entered the body
of the late Cardinal Vaughan. To him the most noticeable features of the
President were the clear brow, the mystic eyes and the mouth which
showed that he stood firmly on the ground.

"You have come to work and fight for the peace," said the Bishop.

"Yes, indeed, to fight," said Dr. Wilson. "And I will act with all my
energy. You," he said, "you must help me."

"I will help you," said the Bishop, "with my prayers."

The Yugoslav Delegation in Paris had, on the authority of the Belgrade
Cabinet, suggested that the question should be arbitrated.

"The Italians have declined the arbitration," said Dr. Zari['c], "just
as in the War Germany and Austria declined yours."

The President nodded.

"They have committed many disorders in our fair land," said the Bishop.

"I know, I know," said the President.

But, it will be asked, why did not Dr. Wilson insist on a just
settlement of the Adriatic question, taking into his own hands that
which Mr. Lloyd George and M. Clemenceau were so chary of touching?
These two statesmen, with the London Treaty hanging over them, wanted
Wilson's assent for matters in which British and French interests were
more directly concerned, while they required Sonnino's co-operation in
the Treaty with Germany. It would have suited them very well if Wilson
had taken such energetic steps with Italy that they themselves could,
suitably protesting to Sonnino, be swept along by the presidential
righteousness. But Dr. Wilson was disappointing those who had--in the
first place because of the lofty language of his Notes--awaited a really
great man. He was seen to be out of his depth; strenuously he sought to
rescue his Fourteen Points and to steer the Covenant of the League
through the rocks and shallows of European diplomacy. Sonnino, playing
for time, involved the good Wilson in a maze of confused negotiations,
while nearly every organ of Italian official and unofficial opinion was
defaming the President. On April 15 Dr. Wilson in a memorandum suggested
the famous "Wilson Line" in Istria, which thrust the Italian frontier
westwards, so that Rieka should be safeguarded from the threat of an
Italian occupation of Monte Maggiore. Italy was to give up northern
Dalmatia and all the islands, save Lussin and Vis; in return she was to
be protected by measures limiting the naval and military powers of
Yugoslavia. When Wilson appealed over the head of the Italian Government
to the people, the