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11 e Maws me fee ... VYEATHcH Fair, Mich cooler Friday ; gat- arday fair, continued cool. met- T- t r r -T V (Mite a ' jane Br. fir Care Mm ?lta .. 4 mim siac VOL OX. NO. 115. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY .MORNING. APRIL 25, 1919. PRICE: FIVE Cam OF GOVERNMENT ITALIAN PREMIER REBUKES WILSON FOR APPEAL TO ITALIAN PEOPLE OVER HEAD REQUEST SHIPS TO CARRY FREIGHT TO SOUTHERN PORTS Senator Simmons Makes Ur gent Plea For Justice To Gateways of South PRESENT.METHOD UNJUST TO ATLANTIC SEABOARP ; Large Delegation in Washing i ton To Secure Allocation of ' 14 Shipi To Porti of Wil mington, Charleston, Savan- 1 nah and Jacksonville; Mis- I Nws and OhMrver Bunao. ; (01 DMrkt National Bank Bide, ' By S. B. WINTER!. (By Special Lad Wire.) Washington, April 24. "We are a part of thii great eouutTy. We arc go ing to demand our just right"," de- . elared .Senator Furnifold M. Simmon in apeecn today in which ho charged . both by direct testimony and implica tion that the Unted States Shipping Board had discriminated agaiait south- cm forts in favor of North Atlantic J commerce center in the allocation of fhliips for trading between the V. 8. and i the West Indies, South' and Central t t : tt J ! - -- Amcriru. xiu nas atiurvasuig cuuui- eneo of representatives of the shipping board and shipping and commercial in teiests of the South, the latter cham pioning the cause of the South Atlantic Maritime Corporation for the assign ment of 14 freight steamers for plying commerce between five. southern ports and the West Indies, South and Central American. -The Senator' came from his horn ia f New Born, where ' hs waa resting, to throw down the gauntlet lor warning- - ton tad the four other allied South At- u totiv)ett. He prefaced hi remarks ' w'ta"tne statement that for 19 years, , th period of hit aeaatoruil career, he , had been pledged to program favoring the development of the merchant, ma- rine. Ut aroused opposition, ia "forth Carolina by Lis early advocacy of the . restoration of the Americaa flag on the seven tea. He was charge with . favoring ship subsidy. He has clung to hia early faith in the measure, and his v speech today d sposed of any doubt as to his attitude oa the subject. Present Method Unjust, "The whole thing ia unjust; yon ean ncc why people who live so near to . these Southern ports are so aroused," . (Senator Simmons pounded bard on the speakers table, and - reiterated again and again the story of how Southern . commerce in its routing zigzagged across the country for 500 miles only to retrace the distance because of a failure to reoof.ntze Southern ports. 1 am not goi. g to impugn the motives a of the Shipping Board or aay member of the board ia the allocation of these numerous ahips in Sooth Ameri.a and , West Indies trade, but my information is that a large j umber are aftigned to urivate corporations. "We are told that if the South wants to ship its goods to South America or the West ladies its cotton, rosin, - remcut and other products wo must route them COO or 600 miles by the At l.intie seaboard and then haul them 600 miles back by boats.' Tare Senators Attend. .Three United Stales Senators 8im moat of North Carolina aad Park Trammel of Florida aad E. D. Smith of South Carolina-Supported the interests pf. the South Atlantic, Maritime Cor . )Kratioa, of which Matthew Bals of - Wilmington U president, and each voiced tbs plea for a mors equitable distribution whereby not only an over taied railway system might be relieved but that tbs loag-negleeled Southern ports might be developed.. Judge Barry j. Covington, special counsel for the itt South Atlantie Maritime Corporation ia aa address indicated that mors than ' ,!0O ship wars engaged as eommere- going vessels ia the South American and West Indies trade. Of the allotment of vver 300 vessels, only on had been assigned to the South, and the ' description ' of this vessel aad its hk" , ::' as told by Judge t'ovlagtoa,,. dein.v.1. a place ; in the literature of a - nuiriner's tale. He classified the ship assigned Wilmington and the four other ports ia South Caro- " lina, Florida, Georgia as a .canal-boat. Tlia vicissitudes of the vessels, its re t " bbffs," demand! for repairs: and rejee ' " tions t - a eemmeree-eerryiag - vessel excited laughter and amusement at the j conference today. ! Bare Not Had Ssaare DeaL I say frankly ta you gentlemen that in this matter the 8outa Atlantic states havs not had a square deal,? declared Senator Simmons. "Bpeaking for any self as well as other - representatives from that section ws will aot be satis fled natil something is done, tangible ad practicable to help the South get equal benefits from tht great amount of money that this government hat in vested ia the construction of merchant ihintr " ' ."You have aot relieved the freight tengettion of tbs county. , IX you will ' send ships,- B reasonable amber, to the South Atlantie p"rta you will relieve the freight congc-tum front Chicago to (CtlnnH or Fn To. . IN WILSON DENIES ENTERING INTO I SECRET ALLIANCE Washington, April 24. Secretary Tumulty in a state ment issued tonight at the White House said a cable gram had ; been received from President Wilson ' in Paris, "giving positive and unqualified denial" to re ports that "the President had entered into a secret al liance or treaty with some of the foreign powers." The statement given out at the White House at the direction of Mr. Tumulty said: "In view of the fact that certain newspapers of wide circulation throughout the country have intimated that the President had entered into a secret alliance or treaty with some of the great powers, I conveyed this in formation to the President and am today in receipt of a cablegram ,from him giv ing positive and unqualified denial to this story." Press dispatches from Paris several days ago said it Was understood that the President was considering a n. understanding with France providing for the as sistance of the United States in event of any future ag gression oh the part of 'Ger many. These dispatches as serted that the President upon his return . might lay the details of such an under standing before the Senate. E New Bern Stages Big Home coming Event For Craven and Surrounding Section BRINSON DELIVERS ADDRESS OF WELCOME Response By OoL Albert Cox, and Others; Giant Planes Fly Over City and Drop Victory Loan Literature ; Barbecue Dinner Served With Acces sories; Baseball Games New Bern, April 21. New Bern aad Cravea eonnty and ths four1 adjoining counties of Onslow, Carteret, Jones and Pamlico, united today in giving ths re turned soldiers snd sailors "welcoms home" celebration, and it waa a great success from every standpoint. A tre mendous crowd variously estimated at from fifteen to twenty thousand people of both races earns to do honor te ths men o. ths service. Tbs .early morning electrical itorm and rain served only to lay the dnst and by daybreak ths streets - were filling n D. Notable visitors were here in cluding Col, Albert Coi, comm ii.f.T of the 413th Field Artillery. Persic Principal Streets. At 10:30 o'clock the men in uniform assembled for the parade, which passed through the principal streets of ths city beaded by . ths St. Paul's School band of Beaufort. Veterans of ths civil, war occupied automobiles. Injured men also rods ia special automobiles. The Elks dram corps followed aeit, leading ths service mea, headed by Col. Cox, Capt. Pollock, Major Haynes and Capt. Boytter. Thea cams ths sailor boys ted by Lieut Wm. Ward. Next the colored soldiers led by their owe band. A big barbecus dinner, with all the accessories wat served ths mea and their immediate families. Fifty Dins were barbecued for ths occasion while (Continued on Pegs Two.) - GERMAN FISHERMEN CAN F;LY TRADEJN PASSAGES Paris, April 24. The request of ths uermaa government that German Bah ermen be permitted ia tho Skagerrak and, Cattegat passages waa granted by ths supreme economia council at its meeting Tuesday. Ths couneil also ap proved tbs proposal for a more eitcn sivs use of ths water routs thronah Germany by way of Hamburg aad ths Biver Elbe. It abolished tho existing limiting of 8,000 tons of food aad ma terial ia order to supply tht present seeds of ths Ceecho-Slovav. ' It is eoti- matod that ths t raffle throngh the Kibe probably will- amount to from 25,000 ts 35,000 tons at a time. Ths couneil also considered tha ques tion of meeting ths deficiency of tlft coal supply in Europe, particularly with luvnci io itaiy. M GREAT RELCOM HERE ARE HUN SOUTH SEA ISLANDS BRITISH AND JAPS WOULD DIVIDE I - 5UWDS JJ stiAA I Tin. BtFf araaV im JT . V f 1 r M 1 f-al lalf M A 1 nsn W at i AUS "All south of the equator is yours, Japs to tht British, proposing a divvy JAVA r t i . 1 MU7ffLff 1917. Aad ths British agreed. Also ths Japs were to have that portion of tht Shantung peninsula taken from China by the Germans and from the Germans by Japan. The secret paet is just made publis at ths peace meet and it's oas of the sticking points of ths peace treaty. On ths map the former German possessions ia ths Pscifle'aro circled. The agreement would give the Japs four groups of islands north of the equator with a combined area of 1060 square miles and a population of 70,000. It would bring under British control, exercised through Australia, 25,000 square miles with a population of 100,000. V OMAN SHOT BY IED in Mrs. C. W. Pratt, of High Point, Wounded in Thigh; Mystery Surrounds Affair taVaatal te flat Wewe mU Otsmrw.) - ' High Point, April M-Vfrs. Charles W. Pratt, of 618 English street, was' shot ia the thigh yesterday by aa un identified man who fired into the piaitt ot the Pratt home as he rods rapidly by oa a bicycle. The wound is painful but not scriout. Sines April 1 Mrs. Pratt has been the object of much annoyance from a band of three or four men. On that date she received a typical black-hand letter in structing her to, proceed to a point ia ths esstera part of ths city where the would find a pile of stones to be re moved. Failure to follow out tho in structions to the most minute detail would mean-death. Mrs. Fratt and her husband took the letter as an April fool joke. The hut liand, however, decided to go and ace if the pile of atones could be located. It wat where the letter designated. The next day a letter was received by Mrs. Pratt stating that her husband would not do", that she mutt obey In structions if the wished to live. This letter was cancelled in the High Point office at S:30 p. m. From April 1 until April 20 letters and telephone calls were numerous. In addition ths men mads frequent trips in an auto past ths Pratt home. Ac cording to Mrs. Pratt they very fre quently changed a tire. Some time tbey wore the uniform of ths United States army, but-she sever failed to rc-ngnizo them. After the first few letters had been received Deputy Sheriff J. E. Wagner waa informed of the happenings by Mrs. Pratt and ha was summoned to ths Pratt home several times after one of the men had telephoned to as certain if Mrs. Pratt were at home alone. On one of the visits of Mr. Wagner he stopped at aa adjacent store aad la a few minutes wss iaformrd by Mrs. Pratt that a man, the same one who had previously called, had again telephoned and stated that he would havt no trifling, that Sheriff Wagner was near at hand and he didn't contemplate being caught. Mrs. Pratt waa warned to proceed to Meehnnictvills alone, but she carried her husband with her. - Tht resultant letter the following day was sufficient to bring a charge of misuse of mails airainst the wrter. A few days ago the was ordered to nlaco her oieture beneath a brldgs a short diatance from ths city. Investi gators going there at 2 o'clock ths fol lowing morning saw foot prints maar by nome man going to ascertain U or ra had been obeved. : Ths laal letter earns Saturday, Mrs. Pratt waa told to bo ia the parlor of a Greensboro hotel between 9:M and 11:30 aa Easter Monday morning else Ufa would bo short and death would be sore. 8he didn't, go. That was tht last she heard of or from tbs men until Wednesday. Fifteen or twenty min Btes before ths shooting, several mea arrived, ia a largo touring car. She waa oa the front porch of ths home aad oas of ths men, tho largest one, calls'; aad ashed her if tht wat alone. She answered affirmatively. About this time, according to a street ear motor nun who paased tht house, a motor cycle dashed by, its rider firing into ths Pratt horns. TVa shooting aad tht ineidtats leading Bp t it are tht talk sf ths towa aad are enveloped ia mystery.- ,'' I I I IF MAN PXCfFIOi OCEAN iCtJ i ZlltT SLANGS EQUATOHi CW 'iv all north of the equator, ours," said the of the German colonies ia the Paeifle in ON BEERS. HE SAYS 9 Question of Intoxication Will Not Be Considered By The Government (B tht AaaaeiaMI Fmm.) New York, April 24 Tha govern ment proposes a literal enforcement tf ths war-time prohibition act, Including a baa oa production and sale of all been and wines, whether or aot thty are intoxicating, ths Department tf Justice announces throngh a special rep resentstiva ia ths Federal Court here today. . ,, While no .steps will be taken to pre vent brewing, pending a court determl natioa of the law's constitutionality raised by brewers of ths New York district, manufacturers will operate In peril of future prosecution, according to ths statement of William C. Flttt, spe cial counsel, appearing for Attorney Ueneral Palmer in ths beer litigation. Intoxication Not Involved.. The attorney advised Judge A. N, Hand, who heard arguments on .the government's motion to dismiss the suit brought on behalf of the national brew ing interests by the Jacob Hoffman Brewing Company to restrain the Fed- er:.!' authorities from interfering with its production of ? per eent beer, that t'..e Department of Justice did not know and' did not care whether beer of the strength indicated wat intoxicating. The law prohibited tale afttr June 30 of distilled beverages ts well at mall ufacturs after April 80 aad sals after June 30 of "beer, wins and other in toxicating malt or vinous liquors for beverage p.:rpop,n pending the de mobilization of the military forces, he Mid. The words "beer" aad wins were not ..ur lifled, ia the opinion of the government, he added, and tht sp parent congressional intention to step the "waste of grains and fruita in their production in any strength would be enforced. Necessity Aa Great Aa Ever. With "half the world" looking to America for food, Mr. Fitts contended, the neeeas ity of its conservation wss greater "eves thsn on ths day of Chateau Thierry, aad it was equally es sential that liquors be withheld from public sals while the army and navy were undergoing demobilisation. To thia statement, Judge Hand added hit opiuioa that ths wsr waa "still in progress, which upset one of ths com plainanta contentions. Nons but court had authority to pro Bounce a beverage, intoxicating, or,, the opposite, Mr. Fitts saldrand cited the eommissioner't recent order permitting brewing of the IS-4 per cent beverage as a confession of hit mistake. Until last month, when New York brewers questioned tht Validity of ths ruling, (Continsed page Tww.) ONE YEAR AGO TODAY British aad f ranch forced to with draw from their posltloas ketwtea Bralllewl aad Wyteehsete, after aa all-day straggle ia which the battle fields, wars strewn with dead aad w anas' ed. Aaatrallaa troops regain lines for allies la Sao attack asoa Meaty at ViUsra-Bretsaasaa. caBtariav a will- ags aad SH priaoasi Tanks ware used ia this attack. Many- bitter 'owgagesaeajts cast heavily la lives. Victory ijoiijg Tlf 11 ENFORCE BAN ANGRY BECAUSE OF PUBLICITY GIVEN talian Enjoys Hold That World- Wide Publication Insult To Government PEACE DELEGATION AT PARIS KNEW OF MESSAGE Tiume or Ho thing" Has Been Italy's Formula For Weeks, Says Member of American Delegation; This Forced Wit son To Tell World Where he Stands (Br tha Aaawhrtad Praas.) Paris, April 2V-Prsmler Orlando and ths other members of the Italian dele gation apparently art much angrier over President Wilson's world-wids publica tion of hit position on ths Adriatic ques tion than over hit opposition to their elaimi and tht fact that diplomatic pro cedure hat been violated aad what is termed aa insult offered to tbs Italian government because the President mads his position known to ths Italian people over tbs head of the peace delegation, Discussing this contention today a member of the Americaa peace delegn tion said. " 'Flume or nothing has been the Italian delegation s unalterable for mula for nearly eight weeks and their firm insistence upon the settlement of tho Adriatic question before an agree ment upon the peace terms forced Presi dent Wilson to tell ths worm wnere ns stands. The atmosphere of ths eon fere nee simply had to bo cleared, and there was no othsr way for tps frost dent to clear it. "This statement was mors for tht Americaa nubile than for ths Italian nublic and it was of such aa uamlttak able character that It should sot loavs anyone la ths dark aa to tins Americaa poaitua oa secret agreements. , Tha effort of Us Europeans ts vnka tha rules af diplomatic procedure and tht conflicting statcmsnts, eloadsd ia obscurity have been noted by ut Americaa delegates and correspondents, who ara endeavoring to obtain ths actual facts. Ths professions tf sur prise by the Italians of President wu son's statement are amasing to ths eorrt- tpondnntt who have positivs knowledge that the etatemeut was submitted to Premier Orlando several days before its publication find that he sought ad' vice about drafting a reply. . Many conflicting accounts or the events immediately preceding Signer Orlando s announcement of his depart ure have boea printed ia the Pans pspers, some of which profess to quote the Premier. But those statements have been disavowed by Signer Orlando, who requested the press to await aa official signed statement. In the meantime nil Paris is discuss ing ths Italian Situation and indulging in speculation at to what would happen were Italy to break with tht eonfereneo and insist upon keeping troops in Flume. MARYLAND NEGRO SENT TO GALLOWS; SPEEDY TRIAL (Br the Aiewiatad Praas.) Fcnton, Md., April 24. Isaiah Foun tain, the negro who criminally assaulted 13-year-old Bertha Simpson aad who es caped from ths jail hers Monday uigut waa reeaptursd yesterday and today convicted and sentenced to be hanged Ths jury wss out only nlns minutes. There wss no demonstration la ths eonrt room. Fountaia, aftsr sentence was pronounced, continued to protest his in Boeence. Ststs troops snd a special de tail of S3 policemen from Baltimore city guarded the jail and surrouaded the courthouse. Tonight ths negro was taken, heavily guarded, ia aa automobile to the steamboat for Baltimore, where he will be hept in the eity jail until exe cuted. No announcement has yet been msds concerning the distribution ' of $500 reward for ths capture of Us negro A movement Is oa foot to bavs tbs fnnd turned over to a gusrdiaa for ths little girl whom the negro asssulted. Havana Watches Law Violators. Havaaa. Cuba, April St. Tbs esp tain of ths Port of Havana has notified firms which furnish supplies for fish ing veasels that watch will be kept ever such shipping aad that viaite of Intpec tioa will be made to ace that they carry no more food aad liquor supplies when leaving port than it necessary for their own use. . Thia measure it due to information received by the port official that several flthing veasels havs takea qutntitiet of rum aad othtr liquors aboard to be ex changed ia Americaa juritdletioaal waters for other merchsadiss. Plromaa Killed la Baltimore. (Br the AsastieMd Trm. Baltimore, Md- April 24. One city fireman was killed and tea injured to night when a wall fell on them at the ruins of SL Mary's Industrial School for Boys. The school was swept by flames surlier ia the evening with a lots of 300,000. -. . ' V "'t Chamber Starts .Te Wert. ' (Spatial to the Km aad Oaaanwr.) Rocky Mount, April 24. Nshville't tswly organised Chamber of Commerce with I T. Vaugrn as Its president, has already ttarted-to work ia earnest. M. W. Iincke, former mayor of Nashville, is secretary. "m- PBEMIEB LEFT PAEIS FOB ROME AFTER CONFERENCE - Paris, April 24. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Premier Orlando and Slgnor Barsilal will kavs for Borne tonight. This decision was announced after Premier Orlando's return from his conference with ths ether mem bers of t'.e ounei! of four, at which, according to tht Italiaa premier, only questions of principles aad aot territorial questions, were discussed. ' This 1 explained aa meaning that ths discussions centered on the ques tion t? prestige, involved la tha publication of President Wilson's statement and that no effort was mads to reach a settlement en a territorial basis; Ths conference lasted two hours. Baron 8onnino, the foreign minis ter aad the other Italian delegates and representatives will remain ia Paris temporarily. E Question of Prestige Involved in Publication of State ment Was Considered (Br tha annrtatoC Praa.) Vittorio Orlando, Italian Premier, has delayed his intended departure for Rome long enough again to alt ia con ference with ths other members of ths Couneil of Four Premier Lloyd George, Premier Clemeneeeu aad President Wil- son. The knotty question regarding vFiume and ths Dalmatian coast, over which the council is at odds, did aot tome up for discussion, only quest ions of principle being taken up. Two hours, wers takes up ia the eouaeU, which was believed te have considered fully the question of prestige involved ia the publication of President Wilson's etatemeat ea the Italiaa situation. Wails Btgaor Orlando la returning Immediately to Italy, there te lay the details of the peace conference before Parliameat, Baroe Soanino, Italiaa For eign Minister, aad the othsr Italian rep reeeatativet, will temporarily remain in Paris. ' Ths situatioa aa regards Italy's claims Is still acute. There apparently has bee a ao reeeaaion by ths Italians frost their stated terms, nor is there nny indication that ths British aad French premiers aad Presidsat Wilson havs receded from their stand. Bignor Orlaado ' has replied to the statement of President Wilson with re gard te the Italiaa situation. He ssys ths President expressed bis own thought oa one of the gnavest problems which has bees submitted to tho judg ment of ths conference" while the Italiaa delegation was discussing counter-propositions on Italy's claims. Ths statement of tbs premier con tends that, in additioa to tho safety of Italy oa ths front of ths Alps, hi country requires protection on her fisuk along ths eastern Adriatic aad that the people along the Dalmatian coast should be permitted to have the right of eelf-determination la ths mat ter of Italiaa sovereignty. Mexico haa anaouuoed through its foreign office thst the Mexican govern ment ''hss not recognised, nor will it recognize, the Monroe Doctrine or nny ether which msy attack ths sovereignty nnd independence of Mexico." City Relieves lafiaewsa Diati . Sydney; Australia, April 21. The city of Sydney has spent nearly 100,0rtO sines ths beginning of tho Spanish in fluenza epidemic in dealing with dis titte due to unemployment because of the disease. Sixty-four depots have been estab lished throughout the metropolitan dis trict with officials at their head author ized to extend rent relief and provide lodgings aad board to those made home less or penniless through tho disease. Up to date 10,089 persons have re ceived relief through the agency of these depots. The Y. M. C. A. In Ekntorinharg. Ekateriaburg, Bueaia, April 23. Two successful .. ..American Young Men's Christian Association clubs, accommo dating 3,000 Busaian aad Ccecho-SIovak troops, are la operation at Ekaterinburg, and are proving exceedingly popular. Tbey art la charge of Harold Alpia, formerly of Boston, aad A. B. Alexander of Chicago. The clubs are provided with library and reading rooms, moving picture shows and canteene aad are making ths United 8tates aad the Amer ican people very populsr among the soldiers aad civilians. New York Mm Opens. Troy, K. Y April S4.-Ths Mohawk Blver Mill at Coboes, owned by the Wright Company which also operates factories ia this city, hat reopened after being closed lince February 1. The concern will operate on a 48-hour week tacit with pay for the earns number of hours, ' Thtrs is no other development in the textile situation brought about by, the eight-hour dispute. . , v R. N. Page Speette at High Petal. -' High Paint, April 24, The war tank here today drew a large' crowd. Hon. Robert N. Page waa ths speaker. The afttrnoea was a holiday in the eity. ORLANDO WAITS TO IlflCOHfl ORLANDO REPLIES ' TO WILSON S NOTE 'resident Treating Italians As If They Were Barbarous folk. He Says . TALIAN DELEGATES NOT OPPOSED TO 14 POINTS Hear of Italy's Mission at Peace Conference Says Frae tice of Addressing, Nations Directly Constitutes an Inno vation, Which He May Later FoDow (Br the AamiaM Pnae.) Paris, April 24. The ststemeat issued by Premier Orlsndo today says nothing of tho intention of ths Italians te quit the Peace Conference. It merely state! Italy's ease concerning Fyimo aad tht uaimatiaa coast and does aot appeal ia the form of aa ultimatum. ' Premier Orlando declares that Prtti dent Wilson's proclamation is a a at. tempt to. pines tho government ia op position to the people. "He is trenting ths Italiana." adds the Premier, "at if they were a barbarous people, without a democratic govern, meet." The Premier rebuket the President for sddressing himaelf to the Italiaa people over the head of the Italiaa government, aad says ho never eon-' aldered America bound by the treaty oi London, but thnt Italy's ease is based rather on right and justice. Orlandw Isaacs StatosMat. The Premier soys ht hit never do nied that tho pact of London did n-.i apply to Fiume, but the Italian claim . was beted ea the principles of Presi. dent Wilson's fourteen points. V Following, is tha test of Fremiti Orlnndo's statement: "Yesterday, while the Italiaa daieg- -tioa was discussing eounter-proposltloul which had been received from the Brit ' lab Prime Minister aad which had for their Ala the conciliation of contradic tory tendencies which were manifest concerning Italiaa territorial aspira tions, ths Paris newspapers published a meesags from the President of the United States ia which be expressed his owa thought on one of the gravest problems which haa been submitted te the judgment of the conference. Caatltates An laaovatioa. The practice of addressing nations directly constitutes surely aa innova tion in international relations. I de not wish to complain, but I wish to re cord it as a precedent, so that at my owa time I may follow it, laaamuch aa this new custom doubtless constitutes tha grantiug to nations of larger par ticipations in international questions, aad, personally, I have alwaya been of the opinion that such participation was the harbinger of a new order of things. "Nevertheless, if these appeals are to be considered aa addressed to nations ' outside of the governments which, rep resent them (I might say even against the governments) I should feel deep re gret ia recalling that this process, here- " t of ore applied to enemy governments, -is today applied for the first time to a government which has been aad in tends to remain n loyal ally of ths great Americaa Republic, namely to the Italian government." Premier Orlando says that he might complain that such a message addressed te the Italiaa action had boea pub- ' liehed at the very moment whea the ' allied and ntsoeinted powers ware negotiating with the Italiaa govern ment, the help of which bad beta sought and appreciated ia numerous serious questions heretofore discussed in intimate aud complete solidarity. Over Gwvoraarewt to Peeplo. "Above all," hs continues, "I should have the right to complain if ths decla ratioaa of tho presideatial message have ths purpose to oppose the Italiaa people to the Italiaa govern meat, because it would misconstrue snd deny ths high ' degree of civilisation .which tha Italiaa people has attained and its democratic aad liberal regime. Ts oppose Italian people and government would be to ad mit that this great free nation would submit to tho yoke of a will other thaa its own, and I should be forced to pio- test strongly against suppositions un justly offensive to my country." Referring to President Wilson's ttate. ment Premier Orlando says it entirely purports to demonstrate that the Italiaa claims beyond certain limits laid down ia hi-' message violate the principle! " upon which must bo founded the new regime of right, justice And liberty . among peoples. The Premier nddt that he atver denied these principles and ' that even President Wilson would do him the justice te say that ia the long conversation they had had together, he (Orlando) had never relied upon the formal authority of a treaty by which he hnew President Wileoa wat not ' bound, but. merely relied on, reason and juatif, upon which Italy's claims were . based. ' i i Ceatd Xet Convince President,' 8igaor Orlaado deplores that he eeul.l aot convince President Wilson, although ; tha President admitted that justice and truth arc the monopoly tf n ma a and that nil mea err. ' The ton it mce hi r pointa eat, has hsi to ehsi - i!a mind, way times aad hs doel i ; Vr , him-i . (CeaUaaad oa fan t. i -
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