<P> It has been said that "Lloyd George was the most affable and the most resilient, and he was probably the best at negotiating". In an article from the New York Times, it says that "Lloyd George was a pragmatist determined to protect and expand the interests of the British Empire ." </P> <P> Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (19 May 1860--1 December 1952) was an Italian diplomat and political figure . He was born in Palermo, Sicily . His father, a landed gentleman, delayed venturing out to register his son's birth for fear of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1,000 patriots who had just stormed into Sicily on the first leg of their march to build an Italian state . He is commonly nicknamed "The Premier of Victory". </P> <P> In 1897 he was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) for the district of Partinico for which he was constantly re-elected until 1925 . He aligned himself with Giovanni Giolitti, who was Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921 . </P> <P> As Prime Minister of Italy, he went to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 . He demanded the fulfilment of the "secret Treaty of London of 1915, by which the Allies had promised Italy ample territorial compensation in Dalmatia for its entry into World War I ." However, Woodrow Wilson brought forth considerable opposition to Orlando's demands . Therefore, Orlando failed to secure British or French support . This caused him to leave the Peace Conference . However, he returned a month later . "Even then no solution satisfactory to Italy was found; Orlando resigned and was succeeded as premier by Francesco Nitti . The so - called "Mutilated victory" was used propaganda in the rise of Benito Mussolini . Opposing Fascism, Orlando gave up (1925) his seat in parliament and devoted himself to teaching and writing ." </P>

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