Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-25 | Page 2 | Italian Proposal Reported Rejected by United States

ITALIAN PROPOSAL REPORTED REJECTED BY UNITED STATES (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Nov. LM. What were understood to bo the maximum of concessions con-cessions which Italy waa willing to inaUe, in its effort to reach an accord with the United Slates n the Adriatic problem. prob-lem. Involving the settlement of tho Flume finest I on, are understood to havo been rejected by the state department Tho extent to Which Italy was willing to go toward making concessions was set forth more than a month ago In a proposal pro-posal Which Italian Foreign Minister Tittoni Tit-toni transmitted t the state department. The main features of the Tittoni proposal pro-posal were that Italy should receive that part of lstrla forming a triangle, whoso extreme point woUld be Velossa, the line running through , the MPf ( rjmle to Monte Megglorei thence to tnanona. The existing Italian frontier extends along the line from Monte Uegglore to Klsnona. Flume itself, together with some territory to the north and also some of the neighboring neigh-boring islands in the Gulf of QuamtjrO, Would become a buffer state, Ualy( under to. proposal, would have no-super-vislon over Its foreign affairs, but the city's I tallanlty would bo recognised and guarded. Sara, under the proposal, would be constituted a free city and port, being be-ing represented In foreign affairs by I he Italian government. There In an expeebt nry here, in Home unusually well advised quarters, that tho Italian round! of stale, over whleh the king preHldeH, will shortly oroi lulm t be ami'-xatlon "f KJume, ami that this action will be ratified by the parliament, it has been hinted thai the French and British governments would not oppose such -action on Italy's pari and would seek to dtssuado Jugoslavia from fighting.