The Lambertville record., 1920-01-23
ITALY ACCEPTS
ADRIATIC PLAN
Renounces Claim to DaImatian
Coast at Conference of Pre-
mierS in Paris.
FIUME TO BE FREE STATE.
City to Remain italian If Jugo-slavia
Gives Consent-Form of lnterna-
tionaI Control Which Will Be
Imposed on Turkey.

Paris.-Such marked progress has
been made by the big Three"-Pre-
miers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and
Nitti-in their conference on the prob
lens of the Adriatic that it was an
nounced that plan had been accept
ed by Italy, the terms of which had
been sent to Belgrade by Jugo-Slav
approval.
In the two days since ratification Of
the peace treaty the italian project,
the Jugo-Slav project and the Italian
counter-project were submitted sue
cessively and examined. The chief
differences centered upon neutraliza-
tion Of the Dalmatian coast, appor-
tionment of the Adriatic islands, the
Albanian mandate and, above all, the
connection between Fiume and Istria
by strip of territory.
Premiers Lloyd George and Clemen-
ceau took Premier Nitti's latest pro-
posal under consideration. In this plan
Italy, it was reported, renounces claim
to the Dalmatian coast, abandons part
of her mandate over Albania, contents
herself with part of the islands and ac-
cepts autonomy for the state of FL
ume. But within this independent
state of Fiume Italy demands the city
of Fiume shall be Italian and attached
to the mother country by strip of
territory. 1t now appears probable
that Great Britain and France will
now use their influence to induce Jugo-
Slavia to agree to these conditions
If successful, nothing remains, then,
for Premier Nitti but to have the Ital-
ian parliament sanction the accord
and wait for public opinion to ap-
prove the solution he has negotiated.
Due weight was given in the fresh
proposals to the parliamentary diff
Guilty of Premier Nitti The idea of a
buffer state of Fiume has been given
up. The new plan is to split up the
Fiume area between Italy and the
Jugo-Slavs. The city of Fiume itself
will be under italian sovereignty and
will have a corridor connecting 1t with
Italy. The commercial interest of
Jugo-Slavia and the Hungarians in the
port of Fiume will be placed in charge
of the League of Nations and the rail-
way line from Fiume to Lailbach will
be given to Jugo-Slavia.
The italian frontier encircling FL
ume will run toward Istria along the
To UOIa fI,r
seaboard will be Italian, as will Vdos-
ca and Abbazia and the whole eastern
Istrian coast. The Italian frontier in
the north will run parallel to but six
miles away from the Fiume Gaibach
railway
So far as the Turkish question is
concerned, it may be said that the OBJ
jections that were made at the time of
Premier Clemenceau's trip to London
against the continuance of the Otto
man empire at Constantinople were
not brought up by those who with the
greatest energy formulated them. Un-
der these conditions everything points
to the likelihood of a settlement in
conformity with the wishes of France
But this refers only to matters of
principle, leaving a multiplicity of
questions to be solved Even If the
Sultan is to be permitted to remain at
Constantinople it will be necessary to
decree minutely the form of interna-
tional control which will be imposed
on Turkey the Observation-Disclosures of
the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus
straits without prejudice; decisions
which it will be necessary to take rela-
tive to the oppressed nationalities of
Syria, Smyrna, territorial limitations,
etc. The peace with Turkey, there
fore, is still far removed