| Show UlTIMATUM T To SLAVS lAV UPHELD J Premiers Send N tet President Affirming Intention to Enforce the he I Italian tali n Demands Demands- e I LONDON Feb Th The the allied premiers to to o President Wit Wi sons son's with regard to th the tho pro l' l posed posed- was di I patched ed to Washington this afternoon o according to td Reuters Reuter's WASHINGTON Feb 16 President President Wilson it was learned today at the the- White House did not say in his note to the entente premiers premiers' regarding the Fiume question that the United St States States' tes' tes would no longer be able to Cencer I its itself lf in European affairs if Flume a-Flume a Flume settlement were made with without ut con con con- suiting America t i Officials said the interpretation o othe oP I the presidents president's note by bythe the Paris Temps was too sweeping They said the th United States would not not- not not-i I withdraw from participation in the in th the the- iI i peace treaty and league of nations nations' i ithe if il i ithe I the treaty were ratified by by- bythe the senate but that it would withdraw from any participation in the Fiume Flume settlement I including the policing ing of th the AdriatiC r I PARIS Ps Feb Peb 16 The The franco franco- Fr British reply repy to Pl de t I Wilsons Wilson's Dote note threatening ning I i ica ican an ii withdrawal froin European fronic-European European affairs if the allies lp persist their proposed settlement of ot the tha active without coq dispute American v. v consani consent con con- sent sani declares es Great Britain and J ance are obliged to carry out the terms trins t the ultimatum submitted to Ju Jug p- p Slavia Sla January 30 it was learn j Bay ilay ay ISAY sAy AY SLAVS SLAyS M MUST ST BOW BOYr BOW j either must mue oi Jugo Slavia accept Jj e offered b by by Great Britain T France or they will will- support I carrying arrIng out the pact pact pact-of of L i b note said Bald 1 f t. i L The Th AJ v enles i ca e I Wilsons Wilson's ag r it p pointing out ouSt Italy's s 's entrance r tran r r In 1 8 I var varand and h her her- r s wealth jn-wealth h and lives I e Jf 1 SENSATION IN PARIS v T The news of Wilson's Wilsons lat latest not wa s 9 re el edin in Paris Paris almost with r reports from from- Lond London ni declaring that the the- council of premiers rs had made I substantial progress o on on s settlement Of of 01 the various arlous questions The Jugo- Jugo Slav Jugo Sia government it Was watt was I said paid would not accept either eitler the London London Lon Lon- 1 don pact or the councils council's i Advices from t as quoted in in London dispatches sal sai said the Jugo government was firm its In-its in its decision to hold out for its original contention of ot enforcement ment of ot President Wilsons Wilson's plan for settlement pf jf the Adriatic dispute Coming on the heels of dispatches telling of or the presidents president's dismissal of ot Secretary Lansing the report of Wilson's Wilsons Wil Wil- sons son's note nate created a sensation in p 7 circles here v 4 PARIS PRESS FLAYS WILSON r Practically the entire press pleas rega regarded regarded-i d d th the Lansing episode as d o of the secretary and characterized it Jt a autocratic and unjustifiable 0 f The manner marmer of eliminating Lansing leaves no doubt that Wilsons Wilson's autocracy I cy is awakening La Presse Prese d declared cl The Journal des Debars believed belie that on a account count of or Wilson's Wilsons illness n ss Lapsing Lat Last sing was perfectly excusable in hi hang assembled the cabinet to tp deal with e es I t J sent al problems reentered entered the scene scene- by Wilson has hag scene brusquely and brutally dismissing ng Secretary Sec Sec- fi Lansing d dared This newspaper saw however howe s w hope in the tact fact act that Undersecretary Frank Polk is a great de defender of o Frances France's interests v COMMENT VARIES Comment varied on th the reported ac action antion ac- ac tion of or the president threatening in to Continued on p page ge 4 1 t j 1 ULTIMATUM T M i S SI 1 il I Continued from front page t. t 1 r withdraw if it the United States' States attitude atti- atti 1 1 tude on on the Adriatic question Is notI not I o I 5 J. The Journals des Debats believed J WI Wilson's Wilsons ons on's action pointed in the right f direction but La Presse declared t that at I j the th moment the Adriatic question is S n near siar ar settlement Pr President Wilson i J Booms seems about to break up everything I b bv threatening to withdraw 1 said that in view of the tact fact the United S States controls Immense quantities s. s of francs pounds and lire the allies will Win b be reluctant to release the thunderbolts I of wrath f 5 TTo To apparent crisis crisis' brought about by byI 1 I President Wilsons Wilson's reported n note fe to S allies antes follows long controversy in ithe efforts to settle the territorial territorial- dispute dis dis- dis ft the t in in- inthe the Adriatic between Jugo Jugo- Slavia Sl SI via and Italy r i w en Italy entered the war waX on the j of do PI do of the allies she obtained the seI ser se- se r I J pact ctt pact of London granting her extensive ex- ex j s concessions in the Adriatic in inI I return for her military as assistance istance At 1 i f peace conference e however S r dent Wilson insisted the United States could euld not recognize this agreement and t secured a tentative agreement giving I I greater concessions to the new Jugo JugO- slav nation J COMPROMISE REJECTED EJECTED I t Italy bitterly resents the presidents president's interference and at the recent conference confer confer- ence of or allied leaders In Paris brought about a a. a so called compromise agreement agree agree- I 1 meni ment which was sent to Belgrade The Slavs Jugo rejected this proposal and i- i virtually defied the allied threat to ent enS en- en t S f force the London pact In her reply t t to the allied note t I. Jugo Slavia accepted the ithe proposition that Fiume Flume became a I I t h ir re e city the under the league of or nations L j i J Th b but t refused the allied plan to change th the so called Wilson line lne as boundary bound- bound c j an ary between Italian and Slav Jugo-Slav v 4 5 possessions L' L The allies then granted Jugo SIa San tan extension of or time to reconsider r r their their proposal The whole affair was I scheduled to have been threshed out I. I St S. S at t the present council of premiers in I London It was reported under disI discussion dis- dis 1 cus ion when the I presidents new comI com communication corn com I 1 n was as received with the re- re reI re reported I ported threat of American withdrawal I if if the Wilson Vilson plan of or settlement as t put be before or the Parig peace conf conference rence 31 t t Siw as 11 as not not accepted S r I |
