Arizona republican., 1920-02-27
IRepubIican A. p. Leased wire1

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Presiden Wilson, in his reply to the British an French premiers on the Adriatic ques l tion, adheres to his previous decision that unless the terms of settlement ar returned to the provisions of the agree
 ment of December 9, he must take un
 der serious consideration the with drawal of the treaty of Versailles an,
 the French alliance from the senate.
 The response of the premiers was dis
 patched from London today, but hat
 not been received tonight in Washing
 ton.
 With the exception of this note, tn,
 exchanges on the subject, including tn. December agreement and the substs quent agreement communica ted :, Jugo- Slavia last month by the British and French premiers. were made pub lie today by the state department.
 The Dec. g Memorandum
 The joint memorandum of Decembel 9 subscribed to by France. Greai Britain and the United States and which it was supposed had settled the Adriatic question, provided in sub- stance the following:
 Istria was to have a frontier hich while widely overstepping" the recog nized ethnical line between Italy and Jugo- -Slavia- would have given to Italy more than 300,000 Jugo- -Slavs and fur ther extended eastward to give Italy territory in the region of the city of Albania, also including Jugo- Slays a buffer state between the Italian terri tory and Istria and the Serb -Croat- Slovene kingdom, containing 100000 Jugo-Slavs, as against 10000 Italians, was to be placed under the league C. nations. The so-called Assling region was to be permanently demilitarized
 
 under control and for future deter imitation by the league with full au- tonomy for the .city of Plume.
 The city or Zara was to have com plete sovereignty under the league and complete control Of it's own affairs. The islands of the Pelagosa group, Lissa and the small islands west of it, Lus- sin and Unie, were to pass to Italy on a demilitarized status with local for the Slavs in Lissa. Italy was to have a mandate over the inde- pendent state of Albania under the league. Albania's frontiers north and east were to be those fixed by the Lon don conference of 1913, but the south was left for negotiation. Greece was to have certain territory. the lines for some of which were to be left for ne gotiation.
 Italy Granted Full Satisfaction
 The city of Valonia and such hinter- land strictly necessary to defense and economic development were granted to Italy in full sovereignty.
 The provisions were described in the as offering to Italy full over her historic national aspirations" uniting the Italian race md as giving her absolute strategic control of the Adriatic."
 The conferees declared they had carried their concern for Italian se- curity to the point of neutra1izing the Dalmatian islands and adjacent waters from the northern border of the Re susa region to F'iume. Italy, how ever, had asked for control of the diplomatic relations of Zara, disasso- ,iation of the city of Plume for the rec state of Plume, connection of the ;ity of Plume to Istria by a corridor md annexation to Italy of the Island If Lagosta.
 This plan, the conferees character zed as counter to every consideration ,f geography, economies and terri orial convenience. Explaining their easons for arriving at the previous decision they declared:
 Sought Merely as War SpoiIs
 Economic consideration being equal 1 y excluded there remains nothing but | desire for further territory The | erritories coveted admittedly in | labited by the Jugo- -Slavs. They con | ain practically no Italian clements | )n that point the memorandum in- luded communication from Presi- | ent Wilson to Premier Tittoni under [ ate of November 12, which, explain ng the American view, declared the | road principle remains that it is either just nor expedient to annex s spells of war territories inhabited | Y an alien race, anxious and capa le to maintain a separate national .f xI .I<.fr I kind to tht which justified the de- hand of Italian irredentia for union rith the Italian state.''
 The new agreement between Great 'ritain,, France and Italy. dated Jan- ary IA. 1920, which President Wilson onstrued as having been arrived at Tithout participation of the United tates after the agreement of Decem CT 9, was supposed to have settled le question. provided in substance:
 Plume as an independent state free f
 it's own diplomacy. SusalS to go | Serb Croat -SIovene state with rail- ads and terminals to go to the league. he free state of the previous proposal as to disappear and the boundary etween Italy and the Serb Croat-S Slo- enc state was to be redrawn to pro- de for the previously discussed cor dor.
 Would Redraw Wilson Line
 .The Wilson line" in the region of was to be redrawn to provide for the protection of Trieste. his, the agreement declared, will | ave in the Serb Croat- Slovene state l rely Jugo-S Slav districts. Zara was |
 be an independent state under the | ague. Valona was to be retained by | ally. as provided in the treaty of | 3ndon. and Italy was to take a man. lte over Albania, whose northern | undaries weer to be readjusted and Il nose southern boundaries were to be | arranged to give Greece. Koritza and