Show 0 NEWS REVIEW 0 OF CURRENT EVENTS peace conference devises plan for settling tile the problem of the adriatic FIUME RAID baltic states and russian BolshevIst ok talking peace president wilson explains application of league covenant to shantung and irish questions question by EDWARD W PICKARD while held possession of flume after hla his spectacular raid on that flint disputed city the pence co conference efer in paris got busy and announced its solution of tile lie entire adriatic problem it Is a compromise plan designed to satisfy both italy tin and jugo stavin and it was cabled to america to ile be submitted to 1 resident resl dent Ident wilson allson this compromise settlement provides that flint flume shall be a free state and that flint its lt harbor shall ile he a free port that the jugo slavs shall have nil of the nin mainland hiland except the city of zara 7 arn which shall ile he a free lort and fan ali islands Igi ands that flint avlona and the surrounding territory shall be under italian and flint italy re tolvo a for nil all of albania ex dept the in the extreme sout 1 ahall go to greece both italy and jugo make concessions till up der this plan atilt it Is believed that it will enable plume flume ultimately to become it ft part of italy it a consummation which the lie american pence peace delegation was able to prevent during the treaby negotiations seizure of flume was decidedly to the ital lan ian government to io use force against him wita was plainly out of the question corthe sympathies of the nation were with him despite the fact that he and his troops were technically mutineers muti however wever the government did take steps looking toward a bloc blockade kado of flume by land and wa sea lit in the tion llon that the poet soldiers army would be soon boon starved into submission anti and lit in this measure tile the jugo slavs coop co col op aerated by cutting oft off till all supplies by land DA mi u lind had about regulars and four hattal battalions long of volunteers under its ills command and occupied a fortified line around the alie city it was reported flint lie be wits prepared to raze plume flume if lie could not hold out and that flint in tills this lie he was supported by the citizens naturally the germans were watching tills this affair with great interest anti the news flint tit alic miles allies had decided it was to ile be handled by italy alone was looked on oil fly by them as significant for some of them were contemplating ahe he of a similar raid on Dit annil imig they figured that flint if the lie expressed will of tile allied peace conference could lie defied in one place it might inight ile he defied lu lit another |