Commissary, after having filled
the political post of district captain (Bezirkshauptmann) which was only
given to those who were in the entire confidence of the Government. As
soon as the Italians had possession of [vS]ibenik they took him into
their service.

THOSE WHO HELD BACK FROM THE PACT OF ROME

_The New Europe_, whose directors had taken a chief part in bringing the
Italians and the Yugoslavs together, which congress had resulted in the
Pact of Rome, of April 1918, pointed out that in those dark days of the
high-water mark of the great German offensive, this Pact--which provided
the framework of an agreement, on the principle of "live and let
live"--was publicly approved of by the Italian Premier and his
colleagues, but was rejected now when the danger was past and Austria
was broken up. Those who brought about the Pact reminded Italy that she
was bound to it by honour and that the South Slav statesmen never had
withdrawn from the position which it placed them in with reference to
Italy.... Everyone must sympathize with the disappointment of those
gentlemen who--Messrs. Franklin-Bouillon, Wickham Steed and Seton-Watson
were associated in this endeavour--had striven for a noble end, had
achieved something in spite of many obstacles, and now saw that one
party simply would not use the bridge which they had built for it. This
party had, however, shown such reticence both while the bridge was being
made and afterwards that one could scarcely be astonished at their
attitude. The Congress at Rome was in no sense official, but a
voluntary meeting of private persons, who were got together with a
certain amount of trouble. So unofficial, in fact, was the Congress that
those Serbs who worked with the representatives of the Yugoslav
Committee belonged to the Opposition; the Serbian Government, then in
Corfu, not giving their adhesion to the Congress, which was perhaps a
very clever move on the part of Pa[vs]i['c]. Whether it be true or not
that Signor Amendolla, the General Secretary--he is the political
director of the _Corriere della Sera_--was asked by the Yugoslav
Committee not to admit any Serbian deputies except those of the
Opposition, it appears that no other Serbs took a part in the
proceedings. The Italian Government adopted an ambiguous attitude, for
while Orlando publicly endorsed the resolutions, as did several other
Ministers, notably Bissolati, the Premier gave no confirmation to those
who interpreted h