Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-28
PRESIDENT MAY
HELP To SETTLE
F|UME QUESTION
Invitation of Allied PremierS
to Mr.. Wilson to Join
Them in New Negotiations
PleaSeS Washington.
icy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED ~,Esi

lsT MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
Washington, Feb. 27.--The in
vitation of the British and French
premiers to President Wilson to
join them in a formal proposal to
the Italian and Jugo-Slav govern
ments to negotiate new Adriatic
settlement on the basis of the
withdrawal of all previous agree
ments caused no surprise in Off
cial Washington.
The note which was received to-
day at the state department, is
now before the president, and his
reply is expected to be made with
in a few days. Meantime, Off
.cials are refraining from any dis
cussion of it or of the presidents
probable course,
1t was pointed out, however,
that while adhering to the agree
ment of December 3, the president
in his last reply to the premiers
had said that he would, of course,
make no objection to a settle-
ment mutually agreeable to Italy
and JugO SlaVia provided
that such an agreement is not
made at the expense of the ma
tionals of a third power"
If the premiers' proposal is ac-
cepted by the president, Italy and
Jugo Slavia will have their first
opportunity to undertake u settle
ment between themselves. Officials
would not voice their opinions as
to the probabilities of success of
such direct negotiations.
There is such a wide divergence
between the territorial aspirations
q tnS e~o cOGi. - les. iiUts@Vef, TINA
it was regarded as almost certain
that such negotiations, to be sue
cessful, would consume many
months.
In the view of some officials
here the time required to reach
an agreement would be immaterial
as compared with the lasting ben
efits to be derived from a salts
factory settlement. In fact, 1t Is
known that some high officials are
of the opinion that delay might be
advisable as they believe the nat
ural operation of economic laws
will serve to eliminate the trod-
blesome problem resulting from
D'Annunzio's seizure of Fiume.
What appeared to be at least O
semi official summary of the pre-
miers' note was received in press
dispatches from London only q
short time after the official tex
had reached the state department
and before 1t had been laid before
the president,
The state department already
had taken UP with London the
question of making the note pub.
lie here and ii was assumed that II
would be given out after the pres
ident had studied 1t. The Other
exchanges were made public yes
terday but it developed during the
day that the British government
was planning to give to the press
along with the notes some com
munications the premiers had hac
after December 9 with the ltaliaf
and Jugo-Slav governments, which
had not been sent to the American
government.
1t was noted from thu
summary of the note as
transmitted in the press dis
patches that Great Britain anC
France had not agreed to tht
withdrawal of the treaty of Lon
don, holding to it's terms as a las
resort should all efforts at volun
tary agreement fail.
President Wilson has made i
clear that he cannot accept the
treaty of London as basis for set
tlement.
Under the premiers' proposal
however, no effort would be made
to carry out the terms of thi!
treaty until another attempt hat
been made by the United States
Great Britain and France to arrive
at settlement should the proposed
negotiations between Italy anC
Jugo- -Slavia come to naught.