few words of either Latin or English 90
the men mad little or no trouble in transmitting
given idea about
Most OF the American boys We're natives of
Ohio. although Lieut.. Col William Everson their
commander, hailed from Indiana. Among the nm
der officers were strappng young fellows mainly
from the middle West. One of these explained To
me some OF the Importance that had been thrust
on the American contingent through the develop
uent of the political situation
1--WE are mediators here" the officer said sand
are rather popular all around In way. our ont
ut Is sitting on the lid When we get off trouble
is going TO break out right away The Jugo-Slavs
are modifying army back in the country Sew
erai Slavs we know, natives of this community.
received their orders to go to camp. should we
leave it's a moral certainty the Jugo-S ays and
Italian troops will clash before long"
French Are Accused
The actual contention. however, was not between
the Jugo-Slavs, ms such. and the Italians, but be-
tween the Italians and the French. The highest
Italian officials in this Istrian territory believed
the French were backing the Jugo-Slavs, armlne
them. and encouraging them in their demands for