Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-02-27

The joint memorandum of December
9. subscribed to BY France, Great Brit
ain and the United States and which i;
was supposed here settled the Adriatie
question, provided in substance the fol
lowing:
Istria was to have frontier which
while widely oyerstepping" the recog-
nized ethical line between Italy and
Jugo Slavia, would have given to Italy
more htan 100000 Jugo- SIavs and. fur
ther extended eastward to give Italy
territory in the region of Albona. also
including Jugo- Slavs as against 440,o06
of nations. The so-called Assling re
gion was to be permanently demilitar-
lzed There was TO be free state OF
Fiume under control and for future de-
termination by the league with full au-
tonomy for the city of Fiume The city
Of Lara was to have complete sovereign
ty under the league and complete con
troll of its own affairs. The islands of
the Pelagosa group. Lissa and the small
islands west Of it. Lussin and tnie. were
TO pass to Italy on demilitarized statutes
with local autonomy for the Slavs in
Lissa. Italy was to have q mandate
over the independent state of Albania
under the league. Albania's frontiers
by the London 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 negotiation. The city Of Valona
and sS!eh hinterland strictly necessary to
defense and economic development were
granted to Italy in full sovereignty.
Gave Strategic Control TO Italy.
These provisions were described in
the memorandum as affording TO Italy
full satisfaction of her historic ma
tional ASPIRATIONS uniting the Italian
race and as giving her absolute strate-
gic control over the Adriatic' The con
ferees declared they had carried their
concern for Italian security to the point
of neutralizing the Dalmatian islands.
and adjacent waters from the northern
border of the Regusa region to Fiume.
Italy. however, had asked for control of
the diplomatic relations of lara. dis
sociation of the city of Fiume from the
free state of Fiume. connection of the
city of Fiume to Istria by a corridor
and annexation to Italy of the islaIi of
Lagostia. This plan the conferees char
acterized as counter to every consider
alton Of geography. economies and terri
torial convenience.
Explaining their reasons for arriving
1t the previous decision, they declared:
Economic consideration being equal
Iy Excluded there remains nothing but
a desire for further territory. The ter
ritories coveted are admittedly lnhabi-
eated by the Jugo Slavs. They contain
practically no Italian elements
On that POINT the memorandum in
aluded a communication from President
Wilson to Premier Tittoni under date
If November u. which explaining the
American view. declared 'the broad
remains that il is neither Just
cor expedient to annex as the spolls !
# war territories inhabited by an alien |
.ace. anxious and capable to maintain |.
/ separate national state of irredentism |
,xely analogous III kind to that which /
IL tified the demand to Italia irredentia !
or union with the Italian state
Italy Made Albanian Mandatory.
The new agreement between Great
Britain, France and Italy, dated Janu
Try IA, 1920. which President Wilson
onstrued as having been arrived at with
'ut participation of the United States, I
fter the agreement of December 8 was |
imposed to have settled the question, I
provided in substance:
Fiume as an independent state free in !
Is own diplomacy. Susak to 60 to the
,erb- -Croat-Slovene state with railroads |
nd terminals to 60 to the league The
rec state of the previous proposals was
0 disappear and the boundary between
tally and the Serb-Croat- -Slovene state
Fas to be redrawn to provide for the
reviously discussed corridor. ''The
wilson line in the region of Senosec-
hia was to be redrawn ito provide for
he protection OF Trieste This. the
greement declared, "will leave In the
-Slovene state purely Jugo-
lav district" Zara was to be an
dependent state under the league. Va
INA was to be retained by Italy rs
rovided in the treaty of London al,
tally was to take mandate over Al
ania whose northern boundaries were
, be readjusted and whose southern
oundaries were to be rearranSed to
i've Greece kpritza and Argyrokastron.
he island groups of Lussinf, Lissa and