The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27

made in the memorandum or Deceinper ,
 could not be accepted, "the President de-
 sires to say that he must take uTIoer se-
 rious consideration the withdrawal of the
 treaty with Germany and the agreement
 between the United States and France
 (the Franco-American alliance) which are
 TOW before the Senate, and permitting the
 terms of the European settlement to De
 independently established and enforced
 by the associated governments"
 Millerand, who had succeeded Clemeh-
 ceau as premier of France. and Lloyd George replied under date of February l17 saving there was mo foundation for Inc assumption that the new settlement involves a equalization to the Italian
 noint of view as opposed to the Jugo-
 Slavs."
 They summed President Wilson's
 criticisms of the new agreement under
 four points: That 1t ceded to Italy
 the corridor. that the corrldor With
 F,uma as a free city paved the way for annexation to Italy; that the modification of the Jugo-S -Slav-Italian frontier was detrimental to Jugo- slavia an dthat 1t provided for the partition of Albania.
 The premiers remarked that Presl-
 dent Wilson had ignored the great
 advantage conferred on Jugo-SiaVia ae
 tbe time" In their discussions they
 had found. they said. that nobody de- aired the consummation of the free state of Plume" and that the net up shot. of the agreement was to give Iuro- -Slavia 150,000 more Jugo-Slavs than the original proposal The pre- miers argued that the guarantees or the League of Nations were sur1lcient to guard against the annexation pras;dant Wilson feared and his criti- c;sn, of Italian domination of the rail- way they replied to by holding It "a oon,mercial and not a strategic rail- way, and added that under PresidenI Wilson's proposals it is commanded by Italian guns" A, Details of the administration of All bania. they said were yet to be elabo- rated and the feelings ana ruture m terest of the Albanian people" were to be regarded. The premier round "difficulty in understanding the pres ent attitude of the United States and hoped their explanations would lead 10 reconsideration of President Will son's attitude. They disclaimed any desire ito forsee settlement unaccept- able to the President of the United States" and added they would not attempt to insist on its acceptance un- 1 til after hearing his views"
 DETAILS INCOMPLETE After a lengthy argument the pre- miers declared 'the proposal of Decem- | Der has fallen to the ground because nobody now wants to set up the artifi- l ciaI free state of Plume" and added that the United States having mo rep resentative at the deliberations cannot I be in close touch with the changes of opinion and circumstances which have taken place since it's plenipotentiaries returned to America,
 "France and Great Britain" said , their reply, view with consternation the threat of the United States to with draw from the comity Of nations be- cause it does not agree with the pre- else terms of the Adriatic settlement" Ethnologic reasons. it was argued. could not be the the only ones taken into account as. they said, 3,o00,o0o Germans had been taken into Czecho- Slovakia and the American federation had supported including 3,50o,o00 Ruthenians in Poland. The reply added 1 the hope that "whatever the final i view of the United States as to the not wreck the whole machinery for because their view is not adopted in this particular case France and Great Britain cannot be- | lieve that it is the purpose of the Amercian people to take step so far reaching and terrible in It's effects on a ground which has the appearance of DeinS SD lnaueQuate. ms was tno conclusion of the reply of the French and British premiers of February IT. MUST MAINTAIN BASE President Wilson's note of February 24. the last diplomatic paper in the record, except the reply to it. now on the way to America, begins by say ing the President feels that in the present circumstances he has no choice but to maintain the position he has taken all along" and reiterates the principles enunciated on Americas en- try into the war. He adds fin the opinion of the American government the terms of the peace settlements must continue to be formulated upon the basis of the principles for which America entered the war" By writing into the treaty of Versailles Article 10 of the league covenant. the President said, his position was that the powers associated against Germany had fore gone all territorial aggression and all interference with the free political | elf-determination of the peoples of the world"
 The Presidents reply says that while Italy has accepted the substitute project for the free state of Plume the Jugo-Slavs have not accepted it. In his view, the note says, the project to connect Fiume to Italy by corridor lis quite impracticable" and he refers to the declarations of December on that subject
 Reiterating his belief that to join Esums te Italian territory would he