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Show ASK WILSON'S 1 IN ADRIATIC TANGLE CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE TAKEN IN REPLY TO OBJECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT. The Hope is Expressed by French and British Premiers That Direct Negotiations May Put an End to the Controversy. Washington. The text of the note from the French and British premiers on the Adriatic situation, to which President Wilson's reply was delivered in London on March 5, has been made public by the state department. It conforms con-forms closely to the summary cabled from London February 27 and emphasizes empha-sizes the hmportance attached by the premiers to the fact that Mr. Wilson had previously "expressed his willingness" willing-ness" to accept a settlement arrived at by direct negotiations between Italy and Jugo-Slavia. The premiers' note, after reiterating that they "have never had the intention inten-tion of making a definite settlement of the questions raised without obtaining the views of the American government, govern-ment, adds that the "further explanation explana-tion of these views," contained in the president's memorandum, is for them "a matter of very great Interest and Importance." "All the more so," the note continues, contin-ues, "since It shows that the United States government does not wish to dis interest Itself from the general question ques-tion of peace." In expressing agreement that direct negotiations between the Italians and Jugo-Slavs "would be the ideal way of settling the question," the premiers said they were ready to withdraw their settlement proposals of December 9 and January 20, as they felt "that if the two parties' principally concerned believe that the various allied and associated powers are committed to supporting them in any particular solution so-lution it will be more difficult to secure se-cure a voucher for agreement between them." In accordance with this feeling, President Wilson was invited to join the premiers in proposing that the slate be wined clean of all nrevlous set tlement proposals nnd that Italy and Jugo-Slavia "negotiate by mutual agreement," on that basis. Even should such negotiations fail of results, however, how-ever, the premiers formally announced they agreed in advance to further joint consideration by the United States, France nnd Great Britain, "with a view to arriving at concrete proposals" for settlement. |