The sun., 1919-04-24
CALLS PARIS CENTRE|
OF ITALY'S POLICIES
Correspondent Says Opinions
Formed in France Are
Sent to Rome.
ORLANDO SEES 2 DANGERS
Editor Defends Wilson in Gen.
sored Article on Dalma-
tian Deadlock.
Special coble Despdrch to TIE Sun and the
Public Ledger.


Public Ledger.
Copyright. 1913; oil rights reserved.
PARIS, April 23.--It is clearly evident
that the dogsed insistence OF the Italian
delegation In regard to Fiume is due
to the international situation in Italy
and the fear of Premier Orlando lest his
Government be overthrown II he returns
empty handed" from Paris As a mat
ter of fact, he faces imminent danger,
In any case, of being eliminated by the
pressure OF unsatisfied Irredentists on
the one hand and tho radical, almost Boil
shevist, labor elements on the other
The connection between the unrest in
northern Italy and the peace negotia-
tons Is accumulated in a telegram from
the special correspondent of the journal
des Debats in Rome, who. after refer
ring to contradictory reports as to the
origin Of and responsibility for the up
rising In Milan, says:
The Milan troubles conceded with
the sending OF an address signed by two
hundred Deputies and a hundred Sena.
tors to Premier Orlando. II Is useless
TO deny. OF course, that italian opinion
does not originate In Rome. II is COM
municated from Paris. It Is In Paris
that all recent campaigns for or against
such and such an influence or person
starts.
Changes in Italian Policy.
ut Is there the oscillations of Itai-
Ian policy are most noticeable. One
day Italy Is friendly toward France. an
other she smiles on President Wilson al
most as in the days OF his famous
visit to Italy. The Italians try to base
their Fiume demands on the Wilson
principles. Now certain phrases of
Premier Lloyd Georges speech are &C.
centuated In an effort to show him that
Italy has the same enemies as he.''
similar view on the Adriatic dead
lock is taken by NJ. Gauvain, editor of
the Journal des Debats, who in a heav-
lily censored editorial defends President
Wilson's attitude and blsmes the ltal-
ian Government for having dangled be-
fore the people the territorial gains
which he considers are unjustly claimed.
He says:
president Wilson refuses to accept
the stipulations Of the secret treaty OF
April l. 1918. He 4. hts Italys claims
for Fiume He Ia acting within his
rights and In accordance with full Jus
tice. He is acting also la the true
interests of Italy, because the more ter
ritories she annexes on the Dalmatian
coast the more her general situation will
be weakened. 1t is Rome against Italy.
Praise for Dalmatians.
ITO have encouraged the Italian people
To demand frantically territories which
will force her to maintain her army on
| a war footing, to treat the Dalmatians
| and Slovenes, whose state OF civilization
is far superior to great part of the
Italian kingdom. like the negro and red
tYihAS ID t,,-
Equity. but mortal crime against the
italian people who will be called on to
suffer the consequences of a fatal policy
| of the Government"
! NJ. Gauvain emphasizes the fact that
| I'VE months after the armistics the
| secret treaty has not been officially pub
lished and refers to another engagement
made by italy and Germany in May FL,
1915, relative to the mutual treatment
of Germans and Italians residing In
Italy and in Germany during the war
The editor asks whether England and
France are aware of the existence OF
this engagement
The censor here blotted ten lines from
NJ Gauvains article
To the italian contention that the re-
fusal of the Powers to agree to ner
demands will be n cause of International
trouble NJ. Gauvain replies: Tho
trouble Will be more profound N the
contrary case. What will happen IL the
peoples annexed against their wishes
revolt? VIII the signatories to the
peace treaty help Italy to crush them
VIII they remain impassive? What a
triumph for Germany II the annexed
peoples appeal to their old masters"
lie Temps. which may be taken to
represent French Government opinion.
| tries to explain the seeming discrepancy
between the Italian demands OF 1915 and
the present claims by saying: The prir-
c pies ratified four years ago by France
| and Great Britain stipulate on the one
hand that the territories inhabited by
| Italians must be incorporated in the
! kingdom OF Italy. and on the other hand
| that the m litary and naval security OF
Italy must be fully guarded.
Such are the two fundamental bases
which must be upheld not only in the
interest OF Italy, but in the interest of
universal peace. Nobody even among
the Jugo-Slavs need be surprised at
frances solicitude for the rights OF
national!ties and for tho tranquility OF
the great Latin nation attached to us by
/ 20 many bonds"