The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-04-24
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LONG TO ITALIANS

Paris, April 23.--In "A statement is
sued by President Wilson today ex-
planning his position Oh tha Adriatic
Question, he declars that Fiume can
not become part of Italy.
The president points out that every
condition concerning the Adriatic set
tlement has been changed since Italy
entered the war upon the promises of
the pact OF London, the Austro- Hunga-
ran empire having disappeared.
lie notes that new states have been
created for which Fiume is the natural
outlet to the sea.
The president also coetnnds that the
strategic necessity pleaded in behalf
OF ltaly's claims to the Dalmatian is
lands no longer prevails, as the Aus
trian naval menace has ceased to exist.
When Premier Orlando received
President Wilson's statement at
O'Clock this afternoon he Immediately
called full meeting of the Italian
delegation. The meeting is preparing
statement on the situation to be ad-
dressed to the Italian people.
In isuing his official statement on
the Adriatic question, President Will
son let il be known that he desired
once again to call attention to the fact
that there were certain well defined
principles which have been accepted by
the people of the world as the basis for
lasting peace. The United States
delegation simply recalled this in order
that there should be no deviation from
these principles.
The text of the statement follows:
I'm view of the capital Importance
OF the questions affected, and in or
der to throw all possible light upon
what is involved in their settlement,
l hope that the following statement
will contribute to the final formation
OF opinion and to satisfactory solu-
ton.
When Italy entered the war she
entered upon the basis of definite
private undertaking with Great Bri-
tain and France, now known as the
pact af London. Since that time the
whole face of circumstances had been
altered. Many other powers, great
and small have entered the struggle
with no knowledge of that private un-
dertaking.
THE Austro-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 ex-
lists.
mot only that, but the several
parts of that empire, it is agreed now
by Italy and all her associates are to
h" erected into independent states
and associated in league of nations,
not with those who were recently our
enemies, but with Italy herself and
that powers that stood with Italy in
the great war for liberty.
1--WE are to establish their liberty
as well as our own. They are to be
among the smaller states whose in
terests are henceforth TO be safe
guarded so scrupllously as the inter-
ests of the most powerful states.
The war was ended moreover, by
proposing TO Germany an armistice
and peace which should be founded
on certain clearly defined principles
which set up IA new order of right and
justice.
Upon those principles the peace
with Germany has been conceived, not
only, but formulated. Upon those
principles it will be effected. We
cannot ask the great body of powers
to propose and effect peace with Aus
tria and establish new basis of in
dependence and right in the states
which originally constitute the Austro
empire and in the states of
the Balkin group on principles of
another kind. We must apply the
same principles to the settlement of
London but there definitely assigned
TO the Croatians.