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VOL. XVII
FIUME MUST BE A FREE PORT, SAYS WILSON
Heroes of Dixie To Be Honored In Stone Mountain Memorial
. _The- great monunrent to the Con- |
. federate dead, planned for years byi
| the United Daughters of the (‘onfpd-'
eracy as the most fitting memorial to |
the memory of the heroic men \\'h\)i
fought under the Stars and Bars, is
" to he made a monument to all South
ern heroes who fought in the Amer
jcan wars from the Revolution to the!
great world war. l
This decision was reached \Vt-d<|
nesday morning at a meeting of the
Stone Mountain Confederate Memo
.apikl Association at the Hotel Ans-
Tey The suggestion to change the
plan came from Mrs. James W, Roun-;
Foc !
“saville, of Rome, who has been elect- |
: }
ed president of the association. The |
action was regarded as a manifes- |
tation of the wave of naliunulism{
that swept the country at the Out—i
break of the world war and wiped out |
all sectionalism within the l'nil\"di
States. |
The entire mountain is to be built
into one grand monument under the
direction of Gutzon Borglum, the fa- |
mous sculptor, who originated the!
idea. While the monument as ai
whole is to be in honor of the South- |
ern men who died in all wars, the|
great central figure of the (‘rvationl
will be the monument to the Con
federate dead. §
'3 Those at Meeting i
The meeting Wednesday was at
tended by Gutzon Borglum, Mes. H.
M. Franklin, State president of the U.
D. C.; Mrs. J. E. Hays, vice prési
dent of the Georgia Federation of
4 Women's ('lubs: Mrs. Frank Harroid,
vice president of Georgia U, D. C.;
Mrs. Z. 1. Fitzpatrick, ehairman of
Georsia Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee: Mrs. J. O. Wynn, Mr. and,
M: Hueh Willet, Hon. Hooper Alex
ander, Mrs. James Rounsaville, of
Rome: Mrs. -W. E. Hays, of Mon
tezuma’.; Miss Alice Baxter, Mrs. A.%
McD: Wilson, Mrs™T. T. Stevena,]
Mrs, James R. Mobley, Mrs, W. 8,
Coleman, Mrs. Will Percy, Hon. Wil-'
liamn Terrell, Will Plane, Mrs. Helen
Piane, Mrs FPrark Mason, Mrs. Staf- |
ford Sideil, Mvse Wylie and others. ]
The foilow'ng officers gs-the asso- |
elation were elected Wednesday: , |
Officers Elected. |
President, Mrs. Jgmes W, llnunsa-{
ville, of Rome; vice presidents, Miss‘
v Mlice Baxter, Mrs. T. T. Stevens, Mrs.
Samuel Inman, Mrs. J. E. Hays, Mrs.
R. P. Stephens: recording secretary,
Mrs. Lollie Bell Wylie; corresponding
sec etary, Mrs. Stafford Sidell; his
torian., Dr. Luecian Lamar Knight;
treasurer, Mrs.JJameg W. Bedell.
The State Législature passed a res
olution two vears ago making May 20
Stone Mountain Memorial day, when
.wollections were to be taken through
out the South for the monmiment. The
(Governor will not be asked to pro
claim the“special day this year on ac
count of war conditions, but May 20
next vear will be set aside for this
purpose.
New Army Order Affects
.
Six World War Generals
‘By International News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, April 23.—~Army or
ders affecting brigadier and major gen.
erals were issued by the War Depart
ment as follows:
Major General William H. Johnston
ordered to assume command of Camp
' Lewis, Washington,
Major General William M. Wright to
assume command of Camp Dodge, lowa.
Brigadier General Ira A. Haynes, on
arrival in United States, to assume
command of the North Pacific coast ar
tillary district.
Brigadier General lLucien G. Berry,
on arrival in United States, to report
for duty to commander at Camp Grant,
Minois,
Briagdier Gengral Richard M. Blatch
ford to report to Camp Sherman, Ohlo,
for duty,
Brigadier General Frank M. Cald
well, on arrival in the United States, re
port for duty a 8 commander of Camp
Shelby, Miss,
. .
Alex Dittler, Widely
Known Atlantan, Dies
! Alex Dittler, for 22 years secretary
of the Temple congregation on Pryor
street, and for many years in the of
fice of the Superior Court clerk, died
suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his
rooms in the Imperial Hotel. f
Mr. Dittler was“one of the most
widely known men in Atlanta. He
had been identified with various Jew
ish charitable organizations for many
vears. He ig sarvived by four sons
and three daughters.
Atlanta Man to Attend
London Masons Meet
SAVANNAH, April 23-—Colonel
Robert J. Travis, grand master of
Masons in Georgia, announced today
he has appointed Raymund Daniel, of
Atlanta, as his secretary on a trip he
wil. make to London, England, about
the middle of June, upon invitation of
the Duke of Connaught to attend a
world peace conference of Masons.
Full International News Service
“Aida,” Verdi'sgcolorful, magnifl-‘
cently spectacular Oriental opera, |
though preserted for the fourth time
in Atlanta, drew an audience Wed- |
nesday night equal to that of the
opening For *“Aida” has never lost |
its charm. Thousands have heard lt|
again and again; it holds the record
for number of performances in New
York. |
N Atlantans familiar with “Aida"‘
found especial interest in the fact that
an entirely new cast appeared, not
one of the principal singers ever hav
ing sung in the work in an Atlanta
performace. Several singers who have
never before appeared in this city
were in the cast.
Hipolito Lazaro, the Spanish lenor,f
sang Rhadames, the part formerly
taken here by Caruso and Martinelli,
The new tenor is especially noted for
the beauty and c¢larity of his high
tones—he takes a high E flat with
perfect ease, it is said, and “Aica”
gave him excellent opportunity. ‘
Margarete Matzenauer, one of the
best contraltos who ever has been on
the Metropolitan list, also made
her Atlanta debut in “Aida,” singing
the role of Amneris, second only to
the title role in prominence. The part
has been sung here by Homer and
Ober.
The Aida was Claudia Muazio,
the soprano who made her debut two
years ago and sang here in “Trova
‘tore” and “Tosca,” Mme. Muzio has
'a powerful and_beautiful voice, and
her Aida was well done.
Thomas Chambers was the bari
tone of the evening, singing Amonas
ro, the Ethiopian king. Mr. Chalmers,
an American, sang here several years
ago with the Boston Opera Company.
Jose Mardones, the basso who mad»
such an excellent impression on Mon
day night, sung the High Priest,
Ramfis, in “Aida.” Marie Sundelius
‘was cast for the brief but trying part
‘of the priestess. ~Roberto Moranzoni
i““'“ the conduetor.
. There was widespread regret at the
Georgian. Terrace just before noon
Wednesday when Rosina Galli. and
her mother emerged from their rooms
lnnd announced they were departing
|fnr New York. Miss Galli, as pretty
‘as anvone could well be and live, had
become ill Tuesday. and was not suf
lfl(-i:-mly recovered to dance in “Aida”
Wednesday night. But she refused to
bid anyone good-bye. It was only
“Au revoir,” she said, for she will
come back next season, she insisted,
and take pains to be very well ih
| deed.,
| But Miss Galli's absence did not to
tally spoil the ballet in *““Aida" for
there were several scenes where in
cidental dances are introduced, and
in which the premier danseuse was
not altogether necessary.
‘Audlence Sways to
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Music by Faust
| BY DUDLEY GLASS. ;
| An audience not so large as that
| of the opening night, but still almost
filling the big Auditorium, swayed
| to the ripplug Teasures of the ker-
Irnexse walizes and the stirring beat
{of the soldiers’ chorus in Gounod’s
| “Fpaust” Tuesday afternoon, the old
lopera's gecond presentation in Atlan
fta. It is a beautiful opera, with its
lsm-vessirm of choruses, duets, trios
l:md wolo arias, and it was beautifully
SUng.
! I"rances Alda, the Marguerite; Mar
tinelli, the Faust, and Leon Rothier
the Mephisto, shared the honors of
the afternoon with the chorus. Le
nora Sparks sang the mezzo role
of Siebel very well, indeed. Thomas
j Chalmers, as Valentine, was plainly
not at his best, though his naturally
ifine baritone rang out well in the
trio preceding his death scene.
Mme. Alda was heard for the first
time as Marguerite, and when it is
gaid that she sang the role with the
gsame crystal clear tones and the
same artistry she gave us as Desde
mona, as Mimi and as Francesca,
nothing more is needed. The jewel
song sparkled anew as she sang it
and the delicate prison scene, heart
breaking in its pathos, was given
every possible beauly,
Mr. Martinelli made a handsome
figure as Faust, and his singing of
the “salut demeure” at the opeinng
of the garden scene was splendidly
done.
Mr. Rothier, as Mephisto, was given
the best opportunity which has fallen
to his veteran basso in his many sea
sons in Atlanta, He sang with pow
er and sonority. giving the devil his
full due, and unlike the villain of the
metodramas, shared in the applause,
lj;n, after all, it is the concerted
nufnbers which make "Faust” the fa
vorite it is. And there hus rarely
been heard here anything better done
than the quartet in the garden scene,
the trio of tenor, baritone and basgso,
and the great prison scene trio at the
end. And I can not recall anything
lovelier than the succession of love
duets which-Alda and Martinelli sang
in Marguerite's garden,
.The program was cut short-and a
great deal of disappointment caused
by William J. Guard's announcement
from the stage that there would be
no ballet, as Mme, Galli had suddenly
become 1l
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WASHINGTON, April 23.—Eleven
more transports, bringing 24,000 officers
and men back to America, have sailed
from French ports, the War Depart
ment announced Wednesday afternoon.
They are: The Sofia, with 1,200 troops,
sailed for New York on April 20; the
battleship Nebraska, with 1,215, from
Brest, due at Newport News May 3;
the St. Louis, 1,427, due at New York
May 3; Agamemnon, 5.814, due at New
York April 29, the Canadaigua, with
1,303, due at New York May 2; Generai
Goethals, 1,417, due at New York May
1; the Susquehanna, 2,665, due at New
port News May 1; the Louisville, 2,333
officers and men, 64 soldiers’ wives and
nine children, ten sailors’ wives and
three children, due at New York April
30; the Pastores, 2,117, due at Newport
News May 1; the Mallory, 2,052, due at
New York May 1; the America, with
2,274, sailed April 21 for New York.
On the Sofia are bakery companies
326 and 306, 408th telegraph battalion
supply and medical sections, headquar
ters company, Companies D untl‘l E,
Camps Dodge, Travis and scattered;
465th Engineers, pontoon train, Camp
Dix; headquarters company, First
corgs sanitary train, scattered; 161st
ambulance company, 161st field hos-
Fl(al. 162 d ambulance company, 162 d
ield hospital, 163 d ambulance company,
Camp Dodge; 163 d field hospital, Camp
Lewis; casual companies from Tennes
see and South Dakota.
The Nebraska is bringing the head
quarters, ordnance and medical de
tachments, Companies A to D, and de
tachment of Company E of the Il4th
Engineers, mostly for Camps Pike,
Shelby and Sherman
Aboard the St. lLouis are: Medical
detachment Third Battalion of the the
307th Infantry, Camp Upton and scat
tered; 372 d Aero Squadron, detach
ment Base Hosgpital No. 76=Camp Up
ton; Seventy-seventh Division Mili
tary Police Company, Camp Upton, and
casuals.
The Agamemnon has the 304th,
306th, 306th Field Artillery complete,
mostly for Camp Upton; 1562 d Field Ar
tillery Brigade head?unru-rfl, Camp
Upton; detachment of the Seventys
seventh Division headquarters, Camp
Ux_:lton; Brest convalescent detachments
207 to 211, and casuals; Brigadier Gen
eral Pelham Douglass Ford, command
lng) the 152 d Field Artillery Brigade.
n the Canandiagua are field and
staff, headquarters and «up?ly coms
panies, ordnance and medical detach
ments, Batteries A, B and F of the
202 d Field Artillery, to Camp Devens,
headquarters company, ordnance ana
sanitary detachments, Companies A,
B, C and D of the 146th Machine Gun
Battalion, to Camp Bowie; motor sec
tions heudquurteru and Truck Com
pany D, First Army artillery parck,
scattered; Seventeenth and Twenty
third Photograph sections air service;
Casual Company 70, Camp Sherman,
The General Goethals hasg aboard
'medical detachment, Companies A, B
and C of the 3234 Field Signal Bat
talion, Camp Custer; 90th, 161st, 487th,
494th, 855th Aero Squadrons; 666th
Aero Supply Squadron, 318th Replace
ment and Salvage Company, tank
corps, Camp Upton.
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| FIRE IN THE COMMONS.
. LONDON, April 23. Considerable ex
!nnoment was caused in the House of
Commons last night by a fire set by
defective wiring. The damage was
found today to be slight.
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Railroad Commission
Takes Up Power Case
Complaints of the Romd Railway and
Light Company against rates fixed by
the CGeorgia Railway and Power Com-
Fany were taken up by the Georgia
Railroad Commission at begining of a
series of hearings Wednesday morning.
The Rome company claimg that it had
a contract with the Georgia Railway
and Power Company, calling for a cer
tain rate, but that its terms were in=
creased by recent aection of the com
mission in franting geaeral increases for
light and power to the Atlanta concern.
The petitioners claim that their con
tract should be respected.
The commission also took up peti
tions of the Consolidated Telephone
Company for permission to increase
rates; the American Rallway Express
to discontinue its agencies at Dearning
and Wheless; the Mutual Light and
Power Company at Athens to increase
rates; the Consolidated ’l‘?fphone Com
g:ny to issue $40,000 of first mortfinga
nds, and the Summerville Telephone
Company to increase rates,
. » .
Men of 82d Division
Want to Come to Gordon
Thefigr.al majority of the members of
the 82 %IV!RIOH, which still is iln
France, are eager that they be demob
ilized at Camp Gordon, according to
geveral jetters recently received in At
lanta, It was regarded as very unlike
ly, however, that the War Department
would waive its rules and permit the
entire division to come back to Gordon
Under these rules the men must be de
mobilized within 250 iniles of their
homes.
Nearly 800,000 Troops
Returned From Overseas
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 23.-~oOn
April 21, 731,889 of the overseas per
sonnel, including army, navy and ma
rine corps, had actually returned to
the United States, and on that date
120,278 were on their way home, she
War Department announced this aft
ernoovn,
.
Fire Destroys Stores |
. .
And P. O. in Colquitt
COLQUITT, April 28.~Colquitt was
visited iast night by one of the most
destructive fires since 1902, when the
town was destroyed. The fire origi
nated in Hunter's garage, starting
from the explosion of a vulvnmzlng‘
plant. Three stores and eontents
were burned. The postoffice was|
burned, part of the contents being
saved. Hunter lost several thousand
dollars, with no insurance. Bell lost
several hundred dollars, no insur
ance. The buildings were owned by
L. E. Calhoun, who is in an inflrmary
in Atlanta. The loss is estimated at
$4,000,
. i
More Units Assigned
_To Return to U. S. Soon
(By. International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 23— Assign
ments to early convoy n\,ere an
nounced by the War epartment
Wednesday afternoon as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters
Troop, First Army; 319 Field Battal
fon, Signal Corps; 160th Sanitary
Train; headauarters, medical detach
ment and FEleventh and Twelfth
Companies of the Fourth Battalion,
Twentieth Engineers,
»
State Rests in Trial
Of School Teacher
The State reste¢d Wednesday in the
trial in Judge. Humphries’ division of
Criminal Court of W, (. Adamson, in
structor in mechanic arts, accused by
several young girls, and the defense be
gan the introduction of testimony.
A large number of character witness
es were called to the witness stand to
testify as to the previous good char
acter of Adamson. 1t was thuurht like-~
ly that Adamson would go on the stand
in his own defense Wednesday after
noon, The defense will make a com
plete denial of the charges brought
against him, ’
Tssued Dally and Entered as Second-Class Matter al
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of Mar ch 3, 1877
|
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 12.—The Bavarian
Red army is now reported to be com
manded by two former officers in the
German army-—Baron Seller and the
Prince of Wied, said a dispatch from
Zurich to The Petit Journal today.
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, April 23.—Czecho-
Slovak troopsinvading Hungary are‘
moving swiftly upon the capital, and
at latest advices from Vienna were
but one hour’s march from Budapest.
The Czecho-Slovaks have reached
- Veiocksen.
| .
Troops of Four Nations
Fighting Hungarian Reds
~ (By International News Service.)
GENEVA, Avpril 23.—Czecho-Slovak
and Serbian troops have begun teo
advance into Hungary, it was report
ed from Vienna today.
~ Troops of four nationalities are now
fighting the Hungarian reds, Rouma
nians, Poles, Serbians and Czecho
.Slovaks.
‘Many Persons Killed
In Hamburg Rioting
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, April %2 (via London,
April 23)-—Many persons have been
killed in rioting that has been raging
at Hamburg since Sunday, said a
dispatch from that city today. Many
buildings op the harbor front were
plundered. Most of the casualties
resulted from fighting between the
Ypolice and mobs in the suburbs,
e .
Siberian Army Routs
Bolshevik Troops
~ (By International News Service.)
. LONDON, April 23.—Admiral Kol
chak's anti-Bolshevik army has in
flicted another crushing defeat on the
Bolshevik forces, capturing 25,000
prisoners, said a news agency dls-l
i patch from Omsk today. lzhevsk was
taken,
Much booty was captured from the
reds, who fled, panic-stricken, before
the advance of the victorious Sibe
rian army.
The Siberians have advanced 50
miles in the direction of the impor
tant and strategic city of Orenburg.
Hungarian Reds Willing
To Confer With Allies
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 23-—Hungarian
Soviet Minister Bolgar has arrived in
Vienna on a special mission and noti
fied Colonel Cuninghame, the Allied
representative, that the Budapest
Government is wililng to continue ne
gotiations with General Smuts, sald
an Kxchange Telegraph dispatch from
Vienna this afternoon.
The Hungarian minister asked that
the Allies’ desires in the matter be
communicated to him,
General Smuts was sent to Buda
pest shortly after the red dictator
ship was proclaimed to look after
Allied interests
Atlanta Concern Loses
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$38,999 Damage Suit
A verdict for $38,999.30 was returned
by a jury in Judge Pendleton's division
of Superior Court Wednesday after
noon in favor of the Phosphate Mining
Company, of New York, against the
Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer Company.
' This marked the third trial of the
case, which has been in the courts since
1912, and which has been passed on
twice by the State Supreme Court, The
suit was based on an alleged breach of
a phosphate rock contract by the At
lanta concern
It originally asked $27,000, and later
was amended, bringing the amount to
$38,999.80, the verdict of Wednesday ho‘
‘ing for the full amount A verdict !ur‘
ISI was rendered in the first trial of the
case, The New York concern was rep
resented by Attorneys Evins & Moore
and Robert P. Jones, while Attorneys
King & Spalding, Dan McDougall, and
D. W. Blair, of Marietta, appeared !nri
the Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer Com
pany
.
Massey, Who Killed ‘
.
Woman, Taken to Jail
I. S. Massey, who killed Mrs. G, C.
"\:kv-n in front of Fort McPherson on
{ March 23, and then shot himself, had
| sufliciently recovered Wednesday to
Im- removed from Grady Hospital to
| the police station, for preliminary
thearing It had been thought he
[wmxhi not recover from his wounds,
and he lingered close to death for
| some time. 1
| Massey was bound over to the State
{Mmrm without the Recorder going
{into the details of the case, and held
uhder SI,OOO bond. He was sent to
the KFulton County jail to await trial
‘Miners Return to Work
v .
' On Compromise Wage
| LEADVILLE, COLO, April 23—
| The wage controversy between the
gn[u-r:nn)l"‘ and miners which resulted
lin a walkout Sunday and the sus
pension of operations at practically
al lof the big mines in the Leadville
district was settled by compromise
' Wednesday
The new scale will be $4, which Is
a cut of 50 cents, against the $1 cut
posted by the operators. ‘
LFIRST EDITION,
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgta,
__andthe South =~ )
The Jingles in
The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE.
HE nations that would rule
T the world (at least, it so ap
pears to me) are clutching
at each other's throats, for some
how they can not agree; Old John
ny Bull gets out his club, and then
Old Rome goes tearing loose, un
til it looks to me, by gum, as if
they'd kill the Golden Goose. While
cannon roared and war was on,
the nations helped each other out,
and when the Teutons came in
view they massed thetr men and
won each bout; but now that
peace is in the air and they hawve
cinched each bloody fray, the vic
tors fight among themselves, and
pull some rough stuff every day.
The voters will decide, by sings,
just what Atlanta’'s going to do;
they're going to show us where
we're at, and what this burg is
coming to; they'll vote some cash
for deecent schools (if I can read
the signs aright), but if they fail
they'll rue the day and leave us in
an awful plight. And now the wire
men of the land are going to drop
their keys and quit, and show to
Mr. Bur-le-son they've got a kick
within their mit; but if they strike
I'll lose my job, and pine away and
get the blues, because, you see, I
could not get a single line of jingle
news.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, April 23.—Formation of
a giant banking corporation with
headquarters in Chicago to handle
‘the foreign credits, discounts and
clearances pf all the banks and ln-‘
dustrial concerns in the Middle West
was planned at a congress of banksrl‘
of the Mississippi Valley here today.
The meeting of the bankers is pre-‘
liminary to the convention of the Mis
sissippi Valley Association, which |
opened here today with 500 dele:ateu‘
in attendance. j
After discussion of the need for|
such a bank a commission, made up
of delegates from each of the bank-‘
ing cities represented, was appointed
to draw up a plan for such an organi
vation. This commission will report
ate today. |
\ One of the chief objects of the pro
yjected bank is to centralize in the
‘-Middle West the foreign exchange
'business which now must be handled
through banks in New York or Bos
ton. The proposed bank will not do
a general banking business, but will
handle the foreign business of other
banks. |
.
Burleson Replies to
N. Y. World Attack
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 23.— Postmast
er General Burleson, defending h_ilg.
self today n&nimlt charges made by ©
| New York World, issued a statement in
which he asserted that instructions
were issued to the general manager of
the Postal Telegraph System to trans
lmll messages, scq’edullng an attack on
Burleson, whiclr The World News Bu
reau attempted to send Monday night.
At the same time the Postmaster Gen
eral directed the operating board to is
sue the following instructions:
“Direct the management of all tele
graph systems to suspend in so far as
messages referring to the Postmaster
General are concerned, their rules pro
hibiting transmission of messages con
taining libelous matter.”
The Postmaster CGeneral's statement
pointed out that the rules “governing
the transmiesion of libelous matter’
were adopted by the telegraph compa
nies to protect themselves against libel
suits long before the wires were taken
over by the Government.
New Envoy to France
y .
Urges Enduring Peace
PARIS, April 23.-—"lt is now the
task of the Allied nations to confer
peace upon humanity, but to first
unite the world in support of it"”
said Hughie Wallace, new American
Ambassador to France, in presenting
his credentials to President Poincare,
of France.
“Paris, for a time the capital of
the world, is now witnessing the eréec
tion of the temple of peace,” he con
tinued
“We hope to dedicate that temple
in the name of the league of nations
and make it home, for the great war
was fought in defense of civilization
and had been the last conflict man
kind shall ever know. When victory
came it was complete, and the peace
which follows it should be enduring.”
France To Be Clear of
U.S. Troops by August
(By International News Service,)
LONDON, April 23.—France will be
cleared of American troops by Au
gust, The Pall Mall Gazette stated
Wednesday, though possibly certain
units of the third army of occupa
tion will remain in the Rhine zone
after peace is signed, American
headquarters, the newspaper stated,
will be moved to Antwerp to reljeve
the burdened French railways and
ald In ¥French reconstruction
NO. 226
(By international News Serviced)
PARTS, April 23—Preshdent Wik
#on issued an officinl statement today |
insisting that Pame bm::-’
alized and made a free port instend
of being given either toFtatywom Jugte
Slavia,
The President repudistetiefhegpact
of London on which the Hafiansilave
been mainly basing their demands,
The President pointed omt in ‘his
statement that new conditions hawe
arisen since the pact of London was
signed, notably that new states haws
‘been formed out of the dissolution
of the Aunstro-Hungartan Empire.
No Italian Statement.
No official statement was forth
coming at headguarters of the Italian
delegation when the Wilson state
ment was read, but from a source
close te the Italians it was stated that
'in all probability Premier Orlando
will now carry out his threat to with
draw the Italian delegation from the
peace conference.
Exactly what effeet their withe
drawal will have upon the plans to
present a treaty of peace to the Ger
’man delegates early next week is not
yet known.
.~ The possibility that Italy s not
“‘blumng" and will withdraw was ads
‘mined in official American circles,
but it was stated that in this event
Great Britain, France and the United
!Stalus will complete their delibera~
tions, made peace with Germany
without considering the Adriatic and
then straighten out Austrian and Bal
kan questions as well as possible. By
withholding fram the peace confer
ence, it is held, Italy will surrender
her charter membershp in the league/
of nations and must apply m
tance later. The leagne of ¢
Italy withdraws, will settle the qoes
tion of Fiume and the Dalmatian
coast.
The treaty, it now seems <certain,
will not be ready before Mondxy znd |
will not be handed to the Gerrsans
before Tnesday or Wednesdaywfinext
week. s |
In issuing statement, the Prese
dent let it be known that he desitred
once again to call attemtion to the
fact that there were certainwelb-de
fined principles which have been .aos |
cepted by the peoples of the world
as the basis for a lasting peaces
The Umited States simply recalled
this in order that there shonid.beno
deviation from these principles. The !
statement as issued was as follows:
“In view of the capital mmportance
of the question affected, I intend to
throw all possible light on which s/
involved in their settlement, I hope
the following statement will contrib-«|
ute to the final formation of opinion
and to a satisfactory solution.
Circumstances Altered.
“When Italy entered the war she
entered upon the basis of a definite,
private understanding with Great
Britain and France, now known as
the pact of London. Since that time
the whole face of circumstaces has
been altered.
“Many other powers, great and
small, have entered the struggle, with
no knowledge of that private under
standing. The Austro-Hungarian
empire, then the enemy* of FEurope,
and at whose expense the pact of
London was to be kept in the event
of victory, has gone to pieces and no
longer exists. Not only that, the sews
eral parts of that empire, it is now
agreed by Italy and all her associs
ates, are to be erected into independ
ent States, and associated in a league ~
of nations, not with those who were
recently our enemies, but with Italy
herself and the powers that stood
with Italy in the great war for lib
erty., We are to establish their lib=
erty as well as our own. They are
to be among the small States whose
interests are henceforth to be as
scrupulously safeguarded as the in
terests of the most nowerful States
New Justice.”
“The war was ended, mareover, by
proposing to Germany an armistios
and peace which should be founded
on certain clearly defined principles
which should set up a new order of
right and justice, Upon thosge prinsi
ples a peace with Germany has been
conceived not only but formulated,
[’pon those principles it will be exe
cuted, We can not ask the great body
Inrl powers to propose and effect peace
with Austria and establish a new
basis of indeepndence and rights in
the States of the Balkan groups on
prineiples of another kind We muat
apply the same prineciples to the set
| tltement of Europe in those quarters
l!h'n we have applied in the peace
with Germany
“It was upon the question of exe
plicit avowal of these principles that
the initiative for peace was taken.iiN