The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-19
REPLY To WILSON
NOTE IS Received
Answer to the Europeans
Is to Be Made By Presi-
dent Himself.
IS SAID TO BE
ARGUMENTATW
Not to Be Made Public
f or Present Becausl
of Serious Situation Oh
Italian Government.
by JAY JEROME WILLIAMS


repls to President Wilson's ncta.
wherein be informed ther that n
thc% persisted IN their t'tulne settle-s
ment such action would lead him TO
consider withdrawal OF the peace
treaty from the senate, was received
her. today II was mediately sent
from tho St-te department to white
house. and n Will he answered by tho
president. The terms of the note ara
understood 10 br largely conciliatory.
II IS rot At all sharp. and while Ii ID
arCuUC NATIVE. I'm the diploma ti0s
sense. it nevertheless raves the way
for compromises assordinr to the
Impression here. II is regarded A
certain That the Lloyd George Glenn
enccau- NItti effort 10 solve the FiuMe
question without consulting PreAi-
dent Wilson has been tossed into this
discard. and that whenever solution
Of thai enigma shall be arrived 1T
President Wilson will have been
\ n4aHs those ercscnt" formulating
the pia r.
The allies note was not made
nut}tr and, in fact. none of the notes
is expected TO he made public until
a favorable decision IL reached I'll s.s.ss
fhcn- perhaps the complete teri
If all the correspondence will b.
ava tn h}f- to he people II is under
stood that this government has re-
1uested permission from, the allies to
make tho correspondence public.
one of the reasons that argues
gainst publication Of any Of the
note Al this time is the internal con-
dition in Italy. Italy Is in a bad way
now and anything calculated to ex-a
cite unduiy the Latin Compartments
Is best left unSaid. in the opinion uf
the men who are striving to find 4
way out Of the Fiume muddle. Thu
situation 50 far az facts and nor
faneIas arc concerned is thts:
BIG MOUTH FULL
The poet D'annunzio who has
received tho plaudits of Italian
milatarlSts ever since he entered Ss
Flume and assumed control. at
the city Is stjll there. During his
occupation, TWO plehiscites have
been held. both of which have
Indicated that the inha Infants de-
sired D'annunzio to retire. He
has declared both elections in
valid
Personally according to we'll III.
formed sources here. D'annunzfos
would welcome an opportunity ta
leave rIumc but tho onpartunity a
must be Of such nature as to indi-
cat" an a measure his action in sefs-s
ing the eitY, and this is where ItaiYHa
Is LETT IN a lurCh, Even though AT
ehoris to compromise failed and she
tel back ON tho pact of London. sho.i
would not receive t'iume
Meantime The people or F'iun,e are
'iguratiN"lN ana literally gnashine
Their teeth because all the trade.
which under normal circumsta nces
would he theirs, is going to Trieste. 4
Ia connection with the E'iume in1-N
bfoSlio however, II developed today
that the tinted States will probably
"a Fitrr n -
peace negotiations, which will soon NJ
opened in Paris, Such participation
It Is believed indicates desire an
the part of the president to re-enraxe
more actively in European affairs.
II was explained today that all ~
the decisions reached. by the supreme
council Al It's latest Meeting in Lon~
don were entirely tentative and ID.
pendent on what transpired at tffa
Turkish peace negotiations AS thu
/ hlled states was not at war with
turkey, the president is undecided ~
L" whether this country should be
represented by ptenipotentiary ar
as an observer, Our interest. hov~s
ever, Will be devoted entirely to thn
Turkish settlement. and not to OUT
SIDE or unrelated matters which may
be discussed at the same time
TURKISH QUESTION
American participa ton in the Turk.
ISh settlement is due entirely To the
plisht OF Armenia. and in a. leasef
m easure To the desire of some of the Il
allies that we should act as an obsv
stacie when certain. rapacious terrt-
torlai demands are made.
The fact, though, that we are not
gong to accept a mandate for AR
menla lessons the necessity OF our
association in the treaty making. bug
the fate of Armenia alone, which ~
slowly .assnnaing, ~ the form ..af, .tls3
greatest tragedy in history VIII caRS8 y
the president TO take an active part
il is believed. s
The Armenians, unable to defend .
themselves, are hemmed in by reieISt~
less enemies. whose only wish Il t6@
see them eXterminated. Their d.
fenseless position is aggravated 6as
cause they are split into two sectiOm(
and the Tsrtars ,a1d. kurds are, b1S
tween them The United States 1. n41N
going To send troops TO aid them, H
Franch viii not send troops. ANA kkf1
British cannot, IL was said today. SSs
Among the questions exclusive VI f.
Turkey that the supreme counetf "A l.
take IN when II resumes u pnkfE h