Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-27

Washington, Feb. 26. President Wilson in his reply to the British and French premiers on the Adrlatic question adheres to his previous de- C..ion that unless the terms of settle u7sat s.te returned to the provisions of ti.t agreement of Dec. , he must Ike under serious consideration the withdrawal of he treaty Of Versailles aaI the French alliaIhce from the senate.
 The response of the premiers was de-uatched from London today, but had not been received tonight in V ashington.
 Nitn the exception of this note. the eS- snses on the subject 1ncludlng g tAt Dec. agreement, and the subse- cuert agreement communicated to Juso -laTia last month by. the British a French pre-1iers. were made pub iie, today by the state department.
 Holding that tI,e provisions of the agreement sent as an ultinlatum to Jugoslayia would merely continue the old order Of things which brought SO ra-- evils on the world, President Ki,sosf n his first communication to the entente T-emiers declared that if such were made effective the time had not cone when tris government can entertain q concert of powers. the very existence of which must depend upon a -sw spirit and new order.' The note then added:
 The president desires to say that hf must take under serious considera = ticl the withdrawal of the treaty with Germany and the agreement between the United States and France (the Franco-A nlerican treaty. which are nov before the senate"
 r1---~1f 1--e -76 nf and Lloyd George of Great Britain in reply st7ted that changes in opinion and circumstances had occurred since the o- i~t-ia1 proposal tO which the United sSf~.es was q party was drawn. which charges evidently were not fully ap- prrciated in the United States.
 France and Great Britain. the pre- msers' note stated. consequently ''view with co1sterna, ion" the threat of the United States to withdraw from the league of nations. Hope is expressed by the Drerniers that the United States Will not wreck the whole machinery for dealing with interna tional dis Dutes" because the position of the United States is not accepted in a par tirular case
 Tn his last note the pres dent reft- arated i1 an er1Dhatic rnarner his stand from which he asserted there
 
 decided upon hv the p-eniers woulT be short sighted and not ia accord with the terrible sacrifices ot the en- tire world which car he justified and ennobled only by leading finally to set dement's in keeping with the rrinci- piaz for which the war was fot1 1ollt.''
 The joint memorandum Of Dec. 2 Suhscrihed ta hv France, Great Pri+air and the United States. and which fl vas supposed here settled the Adriatic question. provided in substance the following:
 Line Between Italy and .Jucoslsvia.
 Istria vas to have a frontier which while widely overstepping" the rec ognized eth1ical line between Italy and Juzoslavia. would have given tr TtaIv more than 300 ooo Jugos!avs and further extended eastward to give Italy territory in the regio nof Albona also including Jugoslavs. buffer state between the Italian territory anC Istria and the Serb -Croat- -Slovent kingdom. containing some 200 .oot Jugosiavs as aga'nst 40 900 Italians was to be nlaced under the lea glIe O nations. There was to he free statt of Plume under control and for fnturt determination by the league with fuI autonomy for the city Plume. Tn city Zara was to have coTrnlete sove- reIEnty under the league The islandi of the Pelsgossa grorp. Lissa and tht small islands west of it, Lussin anC Unie. vsre to pass 10 Italy on demili tariz~6 status win local autonomy fo the Siavs in Jissa. Italy was to havt mandate over the independent stat of AIba-ia under the leaGue. Al bsnian frontiers north and east wert to he those fved hv the London con fe-r1ce of I912 The city Of va1ons and such hinterland strictly necessar- to defense and economic develoren were granted to Italy in full sove reignty.
 What Italy Asked For.
 Italy, however, had asked for contro of the diplomatic relations of Zara dissociation of the city of Plume iron ths free state of Plume, connection O the city of Plume to Istria by corri d-r and annexation to Italy Of the isl ard of Lagosta- This plan the con ferees characterized as "counter ti every consideration of geography. eco monies and territoria. convenience Explaining their reasons for arrivini at the previous decision, they de clared:
 Economic consideration beini equally excluded, there remains noth ing but a desire for further territory The territories coveted are adrittedl, inhabited by the Jugoslavs. They con tain practically no Italian clements.
 Provisions of New Agreement.
 The new aagreement between Grea Britain, France and Italy. dated Jan 1i. 1920. provided in substance:
 Firrne as an independent state ire i1 its own diplomacy The free stat of Inc previous proposals was to dis appear and the boundary between Italy and the Serb-Croat-Sl -Sloven state was to be redrawn to provide fo t.lr previously discussed corridor.
 Zara was to be an independent stat u,-Ger the league, Vaiona was to be re tatned by Italy as provided in tn treaty of London and Italy was t take mandate over Albania, who's boundaries were to be readjusted. Tn island groups of Lussin, Lissa ant RelaEosz were to be assigned to Hal