Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

1 and the remainder were to go to the 1 Serb -Croat- -Slovene state. All Adriatic i islands were to be denilitarized.
 Wilson Protests Arrangements. | President Wilson's note of Jan. 19, in ! protest to these arrangements. asked I whether it was the intention of the British and French governments in the i future to dispose of the various Ques- l tons pending in Europe and to com ] municate the results to the govern ment of the United States" adding that Clemenceau and Lloyd George must realize there were features in the proposed Plume settlement which i could not be acceptable to this gov ernment.
 Reply by Lloyd George and cIemenceau Lloyd Geo-ge and Ctemenceau reply iAg under o.4.e of Jan. 25 dlSciaiued | any intention, of making a dehnIte set IIe4Ient without the views of the JnIted States, but had taken it up at the point at which il Was lett when , UIder Secretary Polk returned td ', aslineton. They replied they felt practically every important point Of the joint memorandum of Dec. g re- msiAed untouched,' and added that only TWO features undergo alterations and Eoth these are to the advantaae of Jugoslavia."
 The b-;--sh and French premiers ar gued that the disappearance of the free state of Fiume would reunite 200,GG0 JuSoslays with their father ana, that the Albanian settlement was such as to afford satisfaction to the nece ssary requirements to all parties concerned" They added "tnat in the event of it snot being accepted they will be driven to support the enforce rlert of the treaty of London, which is satisfactory to nobody"
 No Diseeurtesy to unised States. Both premiers dssclaIned any intent to show the slightest discotrtesy to tiie United $ tates CT that they wish esi tc conceal their action in any way'' [ President Wilson's reply of Feb 10 sad ke could not agree that the mem i crardum of Jan. 14 lett untouched i p:a" tlcally every important point as 1 argued by the British and French pre- ! rIiers and declared his opinion that ! the original proposal had been pro- i foundly altered to the advantage of ' improper Italian objectiyes, to the se- rious injury fo the Jugcslav people and l to the peril of world peace"
 Points Made by President Wilson.
 President Wilson pointed out thai while the British and French govern. nents in the agreement of Dec. g con- ! cured in the view that. corridor fo. l Hume ran counter to every consid- e'at'on of geography, economics and i territorial convenience" they agreed 1 to 1t by memorandum of Jan. IA an6 l that where as Italy's demand for the arheXatidn of all Istria had been res jected n the former agreement, the l agreement of Jan. 4 provided for it. President Wilson's note said that whereas the agreement of Dee. g ex- eluded every form of Italian sove- | reignty over Plume, he could not
 avoid the conclusion" that the agree
 ment Of Jan. .14 "opens the way fol Italian control of Fumes foreign af. fairs The new agreement. his note said, partitions the Albanian neonlt aini ng three different alien powers,
 While the original agreement nre.
 served it's unity "in large measure"
 Without Knowledge of the U, s. 1 All these provisions, said the presi.
 dents note, negotiated without tn,
 knowledge or approval of the Aneri
 can government" changed the whol, race or the whole Adriatic settlement
 and, in the eyes of this government
 n
 that measure of justice which is es
 sential if this government is to co.
 cperate in maintaining it's terrns.''
 That the Jugoslavs might feel force,
 10 accept it rather than the treaty n
 London, the president said. would m
 alter the conviction of this govern
 ment that 1t cannot give it's assent f,
 a settlement which both. in the fern
 of it's provisions and in the method
 ot it's enforcement constitutes a noei
 tive denial of the principles for whicl
 America entered the war;
 Raises Fundamental Question.
 The American government, the pres
 idents note said, feels that it canno
 sacrifice the principles for which i
 entered the war to gratify the i'm
 proper ambitions of one of it's associ
 ates. The Adriatic issue as
 now presents itself raises the funda
 mental question as to whether tn
 Amer1can government can on an | terms co-operate with it's Euronea1 1 associates in the great work of main
 taining the peace of the world by re
 moving the primary causes fo war.
 If the country possessing tn
 most endurance in pressing its de
 mands rather than the country arme
 with a just cause is to gain the sun
 port of the powers; if forcibIe seizur
 Of coveted areas is to be permitte
 and condoned and is to receive uIti
 mate justification by creating a sit { nation So difficult that decision favor
 able to the aggressor is deemed
 praC tical necessity; if deliberately fn cftto ambition is. under the name 0
 national sentiment, to be rewarded a
 the expense of the small and weak; il in a word, the old order of thing which brought so many evils on tn
 world is still to prevail. then the tim is not yet come when this governmen can entertain a concert of powers. tn very existence of which must depen
 upon a new spirit and a new order" The president wound up his not
 by saying that if the maximum con sessions made in the memorandum
 of December could not be accepted ''the president desires to say that h must take under serious considera ton the withdrawal of the treat with Germany and the agreeuent he