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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1910
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_________ 5 In Great?-* *N*ew Yrofc and I
T**W O l-> ~5 } within commuting distance I THREE CENT?
M ?new h ?re
Rome Rushes Fourteen Army Divisions to Fiume;
All Italy Rallies to Support of Premier Orlando
Men of 77th
Will Pass in
Review May 6
Date for Parade of N. Y.'s
Own Division Fixed by
Gen. Alexander a Week
From _\ext Tuesday
Moiv 'Doughboys'
Reach Home Port
Commander, With 4,500
of His Fighters, Arrives
on Board Mt. Vernon
The 7 7th Division will parado on
May fi. a week from nos;. Tuesday.
Major General Robert Alexander, com?
mander of the New York boys who
made such an enviable record in the
Argonno, made this announcement
yesterday after he arrived here on the
transport Mt. Vernon, with the second
batch of his fighters. 4,500 in number.
Tho triumphal march of New York's
own division. Major General Alexander
stated, would begin at Washington
Arch at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Tho division will proceed up Fifth Av
enue to 110th Street, whore its com?
mander and hts staff, after leading
the way, will watch thorn pass for the
lasl time as a unit.
men will march in mass forma
non and, G?nerai Alexander stated,
would take only about three-quarters
of an hour to pass a given point. Light
packs, tin hats and fixed bayonet? will
equipment. The parade will be
reviewed wherever !i?o Mayor's Com?
mit *ee of Welcome decides, and Gen?
eral Alexander \v,.'. u_'a.?_n? none of
the honors on his own K'haif
?luce Flag for the Dead
heroic dead of the divi?
n ail -will be represented at the
head of the marching column. A huge
flag, bearing: a gold star for
nan who has fallen, on a white
bark-round. 10 by 30 feet in size, will
be borne in the van up th? massed
? ighfarc by ;. picked guard of
The gold stars will form tho
of Liberty, the (iivis?on emblem,
ai the ??'.vision numerals. There will
i-?- no caisson for the dead.
Wounded men of each regiment will
ried in the vtar of their units
ions and automobiles, in column
? : o as not to break up the rapid
progress of tho parade.
. organization will have its field
band, and the division will be closed
that the martial music will
the paces of the doughboys.
Tho .bands will be ordered to play
"Liberty Bell," "Pack Up Your
es" and other tunes familiar
the division left for France more
than a year ago, General Alexander
said.
I)?\?=_ur. May Not Be Complete
barely possible that some of
the units of the 77th will not be able
to take part in the parade, General
Alexander said. The date had been
far ahead as he thought possible
? thout holding the early arrivals too
iong fron, their impatient friends and
relatives. Unless there is a hitch, the
whole division will be seen in exactly
the way it was reviewed by the Pres?
ident last Christmas Day in France.
All the u.-iits, of the division will go
to Ca np Miils until the afternoon of the
'?ay before the parade, when they will
igl ? to New York and quar?
tered ii city armorie;, over night. Im?
mediately after the parado they will
got ? rnp Upton to be demobilized.
Ol er new? of the 77th Division will
?t. o ' page six.
7 Reported Killed
?n Auto Bus Crash
Major, lour MenAl ornan
find Child Victims of
Lamp Merritt Collision
? ? and thi ee
n ? - <- men and a five-year-old
t ??< d la * ight when two motoi
? .- jetwecn ( amp Merritt
*'?i '.:.<? i-?,.??. Lee ferry met in a head
o- Th? ;?? cidei I o< c .i red
't 10:15 ist ou he < amp limits
at the .'? ? d . ? ? ? Road on' raneo,
Then - ? picket post at
'" ' i -.-??. -, - camp. The injured
?ere taken to thi i tarj h< pital.
- d ??? ??' re Majoi tanley A.
Baldwin ar <? Privat?* Jeremiah Smeb
bers, Anthony Konek and Timothy
?*rt?\\. Ail of th'-ro were vinitors at
the eantp, The injured al.o were
Lillian and Marjorie Young,
i were the oi.iy ones whose
?'im?.?, vitri-. divulged by th? military
Ntkoritias. The former v/ac. ?aid to
, '-'? the stag?, appearing at the
'"''?/'/ 7 lieatr? In this city.
Later reports ware ?to the effect that
* roman Relieved to be Mrs. Paul
te, x>t K*.w '/<,./., one of the men
''? "??.') had '!?<??) from their In
t?lvi?' *? HamH,t,tttii, ftiintinx -._< fir .Ion
a?.::'\ ?*"**' I't.i'f. Awil 27, i:'/.* t'.'intl tria.
?"a lilmUx, ?fc, iaatui'laj wUtalMiil. -Ati'l.
Ast or Keeps Promise
To Bring Home U-Boat
VSTHIiN Lieutenant Vincent Astor
left for Europe in Juno, HUT,
he told his friends he would bring a
German submarine back with him.
And lie did.
Late yesterday afternoon the Ger?
man submarine ?M17, a mine layer,
warped alongside Pier 7, in the
Brookyn Navy Yard. At the whe< 1
was Lieutenant Vincent Astor. From
Mi?- flagpole 'lie German ensign
trailed beneath the Stars and Stripes!
The 1"-117 is the second captured
German .submarine 1 <? reac*i -, !
country.
The .l.-i i ,'. which is under com?
mand of Lieutenant Command? r
Huilla Gibrell, is 275 feet lon<_-, car?
ries a six-inch gun forward and a
live-inch gun aft and is equipped with
twenty torpedoes and forty-five
mines.
Lieutenant Astor suivi the trip bad
been made on the surface and was
without incident until they reached
a point about 1,200 miles off New
York. There a heavj storm was en?
countered. When the boat finally ran
out of it she had become separated
from the submarine tender Bushwell
and three other submarines bound
here. The t'-117, it was said, will go
to Philadelphia in a few days to take
part in the Victory Loan campaign.
Banker Outwits
Alleged Forger
In Bound Brook
Lakeivood Man Is** Arreste
After Attempt to Cash a
S740 Check Signed by
Lima, Ohio, Drug Firm
BOUND BROOK, X. J., April 25.
A speedy-looking roadster drew up at
j 10:30 this morning in front o'" the
? First National Bank here. A bulky,
| clean-shaven man of prosperous* ap
| pearance got out and entered the bank.
1 From the depths of his ulster the rosy
faced stranger drew a slip of paper,
which ho presented at the window of
, William Wert, paying teller of the
i bank.
Wert looked at the paper. II was
a check for $740 bearing the signa?
ture of the Churchill Drug Company,
, of Lima, Ohio, and payable to Con
rad > ? Becker. It bore also the signa
' ture of Dr. J. P. Robinson, ex-Mayor
; of this place, as identifying the bearer.
There was nothing wrong with Dr.
Robinson's signature, so far as Wert
could see.
As his hand started mechanically for
the money drawer his eye wandeted to
;. circular sent out by the William J.
Burns National Detective Agency. The
face on the circular and that of the
: man glancing through Wert's window
? were marvellously alike. The man
pictured in the circular was wanted as
an expert forger and jail breaker.
Texas and other states wanted him for
forgery. Iowa v.-anU-d him for jail
breaking.
Wert's hand aid not pause in its
; motion toward the money drawer, but
I it grasped a revolver instead of a roll
! of bills. With the revolver gripped in
? his coat pocket and the check in an
- other pocket Wert swung open the
i gate at his elbow and stepped out of
' the cage. The rubicund stranger
moved unobtrusively toward the door.
The paying teller was at his heels
and drew his revolver aB they reached
the street.
"Where toll' asked the (stranger
curtly.
"To your right; one biock." ordered
Wert, and they started for the office
of Recorder Andrew Palmer, a block
away. Midway in the block another
Btranger approached. He said he was
a detective and would take charge of
things,
"Not much," said Wert, who calls
all the policemen in this town by
'heir first names. "Fall in and
march."
At the recorder's office, however, the
second stranger proved to be a detec?
tive from New Brunswick and was re?
leased. The other prisoner, later in
?he day, was held for the grand jury
on a charge or forgery. Dr. Robinson
said it was not his signature on the
check and identified the man known
as "Conrad C. Becker" as a man v/ho
bad culled on him professionally and
for whom the physician had signed his
name to a receipted bill Por his ser
-. ice -.
Other checka bearing certifications
by physicians, pach for $740, and each
apparently signed by the Lima drug
concern, were found on "Becker." Dr.
A. U. Stillwell, of Somervillc, whose
name was on one of the 'hecks, said
that "Becker" had obtained his signa
;.-ir<- as !;?? had Dr. Robinson's.
Through the ??cense number of the
cur "Becker" had left standing in front
of the bank, it. was found to belong to
Charlea F. Wilharm, of Lakewood, N.
.]. A. M. Bookman, county prosecutor,
?aid the prisoner admitted his name
wm not. Becker but Wilharm, and that
he lived In Lakewood with his wife's
family.
Chartes F. Wilharm came to Lake
wood in the fall of 1?-I7. He wan ?tout
and ruddy and wore well-cut clothes
and at; air of prosperity. He said he
was an expert accountant and also gave
I the impression he wan familiar with
Stock market, operations. So far as
Lakewood could see, he. had no occupa
tion except, that of running a "Skcc
Ball Alley," tm enterprise which WAS
no! highly successful.
Me married a daughlei of
, Bodyne, of Lakewood, und lived at the
j Bodyne home, although lie drove h i?
owu car.
?Germany Plans
| Tratle Conquest,
| S a v s G a r v a n
| Commercial Warf are of Most
Lawless Kind To Be Waged
for Supremacy, Declares
Mien Property Custodian
To Use Dyes as Wedge
Chemical Industry Will Be
Hun's Chief Weapon, He
Tells Cot ton Manufacturer
Germany, unchanged by d< feat, is
: now aiming at the conques; of the
I world by commercial warfare of the
most lawless kind, according to Francis
I'. Garvan, United States Alien I'rop
! city Custodian. Mr, Garvan is the man
who is mo:: closely ,n touch with the
German commercial octopus. His reve?
lations regarding the German trade
war plans were made to the National
Cotton Manufacturers' Association at
its annual dinner at the Biltmore lasl
nil-lit.
Mr, Garvan declared that Germany
had gone into the war for commercial
and industrial purposes; that she had
yielded only to permit the industrial
junkers to renew their strength, re?
vise their strategy and resume the
struggle for world supremacy. He out
| lined in detail the methods by which
German agents have learned America's
industrial secrets, their propaganda and
espionage, and made public official Ger?
man docume/its, never before pub?
lished, proving his points. He pointed
out that the industrial war is now
being renewed, that America is airead*?
! in grave danger, and appealed for the
; siipport of the association in the fighl
; against the Hun.
Dyes a German Weapon
The chief weapon of the Germans, h?
declared, is their dye chemical trade
in which America has built up a prom
! ising industry since the war, but ont
j not yet strong enough to stand agains'
the tremendous campaign the Gcr
. mans are preparing to wage withou
; aid from the government and the dy<
? and chemical consumers. He told hov
' the chemical foundation bus beet
; formed as the first line of defence, am
showed how other measures are needed
King Albert and Queen
Fly Into Germany
BP.USSELS, April 25.?King Albert
and Queen Elizabeth or' Belgium
left to-day by airplane for Bochum,
Germany.
Bochum is in the province of West?
phalia, about nine miles northeast,of
Essen. Belgian and British troops
are occupying German territory in
this region.
Food Council
Votes Return
Of War Bread
Increase in Milling Per?
centage Virtually Puls
flour Back on War Basis
for Next Three Months
PARIS, April 26. An increase in the
milling percentage, which will virtu?
ally put the world back to a war bread
basis for the next three months, is part
of the programme adopted by the Su?
preme Food Council, under the chair?
manship of Herbert C. Hoover.
The programme also includes n com?
plete plan for securing and distribut?
ing food to Allied, liberated, neutral
and enemy countries until the next
harvest. Cine object of the programme
is to determine the available food sup?
ply and to so distribute shipping as
not to put undue pressure on any one
market.
The council has arranged to supply
northern and centrai European coun?
tries largely with rye instead of wheat,
and for neutrals to look- for their sup?
ply mainly in Argentina and Austra?
lia. The effect of these arrangements
is to take the pressure off the wheat
Siljjarket in the United States.
Lard substitutes will be used in place
of food products for large sections of
Europe, while oleomargarine factories
will be started again in Germany, using
vegetable oils.
War Bread "Not for
I . S. Declares Harnes
Americans will continue to eat
white bread, restored late last year
after months of milling on a "Victory
flour" basis, despite the .oturn of Euro
Burleson Says
Publishers Seek
Postal Subsidy
w
Declares They Oppose Him
Because of Work He Has
Done as Postmaster Gen?
eral to End This "Graft"
He Issues a Statement
insif-ts Service During War
Period Has H^?w on Ex?
ceptionally Efficient Basis
S'rif York Tribuna
Wash ington Bureau
WASHINGTON*, April 25. Postmas?
ter General Burleson to-night issued a
statement. sharply criticising the
American Newspaper Publishers' Asso?
ciation.
Mr. Burleson charges that while
very little may be said at the meeting
of the publishers as to the "subsidy"
they are receiving in low ratos, it is
Mr. Burleson's tight to make them
pay a fair charge for the service ren?
dered them that animates thorn to at?
tack him on other things. .Mr. I.urle
s< n then proceeds to praise the work
he has (???no toward ending this
"graft."
It was pointed oui here to-night that
Mr. Burleson makes those general
charges with a view to discounting any
criticisms which may oe made of him
either at the meeting of the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association or
by the papers individually through
their editorial columns, ignoring the
fact that certain newspapers, including
The New York Tribune, are on record
in favor of the very changes in postal
charges which Mr. Burleson says tho
i publisher.-, wish to retain.
The Burleson Statement
Following is the statement issued
? by Mr. Burleson to-day:
"The news reaches the Postmaster
General this morning that Mr. Burle
! son's methods as applied to the postal
; and wire service will he the subject.
j matter of discussion to-day by the
I American Newspaper Publisher..' As
| sociation.
"While this association is putting
in the entire day talking about Mr.
Burleson and his methods, the
thoughts of certain selfish member*?
! hereof during that time will nor,
be on Mr. Burleson's methods or on
? desired improvements in the postal
and wire service, but on their share of
; the $72,000,000 they have boon enjoy
; ?iijr as an annual postal subsidy for
many years, and as to how they may
recover the part of which they were
? deprived by Congressional action, and
how to remove ihe danger of losing
Rome Papers State Italy's Case
01YIE, April 25.?The "Temps" in an editorial says:
"We are confronted with a serious act. committed in cold blood
against us, and we will need to summon all our dignity to reply to
the cruel provocation. President Wilson is not America. We appeal
to the American people."
The "Messaggero" accuses President Wilson of disloyalty in
seeking glory for himself at the expense of Italy. The "Corriere
?.?ella Serra" < ?' Milan says:
"Can President Wilson, who repeatedly has allowed the magna
charta of his fourteen point? to be torn to pieces; who suffered
freedom of the seas to slumber at the bottom of the ocean; who
violated and allowed to be violated the rights of nationalities all
over Europe; who calmly watches the letting loose of the fiercest
imperialistic cupidities in the colonial domains and in Asia; who has
yet to make clear the meaning and the object of his attitude in the
face of the atrocities and crimes committed against the whole of the
people in Russia: who under pressure of a brutally professed egoism
disavowed the very spirit of his work by causing the Monroe Doctrine
to be inscribed among the statutes of the league of nations, and who,
finally, was unwilling to admit the equality of races and placed the
Japanese in an inferior class of humanity-?can he, after all this,
still cherish the illusion of finding in the waters of the Adriatic the
justice lost at Paris?"
R
First Germans
In Paris for
Peaee Parley
?'
Advance Party. Headed by
Lerstner, Reaches Ver?
sailles ami Ensconces
Itself at Headquarters
PAULS. April :26' ( By The Associated,
Press). The first of the Germans who
are to participate ;n the Versailles
congress arrived in Versailles to-day. ;
in two parties. The first group, con?
sisting of three official couriers, ar- j
rived early in the day, and the second,
headed by Herr Lersner, came later. !
They were escorted to the Hotel dea ?
Reservoirs.
The Germans were met at the sta- |
tion by Colonel Henry, of the Ministry :
of War, and M. Oudaille, of the Minis?
try of the Interior, who were delegated
by the Foreign Office to take charge:
of the German representatives.
Few Knew of Arrival
The arrival of Lersner and his party I
was so quietly arranged that few, if
any, persons in Versailles outside the j
carefully selected force of hotel ser
vants assigned to their rooms and to!
the serving of meals, were aware even j
in the afternoon of their presence.
A French detective of the most ob?
vious "plain clothes" type lounging j
at the front entrance to the German
wing of the Hotel des Reservoirs, and
ccmpanions under the windows of the
rooms looking over Versailles Park.
were the only indications of the char?
acter of the state guests who had dis- i
placed civilian lodgers and forced them ,
to seek other shelter in crowded Ver- |
sailles. i
Protection and the avoidance of
possible unpleasant incidents, rather
than restrictions, will, in fact, be the
purpose of such police measures as
! are taken, according to a statement \
'? made to The Associated Press to-day
; by one of the Frencli representatives
| assigned to the mission. The Germans
; will not be expected, and probably do
| not desire, to extend their movements
into the general quarters of Ver?
sailles, but they will be allowed freedom
of movement between their two hotels
Herr Lersner and his party im?
mediately went to their rooms on ar?
riving and had breakfast served to
them from the hotel kitchen- This fact
answered a question over which the
French newspaper men have been con?
cerned whether the Germans were
expected to bring their own food to
Versailles- It is now understood fhat
they will have their own bills of fare
on the same footing as the other peace
? delegations
Dining Room Reserved
The large dining room in the main
wing of the. Hotel des Reservoirs has
bee,n reserved for them. The summer
dining room, with glass-enclosed ve
? randa, remains accessible to the gen
! eral public. This dining room was
: filled at noon to-day with persons at
luncheon who were not aware of their
proximity to the Germans. Even many
of the waiters in the hotel had not
-learned of the arrival of Lersner and
his companions.
The Germans remained in their
; rooms during the morning, but eom
' menced this afternoon to make the
: preliminary arrangements for the ar?
rival of tiie main German delegation.
This probably will be May 1, although
I the date has not been finally deter?
mine-,
BERLIN, April 25 ?; fly Tho Associated
' Press; Professor Walther M. A.
Schuecking, one of the German dele?
gates to the peace congress at Ver?
sailles, declared to-day that the powers
of the German delegates would be quite
sufficient to enable fhem to sign the
peace treaty on the spot. Naturally, he
added, the National Assembly must
sanction th?> treaty.
No more dlnappolntmeni when -.ou <*?>>.. ?or
' imported RiiiK-r ale. ROSS'S BELFAST
tU>UJ_U ALd-.haa ?.?Ja*?- Uack.?Aiivj?
-Down With
.Wilson," Cry
Rome Crowds
"Long Live America." Dem?
onstrators Shout, as Many
Towns Cease Business and
Protest Conference Stand
LONDON, April 25.?The Italian Em?
bassy here announced this evening thai;
it had received reports that shops were ?
closed in most Italian towns and that
business was at a standstill while
crowds of demonstrante paraded, shout?
ing:
"Long live America! Down with
Wilson."
Premier Orlando's reply to President ;
Wilson, which was printed in special :
editions of the Rome newspapers last
evening, soon was in the hands of the I
excited populace, says a Central News
dispatch from Rome to-day. The read?
ing of the Premier's statement evoked i
new outbursts of enthusiasm anJ pro?
cessions were formed which marched
through the streets, as on the previous
night.
Dispatches from Porno say the news?
papers of that city report that the fol?
lowing circular was distributed in
large numbers Friday in all parts of
Rome frequented by officers and men
of the Allied armies:
"The Italian people, while reaffirm-1
ing friendship for the peoples of Great
Britain. France and the United States,
invite citizens of Allied nations now
staying in Rome to participate in a
demonstration to be made on the ar?
rival here of the Italian peace delega?
tion from Paris."
Page (ries "Viva Italy"
ROME, April 25.?A huge crowd of
manifestants parading through Rome
toward the Capitol passed before the
American Embassy late; yesterday just
as Ambassador Page came out for a |
walk. The demonstrators siiouted
"Viva America!"
The Ambassador replied "Viva
Italy."
Immediately after his arrival here
to-morrow Premier Orlando will con?
fer with King- Victor Emmanuel. He
will then hold a council of Ministers
and make a report of occurrences in
Paris. At that meeting a decision will
he reached whether to convoke Parlia?
ment immediately or to leave un?
changed the date of meeting, which
lias been fixed for May <>.
A monster demonstration tas? been
organized to greet Premier Orlando
when he returns from Paris. The or?
ganizers of the demonstration seek to
show the Premier that the country is
backing the Cabinet in its present at?
titude.
Deputies Greatly Agitated
There was great excitement among
the members of the Chamber of Depu?
ties and the Senate over the situation
in Paris. Many members expressed the
opinion that Italy should warn France
and Great Britain that they cannot
conclude peace without Italy according
to the treaty binding the Allies.
Telegrams from cities and villages
throughout Italy tell of the organiza?
tion of demonstrations in support of
the Cabinet.
Germans Attaek Munich ;
Battle in Progress
GENEVA, April 25 (By The Asso?
ciated Press i. German government
troops are attacking Munich and vio?
lent fighting is going on. the losses
being heavy on both sides, according to
advices received here by the way of
Basel. The government troops are said
to be gaining ground. Munich is virt?
ually isolated from the rest of Ger?
many.
Wekerle, ex-Premier o?
Hungary, Dies in Cell
LONDON, April 25.?A dispatch to
the "Central News" say. Vienna
newspapers report that Dr. Alexander
Weher.e. the former Hungarian Prc
rr. '( v r?i.? Minister of Finance, ha* died
in priHon.
Dr. Wekorie, for fifteen year one
of the leading figures in Hungarian
p-.ihiic life, was. arrested by the com?
munist government on March 25. Later
u was reported that he had been ex?
ecuted at, Budapest, but this the soviet
ministry denied.
Feeling High Again?!
Americans in Capital;'
Cafes Closed to Them;
Many Parades Are Held
Soiiiiino to Leave
For Rome To-dav
Yet Amicable Settlement
Ts Forecast in 2 Weeks;
Premier Is to Return
PARI?. April 25 (Ey The Asso?
ciated Press). An American offi?
cer who left Fiume three days ago and
who has just arrived in Pans says it
was reported there that a total of four?
teen divisions htid been moved to
Fiume by the Italians. He sa id the
city was full of Italian soldiers, who
were arriving continuously.
Virtually all the inhabitants of Fiume,
except Italians, had left the city before
the officer departed. Even maiiy of the
Italian civilians, the officer added, have
departed.
Americans Affronted in Rome
An American officer who arrived
here to-day from Rome says the
feeling against Americans in Rome i*?
very bitter. He asserts that he was
asked in Rome to leave cafes because
the proprietors said Italian officers de?
clined to eat in the same place-- with
Americans.
ROME, April 25.-?The acting Prem?
ier has given permission to all govern?
ment employes to participate in a dem?
onstration Saturday in honor of Prem?
ier Orlando.
The university students bore the
Italian flag in a procession to-day to
the Foreign Office, where they cheered
for Baion Sonnino, the Foreign Min?
ister.
Italians ?So Longer
Talk of a Break
Delegates Remaining in Paris
Will Continue to tjo-operate
With Inter'Allied Commiasion
PARIS. April 25 (By The Associated
Press). ?Baron Sonnino, the Italian
Foreign .Minister, will leave here for
Rome Saturday.
Premier Clemenceau this morning re?
ceived a message from Premier Or?
lando, which the Italian statesman dis
patched while on bis way to Rome. Its
nature has not been made public.
A distinctly more hopeful and less
irreconcilable feeling prevailed at Ital?
ian headquarters to-day. So longer I
was there talk of a breach with the
-*eace conference, but instead it was
said:
"All may be settled within a fort
night. Premier Orlando lias gone to
Rome to consult Parliament. There?
after we shall see."
The remaining members of the coun?
cil of four, now that Premier Orlando
has left France, did not bold a meet?
ing during the forenoon.
Settlement Is ForeraM
Peace confercr.ee circles v.e-e in?
clined to believe that an ajmicable solu?
tion of the Italian incident was in the
1 making.
For one thing, Italy has shown her
desire to maintain good relations with
' the Allies by the fact that the Italian
i delegates remaining in Paris will con
l tinue to collaborate in the work ai
\ the lnter-Al?ied Commission not per
; taining to the actual work of th?
: peace conference.
It is thought possible that Premier
Orlando may call the Italian Parlia?
ment together at an earlier date than
. May 6, as previously fixed, and that,
lie may be back in Paris for the open
! ing of the negotiations at Versailles.
; which will not begin before the 1st
: or 2d of May.
Wilson Remains linn
i The opinion in American circles is
| that the making of peace will be some
| what delayed b? the Italian incident.
There is no hint, however, that Pres
' ident Wilson will yield in the slight?
est concerning Fiume. and in the opin?
ion of the Americans an agreemea*r
can only be reached by a change in the
Italian attitude.
In the statement given out yesterday
by Premier Orlando in reply to Pregi
dent Wilson's appeal on the Adriatic
question, stress was laid by the Italian
Prime Minister upon the question of
the propriety of any attempt from th?
outside to set up opposition between
the Italian people and their govern?
ment.
Sayt? Italy ( a n't Submit
As revealed by the full text of the
Premier's statement, now available,
after arguing that such an attempt
would virtually mean the ignoring and