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northern boruer OF the heElsl region 20
Fiuue-" Italy however, haa asked Tor
control OF the diplomatic relations Of cara.
dissertation Of the city Of tiume for The
free state Of Fiume-- connection Of the city
o. Fiuule 20 Istria by a corridor ana an
nezation TO Italy Of the Island Of La
This plan the conferees characterized as
counter 10 every consideration OF geoE-
raphy, economics and territorial conven-
Substance Of New Agreement.
The new agreement between Great
Britain. france and italy. dated January
"a. 1890. which president wilson construed
as having been arrived al without partici-
patton OF the United States after the
agree ment Of December 9. was supposed
to have settled the question. provided In
substance
its own Diplomacy. Susak 20 20 90 Serb
Groat-Sl0rene state with railroads and
terminals 20 90 70 the league The free
state OF the previous proposals was 70
disappear and the boundary between ltaly
and the Serb-Groat-Slovene state was %
be redrawn 10 provide for the previously
discussed corridor.
osacchia was TO be redrawn 20 provide
FOR the protection OF Tricst-" This. the
agreement declared. viii leave in the
Serb-Groat- Slovene state purely JuEo-
slav districts cara was TO be an iude-
pendent state under the league. Naieua
vas 20 be retained by Italy as provided IN
the treaty Of London. and Italy was %
take q mandate over Albania whose north
ern boundaries were to be readiusted ard
whose southern boundaries were 20 Be re-
arranged 10 give Greece koritza and Ar
gJrokastron- The island groups Of Lus-
sin. LISA and Palagosa were TO be as
signed 10 Italy and the remainder were
70 30 TO the Ser5-Groat-Slovene state
All Adriatic islands were 20 be dennllitar-
ICED and there were 20 be special provi-
sions TO permit Italians in Dalmatia %
choose Italian nationality
Wilson's Note Of Protest.
President wilson's note OF January -.
IN protest TO these arrangements asked
whether Il was the intention OF the Brit
fish and French governments IN future 20
dispose Of the various questions pending
ia Europe and 70 communicate the results
70 the government Of the United states,
adding that Cleuenceau and Lloyd George
must realize there were features IN the
proposed Fiume settlement which could
not be acceptable to this government
Lloyd George and Cierneneear. replying
under date o. January q, dlselained any
intention Of making a definite settlement
without the views OF the United states.
but had taken 70 NJ az the point a. which
turned 70 Washington They replied they
felt practically every important point OF
the foint memorandum o. December re-
NAMED untouched" and added that only
two features undergo aitaf1tions and both
these are TO the advantage OF auEo-sl1rt1-
The British and French premiers argued
that the disappearance % the free state
Of Fiunae would reunite 100000 JuEo-
Slars with their fatherland. and that the
Albanian settlement was such as 70 afford
satisfaction 70 the uecess1ry requirement
o. all parties concerned"
They characterized e IS q fair settle
nent o. a difficult and dangerous ques-
ton "and IN the event Of its not being
accepted they win Be driven to support
the enforcement OF the treaty Of London.
which IS satisfactory 10 nobody"
Both rremiers disclaimcd any n
tent to show the slightest dlscourtesy
70 the United States OF that they
wished 20 conceal their action IN any
As presIdent Wilson vas not AZ the con
ference. they said they thought the best
plan to proceed with the negotiations and
communicats the result 70 the United
States
President Wilson'S reply q February 10.
said he could not believe that a solu-
ton containing provisions which already
had received the well merited condemn
ton q the French and British govern
rnants freferrinE 70 The settlement O. De-
cember 9. can IN any sense be regarded
Re could not agree that the msmoran-
dun Of January Il left untouched urac-
ticailE every important point as argued
By the British and French premiers and
declared his opinion that the original pro
advantage OF improper Italian ohlectives
20 the serious injury OF the Juso-slar
people ard 70 the peril OF world peace"
President Sees Proof
The fact that Iia1y rejected the pro
posz1 OF December and accepted that Of
January "A. the president Thought vas
proof that italy would receive very POSI-
tive advantages"
President Wilson pointed out that while
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