ITALY AND FIUME

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10277, 12 May 1919, Page 5

ITALY AND FIUME

STATEMENTS REGARDING WILSON'S ATTITUDE.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. I PARIS.. May 9. Thero has been a good deal of speculation as to what le»d Prcsidont Wilson to act bo suddenly. One ,version is that he informed M. Clemonceau and Mr Lloyd George on Sunday of tho contents of his manifesto, but agreed, after consultation, to withhold it, and that, later, his colleagues announced tho deadlock, and he then published tlie document. Another version is that President Wilson learned of some overt act which was contemplated by the Italians in the nature of the annexation of Fin mo, and he acted on this. His attitude over

Fiume. raises the query as to how ho would "reconcile it with his agreement to yield the Saar Valley to France. American circles report that President Wilson will probably state shortly his reasons for this, which he is likely to defend on the ground that it was a necessary reparation for France for the enemy destruction of her coal mines. WILSON MAINTAINS HIS STAND. Australian ami N.Z. CaUlfi Association. (Received May 11, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 10. The State Department unofficially announces that President Wilson has not deviated a hair's breadth from his position regarding the Fiume dispute.