The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-27
WASHINGTON
WAITS REPLY
OF PREMIERS
Whole Correspondence, Re-
vealed, Shows That Presi-
dent Stood Firm on Adriatic
Question in Previous Notes.
MEMORANDUM IS GIVEN
(By Associated Press)


ed today at the state department. 1t
was sent to the White Hocse lmme-
diately after being decided
State department officials would
give no intimation as to the nature of
the reply, which was drafted within
"a hours after the premiers had re-
eeived President Wilson's note.
In that note the president adhered
TO his former position that unless the
Adriatic settlement of December
was restored in principle, he would
have to consider withdrawing the
peace treaty and the French-Ameri-
can alliance from the senate.
1t was announced that the text of
the premier's note would not be made
public by the American government
without the consent of the premiers.
This Is being sought.
British Plan Publication
The British government is under
stood to plan publication of all of the
exchanges, including this latest note,
within few days and officials said
1T might be possible that the premiers
might consent to simultaneous publi-
cation of the latest reply on both sides
of the Atlantic. ...
publication of the previous ex-
changes disclose that President Will
son adhered in his latest communica-
ton TO his original position that unless
the ,Adriatic settlement was made on
the basis of the December agreement
to which the United States was a
party, instead of the London pact,
which this country has declined to
acqu1esce in, he would be placed in
position where he must take under
serious consideration" the question Of
Withdrawing the treaty of Versailles
and the French alliance from the
senate.
The joint memorandum of Dec. 8,
subscribed to by. France, Great Britain
and the United States, and which it
was supposed here settled the Adriatic
question, provided in substance, the
following:
ItaIy's Frontier Laid Down.
Istria was to have frontier which,
while widely overstepping' the rec
ognfzed clinical line between Italy
and Jugo-Slavia, would have given
to Italy more than 100000 Jugo Slavs
and farther extended eastward to give
Italy territory in the region Of Albona.
also including Jugo-Slavs. A buffer
state between Italian territory and
Istria and the Serb-Ceroat-Slovene
kingdom containing 10000 Jugo-Slavs,
as against 10000 Italians, was to be
placed under the League of Nations.
The so-called Assling region was to-
be permanently demil1tarized. There
was to be a free state of F'iume under
control and for future determination
by the league with full autonomy
for the city of Fiume. The city of
ZaIa was to have complete sovereignty
fh0 nv,I
of its own affairs. The islands of the
islands west Of it, Lussin and Unie
were to pass to Italy on demilitarized
status with local autonomy for the
Slavs in Lisa. Italy was to have
mandate over the Independent state of
Albania under the league. Albanian
frontiers north and east were to be
those fixed by the London conference
of 1913, but the south was Left for
negotiation. Greece was to have GER
tain territory, the lines for some Of
which were to be left for negotiation.
The city Of Valona and such hinter-
land strictly necessary to defense and
economic development were granted
to Italy with full sovereignty.
Changes Are Made.
The new agreement between Great
Britain, France and Italy dated Jan.
IA, 1920, whichc President Wilson con-
strued to have been arrived at with
out participation Of the United States,
after the agreement of Dec. 8 yas sup
posed to have settled the question.
provided in substance:
Fiume as an independent state free
in its own diplomacy. Susak to go to
the Serb Croat- -Slovene state with rail-
roads and the Serb b-Croat- t-Slovene
state was to be redrawn to provide
Ior the previously discussed corridor.
the Wilson line" in the region of
Senosecchia was to be redrawn "to
provide for the protection of Trieste"
This, the agreement declared, will
leave in the Serb-CroatS tSlovene state
purely JugoSlav districts
Zara was to be an independent state
under the league, Falone was to be re-
iained by Italy as provided in the
treaty of London and Italy was to take
q mandate over Albania whose north
ern boundaries were to be readjusted
and whose southern boundaries were
10 be rearranged to give Greece Kore
itza and Argyyioslron. The island
groups of Lussin. LISA and Pelagosa
we're to be assigned to Italy and the
remainder were to go to the Serb
troat-Slovene state. All Adriatic Is
lands were to be demilitarized and
there were to be special provisions to
nermit Italians in Dalmatia to choose
Italian nationality.
Wilson Makes Protest
President Wilson's note of Jan. 10.
in protest to these arrangements.
asked whether it was "the intention
of the British and French govern
ments In the future 20 dispose of the
various questions pending in Europe
and to communicate the results to the
GOV ernment of the United States" ad-
ding that Clemenceau and Lloyd
George must realiZs there were fea-
lures in the proposed Fiume settle
,nent which could not be acceptable
to this government.
Lloyd George and Clemenceau, re-
ply!ng under date of Jan. 2S, disclaim-
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