Show kis e n Publishes I I I Note PREMIERS PREMIERS' RE REPLY L y ON flUME IS HASTENED EO Allied Supreme Coune Councils Council's Is I's Answer Alls Is Expected t to Assure President That T a I His Counsel Is Heeded I Ii i London Feb 26 The 26 The allied e supreme supreme coUncil council tonight dispatched dispatched dispatched dis dis- dis- dis patched to Washington its answer Yer to to the note noto of pf President Wilson Wion on the Adriatic qUeSt question o r received c ived yesterday The reply was completed com corn let d during today's session session- of the council J By la 1 W Feb 26 26 d dent nt Wilson in his nis reply t ti th the British and nud Fre French ch premiers s. s on Adriatic n ti q SH n r S1 ohis is pre P ions vions decision that unless th tho terms term of settlement arc are returned to the provisions provisions pro pru visions of the agreement of o December 9 he lie II must take under serious consideration consid er ti m the withdrawal of f ib the treaty of Y Versailles a and ld the French alliance e efrom from the Senate rIle The response of o the p premiers S dispatched from froin London today tod l but Jt had not been received tonight in iii Washington With the he exception on orthIs note c exchanges on th the n n n 1 the tho December 9 a agreement reeme and nd ll th subsequent ent a agreement comm communicate n a t td Jugo Slavia last month by b tho British Britten and French premiers were ma made c cp p pub pub- b lIe toda today b by the state d department ta on X eT vr Order of nf Thing Thin H Holding Holding- that tho the provisions ro ns o oC ot tho tIo 3 agreement sent sis n. an ultimatum to Jugo Slavia would mere merely continue continua the old l order of ot things which brought so many m n evils on the world President dent clent Wilson ilson In his ls first communication tion to lo t premiers rs declared that It If such effort coHort w were were re madu i tI tIthe the time time- had not come when I this government can enter criter a concert concertI I of or powers tho cr very existence o oC n which Ich I must t depend upon a new spirit anti and a aI alos' alos I now new Tho The note then then- added I IThe The President desires to S say I ho must under serious consideration I tion Uon the the- h withdrawal val oC of the lie treaty G C and the Hie 3 agreement between the United States and Franco th the I Franco American treaty which are arenow flO now before the Senate Premiers of oC France Trance and aud I GeorA Geor j of ot Great Britain lI In re reply re- re ply stated slated that thal changes es in opinion and ind circumstances es had occurred since tho the original proposal a to which the United Status atis was wai as a n party parly was wars drawn which changes l e evidently were not fully ap appreciated if- if predated d In the United States Stales Con Ion ri I 1 In Canard Franco France and anti Great Britain the pre miers miens note lIole stated tat d consequently h view W with consternation tho the threat ot of th United Stale t 16 to withdraw from Orn the league of ot nations Hope is i expressed e by the premiers that the tho United States State will not wreck tho the Whom holo machinery for tor dealing with international disputes dis dis- dis- dis because the ho he position ot of the Ithe United Sta States Stae cs la lis u not t accepted In a g particular particular par par- ca case t l In last t note the President reit re reiterated crated In an emphatic manner Ills from which he ho asserted th there ro could bo lu no io departure as ns the course co rsc I decided up upon n b by the pr premiers tHiers would ba bo shortsighted and arni not In accord with the terrible sacrifices of oC tho the entire word which can be e justified nn and ami amien en ennobled en- en noli led only b by lending finall finally to settlement settle set tle In n keeping with the principles for which 1 the he hear war ar was is fou fought h t T or The joint memorandum of ot Decem Decem- her ber 9 3 subscribed to b by France Prance Great Grea Britain and antl the United States St and d which It wa was supposed here hrc settled Ufo life Adriatic question provided ed in substance substance substance sub sub- stance the tho following Vill to He De Tree iree State Istria was to have eo a R. frontier which while widely overstepping tl recognized ethical line between Italy and Jugo Sh would have ha Jh given n to Italy Hab more than Jugo Slavs and an 1 further extended eastward to to give 1 0 Hal Italy territory In n the thc region of oC Albona Alb na I also Including Ju u A A buffer buttor I slate b between the Italian Hallan t territory and Istria- Istria and t the he SI ven en Continued e-d e on WilSON IS FIRM TEXT OF NOTES ON ADRIATIC SHOW SHO Withdrawal of Treaty Is k v Considered Allies Rush Reply Continued from Pa Page e 1 kingdom as against Italians was was to be placed under the len league ue 4 of nations Tho Tim so called de dc I to be region was permanently militarized There was to be a freestate free freestate state tato of or Flume under control and for tor tho the league future determination b by of oC for tho the city with full autonomy autonom Flume Plume tul Tho cl city of ot Zara was to have havo complete completo sovereignty under the tho league af af- af and complete control of oC its own fairs The islands of or tho group roup Lissa and the tho small smal Islands w west st stor Unie Utile Were ere to pass to of or I It and with status tatus Hal Italy on a demilitarized local loel autonomy onomy for tor the Slavs Slays In Lissa au to have a mandate over Italy was as the Ial independent state of Albania un under under un- un der the league leage Albania's frontiers fixed north and east est wore were to be those liy llY the thC London conference of oC 1913 but the south louth was left left for ne negotiation Greece was to have certain territory the tho lines for some of ot which were to be left cn for lor negotiation The Tho city of or Valona Valena Va- Va i lena lona and such hinterland strict strictly necessary nece necessary e essary to defense and economic development dovel- dovel I I sarY were granted to Ial Italy In full fun sovereignty sovereign overe Ign t ty i Afford Aford ly Satisfaction I described in These provisions u were r Ji- Ji t Tf I I the thC memorandum B aa i ULUI LV J full satisfaction of or her historic naI na- na I i I fonal tul aspirations ns uniting the Italian her absolute race irace TaCe and as giving j I strategic control of or the Adriatic The I j conferees declared the they had their concern for Italian security to toI toI the Dalma- Dalma I I tho the point of oC neutralizing ilan tan Islands and adjacent waters from rom the northern border of or the re region region re- re 1 gion glen to Flume FlumeS Ial Italy however had asked for control of or the diplomatic re relations relations re- re lations of ot Zara dissociation of or the cf city oC from tho the free state of ot Flume connection of or the city of or Fiume Flume to Istria by a l corridor an and annexation to This Italy of or the island of or plan the he conferees characterized as counter to every consideration orgeo of or geo geography raph economics and territorial I convenience Explaining their reasons I for tor arriving at the previous decision I tho they declared Territory IH IN Only Coveted Economic consideration being equally excluded there remains noth- noth I j ing but a a. a desire desiro for tor further territory The territories coveted are admittedly edly Inh inhabited by the tho Ju Jugo o They contain practically no Italian ele ce- ce cie- cie I ments On that point the duni included a communication from President Wilson to Premier under unde date of November 1 12 which ex explaining explaining ex- ex the American view declared the the broad principle remains that It is neither just nor expedient to annex a as the spoils of or war territories l Hed cd b by an alien alen race anxious and ad capable to maintain a separate nation nation- naton- naton si 1 11 state of ot exactly an analogous an- an in kind to that which justified jut jut- justi justi- tied fled the demand deman of or Italia Iala for union with the Italian state state Tho The new agreement bel between Great Gret Britain Frances France and anti Italy Iah dated January January Janu Janu- ary H 14 14 1920 which President Wilson Wilon I construed as having been arrived at I without participation of ot the United States after the tue agreement of or December December Decem Decem- ber her 9 was supposed to have settled the question provided in substance ro of or Premiers Premiers' Plan Ilan Ila Flume as an independent state free in It its own diplomacy Susak to go CO to the Serb Croat state with railroads and terminals to go to the the league eague The free tree state of the roPo I was u to disappear ana awl the I 1 boundary hound between Italy Itai and arni tho the Serb Serb- In Croat Croat slate stath tat was to be redrawn I to 0 provide I e for the previously discussed corridor Tho Tue Wilson lne line in the region of ot eno was to be bo redrawn re redrawn redrawn re- re regIon for the protection drawn to provide of or Triest t Till the a agreement re ment de declared de- de dared will leave In the Croat wil eno state t purely Jl Slav Jugo-Slav Sla o dis Zara was wa to be bo an nn Independent 1 state slate under the leastie Valona Valona was tobe to tobe tobe be retained I by Hal Italy as ns provided pro Inthe Inthe in inthe the treat treaty of or and Italy lah was waslo to lo tal take o a man mandate ate over O Albania who whose northern boundaries were ero to h be he readJusted read- read i jU and whose southern bound boundaries riNI were were- Jo to be bo rearranged et to give Gr Greece Koritza and r The Island groups of or Lissa and were to be assigned ned to Italy Ial and the remainder were to go JO to th state A All Adriatic Croat Slovene CUA 1 I islands were ere to be bG demilitarized and aid there wore were to be special provisions to permit Italians In Dalmatia to lo choose I Italian nationality Ul Feature Not ot Acceptable President Wn Wilsons Wilson's ons on's note of oC January 19 ID In protest to these arrangements asked whether It was the intention o othe ot of the British and French governments In tho future to dispose of r tho the various various vari van tous ous questions pending in Europe an anto and to communicate th the Iho results to the government gov gov- o of oC tho the United States adding t that hat CI e m en cea 1 and nfl U Lloyt-Geor Lloyt Lloyd George Lb yd-G yd co rge o must rc realize there ero features in the proposed Flume Fiume settlement which could not be acceptable to this government Llo Lloyd George and Clemen eau caU replying replyIng reply reply- In ing under date of January Januar 23 3 dis disclaimed el- el disclaimed dis- dis claimed any intention of mal making n a l definite def def- mite settlement without tho the views o of the United States but had taken It up p at the point at which It was left leU when Under SecretarY Polk returned to lo Washington lon Th They replied hev they I felt folt fel practically every e important point of or the joint memorandum of or December 0 9 remained untouched and antI added that I only two features undergo alterations and both these ar are to tho the advantage ad of or Jugo JuSo P Explain IT The British and French Fench premiers argued argued argued ar ar- ar- ar gued that the disappearance of oC the the free freestate freestate ree state of or Flume would reunite I Slavs Jugo-Slavs las la's with rith their fatherland and andI that the Albanian settlement was as such I as to afford satisfaction to the necessary necessary essar essary requirements requirement to all al parties paries con- con I They characterized it as af a I fair air settlement of or a difficult and andI I dangerous question and that in the event c of oC Its Is not being accepted the they will wil not be driven to support the tho en enforcement enforcement en- en of or the treat treaty of or London which is satisfactory to nobody I cn-I Rr Both Iloth th premier mt rc disclaimed nn any n Intent to sho show the tho slightest discourtesy sc u res t to toj the United States or that they wished to conceal their action acton in an any wa was way s As President Wilson was not riot at the conference they said they thought tho the best plan to proceed with the negotiations tons and communicate the result to the United States States President l President Wilson's Wilsons Wison's reply of oC February 10 said ho he could not believe beleve that a solution containing provisions which already had Imd r received the well merited wel condemnation of or the French and Brit ish governments So referring to tho the set set- I of oC if December 0 9 i can in any I sense be regarded as right He could coull not agree that the memorandum of oC January Januar 14 H left Jer untouched practically I every COI Important point poin as by the British and French premiers and declared his opinion that the orl original proposal had been profoundly altered alered to the advantage of improper Italian objectives to tho the serious Injury of the Jugo Slay people and to the peril of world peace peco The fact that Italy Ia reJected rejected re- re the proposal of oC December J 9 and antI I accepted that of oC January 14 1 the tho President dent thought was proof that I Italy Ialy would receive very positive advantages Annexation Unjustified d President Wilson Wison pointed out that while the British and ad French government governments govern govern- governments ments ment in the tho a agreement of or D December 9 concurred In the view that a corridor rew for Flume ran counter to ever every con- con of oC geography economics and territorial convenience they agreed agree to it Il b by memorandum of or Januar January January Jan Jan- uary 14 1 and that whereas wheres Italy's Ialy's demand de demand do- do mand for tho annexation of oC all all' al Istria had been rejected In the tho former agree ment mente on the tho solid sold ground that asco- asco neither neith neith- er strategic ic nor economic I tons could Justify such I the tho agreement of oC Januar January 14 1 1 provided for tor this unjust and inexpedient an an- of oC all aU Istria I Lallan C Control Permitted President Wilson rison said that whereas the agreement of or December 9 excluded every form of Italian sovereignty over o so Flume he lie c could uld not avoid tho the conclusion conclusion sion sian that the tho agreement of January 14 1 I opens tho way for tor Italian control of oC I Flumes Fiume's foreign affairs The Phe Prest- Prest I dent said sid he felt felt the original agreement agreement agree agree- asee- asee ment gave avo proper protection to tho the railway connecting Flume with wih the interior but that tho the agreement of or January 14 1 established Italy Ialy in dominating dominating domi domi- m military positions ns close to tho the ICI a railway at a number of or critical points The new agreement agreement his note said par par par- tho the Al Albanian anian people amon among three different alien alen powers while the original agreement preserved its unit unity in iii largo large measure is All An these provisions said the tho Presidents President's dents dent's 8 note negotiated without Pesi- Pesi the knowledge or approval of oC the American American Ameri Amen can government changed tho whole face of or the whole Adriatic settlement and arid in the eyes of oC this government ren render er it unworkable and rob roh it of that hat measure of justice which Is ig ial tal if I this government is to lo co oper ate atc le Conviction Jj r Unaltered That the Iho Jugo Slavs might feel forced breed to accept it rather than the treaty reaty of or London the President tan said would not alter aHer the conviction of this government that It I cannot give its It assent as- as sent ent to a settlement which 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