The Pensacola journal., 1920-02-17
UNITED STATES WILL RESERVE
RIGHT TO OBJECT TO ALLIES
SETTLEMENT OF ADRIATIC CASE
If Disagreement Becomes Acute
United States May Cease
European Relief Work
ALLIES WILL EARLY REPLY
Assurances Given From Paris
Action, When Understood, Will
Not Be So Objectionable.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Decided OBJ
lection to recognition of settlement OF
the Adriatic question on lines repug-
nant to those agreed upon in the treaty
of Versailles and not reconcilabIe with
the principles embodied in President
Wilson's fourteen points, was expressed
by the United States in a recent note
to the allied governments
The note was not threat to with
ueodoInH VI uoled!o!lIpd IuoLJ MBIp
affairs, it was said officially at the
White House. but it is said the Uni
ted States could not be a party to the
disposition of Fiume as agreed on by
the allied premiers without consulting
the United States and consequently il
could not concern itself with ques-
tions involved, including policing of
the Adriatic, if the settlement were
enforced on Jugo- Slavia An inter
esting suggestion made in official
quarters is that the United States
might cease its European relief work.
Paris, Feb. 16.-Semi- officially Il
was stated tonight the allied reply to
President Wilson's note regarding the
Adriatic settlement will assure him
the allied proposal is not so unfavor-
able to Jugo- Slavs as he believes
Paris, Feb. 46.-Commen upon
President Wilson's note to the supreme
allied council relative to the compro-
mise agreement on the Adriatic ques-
tion the Journal says it was "a large
paving stone, in the conference pond
This aptly sums up the trend of French
opinion. There is no attempt to dis
guise the fact that the incident
creates a serious situation England
and France, according to the news
papers here, "are placed between the
devil and the deep sea-
Although Mr.. Wilson's attitude is
viewed as excessive in the light of the
"discredit thrown upon his policy by
the resistance of the senate. yet the
fact remains Mr.. Wilson is absolute
master until the spring of 1921, and
that the allies are obliged to take him
into account" says the Journal.
president Wilson's abrupt inter
veution,' the newspaper continues,
was less to be expected since the
president himself has been exhorting
the nations of Europe TO put an end
at the earliest possible moment ru
political stagnation, which has been
the principal cause of economic stag
nation
"President wilson, remarks the
Petit Parisian does not seem to have
taken any account of what has been
done during the past two months, al
if that period We're negligiE lie. He
harls back brusquely by publishing n
document the object of which is to
call everything into question at o
moment when the goal appeared to
be in sight"
Most of the other newspapers com
ment on the situation, but their views
are expressed in the same strain as
those given.
Washington, Feb. 16.-President Will
son, it was learned at the White House,
did not say in his note to the entente
premiers regarding the Fiume ques-
tion that the United states would no
longer be able to concern itself in
European affairs If a Fiume settle
meRt were made without consulting
America.
Officials said the Interpretation OF
the presidents note by the Paris
Temps was too sweeping" They said
the United states would not withdraw
and the league of nations if the treaty
were ratified by the senate, but that
it would withdraw from any partici-
patton in the Fiume settlement, includ-
ing the policing of the Adriatic.
The presidents position regarding
I-iurne and the whole Adriatic situa
ton is said to be unchanged. This
position however. never has been off
ciany outlined and officials declined
today TO define it.
No reply to the presidents note has
been received, il was said al the state
department Dispatches from abroad
said the reply had been dispatched
and that in it the premicrs adhered
on the Fiume question or suffer the
carrying out of the terms of the orig
inal treaty OF London.
The suggestion that President VII
son had indicated the United States
would rot be disposed TO proceed with
its European food relief measures of
the allies remain obdurate, was made
in some official quarters today. Desire
OF Great Britain. Italy and other coun
tries, il was suggested. might in
fluence the allies reply 70 the presi-
dent.
The principal concession indicated
by the president as possibly accepta-
Bile, it is said in dixopmatic quarters,