Show t u LI J ALLIES R S. S TO ABANDON TREA TREATY TY I HINT liNT PACT MAY MAl BE 8 I wn OR W WI I fly Bt Wll WiLSON I rN l t 1 r- r l r J t i Courting t lg Trouble l I in Stand Stand- st n l' l thi on Adr Adriatic I. I F Feb 7 j I W Yb Pred President nt Wilson in iii his histo I memorandum to the allies I concerning their t ir proposed Adriatic Adri Adri- Adriatic Adriatic settlement informed then them that the United Stat States s might have hafe to I consider withdrawing the treat treaty i of Versailles from the senate if it the glUes allies went ahead with their plans plane with without ut the Consent 0 of the United States I I NOT ACT OF AMERICA AMERICA I This statement e was as made officially here today with the the- fui further ther statement I that the American position was outlined out out- 1 lined not in the nature of or a threat but butI butas as a statement of ot a situation created I I I not by an act of the American gOI government gov gor- but by ah eli act act of ot the British I which French and Italian premiers would place the United States in the position 1 I If it were a a party to the I treaty ot of Versailles of oC subscribing through the he pact to rights of sovereignty sorer sorer- and other agreements to tD which it ft was opposed WOULD BREAK TWO PACTS The T e treaty tr aty of Versailles and nd nd the tho thoI I Franco Anglo pact are considered con con- inseparable as fa far I as the question ques- ques tion Is concerned and if President Vil- Vil Vilon iBon on should to withdraw treaty treat of or Versailles it would mean that the I French American rench pact would be withdrawn at the same tune time i explained State department officials officials take tale lh the position that the French press press is js en- en through setting up a cry oC of threat on the part part- of the th American I government to place the blame of or the the- I situation which has arisen at America door instead of or on the acts of ot t lh hI he- he foreign premiers s where it belongs I LEnT LEFT AMERICA OUTSIDE It was reiterated that on December I p. p 9 before Acting Secretary Secreta polk left I Paris Pails the American and French rench I representatives had agreed upon a settlement settlement settle settle- ment of ot the tho Adriatic question and it was as that subsequently without without without with with- out consulting the United States the Iho allied premiers sitting at Paris adopted adopt adopt- ed a n hew agreement which was transmitted trans trans- to Ambassador Wallace Vallace for tor the approval of tho the American merican government W WASHINGTON ASTONISHED This it was saId taid came game as as' a a. great surprise to the American government which sent a communication to tho the premiers asking whether they pro pro- posed to settle the question without consulting the American government The premiers were said to have replied that they they did not Intend to do so but later sent ah ab ultimatum to Jugo Slavia that unless unless' jt it accepted the new settlement set tet- the terms of ot the original treaty of or London would be carried out CAPITAL CONFUSED There i is la a. a a great deal of ot ln hero here as to the exact status exact status of the Adriatic Adri Adr atie negotiations because of the apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap conflicting information coming coming corning com corn ing from irom different official sources There has been no authorized official statement from any specific source al al though varying interpretations of President Pres Pres- ideal ident Wilsons Wilson's communication hC have been gl given n. n from th the White House Hoase and the sta state e department It is apparent that there are aN some om differences in th thue the theu j ue u of diplomatic terms t th the presidents president Continued on page 5 I t t I I I PACT MAY BE Continued from page pae 1 communication has been described as a note at one source and as is' is asa isa a memorandum mem memorandum memorandum at another The The communication communication communication cation furthermore is described b by officials here as containing a st statement of fact and outlining the p possibility rather th than n containing a threat as de described de- de scrib scribed d in the dispatches from abroad Whether the president actually has threatened to withdraw w the treaty may develop to be a matter of interpretation tion of language but all aU officials here ere disclaim that it was a threat at least leasin least leas in in the diplomatic tlc s sense se of the term LONDON Feb 17 The The allied su supreme supreme suo su- preme council has completed the draft I of its answer to President Wilsons Wilson's Adriatic memorandum and will hand it to Ambassador Davis DavIs' tonight for transmission to Washington The council declined to o make public President Wilsons Wilson's communication or orits orits orits its reply It is stated that the publication publication publication pub pub- of the text will probably be lefto left lef to the American president |