It is no wonder that the two leaders of the Italian delegation on returning to Paris and resuming their duties in the Conference refrained from attempting to arrange clandestinely the settlement of the Adriatic Question.

The "go-betweens," on whom they had previously relied, were no longer employed.

Secret diplomacy was anathema.

They had paid a heavy price for the lesson, which they had learned.
When one reviews the negotiations at Paris from December, 1918, to June, 1919, the secretiveness which characterized them is very evident.
Everybody seemed to talk in whispers and never to say anything worth while except in confidence.

The open sessions of the Conference were arranged beforehand.