ITALIANS WILL LEAVE CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1919, Page 5

ITALIANS WILL LEAVE CONFERENCE.

FRENCH PRESS COMMENTS. Received April 25, 10.35 p.m. Paris, April 24. After all-day consideration, the Italian delegation finally decided to adhere to its decision to lcs\e the Peace Conference and return to /Italy. _ French newspapers refuse to regard the situation as insoluble, but support Italy. Le Petit Parisien says there is a suspension of pourparlers, not a rupture. Le Matin declares that the situation is grave, owing to the high slate of Italian feeling. L'Echo de Paris violently attacks President Wilson, and urges France to follow Italy's example, declaring that France has much to gain by direct action. Too many concessions have already been made President Wilson's idealogy. Le Journal remaiks that President Wilson's act is contrary to all diplomatic usages, and that the Italians have made the best answer, promising the best results.—Reuter.

- ATTEMPTED MEDIATION. STATEMENT BY LLOYD GEORGE. WILL ABIDE BY LETTER OB' TREATY Received April 25, 7.30 p.m. Paris, April 23. Mr. Murdoch writes regarding President Wilson's statement on the Adriatic question that President Wilson said on Monday that he intended to make a statement if the Italians persisted in their claims to Fiume. Mr. Lloyd George attempted to mediate, and then advised the Italians to abandon their claim, in view of President Wilson's unbending opposition. He also urged President Wilpon to give time for negotiations, but President Wilson, without further consultation, distributed the statement, asserting that his position was being misunderstood throughout the world. The statement was, therefore, issued, with the knowledge but without the consent of the Council of Four.

Mr. Lloyd George has authorised the following statement: The Treaty of London allotted Frame to Croatia, but the Italians occupied it. Britain and France informed Italy that they would not support her claims to Fiume; also that they think it against her best interests to insist upon having the Adriatic Islands and Dalmatia, though they will abide bv the letter of the treaty if Italy insists." Mr. Murdoch adds that Britain and France again begged the Italians to reconsider the attitude of Italy, as the financial, food and coal requests that were being principally addressed to America would give President Wilson additional power over the situation.—United Service.

ORLANDO'S COUNTER MANIFESTO. CLAIMS ESSENTIAL TO ITALY'S FUTURE. Beceived April 25, 11.5 p.m. Paris, April 24, Signor Orlando, in a counter manifesto, expresses his regret at President Wilson using such means of appealing to friend; ly people, especially when negotiations were at a critical point. He deplores the attempt to distinguish the Italian Parliament from the people. Truth and justice are not any one person's monopoly, and the Conference more than once nearly failed completely in trying to apply Wilsonian principles. It is unbelievable that anybody could find a simple solution of many complicated problems, and the whole of Italy's past | and future are bound up in her Adriatic claims.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

AN UNTIMELY MANIFESTO. STRONG PRESS CRITICISM. Received April 26, 1.5 a.m. Paris, April' 24. Newspapers almost unanimously disapprove of President Wilson's untimely manifesto. Le Journal describes the incident as a crisis, adding that the bridges are down. Le Matin says that President Wilson's action is inexplicable at a moment when, on his advice, the Germans have been invited to Versailles. It js equally inexplicable that the Germans were invited when a serious disagreement was threatening.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. ITALIAN FEELING. "FIUME OR DEATH." Received April 28, 1.5 a.m. Rome, April 24. There is intense feeling throughout Italy, where vast demonstrations acclaim Signor Orlando, shouting "Fiume or death!"—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. WHY THE STATEMENT WAS ISSUED. Received April 25, 7.30 p.m. Paris, April 23. President Wilson issued a statement because he conceived that Italian residents in America, as well as in Italy, would gain a wrong conception of his attitude over the Adriatic question Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

WILSON PREPARED FOR CONSEQUENCES. Received April 25, 11.5 p.m. Paris, April 25. President Wilson has authorised the statement that he is prepared to accept the consequences of his manifesto, and adds that the Italians have 'for some days been threatening a rupture,—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. ITALIAN PREMIER URGED TO STAND FIRM. Received Apri. 25, 7.30 p.m. ' Rome, April 24. The King of Italy and a large number of members of both houses of Parliament have telegraphed to Signor Orlando urging him to stand firm.—Aus. Cable Association.