Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-08
WILL NEVER AGREE
T0PACT OF LONDON.
Kept Secret From U. S., Which
Gave Unlimited Assistance
and Untold Treasure.
FIRM AS "A ROCK ON FIUME.
Resenting Slur on Illness, Agrees
to Italian -Jugo Slav Settle
ment Only on Lines Of Justice.
FIRM AS "A ROCK ON FIuME
l[py Un!versal Service d

WASHINGTON. March 7.-prcsidcnt
Wilson's reply 10 the allies in the
Fiumc controversy is. as already fore
cast, an announcement O: his deter
mination to stand by the agreement of
December .. which was entered into by
The United States. Great Britain and
France.
Tho State Department today made
nubiic the text OF The note and IL IS
oel,syed that another reply viii be
Erench Prem!ers chiefly because the
PRESIDENT explains that he Will not
sane sans,ion on, any pareitioning of Albania
siaSis. Vi .eeH'e"' between Italy and 'uso-
The President expresses resentment
over the intention of the British and
French to withdraw the agreement O.
D,:eesmber between the United States,
on new basis. he takes the view that
! this agreement were set aside. the
allies would have an excuse for reviv-
.7s the pact OF London, which was
drawn up in secrecy during the war
and TO which he is unaltcrably op-
oose1
No Warrant for Secrecy.
IN, No ~ words s-, arc mihged BY the Prcsi-
Wards the pact OF London. He Gays
olunt!y that he is unable to find in the
Xxi GiXiEeneies of military strategy" sutii-
recy with the United States, a govern
ment which was Intimately associated
y, the task of defending human free
dom and that was called upon for
Unlimited assistance and untold treas
urc.
rhe pres,dent recalls to the Pre-
nicrs, in response 10 their plant that
they were !rcony cnienced by the ali,
aense sens, Gf an hninrleaI representative
conferences. that mapy times decisions
by the supreme eouncil -Were- DELAYED
because british and Freneh represen-
n nj, t1t trn1 q q
their governments.
p,na,dl In short Z ia npparent that the
president win continue to oppose any
soiution OF the Adriatic problem chat
is not based on The agreement OF De-
nenber .: and that he will stand out
20 ,,na .he h end against a,soiution predicated
don.
The Presidents Reply.
Ihe following is the Presidents re-
The President desires 70 express his
sincere and cordial interest in the re-
ssnonsc OF the French and British Prime
Ministers received on February 81. lie
desire to reach an equitable solution
N conformity alike with the princI.
Ias,s. PEE OF the nsace conference and of the
lions OF the Italian and Jugo-Slav peo-
pies. He further welcomes their en-
sential points. 20 urge upon the GOV
srnments interested that they should
ring tne.r desires into line with the
THE President is SURPRISED nor.
eyer. that they should lind In the
statement OF his own Willingness 20
and Juso. .slavlu the settlement or
tneir common trontiers in, the Fiume
wiibdraWay efi1h ANY egToInd for suggesting the
Of December .. In .his no couid nnt
possibly Join.
n a
after months offearnest discussions. It
sSSns.ituted Sns more than a mere ex-
efanSG Of pSnelplea Gp x'ewsj and II was
ipsn, lho ch1sf hsf Pein;s penn upon which agree
these hes aorHsa points Of summary review Of
French, British and American Governs rue
ments ; and the memorandum should
Dasis Of reference REPRESENTING the the
combined opinion Of those govern
"In referring TO the common pron-
'ier in tho Fiumc region the Presi-
dent had in mind the express desire
OF the two interested governments to
Of Fiume as defined IN IN the the memoran nren staae
dunn OF December .. If. as he under
stands; sta so,nne the goyernmcnt Of Italy and
slovene state prefer to abandon the
so.cailed buffer state containing an
ans aesre e m te Of
Fiume. placing the sovereignty in the
IfaIjae faEas oe OF Jugak7n natIons without either
prepa;r,es,d to accent this proposal and
to leave the determination Of the coms
mon frontier to Italy and Jueo-Slnyia
Opposes Jugo-SInv' Grab.
Win this connection tho President
nnnr0va M, t,oI :
2between the Italian and JuSo.sIav
governments reached without preju-
die af se the tSird or other inter
Joint dAcassion 1s neofea oa ftai2 IN
Ind Jus9@; O. ;slavia. a.. and IN the President
approve any plan which assigns to
IuSo.Slayia in the northern districts
ane is
Iugoo oslayia IL the region Of seutari
IN de.Tss :he note under reply the
nemoraudum Of December 9, as max,
ng adequate provisions to meet the
reeds OF JuGo- -Slavia. 80
"Regarding the Character and an
,ltcability Of the treaty Of London,
heS President is led to. speak with less
lefyations ofSthc French and British
?time Ministers. He is unable to find
n the .exigehcies OF military strategy
nsien5 Mitb foT efere,slng
ultimately associated with the sigma
cries OF the treaty Of London in the
keedom and Which was being called
rpon for unlimited assistance and for
"The definite and we'll -accepted policy
,fa the Amorican government tfrouglf-S
NJ Continued on Second PSge.J