New-York tribune., 1920-02-24
New Treaty to Define All
Boundaries and Fix
Neutral Rights; U. S.
Senate to Pass on 1t
Wilson Completes
Reply to Premiers
correspondence Will Be
Made Public When His
Note Reaches London
From The 7,1eune's Washington Bureau

From The 7,Tbune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Final
settlement of the Adriatic question.
which is expected to be reached
when the Allied Premiers have re-
ceived and considered the reply Of
President Wilson, now about ready.
is to be placed in the form of a
boundary treaty for ultimate SUBJ
mission to the American Senate for
ratification, it was learned officially
to-day.
The treaty will be drafted in
London at the present meeting of
the Allied Premiers or at future
meeting of the Foreign Ministers in
Paris.
The decision to make the Adri-
attic settlement a treaty, to be
signed and agreed to by Italy aud
Jugo-Slavia, as well as the four as
sociated powers - France, Great
Britain, Japan and the United
States-was said to-day to have
been reached at the time when the
agreement of December 8 on the
Fiume question was signed and ap-
proved b. the Allied Premiers and
Frank i. Polk, representing the
American government.
The treaty is necessary to make
the agreement. now in the process
Of formation binding on all inter
ested parties, it was stated to-day
Vi course, it cannot be agreed upon
definitely by the nations interested
until President Wilson and the
Allied Premiers compose their diff
ferences on the question of distri-
button of Adriatic territory.
Presidents Note Completed
The American answer to the Allied
Adrlatic note was before the President
to-day in completed form for his ap-
proval. The document is expected to
60 forward to Ambassador Davis at
London tonight or tomorrow for sub
mission to the Allied premiers in ses-
SION IN Downing Street.
Upon the receipt of the Presidents
reply by the Allied premiers the entire
correspondence will be made public
here, 1t was said to-day at the White
House. The decision to furnish the
press with the complete exchange OF
ha fl,.io =:
nlng with the Franco British american
agreement signed by Premiers Lloyd
george and Clemenceau and by Frank
L. Polk, representing the United States
government, was understood to have
been made by the President when the
substance of his note of February 10
was made known.
The fact that the agreement of De-
rember 8 already has been carried in
the cables from Paris has convinced
the White House, it is said that the
entire sponoence should be made
public.
Separate Treaty Necessary
The Adriatic treaty, it was said, can
not be incorporated in the Hungarian
treaty nor in the Austrian treaty be-
cause OF provisions of the armistice
winch require Hungary to relinquish
sovereignty over all the Croatian ter
rrlsory involved in the Fiume dispute.
Inc proposed boundary treaty would
provide specifically what portion of the
Adriatic territory Jugo- Slavia is to
control and what portion would come
uhoer Italian sovereignty. Likewise
me pact would provide for the rights
OF neutrals in the territory thus dis
tributed.
The ultimate Adriatic treaty, it was
argued. would be based entirely on the
agreement to be reached by the Su-
Pfeme Council with the consent of the
United States. The actual compost
non of the pact will not require the
participation of a plenary delegate
from the United States in the council
meeting at which the treaty tentatively
Is agreed upon, but instead the COM
pete document will be transmitted to
Washington for personal approval of
me President, who eventually will sub
mlt the document to the Senate with a
request for its ratification.