SUPPORT FOR ITALIANS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 9

SUPPORT FOR ITALIANS.

FRENCH PRESS CRUSADE. ATTACKS ON MR. WILSON. DIRECT ACTION ADVOCATED. (Receireid 10.36 p.m.) i Rfluter. PARIS, April 24.' After all- day consideration, the j Italian delegation finally decided to adhere to its decision to leave the Peace Conference and return to Italy. ' The French newspapers refuse to regard the situation as insoluble, but support Italy. The Petit Parisien says there is a suspension of pourparlers, not a rupture. The Matin declares the situation grave, owing to the high state of-Italian feeling. The Echo de Paris violently attacks Mr. Wilson. It urges France to follow Italy's example, declaring that France has much to gam by : direct action, Too many concessions have already been made to Mr. Wilson's idealism. The journal remarks that Mr. Wilson's act was contraiy to all diplomatic usages. The Italians made the best answer, promising the best results. * REASON FOR MANIFESTO. DEFINITION OF ATTITUDE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rscd. 7.30 p.m.) PARIS. April 24. Mr. Wilson declares that he issued his statement because he conceived i that the Italian residents in America | as well as in Italy had gained a] wrong conception of his attitude over the Adriatic question. Australian and NZ. Cable Association. (Reed. 9.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 24. ' The Paris correspondent of the

! United Press states that following Signor Orlando's conference with the members of the Council of Four, it was announced that Signor Orlando and Signor Barzilai would , leave for Rome. =======