Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

settlement to be independently es- tablished and enforced by the asso- ciated governments"
 M. Millerand. who had succeeded Clemenceau as premier of France, and Lloyd George replied under date of February IT, saying there was mo foundation for the assumption that the new settlement involves a equalization to the Italian point of view as opposed to the Jugoslavs." Guaranantees of L. of N. Sufficient. The premiers remarked that Pres ident Wilson had ignored the great i advantage conferred on Jugoslavia at i the same time" In their discussions | they had found, they said, that mo body desired the consummation of I the free state of Fiume," and that i .Sthe net upshot' of the agreement kFas to give JugoslaviaN 150 GOO more f'JugoslavS than the original proposal. The p1enl.ers argued that the guar l ante=s Of the league of nations were ! sufficient to guard against the an nexation President Wilson feared 1 Details of the adwinistration of ! Albania they said, were yet to be l elaborated and the feelings and fu- ! ture interest of the Albanian people, were to be regarded. The tpreniers disclaimed any desire "to force a set tlement unacceptable to the pres dent of the United States" and added they would not attempt to insist on it's acceptance until after hearing his views.
 U. S. Not in Close Touch.
 [ In a lengthy argument the pre- ! miers declared "the proposal of De oember g has fallen to the ground be- cause nobody now wants to set up the artificial free state of Plume. and added that the United States having mo representative at the de lberat ons cannot be in close touch W tn the changes of opinion and cir cumstances" and they had no choice but to rely on the treaty of London which the premiers said they had never concealed from the president and which they felt bound to apply. failing to secure another agreement. unless it were to be regarded as "a scrap of paper"
 i Dep'ore Threat of United States. ] France and Great Britain there fore,' said their reply. "view with eonsternation the threat of the Unit , ed States to withdraw from the com ! ity of nations because it does not agree with the precise terms of the Adriatic settlement" The reply added the hope that whatever the final view of the Unit i ed States as to the Adriatie settle ment may be they will not wreck the Whole mach -nery for dealing with in terldtional disputes < because iEsSsaeAS is not adopted in th rare ltioplars case" i'''i France and Great Britain cannot peEeFe that It is the purpose of the Ma fn R0Ir
 reaching and terrible in it's effects o+ ] 8 ground which has the appearance i or beng so inadequate the reuIv 1 concluded. 0p'S
 Wilson. Remains Obdurate,
 President Wilson's note o4 Ear,,, ary A, the last diplomatic paper- in the record. except the reply to f. I,o,r on the way to America. begins nv saying the president "feeIs that in the present circumstances he has I7f choice but to maintain the nositior
 he has taken all along" and re.tar- ates the pr 'nciples enunciated on
 Amerlca's entry into the war. H.
 aods' Tn the opinion of the Ameri.
 can government the terms of thf
 peace settlements must continue +c
 be formulated upon the basis of +ht at
 prlnclpies for wkich America en+araf the war. By writing into inc treat1
 or Versailles Article Ten of fbs league covenant the president said
 $ position was that the powers . =.
 soclated against Germany had "fore.
 gone all territorial aggression and al
 InterIerenees with the free polff;ca
 seit-determination of the peoples q the world The presidents repi,
 says tnat while Italy has acceptef
 Lne substitute project for the ire,
 fIO
 not accepted it. ii' Would Invite Strife.
 Reiterating his belief that to ioi,
 FIume to Italian territory wou1d h,
 10 invite strife out of which anneva'
 tlon might issue the presidents not.
 says tnat while the three fold divis
 -on o[ Albania in the British agree
 tileht mlght be most acceptable tC
 tne Jugosiav government, he is "ius
 as vigorously opposed to in1urine fb
 Albanian people for the benefif n
 Jugoslavia" as he is to "iniurine tb,
 Jugoslay people for the bene7f q
 Italy" Agreements regulating +b
 Italian northern frontier, the nrasi
 dent argues. already depart from fh treaty or London line and were. mad
 With the understanding that nego
 nations were proceeding on quite new basis"
 Brought in Treaty of London.
 Bringing in the treaty of Londo,
 as an obligatorial alternative, tn
 presidents note said, came as
 surprise" because the American rov
 ernment regarded the agreement q 1. December as superseding it. m course to fall back on the treaty .
 London, 1t sad. was followed with
 out any attempt to seek the views T this government
 Replying to British and Frenc i, rererences to the inclusion of Ger
 mans in Czecho -SloVakia and Rntb
 enes in Poland, the president said
 mere were cases where for sufi clent geographical and economic req
 sons, slight defections of the ethnn graphical frontier were sanctioned gf, ], the conference and the America
 government believes that if Tta1 , would consent to apply the sam [ principles in Istria and Dalnnatia th Adr1atic question would not exist. ''
 Then, in conclusion, fererring f
 ltaly's sacrifices, advanced in tn correspondence, as reason for he
 claims, the pres dents reply says: r What Wilson Asks.
 | such considerations can not h : made the reason for un;ust settle , ments which will be provocative c !. future wars. A course thus deter !, mined would be short sided ar5 no Tn accord with the terrible sacrifice . of the entire world which can he I1s tified and ennobled only by ieadia ] finally to settlements in Keeping wi- ? the principles for which the war wa 1 fought The president asl1q fh,r .h