The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-27
ALLIES ALARMED
AT WILSON STEP
View With CONSERVATION
Possibility of United
States Withdrawal.
CONDITIONS DIFFERENT
Say Wilson Is Not in Touch
With Changed Opinion on
Adriatic Question.
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the league. Arbania's frontiers north
and cost were TO be those fdyed by
tro London conference of 1918. but
na south was left for negotiation.
Greece was to have certain territory.
Tho lines for some OF which were to
rc left for negotiation. 1.-THE city OF
Eslona and such Hiuderland strictly
,cDcfssary to defense and economic
,rvelopmcnt were granted TO Italy
On iull sovereignty.
Adrintic Contest.
These provisions were described in
tlts memorandum as affording to
itoly full satisfaction Of her historic
national aspirations" uniting the
Italian race and giving her 'abso-
lutte strategetic control of the Adri-
aty." The confcrcos declared thoy
Lad carried their concern for Ital-
fan security to the point Of neutrali-
iLIrg the Dalmation Islands, and ad-
jucrnt waters from the northern
border of tho Regusa region to
rh,me." Italy, however had asked
f'r control. of the diplomatic rela-
tons of Iata, connection OF the city
- iiufne TO ls.ria by a corridor and
01neXAtion to Italy Of the island of
7 agosta. This plan the conferees
Jharacteriaod as Counter TO every
consideration of geography, cconom-
les and territorial convenience" On
explaining their reasons fo~ arriving
e' the previous decision they de
Clared
Economic consideration being
equally excluded there romans moth
ing but desire for further territory.
The territories coveted are admitted
" inhabited by the Jugo-Slavs. They
contain pra cticaly no Italian ele-
ments" on that point the memo
l-Dndum INCLUDED n communication
from President Wilson TO Premier
Tt'toni, under date of November IL.
which explaining the American view,
declared 1.-THE broad principle re-
mains thaf II is neither just nor eX-
pedient to annex as the spoils OF war
torritOriesI Inhabited by an alien race,
anxious alnd capable to maintain a
separate national state of irridentism
exactly analogous in kind to that
which jus{tif!ed the demand OF Italia
lrredenria for union with the Italian
state"
The neiw agreement between Great
Rrirain, France and Italy. dated
January IA. 1920 which President
Wilson c@nstrued as having been ar
rived at without participation of the
United States. after the agreement
Of DeceSnber Q. was supposed to
have setd led the question, provided
in substa lnce:
Bfume n Free State.
Flume I as an Independent state,
free in it's own diplomacy. Susak to
90 10 the Serb -Croat-Sloven state
with railroads and terminals to go
to the league. Tho free state of the
previous proposals was to disappear
aud the boundary between Italy and
the Serb. .Croat- -Slovene states was TO
he redravyn to provide for the pre-
Wously iscussed corridor. The Will
son line lin the region OF Senosechia
was to be redrawn ito provide for
the prote ction of Triest." This. the
agreemen declared, will leave in
the Serb. Croat- -Slovene state purely
a Jugo-Sl.av district. Zara was to be
an indep endent state under the
league. I'alona was TO be retained
by Italy Jas provided in the treaty of
London aind italy was to take a man
date ovei Albania whose northern
boundarits were to be readjusted
and whosle southern boundaries were
10 he rclarranged to give Greece
Joritza lind Argvrokastron. The
island gr1oups of Lussin, Lissa and
Pelagosa 1 were to be assigned 10
hly andt the remainder were TO 20
u the -Slovene state All
ASratc tislands were to be demili-
tsri1ed add there were 10 be special
provisionf to permit Italians in
Dalmatia TO choose Italian national
ity,
Wilson Protests.
President Wilson's note OF Janu-
mcuta, a11sea whether I' i was The
intention 'of tho British and French
governmemts in the future to dispose
Of the various questions pending In
Europe AMID TO communicate the re-
suits to the government of the
United sta tes." adding that Clemen-
ceau and nIoyd George must realize
there were features in the proposed
Fiume settlement which could not
be accepta bic TO this government.
Lloyd George and Clemenceau re-
plying und er date of January 20 dis
claimed any intention OF making a
definite settlement without the views
OF the United States, but had taker
II up at the point at which II was
left when Under Secretary Polk re-
turned to Washington. They replied
That they felt practically every i'm
portant point of the joint memoran-
kdum of December remained un-
iouched," land added that "only tive
Fiealures undergo alterations and
; both these are to the advantage OF
gugo- -Slavia."
The British and French premier;
a'gued that the disappearance of the
ire state of Fiume would re-unitt
so0OOO Jugo-Slays with their father
iano that the Albanian settlement
< was such as TO afford satisfaction
10 the necessary requirements e
an parties concerned" They char
acterized II as a fair settlement o.
difficult and dangerous question
ana that i'm the event OF its no
oeing accepted they will be driven tC
support the enforcement of th'
treaty OF London, which is satlsfac
tory 10 nobody"
bo'h premiers disclaimed any in
,eht 10 show the slightest diScour'
,esy to the United States, or that they
wished ito conceal their action Al
any way AS President Wilson was
not at the conference, they said, they
nought the best plan to proceed
with the negotiations and commun
'ate the results to the United States
Y PRESIDENT wilson's reply OF Feb
,uafy 10 said he could not "believ'
dt a solution containing provisions
nmch already had received the wei
merited condemnation of the French
eNu RTltt9h n