Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-27
4 t-'tlh !
FOREIGN LEADERS
/ GIVEN WILSON VIEW
Told in Plain Language Treaty
of Versailles May Be
Withdrawn.
AMERICA NOT CONSULTED
Claim Changes Were Made in
Agreement After Memoranda
Was Agreed To.
IBy Associated Presa.1

tBy Associated Press1
WASHINGTON Feb &c President
Wilson, in his reply to the British and
French Premiers the Adriatic ques-
tfon, adheres to his previous decision
that unless the terms OF settlement
are returned to the provisions of the
agreement of December 0. he must
take under serious confederation the
withdrawal OF the treaty of Versailles
and tho French alliance from the SEN
ate. F f
The response OF the Premiers was
dispatched from London today, but had
not been received tonight In WASH
ington. = ~ II NJ
with the exception of this note. the
eNchangea on the subject. including the
December agreement and the sub
sequent agreement communicated to
Jugo- -slayia last month by the Brit
Ism and French PremierS, were made
public today by the State Department.
The joint memorandum of Decem-
s ana the e ned 6 Great
which. 1t was supposed here. settled
tho .Adriatic question. provided in SUBJ
stance the following:
Istria to Have Frontier.
Istria was to have frontier which.
while widely oyerstepping" the recoE.
nlzed ethical line between Italy ana
1ugo-slayia, would have given to Italy
Italy territory in the region of All
ipania, also including Jugo-Slavs. "A
ritory and Istria, and the Serb -Croat-
Siovene kingdom, containing some 200.
ooo Jugo-Slavs. as against 10000 Ital-E
or nations. Tho so-called Assllng re-
sion was to be permanently demiiitas-
lied lied There was to be a free state OF 8
discrimination by the leaEue,g with full
autonomy for thescity-o o f Fiunte. rho
city cara was to have complete sov.
er1eisnty 1e under the league and COM
piete control OF it's own affairs. The
islands of the Pelagosa group, Lissa
and ana the I1,,s small islands west Of T. Lussin
militarized status. with local autonomy
Tor the Slavs in Lissa. Italy was 10
state of Albania under the league. AL
bantam frontiers north and east were
70 be those fixed by the London con-
ference of 1918. but the south was left
for negotiations. Greece was to have
Certain territory, the lines for some OF
which were to be left for negotiation.
iand strictly necessary to defense and
economic development were granted to
Italy in full sovereignty.
Provisions Are Described,
These provisions We're described in
tho memorandum as affording to Italy
tull satisfaction OF her historic ma
tional aspirations" uniting the Italian
RAGE and as giving her absolute strait
ferees declared they had carried "their
concern for Italian security to tho
point OF neutralizing the Dalmatian
northern border of the Regusa region
to Fiume." Italy. however, had asked E
Iof control OF the diplomatic relations
Flume to lstria by corridor and an
nexation to Italy OF the Island OF
Lagosta.
This plan the conferees character
iHed as counter to every consldera-5
ton OF geography, economics and ter
ritorial raandai ctonvenlenee. ON Explaining their
decision they. declared: Economic
consideration being equally excluded
fnsFSer fnerS remains ne,hins bu. desire for
coveted are admittedly Inhabited ty s
the Jugo- Slavs. They contain prac,
tically no Italian elements On that
point the memorandum included a
communication from PnasideSs Wilson
to Premier Tittoni under date OF De-:
eembsr ls which. explaining the
principle remains that it is neither
Just nor expedient to annex as the
spoils. of war territories inhabited by
maintain separate national state OF
lrridenttsm exactly analogous in kind
TO that which justified the demand of
Italian an irendia for union with the
Italian state"
Criticises New Agreement.
The ncw agreement between Great
Britain; France and Italy dated jan
uary 1t. 1920. which President Wilson
without participation of tho United
states, after the agreement OF Dece<..
per D, was supposed to have sett.ed
the question. provided In substance:
Fiuhe as an independent state FREQ
In It's own diplomacy. SusaSk to go
to the Serb-Croat- -Slovene stage with
railroad and terminals to go to the
league. The free state of the previous
proposals was to disapFear and tho
Croat-Slovene state. was to be re-
discussed corridor. 'The Wilson line
in tho region Of Senosecchia was to be
fedrawn f;nI y, ,r. TO provide for the protec
ton denl, Of Of Trieste" Lest This. the agreement
tricts." 4 80, 800
Iara was to be an Independent state
retained by Italy as provided In the
treaty of London, and Italy was 10
take mandate over Albania whose
northern boundaries were to be read
justed. and whose southern boundaries
were to be .rearrangcd to give Greece
koritza and Argyrokastron. The :s-
land groups of Lussin, LISA and
peiagSsa i, eos were e. be assigned to italy
Serb Croat-Slovene state. All Adriatic
islands were to be demilitarIzed, and +
there were to be special provisions to
permit Italians In Dalmatia toschoose
Italian nationality.
Protest Ia January Nste.
President Wilson'S note OF January 5
10. In protest to those 6rrangemenis,
asked Whether It was "the Intention
OF the British and French govern. l.
various questions pending I'm Europe,
and to- communicate the results to tho
government of tho unitod Statcs.''s
aaSrn asaarns ,nna. sha, G,SmsHssas end Lloyd