Show PLAN 16 ACCEPTED WITH presidents TOS REPLY TO ALLIES FIUME PLANS BOTH CONC CONCIL L AND adamantine expresses earnest hope that allied Govern governments mInts will not decide on course which american government will be unable to follow wilson a accepts with reservations the proposal of the british and french premiers that italy anti and jugo undertake a settlement of tile adriatic ile says it if anti slavin slinia pro pre fer fee to the ali so called buffer state containing 9 till in overwhelming inn ilia bority of jugo slavs and binl desire io li limit the proposed free state to the comptis of flume placing tile sov siv lit in the it league of nations without either cither italian or jugo slav control tile the united states Is willing to leave t the 1 t of the lie common frontier t er to italy anti and jugo slavia the president says lie cannot illos pos s nobly 1 bly join lit in tile the pre niters suggestion that tile settlement of De vember 0 be afi withdrawn declares lf lares that albanian questions should not t be included lit in file proposed pro joint its cuss cu salons lons and reiterates that the united states cannot approve of tile execution of the terms of the treaty of london dually lie ho expresses the lie earnest hope that the ilia allied governments will not find it necessary to decide on a coul course 40 which the american government in accordance with its relt reiterated erat tat ement will be unable to follow the presidents note to the pre infers Is now being considered by the allied supreme council lit at lon london 01 meantime direct negotiations between betwee ll jugo and italy are 1 I 1 air wilson begins 1 his ls communication sll ti by noting with satisfaction 1 tile tho unaltered desire of t the he premiers to reach nn ail equitable solution in ift conformity forin ity alike with tle the prInc pIcH of tile the peace conference and of the hie legitimate though coffit conflicting cling aspirations of the and jugo peoples ples Ite fusing to agree to lo a withdrawal 1 of the flie french frencl memorandum 0 rn of decem december ber 0 ns a pr ellmin airy ry to the jugo slav discussions the president says the memorandum represents deliberate till d dis dirtiest conSider consideration ution and that it constitutes more inore lhnn alian a mere exchange of views it was a statement of principle ail and a recapitulation of the calef points upon which agree ment had been reached lied 11 reiterating that lie would gladly approve it mutual agreement between italy and jugo reached without prejudice iudice to the inte interest r esta of any third bation tho president declares lie cannot possibly approve any plan which assigns to jugo slavia in the northern districts of albania territorial compensation bation for what she Is deprived of elsewhere regarding tile tho character lind applicability of it the treaty of london lie file president speaks with less IC 48 rc e sive on oil account of alie trunk observations of tit HIP premiers prein leis he allys he I 1 la it to find in ill tile exigencies of strategy sufficient vr arrant or for expressing secrecy with tile united states which was being called upon for unlimited e ail and for untold unto to 1 I treasure lit in helping belphia to prosecute the war tile und and prime min 44 liters rs lie kinas tin a will of course not expect tit alie government of ilia lio united states I 1 to P app approve rove tho II 11 le execution of tile the bernis of the lie treaty of london except lit in so 0 o far ns nn that government may inny bo be convinced that those terms nrc v intrinsically just and tire are consistent cons consistent isteni with tile iaia maintenance lit gentl live of peace tint and settled oner ohler in southeastern surope 11 |