Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-28
ADRIATIC PACT
MUST HAVE OK.
OF JUGo-sLAv|A
Allies Give Up Effort to Force the
United States to Agree to
Their Program.

Washington, Feb. 28.-The Brit
ish and French premiers' reply to
President Wilson on the Adriatic
question was read today by the
president and he is expected to
send his reply early next week.
Officials were not disposed to
discuss the latest note from Lon
don, but it was said that the with
drawal Of the agreement of Dec.
3, pending an attempt by Italy and
Jugo-Slavia to reach a satisfactory
agreement among themselves, as
proposed by the preniers, could
have little effect on the ultimate
outcome Of the negotiations.
Jugo-Slavs Must Accept.
The principle enunciated in that
agreement will remain the same, it
was explained. and the American
government will continue to ad-
here to its original position that a
settlement to. which Jugo-Slavia OBJ
jected was not to be forced on that
country.
Senators Crouch as Usual.
The presidents course in the
Adriatic matter was criticized to-
day in the senate during the first
debate on the subject Senator Kel-
logg, Republican, Minnesota, one
Of the mild reservation Republi-
cans, who has been working for
ratification of the treaty, took the
lead in the attack and he was
joined by the treaty's irreconcila-
BILE foes.
Accept Wilson Program.
London, Feb. 2S.-The allies have
given up the idea of trying to force
the United States to agree to their
I program for the disposal of the
Adriatic controversy.
Premiers Lloyd George and Mil
lerand, in their reply to President
Wilson's latest communication on
the question. agree that Mr.. Will
sons willingness to accept any set
tlement mutually agreeable to
Italy and Jugo-Slavia regarding
their common frontier in the Fiume
region, provided such an agree
ment is not made on the basis of
compensation elsewhere at the ex-
pense Of the nationals of a third
power" meets with their apprival.
In ether words, they have back
ed down from their stand as en-
bodied in their ultimatum to Jugo-
Slavia under date of Jan. 20, which
was sent to Belgrade without the
consent Of the United States.
Press Is Conservative.
Correspondence between the al
lied premiers and President Wilson
relative to the Adriatic settlement
is given much prominence in this
mornings London newspapers, but
several refrain from commenting
On the situation
$50 ends the attempt Of Pre-
miers Lloyd George and Clemen-
ceau to coerce the Jugo-Slavs,
says the Times, which throughout
has supported President Wilson
Neither of them has reason to be
proud Of his effort to bully this
small people. which Mr.. Wilson has
virtually forced them to drop. Mr.
Lloyd George and Premier Miller.
and have rushed into the true path
into which the American president
has driven them. We imagine be
will continue to shepherd them
along it. perhaps with a somewhat
4 grim smile"
! Credits Sincerity.
i Mr.. Lloyd George and n. Miller.
and are credited BY the Express.
with frank sincerity. in conced.
ing Mr.. Wilson'S point, and the
newspaper thinks ''the best hop<
and the BEST guarantee Of peace
lies In Italy and Jugo- -Slavia reach.
ling = settlement by mutual agree.
sment."