Show r PREMIERS I. I Pf PEN OTE o fl Mf Allied Chiefs Answer Ans Letter Letterill in ill Which Wilson Tilson Opposes Lloyd Georges George's Solution I for Adriatic Controversy I New York Feb 15 Prank Frank Frank L L. Polk acting secretary of state confirmed here tonight the Paris dispatches stating that the British Brit Brit- i ish h and French foreign offices had been notified that President Wilson could not approve their plan for the settlement of the Adriatic question Mr Polk who is visiting his mother here said The e The dispatch is true It was wasI known at the time in Washington Washing Washing- I ton and so reported in fn the news news- I p-cn p that the President was opposed to t the proposed d settle settle- I. I TS j n j I Paris Monday Feb Pcb 16 Pre Pre Premiers miers and Lloyd George have sent a reply to President Wilsons Wilson's 8 note r relative to the Adriatic compromise and hold to their position expressed in the note sent to the Slav Jugo-Slav government government gov gov- January 20 By y Associated Press P DARTS tHIS Feb 15 The The premiers premier have drafted a reply to President Wilsons Wilson's note on the Adriatic ques ques- n tlc which will be submitted through the lie American ambassadors at Lon London on onI I and nd Paris laris according to a member ol of Premier l staff who arr arrived ar ar- ar- ar r rived in Paris tonight The greatest discretion is being observed ob oh- served as to the contents of the reply and it will not be made public until after it is received by the American state department nt Condemn In his memorandum President VIlI Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- I son criticizes Premier Lloyd Llod Georges George's plan plait as communicated to the Jugo Jugo- I SlaYs slavs by the supreme council January 20 The President Pres examined examine the plan but declares he hc cannot approve of oC its tenor He particularly opposes s the l idea a of oC giving tho the Slavs Jugo the choice between this plan and tion pure and simple of oC the London pact In addition according in to the Temps the th President finds the Ilo Lloyd d George illan ilan too divergent from the dum duni drawn rawn up at London last lafat December December Decem- Decem ber by Premiers Lloyd Llo George and with the collaboration of ot the American r representative e Threat at S Sent nt to Europe The President gives to be understood understood understood under under- stood that if Jr the allied powers settle the Adriatic problem without consultIng consulting consult consult- ing tho the United States government tho the will find it impossible United Unite States to concern itself in European affairs Tho The memorandum um yas J Immediately examined b by the of oC the allied governments c before tho the French premier left lell London for Paris this morning Message From Froni America Worries r orries Italian Leaders Paris Feb 15 Italian Italian circles In London TAndon arc reported to be greatly disturbed disturbed disturbed dis dis- President over a noto nolo sent bent b by Wilson to the supreme allied council in session th there re re disapproving of oC tho the Continued on page pago 2 I I ALLIED PREMIERS PEN PEN MESSAGE TO WilSON Continued from Pa Page Pago e 1 proposed compromise b by which it Il was as hop hoped tho the Adriatic question might be bc settled Officials in T Refuse to Confirm Story Washington Feb Feh 15 White White House officials tonight refused to lo discuss the statement nt of or the Paris Temps that President Wilson In memoranda a to the thc Trench French anti and British foreign offices had disapproved the latest proposal for tor settlement of the vexing A prou- prou r a nn mR naD lem IEm There was neither confirmation nor denial that tho the position of the United Unite States again ha had been laid before be beCore before be- be fore Core the allied governments Granting that such memoranda as reported by hy tho the Temps ha had been dispatched dispatched dis dIS- patched other officials Interpreted the thc step as s designed to bring to a t. t head the negotiations over o Fiume Flume and Adriatic Adria Adria- tic territory which have ha been dra dragging j along for tor some time Disapproval al of or the most recent proposal pro pro- I posa which was a advanced by Premier Pro Pre mier Lloyd Geor George e and amI contemplated the tho making making- of Flume a free tree city un under un- un under der dr the tho league of nations and awarding to Hal Italy as a recompense a strip o of territory toward the south from front I Trieste Tz It was said aid would be entire entirely in line with the stand tand taken 1 by President President President dent Wilson at Paris laris that Flume Fiume should be he awarded to the Jugo This position it has been heen stated is the only one which Mr Ir Wilson considers Is in accordance with his fourteen points on whit which it h Ital Italy as well vell as the s 's other allied governments ro made peace with tho the central powers power k I |