The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-17
DECIDED OBJECTION
BY UNITED STATES
TO ADR|ATIC PLAN
SETTLEMENT MUST ABIDE
BY VERSAILLES TREATY
America Must Have Hand In
Question Of Disposition
Of Fiume

LONDON. Feb. l6-tBy tho Associ'
a,cd IresS-rresidcnt Wilson'S note ~
thr pcaca Confercnc" on the hHr. ~
question has furnished London politIta,
annG n.wspapcr circles with a SURPRISE
and interest surprising that eSoke9 ~
the WIlSun-I Lansing rorrcsponoenSc.
The afternoon rapcr$ d'srioyeH stii
ring headlines III Whlch u0iiD
vas the fsvuritc word.
WASHINGTON. Feb. l6.-necideo
oh,rriInn 10 recognition OF sSttlciheL
Of The Adriaiic question on nnes ,bs
trmaty Of Versailles and not rcGoncilapie {
with the principals embodied IN lne
fourteen points Of President wilson VIZ
Expressed by the United states IN !ne
recent n,tr 10 The allied governments.
The NJ tc was not q threat TO withara"
from Participation IN European anairs
|, vas said officially at the WniIS
House. but said that This country shouIa
not b.. n party to the dlspoSlll9h oi
Fiumc as agreed upon py the aiIiGe - ad
micrs without consulting the Inlt'o
States and consequently would not con
Ccrn itself with the questions Involves.
including the policing or the Adrlatlc. IL
the settlement were enforced on the
government Of Jugo- Slayle. ,.
The next step Of the washington K0N
ernment waits on the reply or the allleo
nrcuiers to the American note. In" IN,
tercstin3 suggestion was mace III olLiCta.
quarters that the United states Intsnl
case its European relief work which
INC allies have been anxious this
country should continue. TO Keep down
unrcst If n modification of the peace
treaty were put into effect when the
United States would regard as Contrar!
70 the principle OF self-determination.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-The facts
which Influenced the department OF
state in framing the new American note
were az follows:
December last at a meeting OF The
supreme council in Paris, settlemen!
of the Adriutic question was agreed
upon. which. To become effective. re-
quircd acceptance by both the Italian
and the Jug"-Siav government the
basis of this In brief. was tho creation
Of n buff,r stat" ~ FIum" ":"i ;'ir" -
t"rritory .,h,' Am'".''I. -" represented hS
Under :.c,. ar "lk. wda party I"
the arrangement.
After the withdrawal from Europe or
the American peace commissioners and
while the AdrIatic issue was still a
subject e discussion between the prin.
cipals. meeting was held III London OF
the entente prcmiers, Lloyd George,
Clrmenccau and Nitii. and an entirely
new plan was drawn up without partici-
patton by America and forwarded IN
the shape Of m ultimatum I" the Jugo-
Slar government. Th" basis of this
was the recognition of 1taly's title
much uf tn" eastern coast of tho Ndri-
attic and DnlmG;ia. and there were other
substantial additions 10 Italian claims
which did not agree in principle with
the original understanding. The latest
note was in tn" untur" Of a protest
against this procedure. 1t was not an
ultlmrtum Tor - threat but pointed out
that If persisted In his would leave the
United States In tho position of being
"YrcCtcd to ratify treaty which con-
firmcd boundary lines beyond rradiust
mcnt which II already had declared 10
h." wrong. .trd furth"rmor". ii was re-
called. that this latter move had been
mad" Ivy m" prcIniers without CONSUL
'atlon or udVi." from the Washington
government. though this country "oult.
hc bound rn nhid Ivy tn" results should
il ratify the ir"Ct:.