Arizona republican., 1920-02-19
BELIEVE WILSON NOTE ID REOPEN ADR|ATIC AFT AIR
Entente Reply Has Concilia- tory Trend, Say London Reports-England Seeks American Views as to Settlement of Question in Contested Territory
Republican A. p. Leased wire1


 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-President Wilson's note to the allied supreme council regarding the Adriatic aues- ton, which caused something of a stir in this, as well as the allied countries, apparently has served to reopen the whole subject to negotiation. Withhold Allied Answer. The supreme councils reply was re- celVed today at the state department but was withheld. London advices said the note was conciliatory. The state department made no comment on this. but 1t was pretty well understood that the entente premier'S communication had at least removed the Adriatic Ques- ton from the status in which it was after the council communicated it's set tlement to Jugo- o-Slavia in the form of an ultimatum without the United States being party to the agreement.
 The Jugo-SlavS were given the op- ton of accepting the councils plan or submitting to the carrying out of the Adriatic provisions or the secret treaty of London, negotiated before the United States entered the war. In this connec- ton it was disclosed today that PreSi- dent Wilson, in his note, again came out definitely against the application of this treaty.
 It was also understood that the pres ident had taken the position that, re- gardlesS of the operation of the treaty of Versailles and the League of Ma tions the United States should be a party to the Adriatic settlement be- cause of it's position as a cobelliger- ent.
 Court American Views.
 While the premier's reply Was being received at the state department from Ambassador Davis, a suggestion came from Europe that it still held that the original Adriatic agreement made at Paris on December should be car ried out, to indicate the practical steps that could be taken to execute this agreement, if it should be accepted by Italy and Jugo- -Siayia.
 Under the terms of the December settlement. to which the \ nited States was party, Plume was to be erected into a free state under the League of Nations, and in other respects the gen eral principles of self f-determination of the peoples affected was to be put into force.
 The seizure of Fiume by d'Annun- zio, it was suggested. had changed con- ditions in the Adriatic and the inabil- ity or indisposition of the Italian gov ernment to restore the status quo ap peared to place the weight of respon- sibility for doing so upon the entente powers or the United States. It was realized that none of these was willing to undertake such a move and conse- quently, other measures to meet the case were considered
 Seek America's Solution
 As comment upon the suggestion in- volved a disclosure of some of the fea- lures of the latest entente note. the state department had nothing to say on the subject There is reason to be- lieve that the general tendency of the premier's note is to invite the United States to come forward with some of the problem.
 At the state department, it was said that the councils note would re- ceive careful consideration, making it evident that some time must elapse before reply will be made.
 While the department has decided not to make public the presidents and the councils reply 1 without the consent of France, Great 1 Britain and Italy, 1t was learned from l authoritative sources today that the 1 American governmen looked win favor 1 on publication of the exchanges and 1 had taken steps to ascertain the wishes | of the other governments in the matter |
 Wilson Favors Publicity A factor in the desire of the United 1 States for publicity, it was said, was
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