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| had taken ii IN at the point at
which it was left when Under Sec
re tary Polk returned TO Washing
Iton, They replied they felt "prac-
! tIcally every important point of the
joint memorandum of December
8 remained untouched" and added
that "only two features undergo
alterations and both these are to
the advantage of Jugo- Slavia,"
The British and French premiers
argued that the disappearance Of
the free state of Fiume would re-
unite 100000 Jugo- Slays with their
|f&therland, and that the Albanian
settlement was such as TO afford
satisfaction "to the necessary re-
Guirements of all parties con-
cerned,"
They characterize it as fair
settlement of difficult and dam
gerous question and that in the
event of its not being accepted they
will be driven to support the en-
forcement of the treaty of London,
which is satisfactory to nobody"
intant To shaw tho sligbtest dis,
courtasv tn tba Trniind statas ~,
.tbot tba,, tu.ishoa a. cr,,noai tboir
ACTION in anv way"
As President Wilson was not at
the conference they said they
thought the best plan to proceed
with the negotiations and commu-
So. Wv ~ '''o
avs
PRESIDENT WIISoh reply OF rep
uafy ~ sald ne coulu NOT pc
lieNe tliat soIulloh Containing
pioNlsloils "hIeh a!Ie'1ug hdu re-
ceIFed the Wen iIleiI'eu Gohael!lila-
tloh Oh the fftleh ana bfillsil
governments tFelelllls 10 the set
teiileiil Oh btCtiitpe ~ can an any
sense pc Regarded US rlsht' ~,
ne eouid not agree tlat tne
memorandum "l january ~ ielp
ultoucheo praCNCdlly every IN
poitane point as aFsued by tne
EIltlsH ana fFeliGh pFeH1lerS ana
occurred ms OPINION tllal the orlgi-
MAJ proposal had Deeh Prolo.huly
.altered 10 the advantage Oh nm
serious INJURY OF the JuSo-Siay
Leople ana 10 lhe peru VI Worla
peace
me TACT tIat llaiy rejected lhe
proposal OF December ana &C
copied that OF January ~. the
president thought. was PROOF mat
Italy would receive very positive
advanta ses,
+ resident wilson pointed out
that whlle the british and French
governments IN the agreement or
\ ecember y cohcurred in the view
mat a corridor Tor rune ran
counter to every consideration Of
geography, economies ana terrl-
tfrlal convenience, they agreed TO
1t by memorandum OF January Ia
and that whereas ltalys demand
Tor the annexation OF allied lstria
had peen rejected in the former
agreement "on the sole ground
tnat neither strategic nor economic
considerations could justify such
anhexatlons, the agreement OF
January IA PROVIDED Tor TINS I'M
JUST ana lneXpedlent annexation OF
aliled lstria.'
president wilson said that
whereas the agreement of Decem-
Der excluded every form of ltai-
IAN sovereignty over Fiume, he
could nor avoid the conclusion
mat the agreement of January IA
"Opens the way for Italian control
OF fiumes foreign affairs" The
president said he felt the original
agreement gave proper protection
TO the railway, connecting Fiume
with the Interior but that the
agreement Of January "A establish
ca Italy in dominating military
POSITIONS close to the railway at
plumber Of critical points.
The new agreement, his note
said, partitions the Albanian peo-
pie among three different alien
powers while the original agree
nent preserved It's unity, lin large