Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-02-28
BY EDWARD w. PlckAPD.

he AdrIatiC In general ANA Fume
IN particular provided the main topic
Of international discussion last week
ana there was much excited talk in the
world capitals PremierS I1ovd George.
Millerand ana NTH Thought lhcy had
arranged a neat settlement nf the
Adriatic rolhle and mad called on
Jug0- Slavia 10 accept il. with the al
tentative OF having the principles of
the pact Of London applied But they
Were reckoning without President MI
son. probably hecauSe ne seemed 10
have Withdrawn himself 20 a great px-
tent from the discussions over the sub
lect. As soon as he learned what the
big Three" had done. MIR Wilson
projected himself into The affair with
- note that tipped over their apple
cart and brought them 10 realization
thar he was still TO be considered He
declared th&t he cauld not consent 10
The solution reached by The premierS
Bnd called attention to the 4 'scrpUnn-
,icS between il and the settlement of
the problem agreed upon i'm December
AT the London conference. in which the
United States was represented Then
he added postscript that was the
real singer. Despite deuialS in Wash
ngtou. il is quite certain that in this
postscript Mr. Wilson told the pre-
miers that unless they receded from
their position he would take into seri-
Gus consideration the withdrawal of
the United States from the treaty Of
Versailles and from the treaty be-
tween rhe United States and France.
OF course considerable portion of
the press in the allied countries was
enraged by this note and roundy
abused Mr.. Wilson. hut the statesmen
and others well informed recognized
the soundness Of his position and the
fact that the withdrawal of America
from further concern in the peace set
Element would he disastrous. The al
lied council sent reply to Washing
ton which. while if urged the difficulty
Of inducing the rival interests to con
sent 70 the December solution was ex-
ceedingly cOnciliatory in tone and
asked the president To indicate what
practical steps can he taken to carry
out the earlier agreement, under which
Fiume was to lac created into a free
state under the League OF Nations and
the principle of Se'f-datermiuation was
10 he applied TO the Daluatian coast.
The situation is extremely delicate and
there are not few who predict that
the outcome will he another war, with
Italy and Jugo-Slavia as the contend
ers. From the beginning Mr.. Wilson
has insisted that Jugo-Savia should
not be shut of from the sea by Italian
territory. and in this country, at least,
this contention is generally supported.
There is no unfriendliness toward
Italy. but a feeling that she has al
ready enough seaports; and the sym
pa}hy with the new republic Of the
Serbs, Greats and Slovenes is marked.
The America government wished to
make public the notes exchanged in
this affair. and took steps 10 obtain the
consent of Great Britain, France and
Italy. This iS in accord with the prln-
ciple Of open covenants openly ar
rived at which AIr Wilson vainly
tried to make effective when he went
to Paris the first time
Il is known that the president holds
that America. as q co-belH-erant in Tie
war. is actively Interested ia the set
Element of the al ATTIC dispute despite