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W E A T H E n
Sho*?*r? tr?-d?v or to-nifM; COOl?r,
nrnbaltlv fair to-morrnw;
modrralr windit
two <t:\ts
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Italy Shall Not Have Fium
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"Big Three" Face New C
ie, Wilson Declares;
? isis in Japan-China Issue
Burleson
Tells of 6Plot'
Against Him
Postinastcr General Issues
Orders That Articles At
tacking Him Be Passed
by Telegraph Lines
Charges Intrigue
To Force Rate Cut
Official of Postal Liiies
T) e \i i e s Regulations
Bamicd fcWorUF Query
PoltfflSSter (irneral BrtrlfKon Issued
? ststemrnt yeiUrday in which hi
aid ittaaki against him ?nd hi* ml
ralniitration, which have- multlpliod re
i;?ntly. were merely propaganda to <iis
t-redit h i it-. nnd obtaifi lower postnl
lAion on *rrond-clnss mail matter, He
?dded he had been wavned a your ago
that such attacks would result un
less the rates were lowered.
It-was announced in Washington by
John P. Miller, chief of the division
of information of the Postoffice De
part ment, that the refusal or the tele?
graph companies to accept queries
from the "Xew York World" offering
to other papers a story they were
-v.r.tir.g on the Postmaster General
was not inspired bj' Mr. Burleion. He.
Mr. Miller eaid. knev nothing whatever
about it.
Tne wire chiefs, &?r. Miller ex
piained. were merely taking advantage
'of.an old-established rule to protect
thamselves from action for hbel. Will
:am ,1. DeDegan. secretary of the
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, on
the other hand. said yesterday that
iheie was no rule on the regulation
books of either telegraph company
which could be invoked against tho
"Xew Vork World's" message.
At the offices of N'ight Managejs
1 oney and Leipman of the Postal and
"esicrn Union companies, respec
f.vely, neither of the men would say
anything concerning the message they
held up.
Mr. Burleson also announced yes
terdsy that the ban upon "Tho World"
srtiele had been liftrd. if the paper
'?ared to send it now, and added he had
instrueted the telegraph companies to
hoM up no stories containing libellou?
refcrer.u--- to him an.l his administra
tion.
Meaaage Nol Objectionable
Mr. Deegan .-.aid "The World's'' me?,
??K? waa "absolutely unobjectionable
from ? telegraph point of view,'' and
Jhix n -Aa? aurprossed "only because it
r^ferrer! to Burleson."
Mr. rii'ijjan's statement follows:
"Mr. Farleson's statement aboul the
blfe ho.nored practiccs of the telegraph
'?ooipanien is all wrong. .Such a press
?".legrarr. *s "The New Vork World"
WBt eul last .-'unday night over the
jrirei to different r.ewspapors in the
'??nited States, would have been ac
'?'?P'.td and transmitu-d by either tele
trapn toTipany w,thout thc slightesl
22?wion ur.<W thc old rules and
practicr;- of the telegraph companies.
tn fact, <? i do no? know of anv press
|?Utram < .er having been rcfuncd bv
? ttlejraph company on thc ground o'f
,<c '"'"* l1Delous.
'feut^i a telegram as "The New York
Mr?.l\ . ,tcnt oa'- laBt Sunday night is
*D8?iute!v unobjectionable from a tele
crajMi point of viftw and it wan onlv
HUnn H referred to Burleson. and
f-.a 7?'! has "-""--orized the telegraph
*?*? by gag orders, threats of dis
7ml'a'' ,p'Ml etc-? that the telegraph
:f,P:?i'c'! rejected it. A year ago tho
"""Pany would no more have thought
S* *t"1f il than if' think of reJect
??? nTL?.theT tele*ra"'n or P"8s mefl
wwi ? i*1" Khow? the degradation to;
wn.cn Burleson has dragged the tel*
?"?pn cotnpanm."
Kule Not Applicable
Mr. Delgan cited a rule of the Poatal
'?^raph-r.able Company referr.ng to
kZrI?itctlor> ot rn*?**fr* containing
?W*r.e, obacene or libeloui languag*
H*??int?d out that it. had no hearing
RnSrfffl^Jl" Wcrl,JV' ^""'l
v+t. te!,!?ra'r' containing profane, ob
22L?I '[n?loua language will not be
^7l*'\>???. employes are caationed
ga raiatjng to bn?in?M, legal proceed
*ii?,',ij\ 'n < 'Pne1*. ete. Our patrons
m*t.a? * F*1*#*^4 <?? expunge from
Waa* UM!d in *n ?W?ctioifabl?
/eilfi I^**?n ??W that he could not
tul'H'<:; *r,y ?"?Unca when it waa nec- ,
B5~J *?* "M I'ostal Telegraph Cable
y?P?ny ?<> reject rneasagcK on account
2J**5 ???*? regulation. He charac
7!'*** ?h? statement of Night Man
STt??*& "f *he ,'or't?1 af"' Ulpman
tkat ?*ti t1t*rn Un>,>n to the cftVct :
?fft?* w World V rne?,?age was "im
HH?*., ?? "rMiculous," and reernpha- \
mSt * "^^ment that only faar of
a, , T' ?>r<>??Pt*d them to relaet It,
,7*J^*w??l ^at the rajaetfon of thc
C'o/teiV???cf- ?? 7?^7-e /0? r
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A& iA***rtf k?h*m *,, among tha
-j^.i?t'l7*y<?? nt ii'ii \uyf.0iinnr1iK
?^a Half * c?? ?i Bway ?Aflvt,
Japan May Join League
Wlihout Race Equality
rJp}KIO, April 23 (By Tho Asso?
ciated Press).?Tho impression
exists in well informed quarters
here that Jnpan will join the league
of nations, even if the racial clauso
of the league covenant iinally is re
jectod by the peace conference.
This was brought out in answer to
special news dispatches from Paris
asserting that, Japan had informed
the other delegates to the conference
that Japan would decline to enter the
league if the racial clause was not
adopted.
Beer Pipe Lines
Open Again in
II. S. Baekdown
Looks Ordered Broken, 1*
Official AnnouiM'emfiii
Made nt Efearing iu Brew
oiV Fighl for 2.7."> Drink
Some Moses <nf the Internal K ivenue
D.partment has smitten the locks on
the hriMvciv piiic lines throughout the
country and beer is flowing once again
This wno announced yesterday in the
Federal Court by Special United States
Attorney Fitts during the argument on
ihr suit brought by the Jacob Hoft'man
Brewinp Company against the govern
ment. Mr. Fitts said that the pipe
lines, which have remained sealed
since brewing was forbidden by Presi
dential proclamation on December I,
had bre ordered reopened foliowing q
conference with Attorney General A
Mitchell Palmer.
Francis <;. Cacey, United States Di?
trict Attorney, added further compli
cation to the situation'by announcing
that he had received no instructions
from Washington to prosecute the
brewers who are distrihuting,beer con
taiuing 2.75 per cent aleohol.
light for 2.7."i Per Cenl Beer
The Hoffman company, which has be
h ? ? the brewerg of the country. is
seeking to restrain Federal inter
ference with the production of a 2.7.")
per cent brew, which they say is non
intoxicating. Klihu Root artd William
D. Guthrie appeared as counsel for the
brewers before Federal .ludge A. N.
Hard.
[t was upon the advice of Mr. Root
that the brewers rccently bc^an turn
inc out the 2.75 beer, despite the ulti
matum by the government that no rev?
enue stamps would be sold for beer
containing such a perccntage of alco?
holic content. The brewcrtf undis
mayed, used stamps of their own, and
laid a.-ide the tax for such a time as
?;" government reversed its stand
The govo/nment, as expected by the
brewers, opened negotiations the earlj
pan ol th ve. ?'., and issued the
stamps.
This change ..." official heart arouscd
speculation a< yestcrday's hearing as
to v, hcthor the att ittide no ,v di played
by rhe FedorHl nuthoritios would con
tituie after the wartimc prohibition
act which prohibits the manufacture
of intoxicants after ApriliaO and their
.sale after June UO becomes effective
next Thursday. District Attorney
Caffey and Special United States At- I
tornoy Fitts, however, declared they
had no knowledge of the course to be
pursued when the emergency acl koiv.
into operation on May l.
Glad Tidings Are Itrought
Mr. Guthrie assertecl that the inter?
ests he rcpresents are "up in the air"
because they have been unable to ob
tain revenue stamps in Xew York, al
thouRh the. withdrawal of the order
prohibitinfc the sale of the stamps had
been announced in Washington. Ile
added that. bottling was impossible be?
cause lhe Inturnal Revenue collcctor
had refused to send agents to unseal
locks on the pipe lines in brewery
bottling departments.
Al this point Mr. Fitts asserted that
he had been m telephonic communica
tion with Attorney General Palmer.
who said that this niatter had been
"straightened out."
Gypsies, Barcfootcd,
Sit on Floor To Be Wcd
Novcl Ceremony Introduced at
Ka.?t S'uh' Nuptials; Crowds
Block Traffic
The East Side introduced something
now to New Vork yesterday in the way
of ceremonies. It was a gypsy wod
dih'g with bride and grpom sitting,
bare-footed, on the floor of nn un
carpeted room, each holding a plcce
of hr<:bit and a bowl of salt. As the.
WQrds pronouncing thern man and wife
were said each ate of the othcr'a bread
and salt.
The bnde waa Malina Pafalo, 24
years old, and the groom, Plszar I
Pasha, 2K. Both are nafives of Brazil.
Tho ceremony, which bejf?n at 01
o'clock in the morning and continued'
all day, was performod at Pacific Hall,
209 Ba?t Broadway. Tbe happy couple1
ni" i.-.idiritf tomporarily at '.'A* Chorryl
street, where th,?ro I ;. consldorablo
gypsy colony.
During the march ol the wodding
coupl. to the hall thi iiuv.il were so
large that PoJice 8or?eant O'Flahorty
thought for a time or calllng out th<
police roferves, r
U. S. Steel Buy8
New Home Here
For $5,000,000
I City's First "Skyacrapcr,"
the Empire Building, Is
Purehased by Judge Gary
from the Potter Trust
Strnetiire Built in I89?
Deal Believed Largest by
Private Treaty for One
Property itt [New Vork
The United Smtes Steel Corporation
, has boughl for about $5,000,000 cash
the twenty-two story Empire Building
nt Tl road way and Roctor Street, Now
'> ork's first "i k\ scrapei," il wa
nounci il yci Lordaj.
This iv l.eiii'veil ir. bu the Inrge I
purchase of n single propert*, l>> pri
V? to treaty m ihe higlorj of N'ew
i'orh i.'.'il estate, ,ludg? ICIbert II
Gary, chnirman of lhe board of di
'?eclors of the steel corporation, actcd
foi his company in the transaction
Clarenee II. Kelsey and Krederick Poi
ter represented lhe owners, lhe O, It
Potter Trust, .loseph IV Day wa? the
agent,
1 ii;:.'.l Statea Steel now occupies a
large portion of the structure. it will
'?''*'' title Lo the property in lhe name
ol a subsidiary companj.
The building stands at the head ol
Wall Street, lacing Trinity Churchyard.
il ha- a seventy.eight foot frontage
roadway, two hundred and twenty
teet on Rector and fifty feet on Church
Streel.
Kussel Sage Was Tenant
Prior to the erection of the Kmpire
Building, us site was occupied bv a
six-story brown-stone office structure
built in 1x59, which, however, despite
its latter day shabbiness, housed many
prominent individuals and firms. One
ol its most prominent tenant-' was lhe
late Kussel! Sag'e, whose office in the
building once was invaded. bv a fanatic
who, in an attempt upon ihe life ol
Mr. Sage by "bombing," succeeded onlv
ni seriously mjuring one of his clerks
lhe late Washington ronnor, who was
Mr. Sage's broker, occupied office
m the same building, After rhe homb
Conwnied on page si.e
Germans Propose
Own League Plan
j LONDON, April. 23. A dispatch lo
The Exchange Telegraph" from Am
[sterdam asserts that the German peace
idclegates have been instructcd to pro?
pose at Yersaillcs a plan for a IcagUe
of nations to replacc the plan adopted
by thc peace conference in Paris,
Thc dispatch ndds thal thc German
Plan wns draftod mainly by Coun,l von
Bornstorff, former Ambassador lo tho
United State- Mathiaa Erzbergcr
president of thc German Armistice
Commission; Profossor Waltcrm A
Schuckerling aml Carl Ikautsky, one
nf lhe Socialist leaders.
House Canvass
To Boost Loan
Totals To-day
Special Appcal lo \W Made
t?> lmii\ idnal- lo Hu>
N ictoij Notes aucl Make
Lasl fssne a Popular Our
HC i,|iel|i|tj.;
"?? the i'M itemeul of i h
d"> ' ?>f tho \ ictor> l.-'.'i'i campaign bi
S?" lo WHiic yosterila> workers
throughoul 'i.-11-1, - , n..,! tlown
t0 !l'<' intensive drive ol canvassing
the entire population Lo gi l lhe widcsi
possible disi I'ibulion fur I he if I,.*i00,
""".l.f g0 . ' IUM. .,.,.;,.. ;i, ... ,M,
issuetl,
Campy ;?;. 11 ai igi 1 bi ,an 1 1 1 mpha
size lhe largeness of thc lask, aud lo
call upon their helpei to ipeed up
their efl'orls. Reports lo the Trcasurj
Departmenl from len of the l ..??? .
! ' ' ? Reserve distr ???-? indicatod tluji
subsci iptions actually filcd al the Re
serve bank- during the lirsl two da> -
of the drive c 1 cedi d S2o0,000,000. ln
order td achii 1 the financial obji cl ve
which ha 3 been -,?'. by lhe Secretary of
lhe Treasury, the daih aggregatc of
nib -.-I iption - for the I wel- . di tri I
miift equal $250,000,.<
Total Here $88,380.1)00
ln lhe N'c ?. Vork ! ? den ' R.,.
IJistricI Ih oflii ... total 'oi 1 hi ; -.> n
days is $88,380,600, n 1 ? , ? ., , .
( ontinucd on }wqc ;7ni ?
Secret Treatv
With Mikado
Is Reported
Council ol* Three and Tokio
Said To Be Near Agree?
ment on Kiau-chau, but
DilTer Over Other Rights
V iN e vr Iss u e Vrises
Treaty Is Being Itushed
nnd Siiiumary Is Pre?
pared for World Press
PARIS, pAril 23 i Hy The Asso
? iated P css'), The council of four
which was roduced to n council of three
hj tho absencc of Premier OMando,
hold morning aml afternoon sessions
nt the I'm i'i "\\ luie House" and de
coled the disciission to ihe i hinn
.l.iji.'ine ..< question, which i- provinp;
hardly less dlflkull than the [talian
Issue, Japan's case was presented by
\ Iscounl i liimhi and Baron Makino
nl lhe morning session, nnd China'a
case by Dr, Wellington Koo nnd other
Chinese delegates al the afternoon
-i" - - ion.
Japai de ii res thal I he nd, ust menl
I be written into the peace treaty.
II is understood that the two are noi
far apart upon China's securing ulli
mate control of Kiau-Chau, but the
nit 'i rii#erencR is on Hcconi). ishing
this by session through Japan or by
immediate recognition of China's terri
lorial control.
Seerei Treatj Kemo> ed
The Kiau-Chau question ha = broughl '
up reports of another, sccrel treaty,
'aid to have been signed in London
ihort i after the war. recognizing
lapan's rights in Kiau-Chau, but the
? i,. existence of such a treaty has
ol boen confirmed,
Doors at Versailles To Be Closed
pARIS, April 23 (By Thc Associated Press).?The fiirat of Presi?
dent Wilson*s fourteen points, for open diplomacv, is again being
put to thc test in the arrangements for the Versailles congress. The
announcernent of the probable arrival of tho German delegation on
April 28 postpons the opening session from Friday to Monday.
An executive session is proVided for. with no adrnission to thc
meeting or within the building in which thc session is held \ pa
vilion in the neighboring gardens will provide accommodations for
tlie press.
The American correspondents have decided to protest concern
mg the secrecy of the proeecdings.
PogromThreats
A r o ii s e J e w s
"ainst Poland
U. S. Officials lake liaud
in Curbing Anti-Seiuitic
Agitation Rccently 'lu
flamed by Piusk Shootiiig
By I'Uhs Tobenkin
?Veii Yorh /'..?/,?,,
Special (',?)>;, ,s,-,, ,,-,
' " i; ? "'"' ?'?? ? Vorl, l-rlbuim lm ,
' OPIiNHAOEN, April 20. When I
lefl JVarsaw four day, ag0 the shadow
ni wholesale executions hung over the
?'""'? "r Poland. on ti,,. firs| dny of
Passover the streets of Warsaw were
placarded with proclamations signed
'Warsaw ftranch. Central Executive
Committee," announcing that a plol to
assassinato the heads of the Polish gov?
ernment had been discovered and that
il such assassinations occurred one
Jew oul of every 100 would be exe
cuted.
rhe attention of American represent
atives here was called to the procla?
mations. They immediately took up the.
matter with the Polish authoritjes,
who ordered the placards torn down.
. The proclamations are a direct out
growth of the anti-Jewish agitation
carried on by the Polish press since
Lhe Pinsk blunder?the arresl aml- sum.
mary sho'oting of thirty-seven men.
't is practically certain now that these
Lhirly-seveii men were Zionists ajnd
were '""""I instad of th Bolsbviki
sought l.;. th Polish military author
ities.
Confession Would Re Blow
I'o admit that such a frightful
ilunder was committed by the Polish
tommander at Pinsk would be a blovi
o the budding Polish army. Hence
"r Polish press haa changed
actics. lhe ncwspapers now admil
hnl the executed men probably were
Zionists, bul say thal even then the
ixccution - justifled, "foi a! Jews are
Solsheviki."
ln ' as in years past lhe Talmud
Sj " ?'; rakecl for evidence to prove tha:
5j lhe Jews used Christian blood for the
* Pnssover feast, so now (he anti Semitic
2 Polish press is making distorted rcfei
"? enccs to the Tsimud to prove thal the
? : Jcwish classic I - nol opposed to Bol
] hovism,
Tho Polish mllitarj commander n:
Pinsk exacted a huge monetary con
tribution from ihe ,Jeu s nf Pinsk tell
ing their ropresentatives thal if ihe..
i' i did not pay up at the stated time tin.'
I would face exocuion. li is probable
, that ihe contribution will be paid
|ij j with American relief money.
L Jcwish Press Excked
i The Jewish press of Warsaw is
5 greatly excited over what thev charge
j ia an attempt to make the jews the
Mscrapegoats of a possible revolution
M by branding all Jews as Bolsheviki
Conditions in Poland nre extremelv
prccarious, because the Paderewski
regime has done nothing to relieve
the condition ol' the unemploved. who
are constantly brfeaking out in smail
, ' riots which are suppressed bv soldiers
Jcwish leaders see in the anti-Semitic'?.'
: | cry that ail Jews are Bolsheviki tactics
, . analogous to thoe employed bv the
V Gzar, who ought to divert the nger of
li'* populace from himself bv organiz-l
! ing pogroms.
v fhe Jewish newspapers of Warsaw'
f published passionatc protest.s against
C 'the government policy of makin" '
J scrapgoats of the Jews." They also*
protested against the inefflciency of
,. the present Polish government, but the
l| authorities promptly suppressed them
MI The "Monient," a leading Yiddish
IJlany, said in a suppressed editorial:
| What happened at Pinsk was not a
pogrom but an act of murder which
cannot be equalled. Only a short'
t time ago we heard much talk about
, the victonous march of Western cul
i ture against Eastern barbarism in the
border countries of Lithuania and
White Russia. Is this civilization ?
"March of Mass Murder"
"It is a march of pogroms and mass
murder. done in the name of voun?
and liberated Poland. The same hy
, ppcrisy which spoke to the parliament
about culturc and civilization now dili
gently seeks to misrepresent facts and
' cook the wcll-known brew about Bol
1 shevism and the Jews. which it has
been feeding the world since the I.em
bcrg massacre. We feel confident that
; such deeds will not go unpunished.
"1 he blood of the Pinsk victims cries
from the enrth, and its cry cannot. be
stopped by falsc nnd mislcading official
.communications. It. is our conviction
that theaa people. ;,> whonv anti-Scmit
; ism hai heeome a sorl of intoxication.
which they cannot denv themselves
even when reason demand" such ilenial,
can only destroy, but cannot build nor'
, lay a foundation for an enihinng struct
I i:rc." j
Wilson's Latest
Russian Parley
Near Failure
Political Conference of
Aiiti-Bolshevik Leaders in
Paris Deeidcs Against
Pt'opiiMal for Armistice
fcjieciol ,./??? ,s',, ,,.?
,;,:..r'" A":I *?* y..::. T ..??,. ,,?.,
!;U^' AP'.l ?::. The s? ltyled
political conference eompoaed of ren
fcsentatives of the varioua Bnti.Bt>,.
shey.ltgovernments a. Paris Pre8i.
dent WiWs second efl'ort to lermin
ate hostilities in Russia-wiH share
" ;S be,'?'V"d. the late of the firs,
an? they have informed the peace
conference officially to this effeel
rhe anti-Bolshevik forces are unwill
mg to lay down their arms, ?lul the
Holshev.k; obviously cannoi The Hm
sheviki apparently have not ,.
S.i'"i,^,S"^-''V;,';'?:
?-ithdX.i oi*'i? %,.';* "";'/"? ""
it
?ve?;y way, and, "oresee nv',^'S^f...1"
-<^..< way, am, loreseeintr ,i,u p?7
of the new effort, Hke fhe p/ini"
,'"i'?'?-' militai.v aid
tinTe IS? JxtHf* their* J'""
^ey should doboth^o'n'pSca
moral grounds, ' r8CUoal
t'ood Means Victory
For Lenine, Say Foes
imi.HohhpviL Forces Deelare
Soviet Armies Are ?,, ,/lr
1 <rj(e of a Complete Uetvnt
ARCHANGEL, April 23 (By The A?
?ociated Press,. -Ofpoaition by officials
ot the government of North Russia to
'>ie plan for feeding Bolshevik Russis
hs recently made public in Par - js
based not only on unwillingness to p,-0'.
vis.on territory occupied by forces of a
government the N'orth Russian, are
hghting, but because they believe the
Plan would not be efficacious in combat
ting Bolshevism.
ln the interview given the Associated
Press correspondent recordmg his op
position to the plan, Lieutenant General
r-ugene Karlovitch Miller, acting head
of the Archangel government, expressed
r!?i V?\ l?Hl ,hose who had helped
Bolshevik Russia in this wise wouldMn
effect be allying themselvea with the
Bolsheviki.
Against an Armistice
Others in official circles expre?sed
hlZV\r t0 the Rcheme' "-J aM
hands there was approval of the state?
ment 0f the Russian leaders in P.rts
hat those aiming toward thc regenera
tion ot Russia should not fo rone mo
ment cease fighting the Bolsheviki
General Miller eharactemed as "im
poasible and impracticabie" the propo
*,hn?,nthat th? ??-Bolahevik Ruaatens
should cease hghting at any place in
order to allow provisions to reach their
snemies.
"The Bolshevik government," contin
ued the general. "is hard pressed from
?i military standpoint by the Siberian
forces, and it is now helpless in the
north. In the interior it faces hunger.
It doubtless would welcome an armis?
tice and would eagcriy accept heln fron
jutside.' Those* who help it. would, in
sffect at least, siniplv be mukinc an
illiancc with the Bolsheviki." And this
he general said. at. a time when victory
or the opponents of Bolshevism is near:.
Troops' Morale Now Hijjh
General Miller sHid the period of
?ria! for the new Russian troops in the
Continued on next pdgi
Label and laate betraj domeat'lc irlnaer
le ltoih prove that KOtvs GINUEft ALK
-??* fewui B?Lr.\$T. -,wn. "????
Holds.Treaty
Of London Is
Not Binding
President Insigts Armis
lice Pledges of Free
dom io Small Nations
^Imll Be Carried Out
Romaiis Are Fully
Protected, ll< Avers
Public Statement l rgc*
Italy to Give ln; Says
AiiHTira h ller Friend
PARIS, *\pHl "?: (By llu AhsocJ.
Rted PJ'chs). The high tension
whl?'' ,l'" provoiled over lhe Itnlinn
issur before Ih* peac.uncjj ,,.,
M"' l""<"' "'elieved b.v the eventa ol
lhe day.
The council of four held h session
throughout the day, without the
presence of Premier Orlando, and
the Italians made :i kno"wn that,
while not withdrawing, they will
discontinue their participation in
the conference for the time being.
This is ilescribed by the diplomats
as akin to a tempontry sospension
ul diploinativ' reiationa.
The Italian Vice-Admiral Thaon
di Revel, former Chief of Stag, lias
left Paris for Rome. General At
mando Diaz, commander ,in chief of
the ftalian armies, it is announcei
will deparl to-night. '
Vk ilson Explains Stand
Againsl Italy's Claim
Presidenl Wilson issued a
: enl to-day explaining his positioi
on the Adriatic i ad decJar
ing that Piume cannot become a
parl of Italy.
The texl of the statement follows:
"I> v-iew of the capital im
ppi-tance of the questions affi
and u order to throw all possible
upon what h involyed
setth ment. I hope thal tho
following wil] contrib
",'' to the final foi mation of opin?
ion and to ;i Hatisfacto ? olution.
"When Italy ? ',,. ...r
" ent( red up> isis of a
definiti private understanding
with Great Britain and Pra
?!)'? Pa it of London!
Circumstances Chauged
Since Parl \\ ;?~ Si?nc?l
"Since that time the whole f^e
-'' ,:i >?? i een altered
Many other powers, greal aml
smal ruggle,
with no knowledgi of thal private
understanding.
"The A istro-Hung&rian Km
pire, then the enemy of Europe.
and^at whose expense the Pact of
London was to he kept in the
event of victory, has gone to
pieces and no longer exists. Not
only that. but the several parts of
that. empire. it is agreed now by
Itaiy and all her associates, are
lo be erected into indepcndent
states and associated in a league
of nations, not with those who
were recently our eneniibs. but.
with Italy herself and the powers
that stood with Italy in the greai
war for liberty.
Must Give Liberty
To Enemies as Well
"We are to establish their lib?
erty as well as. qur own. They are
to be among the smaller states
whose interests are henceforth to
be safeguarded as scrupulously as
the interests of the most powerful
states. *
"The war.was ended, moreovcr.
by proposing to Germany an ar?
mistice and peace which should be
foHnded-yn eertain clearly deiined
.priWViploH which set up a new ,,, .
'dcr cf right aml justice.
' Upon these principles tho peace
wifti Germany has been cohceived
not only, but formulatcd. Upon
tlu.se prineipies it will br r\,<
cuted. We cannot ask the greal
bodj of powers to propose and *f
feet peace with Auslria and ?%.