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Show 'UAL! CONCEDES P01NTT0GREEKS OUTLOOK HOPEFUL FOR AN EARLY SETTLEMENT OF ALL ADRIATIC DISPUTES. Renounces Claims to Islands in Asia Minor, and Thus One of Acute Controversies Con-troversies Before Peace Conference Confer-ence is Adjusted. I'aris. The Italian problem nears a ! satisfactory solution. Italy has relin- 1 finished her claims to the Dodoeanez : islands off the Asia Minor coast, in j favor of Greece. This ends one of the most acute controversies before tiie peace conference. Premier Orlando, Count Macchi di Ceilere, Italian ambassador to the United States, and Colonel E. M. House of the American peace mission wii oaLiiiuuy coniinueu men conier-ences conier-ences looking toward a settlement of the Adriatic question. It was said that the outlook was hopeful, but it was stated in official circles that over-optimism over-optimism at present should be discouraged. discour-aged. The question of the future of the Dodoeanez islands involved the question ques-tion of self-determination. Italy has held the islands since the Tripoli tan war, but retires under the terms of the treaty of Lucerne, which provided that the islands should be held until the Italian prisoners in Tripoli were delivered deliv-ered by the Turks. The indemnity of the Austrian peace treaty provides for a payment one-twentieth one-twentieth as large as that demanded from Germany. The sura asked for is 5,000,000,000 gold marks, without bond. It has been requested by the Italians that the Austrian treaty provide for the return to Rome of the many priceless price-less treasures taken by Austria as booty in previous wars. |