Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-27
WILSON IS firm
over ADRIAT|C;
PUBLISH NOTES
President Says Unless Provi.
sions Of Agreement Lived
Up to Treaty May Be
Taken From Senate.

tCOntinued From First Pase.)
ton of geography, economies and
territorial convenience. Explaining
their reasons for arriving at the
previous decision they declared:
Give Reason for Decision.
Economic consideration being
equally excluded there remains moth
/ ing but desire for further terri
tory. The territories coveted are
admittedly inhabited by the Jugo-
Slays. They contain practically no
Italian elements.
On that point the memorandum
included a communication from
President Wilson to Premier Tittoni
under date of November II, which
explaining the American view, de-
clared "the broad principle remains
that it is neither just nor expedient
to annex as the spoils of war terri
tories inhabited by an alien race,
anxious and capable to maintain a
separate national state of irridentism
exactly analogous in kind to that
which justified the demand of Italia
lrredentia for union with the Italian
state
The new agreement between Great
Britain, France and Italy, dated
January Ia, 1920, which President
Wilson construed as having been ar
rived at without participation OF the
United States, after the agreement
of December 9 was supposed to
have settled the question, provided
in substance:
Fiume to Be Independent.
Fiume as an independent state,
free in its own diplomacy. Susak to
go to the Serb -Croat-Slovene state,
with railroads and terminals to 90
to the league. The free state of the
previous proposals was to disappear
and the boundary between Italy and
the Serb-Croat-Slovene state was to
be redrawn to provide for the pre-
viously discussed corridor. The
Wilson line" in the region of Seno-
secchia was to be redrawn "to pro-
vide for the protection of Triest.'
This, the argument declared. will
leave in the Serb-Croat-Slovene
state purely Jugo-Slav districts.
Zara was to be an independent state
under the league, Valona was to be
retained by Italy, as provided in the
treaty Of London, and Italy was to
take mandate over Albania, whose
northern boundaries were to be re-
adjusted.and whose southern toun-
daries were to be rearranged to give
Greece Koritza and Argyrokastron.
The island groups of Lussin, LISA
and Pelagosa were to be assigned to
Italy and the remainder were to go
to the Serb-Croat-Slovene states.
All Adriatic islands were to be de-
militarized and there were to be
special provisions to permit Italians
in Dalmatia to choose Italian ma
tionality.
Features Unacceptable to u. S.
President Wilson's note of Janu-
ary 19, in protest to these arrange
ments, asked whether it was the
intention of the British and French
governments in the future to dispose
of the various questions pending in
Europe and to communicate the re-
suits to the government of the
United States" adding that Clemen-
eeau and Lloyd George must realize
there were features in the proposed
Fiume settlement which could not
be acceptable to this government.
Lloyd George and Cleamenceau
replying under date of January %,
disciaimed any intention of making
definite settlement without the
views Of the United States, but had
taken it up at the point at which
it was left when Under-Seeretary
Polk returned to Washington. They
replied they felt practically every
important point of the joint men,