Evening star., 1919-12-29
CALLS PRESIDENT
ARROGANT TOTALLY
Senator of That Country
Criticises Mr.. Wilson's Tone
on Adriatic Question.

ROME, Saturday. December q Cby
the Associated Press s).-Senator Pulle,
speaking in the senate today on the
Adriatic question, asserted that Pres
ident Wilson in his messages to Italy
had assumed an arrogant tone such
as would not have been adopted in
the last century toward little prin-
cipality. The senator, although an old
man. participated in the war as an
officer of bersaglieri. He declared it
was necessary for Italy to have
Fiure and the VoloSca district, be-
sides the part of Dalmatia granted
her by the pact of London. and said
that Gabrielle D'Annunzio the Italian
insurgent leader. had saved Fiume.
Says D'Annunzio Understood.
From the moment Fiume became
Franco-Serbian military base, Senator
PulIe continued, the Italians saw the
danger of losing the city and there
fore studied means for freeing il. 1t
was impossible to do so, however.
either with local militia or volunteers
DAnnunzio understood that the only
means was a recourse TO regular
troops, the speaker declared.
Senator Pulle said that in Italy,
and much less abroad, the people
did not understand the patriotic pas
sion existing in Fiume and Dalmatia.
which was assuming dramatic AID
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case of Count Nino de Fanfoyna of
Trau. who died broken hearted after
the failure of his dictatorship in that
town. The senator recalled moving
scene when D'Annunzio, speaking 10
a crowd at F,iume, unfurled a flag he
had carried throughout the war. men
standing reverently uncovered IN the
rain and women falling to their knees
saying: 1T is holy water.
Quotes Alleged Wilson Wire.
The senator quoted from an alleged
telegram sent by President Wilson
to Premier Nitti. in which the Presi-
dent was reported to have said:
Every solution contrary to that
which / have always upheld regard
ing Fiume would stand in sharp
contrast with the direction OF Tor
eign affairs which ! have always had
the honor to support. AS l firmly be
lieve your doubts concerning the re
ception which the Italian people
would give to a solution OF the FL
ume problem differing from that de-
Tended by an imperialistic minority
have no actual foundation, the 7ques-
ton of F'iume does not seriously III
terest the italian people
Clemencean's Speech Protested.
Former Minister Mazziotti protested
against the recent Speech OF fTetnleI
CIemeuceau and the praise 1t elected
fror,, the French chamber of deputies,
i'm which the premier said the Serbians
and Jugoslavs had fought braVely Tor
the cause of the allies.
The Serbians did, but the JuSosiaVs
fought against us and the allies to the
bitter end declared the senator. 1t
is painful to compare these people with
the Italians who went to war and
fought for the triumph OF great prin-
ciples.'
Senator Mazziotti said he regretted
a statement like that of Premier
Ciemenceau. because of the wish OF
the majority of the Italians to live III
pe9ce and harmony with the ideals OF
France.
Senator Ciraolo. president of the
Italian Red Cross, said too much i'm
portance must not be attached to the
impromptu speech of NJ. Clenenceau.
who, he declared. was an Old ana trled
friend of Italy and who had upheld the
italian cause as vigorously as he had
that of Alsace-Lorraine.