Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-19
ALLIED REPLY
Kept Secret by State
Department
Supreme Councils Note on Aarlaric
Sais 20 se Conciiiatory IN Tone
Situation Removes Question Uiti-
nnatum 20 Juao- Siaxia


natum % Juoo- Siavia
washington. Fen. -S.-lBy The As
spc,ated Press.j-Presidea- wilson :
note 70 the allied supreme council
regarding the Adria-lc question which
caused something Of STR n this
as wei as the allied countries. an
Paren-iy aas served 10 reopen the
wnnie subject 10 negotiation.
Ihe supreme councils reply was
received To-Day a. the stare depart
menL Dull was withheld. London al
wees SAID The note was conciI3a rory.
The stale department made no cam
merI on his but Il was pretty WEI.
understood ina. the entente pre-
mlers COMMUNICATION hna al least
removec The Adrlatic question from
the sIarus n which L waS after me
COUNCIL communicated lis settlement
10 "Gso SiaVia II the form of an u
LIoaluln Without the United States
oeInE parry 70 the agreement
The Jugo Slavs Were given tho m
non OF accepting the co1rcil's uiar
OF SUBMITTING 10 he carrying our Of
the A1rlaclc PROVISIONS Of the sec-e.
Treaty. OF London. negotiated before,
the | cl-eG States entered the wa
In this connection Il was disclosed
-oGay that President Wilson IN mis-
note Again came OUT defo1ralv
AGAINST ne application Of the treaty.
= WIS also understood that ne
t'''esldert MAD taken position hal "a
s4ruless OF the operation o. the -r-aa-,,
OF versailles and the League Of Ma
mons me United States should he =
party 10 the AcrIaclc settlement i.
cause 01 is Position Is 4 co-neIllr+--
ant.
H1l- -lle p-enie-S' reply was he
lns received a. the stale depa---,ar-
1run Ambassador DAVIS p ellf-ras
ZION c2rne from Europe thar m. or.
nlers mad invited L,e Ar,7e-,..a, -,
SfuIheN, n tn event thai - ~,
oeio maj rhe Original Ad-iatlr a.,--aa :
nent made II Paris on Decer7oa q
shouiu PC carried ou-. 70 ,1dica-A -.
practical stnps that could BE- ra.,ar,
Id execute TINS agreement If - s,,,,,ta
De accepted ny 1-aly and Jugo SIsv-,a
nicer the Decem Der 3 sertIa-,an-
70 "olcr the Crl-eC Sta-aS u,..s q
parry FiuCle was 70 he r-aar.<, =.
4 s1ate. under the Learua ~ Na--r,,,
AN III oIher re'I'ects the genera
p'-nci3ie Of INSTRUMENTATION of mo
peoples affected were % b. pu- M
force. 49,
ne seizure Of FiIme by D'Annun-
@lo Il was suggested had changed
conuiIlons n The Adriaric and the ir-
1oi--ty or -1cisposition Of Inc Italian
-oNNrHnenI 10 restore the stat1s r,,n
appeared @ place the weight IA "a
port oy for doing So upon No F,r-ar+,
powers OF The Z nIrad States. ~ was
A---Zec laat none Of these was VIII
-ns 20 Undertake and consequently.
oLher measures TO meet lh.. case ware
considered
- conlnenr upon TINS suEgastior
involved a disclosure Of .S,oe o+ ~.
FEATURES Of the latest Entente NM
ne state department had nothing -
si4E OF the subject
An alternative SUGGESTION, ,,o--a,-
plating the neu1ra !;za1!on of tho an
--rt Ad~ia-lc shores and wa-a-e u-.s
aid 10 ne nothing more than re-
dHpIle Of Che project made eurlz-
III the negotiation On the subject
anc which failed OF approval. Their.
= reason 10 believe. however rF,a- -aa
general tendency IF the premier :
note IS 70 invite the United Siaras
10 come forward with some solution
q the problem
AT the state department Il u-.S 60 "a
L.lal the councils note would -ace:z:a
careful consideration making il avs
uteii~ Ina, 13Tne line must eiapse be
Iore q reply would be made.
hlie the department has decided
noi 70 make public the PRESIDENT
communication and the councils %
ply without the consent Of France
treat Britain and Italy. il was learn
ed from authoritative sources today
that the American government look
-d with favor on the publication OF
ne exchanges and mad taken steps 70
ascertain the wishes Of the other
governments IN the matter
A factor n the desire Of the United
states for publicity, i was said was
the prejudiced versions IF President
Wilson's note which ware published
y the foreign press These versions
were said 70 have misln-erpretec the
presidents position and placed the
{ nIred States in wrong light before
The people of the AIIird countries
One thing Of importance from the
American viewpoint which developed TO
day was that such decisions as are
reached ny The prer1ie-s in their Lon
don meetings. a. which the United
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