Show 4 1 L I PM 1 c ec c. c A 6 I A ADRIATIC I A 11 C SITUATION 11 A I I S IE SE Presidents President's Note to Premiers Threatens Withdrawal of Treaty From Sen Senate te If f He Cannot Agree l to Terms By Jay Jerome Williams n W v ASHINGTON Feb eb IT President dent Yi Wilson on in his bis note to the all allie on the tho Fiume question has hus after all Informed them that if they proceeded with tl their settlement of oft t the e Adriatic situation he would c cAshier con consider cA- cA n.- n. si shier sider er the withdrawal of the peace pea c treaty from the Senate While Whilo th the Presidents President's action has bM been officially disclaimed disclaimed- as asa s a i fact tact remains that he be set sot forth specifically I- I call cally to tho allies alUes tho the full tull consequences of or any an action taken tak n on the Plume Fiume matter matter mat mat- ter without t his knowledge or consent ote ot Made Public I Presidents President's note was not made madei i public at either the White House or orthe orthe the state department to today lay In addition addition addition addi addi- tion to mentioning the peace treat treaty however It Is understood that he ma may have indicated to France a a. a. a similar n ne necessity tie tie- cassity that would compel him lIk likewise likewise like like- wise to withdraw from the France- France American defensive alliance pact wherein the United States promises to togo togo togo go to Franc Frances France's s 's protection In tho the case of or an unwarranted atack against her herby herby herby by Germany G All told toM the Presidents President's action which with thc the exception of oC the text test of oC tho note was rev revealed aled almost entirely today to to- to da day Is the thc strongest move he has yet ct made to impress Europe with the knowledge e that h he has not ot given up the treat treaty fight that ho does loes not concede the tho treat treaty beaten and furthermore that thai he will not accept ratification of or the thc treaty unless Article X Is In It Will III Act vot Commit Ills note in brief briet Informs the tho allies that tat he lie will not brook an any action at this time without either his knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge consent or approval which ma may later nn On Inn that Mint lh thA I ed cd States will ultimately be bo a a. member of oC tho tim league of ot nations commit th the country to responsibility In connection I with upholding upholding- decisions to which it was not a party The rhe allies have havu not yet Jot replied to the tho i I Presidents President's note Some of oC tho m of oC the Senate believe that they thoy will wm yield to the President In th the event ent however their note declares tho they wore under the tho Impression that the United States because of ot of oC the peace trea treaty t was wa no longer lons-er tak taking InS InS' active o part In European affairs atai s such an answer would constitute an attempt to c deceive the tho American people This rhia Is why h a ai 1 Observer rr When hen tho the American peace commission commis sion slon finally disintegrated In Paris tho the American 4 ambas ambassador a lor to l' l France rance Hugh C. C Wallace Wallac was vas given s explicit Instructions Instructions to act as an art observer er but not as asa asa a n plenipotentiary Under no no circumstances circumstances circum cIrcum- stances however could his appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment mont as IlS an observer merely merol bo ml misconstrued ruts mis construed as a lesser participation Inthe in inthe inthe the postwar affairs of oC b because It was as pointed out today we took too an active acio part In affairs and on man many occasion lolI queries from Crom the su supreme u preme council on peace pence treaty league questions with greater promptitude than titan did either cither Groat Britain or 01 Fr France This was notably the case casc with regard 2 to Galicia Th The Tho chronology of ot tho latest chapter chapler In the thc Flume drama and the action ot of the thc allies ames III in leaving President Wilson entirely ly out of oC their reckon reckoning InS was Q U- U tamed toda today It Is as follow tollow J History of or Joint NOn lf N 4 lj On December t 0 1919 there thero W was t signed ned In ln Paris a Joint note on op tho the Flume question b by Great Britain ln J France am and the Uit United Stat States Slates l hiT note hole was delivered in lii London on n December De Do- I cember 1 IS to the Italian d tive vc Wilsons Wilson's S Intimations S Surprising to Britain London Feb 1 17 7 The i-The The stR statement tomcat from rom Washington confirming the first re reports reports TO- TO ports that tho ho Pac President had harl Intimated that rejection of his policy might be be followed by diplomatic reprisals furnished fur s another surprise to the poll poli politicians and the tho public who outside of oC Continued on pa page o 2 I PRESIDENT BAlKS ADRIATIC MOVE Continued from Page 1 1 A s small but Important circle which meets twice dall dally daily in Downing street and the advisers ad in the confidence of this group experienced the greater grenter surprise It came close on the heels of or ether lher Washington messages moos Intimating that only American retirement retirement retirement retire retire- ment from its Ha part pait in is policing th the Adriatic was 1 Inte Intended The Tho council Issued an emphatic de denIal denial denial de- de nial on Its Us own behalf of r French Tonch newspaper news- news p piper paper pcr reports that it was WU persuaded to mo modify and ann soften the tho first draft of ol the note to President Wilson Ilson by Intervention In Intervention In- In exercised by Viscount Grey Lord Robert Rob t Cecil and Austen Chamberlain Chamberlain Cham Cham- chancellor of or the tho exchequer The susceptibilities of or the non-British non members of ol tho the council formed one of or orthe the tho factors behind this denial because tha th stor story was calculated to give S the impression on tho the continent that the British were dominating the confer confer- ence All Italian Press Comments on Rome Monday Feb 16 The The whole Italian press comments at length on President Wilsons Wilson's attitude toward the Adriatic question Tho The Ide Nazio- Nazio designates it President Wilsons Wilson's conspiracy with tho the Jugo o The Corriere Carriero DItalia D'Italia says a s 's President Wilson might have launched his veto when a compromise was wag still under discussion Doing It now no has all the appearance of or the wish to create the gravest embarrassment embarrass embarrass- men ment t. t The says san Premier itch Davidovitch Serbia had practically accepted the compromise but and Dr Ve desperately desperately desper deeper solicited intervention h by President President d dent nt Wilson sending him dispatches from all the centers of Jugo la Mr Wilson was represented as the genius genius ge ge- destined to save tho the Slav Jugo-Slav nation nation nation na na- na- na tion from tho Imperialistic thirst ot of Ita Italy |