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President Tells The World That Italy Has No Just Claim io
4** V
Fiume.
SECRET TREATY OF LONDON CEASED TO BE
EFFECTIVE WHEN AMERICA ENTERED WAR
AH Conditions Have Changed Since Allies Made Compact With
g Italy and President Wilson as Spokcnian of America., Will
./?..'fasfct V.WM JH?t Peace Terms fglu,
: Paris, April 2'i (By the Associated ;
Press).?President Wilson's emphatic ,
?^idr?tiv?' tba-t he will not yield on I
* the Adriatic qiuestkm has created ihe;
most profound* sensation in the peace i
Conference;. He has thrown down thi j
gauntlet to the supporters of secret !
treaties in ar manner which almost
t?ofc away the breath oi" the delegates
w<ho "hay.e. been urging compromises
on point? covered' by many secret docu
ments and at variance with the pres
ident's If; -pounts.
?-?'President Wilson's sweeping decim -
ation, while aimed directly at the
*&driatic problems, also reaches the
Kiau Chau controversy, in which Ja- :
t*an relies on secret agreements made
with Great Britain. France and Italy *
in 1917 to support her in her claim to j
the concessions held by Germany in ?
Shantung.
^?"The peace delegates generally re-!
g^rd President Wilson's statement as;
aT; challenge which once for all will '
dispose of the question whether secret i
fj&eumenfs of which many nations
participating in the war were ignor- ,
a/pjj are to figure in the peace follow- j
ing an armistice in which all the al- |
l|es* pledges gave no regard to secret
treaties. j
'?The Italian situation overshadowed:
all'.other questions throughout the day ;
>\ . a
in'-Paris and was the sole subject of:
? conversation in official and unofficial
circles.
' -When it became known this morn
ing-that the Italian premiea*, Vittorip ;
Orlando, was again absent from tile j
scission of the council of forr^ various;
rumors became current. Signor Or-j
-l?ndo remained "at Italian headquar- !
ters, but messengers carried him ?
many notes.
^Proposals and counterproposals!
were .made between the members of!
t&e British. French and Italian dele
gations, and numerous stories? of com-?
Itromises were circulated. These were ?
suddenly discredited by the issuance;
qf President Wilson's statement,
showing that the president was not a
party to the proposed concessions,
which were chielly based on the sup- j
position that Fiume could be given to ;
iskjy-- ;
'/ The idea, which had been prevalent!
i?v Paris *hat the Adriatic situa- i
Viq>i> was a game of chess in which;
Vhe most skillful diplomats would win. j
i^gardless of the armistice conditions. |
\^ocs suddenly banished by President i
Wilson's action.
:. Since Monday it had been generally
known that he had prepared a state-:
ipent which was presented on that'
day .to the entire American delega-j
t^f!ra^ia[TfSat-rehe- delegation had ap- ;
^gove^k^l^ut^he^
ion that his position was so unalter
ably against secret diplomacy.
Declarations by the members of the
American delegation that the presi
dent would not-yieid on the mailer of
iFiumc were regarded by urns; Euro
pean diplomatists and especially by
the Italians, as part ot a political
game, until today. and even now
many old school diplomatists seem
unable to comprehend what lias hap
pened.
A member of the Italian delegation
said that tin- delegates would not
have Paris tonight. He did not know
what action might be taken tomor
row.
Premier Orlando. Foreign Minister
Sonnino and Salvalore Barsilai. An
tonio Sa.lu.ndra and Marquis Salvajro
Tiaggi. the other Italian delegates
have been in conference at their head
quarters examining the situation
cheated by the president's state
ment.
in issuing his official statement <>n
tin- Adriatic question. President Wil
son !'-t it b" known that he desired
once again to call attention to the
fact that there were certain weil de
fined principles which have been ac
cepted by the peoples <>f the world as
the basis fur a lasting peace. Th"
United States delegation simply re
called this iti order that there should
be ?no deviation from these principles.
The text of the statement follows:
"in view of the capita] importance
of the questions affected, and in order
to throw all possible light upon what
is involved in their settlement, i hope
that the following statement will
contribute to the final formation of
opinion and to a satisfactory solution.
"When Italy entered the war she
did so upon the basis of a definite
private understanding with Great
Britain and France, now known as
the p.-o-t of London. Since that
time the whole face of circumstances
has been altered. Many other pow
ers; great and small. have entered
the struggle, with no knowledge of
that private understanding.
"The Austro-Hungarian empire-,
then the enemy of Europe, -and at
whose expense the pact of London
was to be kept in the event of victory,
has gone to pieces and no longer ex
ists.
"Not only that, but the several
parts of that empire, it is agreed now
by Italy and all her associates, are
to be erected into independent 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 liberty.
"We are to establish their liberty
wmmmmmr*mm ihhiw.hm? .i ?? i in i_uj
as well as our own. They arc to be
i more the smaller States whose- Lnter
ests are henceforth to be safeguard
I etl as scrupulously as the interests of
the most powerful States.
"The war was ended, moreover, by
[ proposing to Germany an arihistice
and peace which should be foundc"! on
certain clearly defined principles
which set up a new order of right and
justice. Upon these principles the
peace with Germany has been con
ceived, not only, but formulated. I'p
on those principles it will be exerted
We can not ask the great body of
powers to propose and effect peace
with Austria and establish a new bar
sis of independence and right in the
states which originally constituted the
jAustro-Hungarian empire and in the
: states of the Dal lean group and on
principles another kind. We must ap
ply the same principles to the settle
ment of Europe in those quarters
that we have applied in the peace
! with Germany, it was upon $ho espe
cial avowal of those principles that
? the- initiative for peace was taken. It
is upon them that th<- whole struc
ture of peace must rest.
?'If those principles are to be ad
hered to. Fiume must serve as the
outlet of the commerce, not ot Italy.
[ but of the land to the north'and
? northeast of that port?Hungary. Ko
hemia. Rumania and the slates of (he
. new .logo-Slav group. To assign
Fiume to Italy would 'be to create
the feeling that Wc have deliberately
} put the peril upon which all those
countries chiefly depend for their
j access to the .Mediterranean in the
' hands or a power of which it did not
for man integral part and whose sov
: ereignty if set up there, must incvi
, tably seem foreign, not domestic or
; identified with the commercial and
j industrial life of the regions which
the port must serve. it is for that
reason, no doubt, that Fiume was not
included in the pact <>r London but
there definitely assigned to the Croa
tia ns."
"And the reason why lie- one of the
I pact of London swept about many of
the islands of the eastern coast of the
Adriatic and around "!:'? portion of
the Dalmatian coast which ?es mos'
open t<> that sea was hot only that
here and there on those islands, and
here and there on that coast, there
are bodies of people of Italian blood
and connection but also, and no doubt
chiefly, because it was felt that it was
necessary for Italy to have a foothold
amidst the channels of the Eastern
j Adriatic in order that she might
make her own coasts safe against tb?
naval aggression of Austria-Hungary.
"Dut Austria-Hungary no longer ex
; ists. It is proposed that the fortifica
: tion which the Austrian government
! constructed there shall be razed and
permanently destroyed.
"It is part also of the new plan of
European order which centers in tH<'
league of nations that the new states
erected there shall accord a limitation
of armaments, which puts aggression
out of question. There can be no fear
of th<- unfair treatment of groups of
Italian people there, because adequate
guarantees will !>?? given under inter
national sanction, of tin- equal and
equitable treatment of all racial or
I national minorities.
"in brief, every question associated
with this settlement wears a new as
I pect?a new aspect given it by the
'very victory for right for which Italy
? has made tlie supreme sacrifice of
blood and treasure. Italy, along wi;b
j the four other great powers, has be
come one of the chief trustees of the
! new order which she has played so
I honorable a part in establishing,
i "And on the north and northwest
I her natural frontiers are completely
j restored, along the whole sweep of
I the Alps from northwest to southeast
j to ihe very end of the Italian penin
sula.- including all the greater:~watej>
isheds within which Triest and Pola
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lie and all the fair regions whose face
nature has turned towards the great
peninsula upon which the historic life
of the Latin people has been worked
out through centuries of famous his
tory ever since Home was lirsl seti
upon her seven hills. I
"Her ancient unity is restored. Her.
I lines are extended to the great walls!
I which are her natural defense. It is j
j within her choice to be surrounded by
friends: to exhibit to the liberated,
peoples across the Adriatic that no-;
blest quality of greatness, magna nim-j
ity, friendly generosity, the prefer
jence of justice over interest.
! "The nations associated with her,
! the nations that know no. ing of the;
! pact of London or of any other spy-!
j cial understanding thai lies al the be-1
: ginning of this great struggle, and
i who have made their supreme saeri-l
j flee also in the interest, not of nation?
al advantage or defense but of the
settled peace of the world, are now ;
united with her older associates in
[urging her to assume a leadership
'which can not be mistaken in the
; new order of Europe.
? "America is Italy's friend. Her J
j people are drawn, millions strong.!
! from Italy's own fair countrysides,
i She is linked in blood, as well as inj
affection, with the Italian people,)
Such lies.can never be broken. And
America was privileged, by the gen-j
erous commission of her associates inj
the war. lo initiate the peace we are j
about to consummate?to initiate it
upon terms which she had hereelfi
formulated under which I was her
spokesman.
"The compulsion is upon her to
square every decision she takes a part :
in with those principles. She can do;
nothing else. She trusts Italy, and in
I her trust believes that Italy will ask i
'nothing of her that can not be made
(unmistakably consistent with those;
sacred obligations. . j
"The interests are not now in ques
tion, but the rights of peoples. of
states, new and old. of liberated peo
I pies and peoples whose rulers have
I never accounted them worthy of a
I right: above all the right of the worid
j to peace and to such settlements of
interests as shall make peace secure,
i "These, and these Only, are the
! principles for which America has
'/ fought. These*, and these only, are
I the principles upon which she can
; consent to make peace. Only upon
! these principles she hopes and be
! lieves will the people of Italy ask her
J to make peace."
j Woman's Auxiliary
Convention
Program Arranged for Meeting
Of Episcopal Church Body
in Sumter
1
The .14th annual convention of the
(South Carolina branch of the woman's
[auxiliary to tin- board of missions,
j Episcopal Church, will be held in
i the Church of the Holy Comforter
May 21. 22. 23, with Mrs. W. p. Cor
nell, presiding.
The Rt. Rev. W. A. Guerry. D. D.,
bishop of tin- diocese of South Caro
lina, will address the convention and
will attend the business sessions.
The clergy of the diocese, the vot
ing delegates to the convention and
i visiting members of the auxiliary will
1 he welcomed and entertained by the
I branch in Sumter.
j A program of marked excellence
! has been arranged, including devo
I tional services, educational sessions
I * ?
ispcakers from outside the diocese, an
j elaborate missionary exposition and
; an afternoon reception.
j The session of the junior depart
j meat wiil be held on Thursday and
I the women of the auxiliary are oxpect
j cd to attend this session. The largest
I attendance in the history of the auxil
j iary is anticipated.
i" 1
j Can't Make Liquor
At Home
; Heavy Fines for Those Operat
ing Stills at Their Houses
Washington. April 23.?Persons
i who may be planning to make liquor
' in their own homes after national pro
; hibition becomes effective July 1 arc
to be warned by revenue authorities
as to the penalties to which they will
? be subject. The internal revenue bu
I reau today sent to revenue collectors
and agents a summary of laws on the
I subject and penalties, with the sug
i crest ion that they may be known
! widely.
The schedule of penalties for va
| rious violations is as follows:
For failure to register still, $500
?penalty, line of between $100 and $1.
1 000 and imprisonment of between
one month and two years; for making
li<IU(?r in a community where it is
prohibited by local or State laws, tax
I of $1.000: for violating war-time pro
hibition. $1.000 fine, or one year im
prisonment, or both; for making a-j
whiskey mash or a beer, line of be-!
! tweon .>"'<1!l and $r>,ou<>. and imprison-j
mont of between six months and
j three years.
, Beer-making conies within the same
' prohibitions.
' _
An Appeal to Arms j
Italians Plan to Throw Two Hun-1
dred Thousand. Men Into ?
j .v - - - I
Disputed Territory j
Paris. April 24.?Italian forces will j
occupy that part of Dalmutia and
other Adriatic territory named in the!
pact of London with about one hyn-1
j dred thousand men. it was stated to-.
. da\ by Captain [Uy/.y.'i. of Premier Or- i
, lando's staff. A similar force was add-j
ed and would be sent to the norerni
region and around Eiume.
( bange of Hours For Drinks in Con- j
don.
London. March 2."?- -The government
has moved forward the evening hour
for tlv sale of intoxicants so that the
i thirsty Briton now may purchase his
'drink at 6 p. nr.. instead of fi:30. Ko '
drinks may be obtained after 9:30 ex
? cepi in clubs :ind hot-Ms where thei
I sale i> permitted until Jl p. m, 1
Memorial and Thanksgivings Services.
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Great Public Services For Sunday Afternoon In. Which
The Whole County Is Expected to Take Part
?Monday Day of Great Celebration. +
All of Sumter County is expected to gather on the School Square
;ii four Sunday afternoon to give thanks for the safe return of the
great number of Sumter County men who retumeci safely from the
War. and to join in the services that will be in nunroriam of
those that fell. The programis as follows:
Hymn?America
Invocation?Father Mahoney
Hymn.
Address?Chaplain .1. S. Ly<>u of tie- 118th Regt.. Thirtieth Division.
Roll Call of the Dead ?Dr. S. If. Edmunds.
Taps.
Prayer?Rev. J. A. Rice.
Star Spangled Panner.
Benediction?Rev. W. E. Thayer.
The singing will be by tin.- united choirs of th<- various churches:
of the city, and also by all of those who will be kind enough to
join in. The music will be by the High School Orchestra, reinforced
by a few of Sumter's adult musicians. The exercises will be pre
sided over by Rev. J. Ii. Wilson. In case of rain the exercises will
be\ held in Trinity Methodist Church.
If anyone has neglected so far to band in the name of his dead,
whether of disease in camp, at home, or in battle abroad, this
should In- done without further delay. X<> name of the dead
should be omitted on this occasion because of indifference to
the dead.
Monday's Big Celebration.
Monday*is to be nothing but a day of joy and celebration. All
the county is supposed to e< me to town, and bring a basket with
him. with her or with timm. as the case raiy be. The picnic dinner
is to be spread on tin- School Square and everyone is to eat. The'
soldiers ami tin- sailors are to be the guests of honor.
The soldiers and tin- sailors are to parade Monday morning and ,
everyone can See what Sumter County sent to oppose the Huns,
and then they will understand why the Boche quit instead of fight
ing h out. A his brass band from Camp Jackson will be here r.o
make the noise of the occasion. A fighting tank will be here
roaming through the streets of Sumter hunting Hun machine
nese io mop up. During the day the great government picture. The
Price of Peace will show in Sumter. admission free. Some short
addresses will be made in the morning. Governor Cooper will prob
ably be one of the speakers. In tin- afternoon there will be a ball
game between th<- Sumter team and a Service team. At night there
will be open air dancing. There will be no business conducted in
Sumter that day.
Those who stay away will do so at the price of a good time.
I ? ~
Surplus of Wheat
in England
Granaries Stacked, and Farmers
Have Difficulty in Disposing
Of Crop
!
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I -
j London. -March 'JO (Correspondence
of The Associated Press)?The British
farmer is suffering from the fact that
the government had stacked the gran
aries of Great Britain with wheat in
preparation for a great spring of
fensive against tile Germans this year, j
Now that tlie offensive is not to be
undertaken, the fanner is having dif
ficulty in selling his crop of last year's;
wheat.
Explaining the situation at the an-:
anual dinner of the Land Union re
cently. Lord Ernlo. formerly Robert E. '
Prothero. president of the Board of
Agriculture, said "I do not know that
I am revealing a secret when I say
that the government intended, if the j
war had not finished in November, to j
make its great 'push' about this time, i
In this month or next month we should j
have tried to place on the western j
front the whole force of the Allies we
could command and should have tried j
to bring the war to a conclusion t'. is j
summer.
''For that purpose we wanted the;
I absolute control of all the tonnage j
we could gel. We wanted every snip:
to be free to bring over munitions, j
food and everything else which the \
army required. For that reason we j
brought into this country a large!
quantity <>f food supplies, if our ship
ping was to be engaged in bringing j
I over food to this country in the mid-;
I die of that military push we should j
i have been hampered.
"The consequence was that we I
filled tin- granaries of this country;
with wheat in order that we should
be free for this great military enter*
prise. You cannot alter your plana
in a few hours. The wheat is now;
being passed into consumption "as;
quickly as possible."
, .: -.. ... :|
Y. M. C. A. in Russia ;
Sausage Factory and Baker^
Operated by German Prisoners! ;
For Benefit of Czech Army |
Chelibinsk, Russia, Feb. 20.-r-Ken>
neth Milter, formerly head of John
Huss settlement at Xew York city, is
now directing an American Young
.Men's Christian Association enterprise
at Cheliabinsk which is greatly ap
preciated by the Czech o-Sloyafc
troops. Having lived in Bohemia1 he
knows what best pleases the Czech
army and, so he established a sausage
factory and bakery. The sausage- fac
tory is turning out tons of sausages
and does a business of 300.000 rubles
monthly. The work is done by twenty*
five German and Austrian prisoners.
Every day the bakery is making
eight thousand of the rolls so popu
lar in Prague. Everything is sold at
cost. In tliis practical manner. Mr.*
Miller has "made good" with the Bo
hemians and people geneialiy. It was
at Chelibinsk that Czccho-SloyaSc
troops inaugurated their campaign
against the Bolsheviki and Magyars.
Paris. April 24.?Premier Orlaald
reiterated this morning that he would '
leave Paris today, his departure be
ing set for 2 o'clock this afternoon.
y7\\q added, however: "We do not
break with our allies, but hand over
our interest into their hands, trust
ing that they will loyally fulfill their
mission."
"NEILL O'VOSSETJa
President
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