V ,V-n,v "to 5v II -i, X' - 1 T EVENING PUBLIC LEDaERPHILADELPHIA, FEIDAY, 5TAKCH 21, 1919 1 -&; 19 1 R, ! u. fv IFF K ? V, IITALIA INSISTE PER IL POSSESSO DI FIUME La Delcgaziono Itnliana Pronta a Titirarsi Dalla Confer- cnza di Pace PqblUhM una Dlttrtbuttd Undtr PERMIT NO. 141 Authorized by the Act o October 0, 1817. on HI at tht Foitortlc of Phila delphia. Pa. Br order of the Preetdent A. B. BORI.EBON. Poetmaeter Qeneral ITALY ASKS AWARD OF FIUME P"'"'....'-"'. 3 r Parigl, 21 marzo. La Dclegazl ono Itallana pec la Confercnza dclla Paco ha unanimemente dectso dl ri tirarsi dalla confercnza, senza che Fiumo sin nssegnata all'Italia con temporaneamente con la concluslonc della pace. Horn, 19 marzo. Papa Benedetto ha oggl rlcevuto una uelegazlono ul memurl del clero appartenente alia Chlesa Orlcn. tale. Rlsponderitlo ad un lndlrlzzo dl Honslgnor Papadopulos, capo della Con cregazlone Orlentale, cho brevemente ha rlassunto 11 lavoro die c' stato posslUlle dl fare per eollevaro Ie solTerenze causate ualln. guerra, 11 Papa cosr si o' espresso : "II Ponteflce Bomano o' sempro stato un nmlco della Chlesa Orientate ed ha semprp rjposto grandl speranza sopra dl essa. tell non soltanto o' stato un amlco ma ha avuto profonda affezlone per l'Orlente, affezlone cho c' stata plu' che lntcnsa per la Incertczza del fato del lontant figll dclla Chlesa. Io spero cho quests parolo possano ragetunirere le lontane splaEBe d'orlente, ma la mla oco non puo' ragglungerlo o cost' o lo trasmetlo a mezzo dl vol qui' presentl, rd ho llducla che tuttl 1 desidcrl'del domlnto chrlstlano orientate possano essere unltt da stretta amlclzia o dilate amore per l'apostollca Santa Sede." 11 Papa poscla ha lmpartlto l'apostollca benedlzlone a tuttl 1 present!. QXtfENNA i . A . 4TWESTE, .FIUME BUDtf.PEsr . CROATS CONFLICT WAS BITTER OVER ADRIATIC CLAIMS Allies Will Meet Germans in, Month Continued from Fare One powers. Should this view preall It W. , ; . .' sli VFNCF? A 7 A J (Ft J. i yZ CROA:m 1;L 1A i , v. jjijt clESUVtUS I efts' V w lor Italian delegates to the Peace Council unanimously decided to withdraw from the council unless Fiume is assigned to Italy. The former Adriatic seaport of Hungary is claimed by Italians and Jugo-SIavs country. lie said ho was "unable to Imaglno that labor leaders would report to force at tho present moment." would yield $8,000,000,000 for the Im mediate liquidation of war losses. This would leave $4,000,000,000 to be paid If tho American estimate of tho total to bo claimed Is adopted. Tho American lew as to the means to provide foe this balance Is that tho chief rellanca will have to bo placed In Germany's balance of trade. This In turn has opened another large and sub sidiary question as to how far German Industry should be allowed to compete with the rest of tho world, particularly with"" nearby countries nke France. The-French delegates hold that Ger man-Industry should be curbed by check lntr exports and Imports The American and British views tend toward permit- tine Germany to resume Industrial ac ttvity in order to pay the balance of the $4,000,000,000 debt to tne Allies anu . associated powers. Tho commission's experts estimate the exports and lm r ' norts would yield a balance of about " $300,000,000 annually, or approximately $1,000,000,000 every three years. On this basis tho balance or tne cieDt could bo extinguished In twelve years, , and tho entire operation concluded. This view, It Is said, Is far from meet ing with general acceptance. Tho French, and to some extent the British, are Inclined to ask much heavier repara tion, spread over a much longer period. SerIou3 division of opinion also exists over tho allotment of damages among "the Allied powers. The French claim priority for the destruction of, Invaded regions, while tho British insist on an allotment on the basis of war costs. It Is generally conceded that France has suffered tho largest material loss, whllo Great Britain has Imposed the largest burden of taxation on her people. British Present Traffic Views A draft of clauses regarding the free dom of transit' to be Inserted In tho treaty was considered today by the com- mission on the International regime of ports, waterways and railways. The clauses were presented by the British delegation. The meeting, which was held at the ministry of public works, adjourned at 1 o'clock. The commission on International labor legislation today considered the final draft of the labor clauses to bo Includ ed in tho treaty. The commission held two meetings, under the chairmanship of Samuel Gompers. Premier Lloyd George told tho Brit ish newspaper men that he had decided to remain in Paris until tho peace treaty was Blgned. He expressed the opinion that ono of tho reasons for the present labor difficulties In England was the fact that the treaty had not been completed, which led to a feeling of disquiet in that The decision of the, Italian delegation, as reported from Paris, apparently brings to a head the bitter controcrsy between Italy and the 'new Jugo-Slav stato oer the disposition of land along the Adrlntlc, formerly belonging to the Austrojllungarlan empire, which both nationalities claim. The sharply conflicting claims to terri tory between Italy and Jugo-Slavla, In fact, have constituted ono of the most serious problems before tho Peace Con ference, with Fiume as a focal point. Slgnor Giuseppe Canepa, while a mem ber of the Italian labor delegaton to tho Peace Conference, said: "Without doubt Italians of all classes and politicians of all parties nro convinced Flumo should bo assigned to Italy. Flume's un deniable Italian character Is proved by the population, Its .secular cul ture, its customs and tradition", which aro all Italian. Besides, Flump Is an Integral part of Istrla, and Istrla belongs to Italy for reasons long since expounded by Mazzinl." Italy's Claims Italy's claims originally Included virtually te entire Dalmatian coast, w ith trleste and Flume, the last named city being tho second principal seaport on the eastern side of the Adrlntlc. Kecent reports have been that tho Italian repre sentatives were manifesting a disposition to make Important concessions regarding the land along the Dalmatian coast; provided the city nnd harbor of Flume remained to Italy. The Jugo-SIavs, however, have been insistent that tins port be allotted to them, claiming It to Be cssentauy a Croatian cuy anu neces sary to the new Jugo-Slav state as af fording the only feaslblo and suitable sea outlet ror ner commerce. On the other hand, there has been no disposition on the part of Italy to yield her point no far as Flume Is concerned. Her attitude was officially stated by Premier Orlando in addresslng'the Ital ian Chamber of Deputies on March 1, when he declared that while Italy "re mained faithful to the spirit of concilia tion which inspired tho treaty upon whleli Tinlv entered the war." that did not mean that she could "remain Insen sible to the appeal reaching her from tho Italian town on tho gulf of Quar nero (Flume)," which was "exposed to the loss of both its nationality and In dependence." "We do not think," added the Pre mier, "that this Is possible at the ery moment when it li wished that the world may be redeemed from a memory of violence done to the rights of peoples." Claim Ilnsed on Treaty Tho treaty of London, April, 1S1D, on tho basis of which Italy entered tho war, allotted to Italy, If she could get it, mo annexation or Austrian territory east of the Adriatic, Including nil of Gorlzla-Gradlsca nnd Istrla, with the city of Trieste, together with the coastal provinco of Dalmatia as far as a line just north of Spalato, and most of the Dalmatian Islands In this region there were several hundred thousand Italians nnd nearly a million Jugo-SIas, Slovenes and Croats In Istrla and Gorlzla-Gradlsca and Serbo-Cronts in Dal matia. Each side has claimed that the Austrian census figures aro falsified in favor of the other, and thcro Is dispute as to geographical distribution of the races. Generally, however, it may be said that the Itllan population pre dominates In the western part of Gorlzla-Gradlsca and Istrla and In seienl of the chief seaports. The population ot the back country and of the Islands Is almost wholly Slav. Knowledge of the Italian aspirations caused many Jugo-Slav troops in the Austro-Hungarian army to fight will ingly against the Italians. The Jugo-Slav Claims It was announced In Paris on Febru ary 27 that the Jugo-Slav delegation had presented to trc conference its territorial claims. Italy, through Foreign Minister Sonnino, having officially notified the conference that sho could not adhere to the Jugo-Slav proposal to submit the delimitation of the frontier between the two countries to arbitration. The Jugo slavs asked that the Isonzo Itlver be made tho boundary between them nnd Tho Juco-Slav r.lnlmn Involved tho an nexation by the Jugo-SIavs of the whole of Carnlola, with Trlest and Flume, and tho whole of tho Dalmatian Islands, with tho exception ot Pclagosa, was left to Italy. According to reports received at the hendquarters of tho Italian pence dele- Kiuiua at I'aris tnero mo jugo-oiavs had orrlerjwl n trnnornt mnhlllKntlnn. which Interrupted transportation be tween Italy and Jugo-Slavla and tho stoppage of food BUpplles destined for southern Uurope. In view of the situation It was an nounced Italy suspended tho return of Jugo-Slav prisoners captured from the Austrian army; Tension Hsu Been Great There'hao been, in fact, several "In cidents" nt Flumo nnd other points In the territory claimed by both Italy and Jugo-Slavla since the signing of the armistice, nnd the. feurl nt one time crew so bitter that Italy established n block- adoTind cut oft food relief Imports for, xno interior. This mntcr was adjusted by the supreme council In Paris, how ever, and troops of late have Indicated that an amicable settlement of tho n fllctlng Itnllnn-Jugo-Klav claims was possible. If not probable. Just what has caused tho Italian dele gation to announce Its determination on the Flumo question nt this tlmo hns not been developed In the Paris advices. It Is known, however, that the question of territorial adjustments has been be fore tho conferences of premiers which have been taking place during the last lny or two. An Associated Pros' dis patch, received last night from Paris regarding n conference held Jesterday between President Wilson and Premiers Clemcncenu and Lloyd George, said there was every reason to believe the frontier Issues were among tho foremost ob stacles the conferees weie seeking to re move from the path to a rapid conclu sion of the peace treaty. Flume before tho war was the chief seaport of the Hungarian kingdom. It hns several harbors nnd Its position and facilities mnde It the seat .of virtually tho entire shipping trade of Hungary. It had an ante-bellum population of nearly 40,000. Give Us Danzig, Polish Demand i Continued from l'nrc One Germany would do by breaking tho Btnndard of living of the western peo ples. For the present task we need a freo nation lo cope with Germany In Influencing the development of Ilussla. "Danzig we must have, because with out It our commerce would always be at the mercy of Germany. With Danzig! we must have the river Vistula, which Is navigable nlmos to Cracow. It Is an artery which, with its tributaries,! gives life to the body of the Polish na tion. "From Danzig to Pown the majority of the population Is Polish Tho coun try is a garden and It furnishes two thirds of the potatoes for Germany. The pcoplo aro industrious, somewhat slow, but good organizers. They will furnish constructive men for the development of our country. "Upper Silesia li even more Polish than Poscn. It will be- the center of our Iron industry. It is a pltv that the Czecho-Slovaks have attempted to de prive us of the Teschen region, which Is Inhabited in a great part by Poles. Tho Bohemians do not need the coal there because they hav e many thousand tons j for export in addition to what they use In their own industry. I hope the con gress In Paris will not deprive the pcopio of this n-glon of their right to national unity with Pohind. It might hnvo dis astrous effects. Rnthenlnns and Poles Kin "In Kastcrn Gallcuv a majority of the Inhabitants aro Huthenlans. Tho dis tinction between them and the Poles is not radical, but only religious and lln gulstis. The Huthenlans belong to the Greek Church which recognizes the nuth'orlty of Home. When n Polish woman marries a Huthenlan, the girls are classed as Polos and tho boys become Buthcnlnns, and vice versa. Thus In tho samo family you will find Ruthenlans nnd Poles, speaking tho languages ot both countries, and with tho only dis tinction being the religious rite In the samo chinch. Tho Polish peasants In Kaetcrn Gallcla nro enthusiasts over their newly found national unity, free dom and Independence. 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