New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
within the Italias frontier Of further
SO 900 Jugo- StAvs In addition to the
100000 which President Wilson had
already agreed to allot to that coun-

4 W1LU1H CUE .TEHEIHWf FU1ItgST,
| 10000 Jugo-StAvs In addition to the
1 100000 which President Wilson had
| already agreed to allot to that coun-
! try.
Denies It Means Annexation
CAS- regards the suggestion that the
proposal Of January ~ clearly paved
the way for annexation of the town Of
J Fiume to Italy, the French and British
governments cannot possibly accept
the implication that the guaranty Of
the league of nations is worthless and
that the Italian government has no in
tentor Of abiding by a treaty which
/, it enters into. AS regards the railway,
the proposal Of, JanuaIy 20 gives to
the Jugc Slav state the control Of the
whole line from the point where it
leaves the port Of Fiunbe. which is
under the control of the league of ma
! tons
"Ths railway is Il rsial and not
II strategic railway: Under President
wilson's proposals. it Is commanded
by Italian guns. according to either
Italy to cut it in the event Of war
They do not, therefore see that there
is substance in this criticism. pro
posal whose real eject is to transfer
the whole railway to Jugo-Sklvia, in
stead of leaving it IN The hands O
the free city Of Fiume, which no one
desires.
"There remains the question of AZ
bania. They are 'ad to receive the
criticism ,Sf the American government
on this part of their proposal They
would point out, however, that their
telegram of January % states that the
details Of the administration Of this
country by Jugo Slavia, Italy and
Greece have yet to be elaborated, and
in working to this end sight viii not
be lost of the, feelings Of future in
terest of the Albanian people and every
cndeavor viii be made TO carry out the
arrangements i1l full consultation with
them.
Says Plan ttavors Jugo-Slavia
Further, they would point out that
so far from the proposal being made
in the interests OF Italy it WAS made
in the interests tif Jugo-Slavia. The
Jugo-Slavs pointed! out that though
under the proposal a,f January ID, the
northern part of their territory was
guaranteed adequateN access to the sea
through the port of l'ume, the south
ern part of Jugo-Slsa7ia had no such
access, and that the "a tural outlet was
to build line down the ppln River
"The French and British govern
ments thought theze W. S force in this
contention, and theii- pra posal in regard
to Albania was desig ned to enable
Jugo-S avia, nasmuch 5 Albania was
unable to undertake the work for itself.
to develop, under inter- rational guar
anty, railway. Having never been
able to cstablish>a setxjs d government
for themselves, and as the northern
irgly Christisn and the t;outhern part
similarly Mohammedan, hey thought
it best to intrust the respM visibility for
government and developmA Mt Of these
two parts to Jugo-Savia IA d Italy re-
spectively. They have, howe yer, agreed
that the whole of Albania should be
brought under the mandara.ry system,
and they believe that this will make
it possible eventually to sat sly aspir
ations Of the Albanian peopLa Tor unity
and government.
Ultimatum to Slavs MosA 6ed
The governments of Grcaa- Britain
and France therefore must repeat that
they find difficulty i'll underi landing
the present attitude of the, United
States government toward the pA )posals
and they hope that in view OF, these
explanations that government "A Il see
its way to reconsider its attitudt
''ln their view these proposala are
the natural outcome of the pole Y OF
the joint memorandum of Decei Der
9. With the consent of both paf ties
concerned the idea of the free stat% OF
Fiume was abandoned. In view OF the
absence of the American represen ia
tives they had no option but to 4 t.
tempt to settle this question by thet l.
selves. 1t is not, however, the desii e
of the two governments TO force d
settlement which is unacceptable d
the President Of the United States, aux
they VIII not therefore attempt to ip-
sist upon its acceptance until they
have heard the view Of the United
States government on this dispatch
They have confined themselves, there 1
fore, to asking the Jugo-Sl govern :
ment to give definite answer TO their
memorandum of January 20. since they
must know what the attitude of that
government is.
They feel bound, however, to ask
the United States government to con-
slider the effect of their action. The
proposal of December has fallen to
the ground because nobody now wants
to set up the artificial free state of
Fiume. The proposal of January 20 is
objected 10 by the United States. which
lad no representative at the delibera-
tons and which cannot therefore be
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