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REPUBLICANS GATHER
OLDEST HUMAN BEING
RESCUES SMALL SON
LEGION TO TAKE UP
U.S.ABOUTTQLIFT
SOVIET TRADE BAN
$100,000,000 HEIRESS j
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IN CONVENTION CITY
'BONUS' ISSUE AGAIN
STRAYED OR STOLEN
FOR DELEGATES
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APPROVED IN PART
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN TO
FIX MEETING DETAILS.
JOHN SHELL FOILS ABDUCTION
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Republican Dark Horse
Chances Big.
LOWDEN CANDIDACY LAGS
Next Three Months Full
Dramatic Possibilities.
of
EVENTS HELPING HARDING
Wet'' Shadow Hangs Over Demo
crats Bryan May Again Control
Convention as in 1912.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copvright bv New York Evening Post,
Inc. Published by Arraueement.)
WASHINGTON, March 7. Among
the various republican candidates for
the presidential nomination, General
Wood's organization .has now com
pletely recovered from the change of
management in January. Under the
new management the Wood organiza
tion is more compact, more highly
organized and more aggressive than
that of any other candidate.
The Wood organization still hopes
and It is the only one that has this
hope to be able to get enough dele
gates together in advance of the con
vention to insure success at the con
vention. To this. end the Wood or
ganization is not only trying to roll
up as many delegates as possible who
are primarily favorable to Wood, but,
in addition, in Ohio and other states
tas entered a contest for second
choice delegates. It may very well be
Iniat General Wood will have more
delegates" on the first ballot than
any other candidate.
Wood Against Field.
That he will have enough delegates,
either firsjt or second choice, actually
to nominate him can hardly happen.
In a sense it is a case of Wood I
against the field, of Wood against the
party as a whole.
The party as a whole, as represent
ed by the experienced leaders who
dominate the situation, is determined
to have an open convention. They
believe that that is the way of wis
dom. They believe that the next three
months are full of dramatic possibili
ties, which may cause new issues to
arise, and they are determined that
the convention shall be able to ad
just itself to these new issues and
nominate the man who is best adapted
tp them. , " " .
liOndri Candidacy Sot (Growing;.
The Lowden candidacy does not
grow much. Its managers accept the
determination of the national party
leaders that it is best to have an open
convention. The Lowden managers
believe, and are correct in believing,
that a candidate who enters the con
vention with 200 delegates is as well
oft as one who has 400 or any other
number short of an actual majority.
In truth, as matters now lie, a can
didate who has GO delegates, or 10, is
as well off as one who has hundreds.
A -bare foothold in the convention
will be enough to give one man as
good a chance as another.- Indeed, it
is entirely within the cards for the
convention to name some one who has
no delegates at all, some one not now
widely mentioned.
Prosperity Brings Attacks.
" v Moreover, the astute Lowd
;.'. agers have seen the disadvan
Moreover, the astute Lowden man-
antage, as
";, demonstrated in the history
y "Wood candidacy, of being to
story of the
too pros
perous, of being so far in the lead as
to be a mark .for -every' one lse to
fire at. If the Lowden managers chose
to, they could probably show as many
delegates instructed or uninstructed,
formally committed or friendly dis
posed as Wood; fut their policy is
not to do so. The Lowden managers
are willing to let the Wood organiza
tion continue to keep the lead.
Aside from increased aggressiveness
on the part of the Wood organization,
the only other important change that
has taken place in the relative stand
ing of the republican candidates dur
ing the past two weeks has been the
increase in the strength of Senator
Harding of Ohio.
Kvent Helping Harding-.
This increase is not measured so
much in delegate? as in the state of
mind of the dominant republican
leaders. Events in Washington are
helping Senator Harding. As the
future is viewod by wiiat; may be
termed the "elder statesmen" of the
republican party, the one great issue
.which overshadows all other issues, J
which goes to the heart of the gov-J
ernment. is the relation between the
executive and legislative branches of
tbe government.
For 19 years power has been going
away from congress in tbe direc
tion of the White House.. This flow
of prestige and power to the White
House has come to a climax in Presi
dent Wilson's war powers.. At the
same moment the danger of autocracy
in the White House has been made
apparent by events vivid In the public
consciousness.
The republicans who dominate the
senate believe that their supreme duty
is to get power a v. ay from theWh'ite
House and back to congress. To this
end they have a very definite picture
of the kind of man they would lika to
see in the White House. Their ideal
picture of the next president would be'
in the first place a man of easy
going temperament and plastic will r
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; "Elect, Not Select, Candidate Is
My Duty," Says Chairman Hays
in His Opening Statement.
CHICAGO, March ".Members ot
the republican national committee, in
cluding Will H. Hays, chairman, ar
rived in Chicago today for a meeting
tomorrow at republican headquarters.
The convention committee also will
meet to complete arrangements for
th national gathering here in June.
Mr. Hays announced tonight that
he. would make the following state
ment at tomorrow's sessions
"I have repeatedly stated my belief
that the duty of the chairman of the
national committee is to elect "the
candidate and not select him. I shall
square my performance with my
promise.
"There shall be no word or act of
mine which will directly or indirect,
ly influence in any way the result of
any contest in any state for delegates
to the republican national convention,
nor the choice by the delegates in the
convention.
"It makes no difference what may
be eaid by any person for any rea
son at any time in any place in the
country, indicating any other wish of
mine. Jt is simply not true. 1 am
sure that any who would suggest an
other course, will, on reflection, ap
prove my irrevocable position in this
regard."
Members of the convention commit
tee include T. A. Marlow, Montana;
Patrick Sullivan, Wyoming, and Ralph
E. Williams, Oregon.
HOUSEWIFE HAS . REMEDY
Meat Prices Can Be Reduced by
Careful Buying.
WASHINGTON, March 7. Plans for
reducing the American, family's meat
bill were announced tonight by the
department of justice, which will
urge housewives to turn from the
high-priced cuts to less costly por
tions of the steer.
Fair 'price commissioners in every
state will be asked to direct an edu
cational campaign, with the co-opera
tion of retailers, wholesalers and
packing companies and the depart
ment will undertake to see to it that
the consumer receives good meat at
low prices and that no abnormal prof
its are taken on the lower priced por
tions.
The housewife holds in her own
hand the remedy forvery high meat
prices." said the department's an
nouncement. "By turning from the ex
pensive to the inexpensive cuts she
r.ot only will lower her own meat
bills, but will drive down the price
of the choice cuts." i
20 FELLOWSHIPS OFFERED
American Students Get Chance at
Courses in Europe.
NEW YORK, March 1. Twenty fel
lbwships, each with a stipend of at
least $1000 and in some ca.-es $1200,
will be awarded in May tc American
students, men and women, for techni
cal research and humanistic study in
the University of Sweden, Denmark
and Norway, the. American-Scandinavian
Foundation announced here to
night. In addition to the ten fellow
ships for Sweden established last
year, five students will be sent to
Norway and five to Denmark.
The studies include chemistry, phys
ics, hydrorelectrlcal engineering, met
allurgy and forestry.
The 20 fellowships are one-half of
40 exchange fellowships between
America and the Scandinavian coun
tries, financed on one side by 20
American individuals and corpora
tions and on the other side by 20
Scandinavians.
FIRE ORDINANCE INVOKED
Carelessness With Hot Ashes Al
leged by Marshall.
Charges 'will be preferred against
David A. Pepp, 144 North Twenty
third street, as the result of a fire
in the Pepp residence last Thursday
caused by hot ashes being dumped in
a wooden box-, according to announce
ment made by Captain Roberts, of the
fire marshal's office. Pepp will be
charged with a violation of the city
ordinance which provides, against the
use of a wooden container for hot
ashes. Captain Roberts said.
The fire burned away a portion of
a partition and a section of the base
ment floor at the Pepp home before it
was discovered. . '
JAPAN WILL WITHDRAW
Siberia Move to. Follow Repatria
tion of Czecho-Slovaks.
TOKfO. March 7. The1 cabinet has
approved .the withdrawal of the Jap-
anesc troops from Siberia in April,
after the repatriation of the Czecho
slovak contingents, is completed. It
Is expected the Czechs will all be on
their way home by March 20.
The peace offer of the Russian
soviet government to .Japan is re
ported to include aa one of its terms
a stipulation to forego bolsheviki
propaganda in 'the Japanese empire.
The terms are also said to promise
recognition of Japan's special posi
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AIR LINE SERVICE BEGINS
Paris-London Plane Carries 14
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' PARIS, March 7. (Havas.) An
acrhsl service was Inaugurated by the
secretary of aviation today between
Paris arid London.
A Goliath carried It nassengcrs.'
Criticises Secretary.
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THREE REPORTS PRESENTED
Democratic Minority Mem
bers Disagree.
NAVAL MORALE UNINJURED
That Enlisted Personnel Received
too Little Credit Is Unanimous
Opinion of Investigators.
WASHINGTON. March 7. The
wrangle over awards to navy officers
ot war decorations drew nearer a con
clusion tonight when Chairman Page
of the senate naval committee made
public the trio of reports the inves
tigators of the subcommittee pro
duced.
The three republican members
joined in the majority report, which
sharply criticised Secretary Daniels
in some respects, while the two dem-
acrats submitted individual reports
defending the secretary's course and
directing their attack, in turn, at
Rear-Admiral William S. Sims, the
most prominent figure' in the contro
versy stirred up" over navy medals
and crosses.
In one respect the three reports are
unique. They are agreed on two
points: That no peerfianent harm has
come to naval morale as a result of
the awards of the controversy and
that enlisted n-.en received too small
a share of recognition for their serv
ices.
The majority report, signed by Sen
ators Hale, McCormick and Poindex
ter, arraigns Mr. Daniels for not hav
ing fully advised officers as to his
plans fn making awards and asserts
that his policy of decorating officers
who lost ships would be detrimental
to the navy.
Investigation Called Ridiculous.
Senator Pittman in the first minor
ity report characterized the investi
gation as a tempest in a teapot "too
ridiculous to be mentioned in connec
tion with the morale of a fighting
navy. in tne second minority re
port' Senator Trammell asserted that
Mr. Daniels followed established na
val custom in changing recommenda
tions of his subordinates as those of
ficers themselves had done with pro
posals of their Juniors.
The majority report reached the
following conclusions:
That Secretary Daniels did not
make known to the service his policy
as to awards especially with regard
to the relative importance of duty on
shore and afloat. Fewer changes
would have been necessary later had
he done so, the report said.
That the secretary did not ascer
tain from the officers who recom-
.7 ,1 hnnAra I ho a 1 fi f ivo nrriffi nf
merit and did not himself give suffi-
cient consideration to that question
injury to morale and depreciation of
the value of awards resulting.
That Secretary Daniels did not re
quire a sufficiently high standard of
meritorious conduct in conferring
honors on officers who lost ships and
was "more zealous to further the in
terests of commanders who lost ships
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Flint-Lock, Made 100 Tears Ago,
Used to Compel Release of
Six-Year-Old Boy.
LEXINGTON, Ky., March 7. John
Shell, oldest living human being at
132 years, is able to take care of his
own.
According to word received today
from Shell's home in Leslie county.
Shell returned home last week from a
visit a few miles away to find his 35
year-old wife lying dead in the front
yard of the home. He carried her into
the house and notified her relatives.
George Chappell, 70 years old, father-in-law
of Shell,; without Shell's con
sent took charge of Shell's youngest
son, aged 6 years, after the funeral
and started to the Chappell home with
him. Shell objected strenuously to
this virtual kidnaping, but Chappell
rode away with' the child.
Shell, who is the champion rifle shot
of the mountains, notwithstanding his
great age, procured his flint-lock rifle,
which he made over 100 years ago,
and pursued Chappell and the Shell
child, "and, overtaking him, forced
Chappell to yield up the boy. Shell
then rode back home, where he and
the child are apparently happy to
gether. Shell has gone through the
winter in excellent health.
TOURIST RUSH FORECAST
England Hastens to Receive Rich
Travelers From America.
tCopyright by th-. New York World. Pub-
Jisnca oy Arrangement.
LONDON, March 7. (Special Cable.)
Arrangements are being made in
haste to receive the great American
invasion of England promised for this
spring and summer. The offices or
the United States consulate-general
in Cavendish square have Deen ae
Juged with applications for hotel ac
commodations, says the Daily Mail.
Among the first to apply for suites'
were 22 American millionaires.
66 REDS TAKEN IN RAID
I. W. W., Communists and Other
Radicals Are Arrested.
AKRON, O., March 7. Sixty-six al
eged radicals were taken in raids on
meeting places here today by federal
operatives, city police, deputy sher
iffs and industrial police, headed by
H. W. Kage of the department of
justice.
The men were members of the. In
dustrial Workers of the World, com
munist party, Russian union, work
men's international industrial union
and bolsheviki, Chief Kage said.
100 WAR VICTIMS FOUND
Skeletons Located in Old Advanced
Trenches Near Sapigncule.
RHE1MS, Mirch 7. Nearly a hun
dred skeletons of those who are on
the great list of "missing" in the
war have been located a lew mues
from here in the advanced trenches
near the -canal lock at Saplgneule.
The bleached bones were found in a
shell crater and also in territory left
unscarred by the great German shells,
but where the thick underbrush had
hidden them from view.
DUTCH INDORSE LEAGUE
Dutch Parliament Assures Adher
ence to World Body
THE HAGUE, March 7. The first
chamber of the Dutch parliament to
day voted,-31 to 2, for the adherence
of Holland to the league of nations.
The second chamber cast an af
firmative vote on February 19.
A STARVING COW
Congress Is Asked to Delay Action
Welfare of Country and "Fair
Play" Are Both Wanted.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 7. Frank
D'Olier, national commander of the
American Legion, announced tonight
that a conference of legionnaires of
all states would be held in Wash
ington March 22 for reconsideration
of the so-called "bonus question."
Mr. D'Olier was en route to Indian
apolis from Birmingham. Ala., where
he. attended Saturday a meeting of
American region commanders of ten
southern states, at which resolutions
asking that such a conference be
called were adopted. The resolutions
also ask that congress delay action
until after the meeting. Telegraphic
la"s l attend the meeting were sent
to an state commanders tonight..
The resolutions asked reconsidera
won me ground that "it was the
announced policy of the imprin
Legion to ask only such treatment as
is consistent with the welfare of the
whole country and at the mt time.
Just and fair" to ex-service men. Ex
pedition by congress of legislation
recommended by the legion and pro
viding for land settlement rnvorino-
all states, home aid, to encourage the
purchase of rural or city homes by
ex-service men, and vocational edu
cation for all service men was urged.
NEW YORK, March 7.-Co-opera-tion
of American Legion posts
throughout the country with every
effort to stamp out illiteracy was ad
vocated by the legion's national
Americanism commission in a report
to the national executive committee
today.
Arthur Wooas. former police com
missioner of New York, chairman,
stated it had decided to confine it-
to aeunition of "general prin
ciples" and. to leave the application
i..ce principles to individual posts.
"All posts should make it plain to
the community that they are not as
suming any monopoly of patriotis
' "ey wish to work viu-nr.
ously and effectively for all that is
oest in America, and that they are
eager to join forces with all others
wno nave the same aim," said the
report.
"The American Legion should en
courage, support and help the schools
in teaching to the children the ori
gin and development of American In
stitutions and the opportunities of
American life. The legion should as
sist schools by offering to provide
quaunea speakers from time to time
to every school in the nation to
preacn Americanism, especially on our
great patriotic days."
Every inhabitant of the country
should be taught to speak and read
the American language, the report
urged, adding:
"Wherever there are foreigners,
whether they are just landing on the
dock or established in the community,
members of the legion should be-
pfriend them and endeavor to hein
them along on the road toward good
American citizenship."
Members of the legion -are called
upon "to keep the law, to influence
others to do so and In every lawful
way to assist officials charged with
the enforcement of law and order."
MARSHALL NOT TO RUN
Vice-President Intends to Retire
From Public Office.
PHOENIX. Ariz., March 7. Vice
President Thomas R. Marshall de
clared here yesterday that he was not
to be considered a candidate for the
democratic nomination for president.
"In fact." he said, "I intend to re
tire from public office when my pres
ent term expires."
GIVES LITTLE MILK.
Resumption of Business
Virtually Decided.
REPORT BY ALLIES AWAITED
Step in Some Quarters'ls Re
garded as Experiment.
PART IN PROBE UNLIKELY
Action, However, Will Not Involve
Either Recognition of Soviet or
. Trade With Administration.
WASHINGTON, March 7. Virtual
decision has been reached by the
American government, it is said, to
permit resumption of trade relations
with soviet Russia as soon as the al
lied governments have outlined a
definite policy.
The first step by the allies, toward
dealing commercially with Russia,
since the' decision on January 17 to
permit trade with the Russian co
operative societies was the announce
ment last week of the appointment of
a commission to be sent there to
study the situation and report to the
league of nations council.
CommlHloD Report Awaited.
Whether the United States will act
upon the invitation of the allies to
send a representative Is uncertain,
but in any event, it is believed this
government will act as soon as the
commission has reported, probably
early in the spring.
Action by this government, it is
said, will be limited merely to an of
ficial statement of approval of trade
with individuals by American firms
and it will not involve either recog
nition of the soviet government or
approval of trade directly with the
soviet administration.
Move Regarded aa Experiment.
In some quarters it is asserted that
the government doubts very serious
ly the successful consummation o
schemes for the exploitation of Rus
sia independently of the soviet gov
ernment and that sanction of trade
with Individuals In Russia will be ex
tended more as an experiment than
through any confidence that such a
privilege in practice may prove feasi
ble. Recent reports indicated that Italy
and Great Britain favored plans for
trade with Russia, but that France
had not given her approval.
ALLIES MAY PROBE RUSSIA
Commission of League Members to
Make Investigation.
PARIS, March 7. A formal call has
been issued by the allied supreme
council for an extraordinary meeting
of the executive council of the league
of nations at Paris March 12, when
the question of sending an investi
gating committee to Russia under the
control of the league will be consid
ered. LONDON. March 7 The commls-1
sion, which it Is expected the league! WATEKBl'RT, Conn., March 7.
of nations executive council will de-' Federal agents seized much literature
cide to send to Russia will consist of 'and locked up 204 persons In radical
10 members, it is understood. France, I raids here today.
Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Bel-1 The raids were In the quarters of
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Talc of "Thousand and Second!
Night" Told When Sheik Reaches
New York on World Search.
NEW YORK. March 7. The tale of
the "thousand and second night" was
tnM in VAtt. Vn.L tr.nlr.lit hv TJ- n
lMahomct- ho "proclaimed himself a
sheik of Arabia and a brother of the
Amir of Hedjaa.
Ben Mahomet arrived here today
with six retainers. His mission, he
said, was a world-wide search for
Sari, Turkish heiress, who he declared
was plighted to marry the Amir.
Sari, according to Ben Mahomet,
was last seen In Constantinople talk
ing to a sailor from an American
warship, which had put Into that
port. How the Turkish maid- was
able to escape the vigilance of her
nurse long enough to hold this con
versation was not explained by the
Arabian chieftain, but after this
meeting, It seems. Sari disappeared.
Her father, Hadahismo, grieved bit
terly for the loss of his daughter,
who was known throughout Turkey
for her beauty and charity, and soon
he died leaving her I100.000.00fl.
Hadfthismo was in Turkey, according
to Ben Mahomet, "like Rockefeller Is
in America."
When it was considered certain that
Sari had loft her native land, either
voluntarily or with an abductor, the
Amir is said to have asked his
brother., who studied at Cambridge
university In England, to search the
world for her and to spare no ex
pense. From Turkey the sheik went
to France, thence to Italy and Tan-1
glers and finally set sail for the new
world, arriving in New York, via
Halifax.
Ben Mahomet announced that If de
tectives here, failed him, he would
appeal to the government in Wanh
ington and learn what ship It was
that touched at Constantinople soon
after the armistice, when Sari dis
appeared. CORNELL LIFTS SALARIES
University Instructors Uvl 11M
to 91458 Per Annum.
NEW YORK, March 7. A 2i per
cent increase in salaries of Cornell
university instructors, effective Im
mediately, was announced here to
night. The new advance raises the
salary of the instructors from $1167
to $14 38 a year.
Np. increase is provided for profes
sors, it was stated, but later it Is pro
posed to pay them $4500, or approxi
mately $900 more than they are now
getting.
NON-PARTISAN DROPS OUT
Nebraska Gubernatorial Candidate
Declines to Make Race,
LINCOLN. Neb., March 7. Elmer E.
Youngs of Lexington, recently in
dorsed by the Nebraska Nonparti.san
league as its candidate for governor,
has declined to make the race, ac
cording to an announcement here to
night by the executive committee of
the league.
In a letter to the committee, Mr.
Youngs gives ill health as his reason.
204 ARRESTED IN RAIDS
Radical Literature Also Seized at
" . .
I the communist party, the union Run
I slan workers and the union Russian
citizens.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
08 decrees: minimum. 39 dearee..
TODAY'S Probably rain.- southerly wiud.
Forrlro.
Era nf conatrurtiorf dawn for Ruailan
lovlet. Page 2.
World will not tolerate further ma.aacre.
by Turka. Page 2.
Japanese manhood suffrage demand ac
companied t- demonstrations. Page 4.
Bolsheviki otfensiva repulsed by Poles.
Page 2.
National.
Secretary Danieip censured In senate naval
award probe. Paga 1.
United Sta'tes virtually derides to lift ban
on trade with soviet. Page V
Wilson approves Adriatic settlement plan
In part. Page 1.
Domtic.
Wood men hunting delegates: republican
dark horse chance, big Pag. 1.
"Elect, not select candidates' my duty,"
says Chairman Hays. Pag 1 .
Women rescued a. flames destroy New
York tenement. Page 4.
Oldest human rescues six-yearo!d son
from kidnaping. Page 1.
Oldest human being re.cues small son.
Ige 1.
Legion seeslon Is called to reconsider
bonus." Page 1.
Two ships abandoned at sea: another nar
rowly escapes destruction In gale.
Page IS.
pacific Northwevt.
Rebuttal usher In seventh week of I. W.
W. trial. Pag S.
Washington solan proposes to lift bon
dry lid- Pxe
n porta.
Leonard bout In card for Charley White.
Page 8.
Multnomah Guarda heat South Parkway In
first of aerlea. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Judge Peter Ring, leader of Chines re
public. Portland visitor. Pag 15.
Ralph Bruno admtta shooting ex-convlct
In Portland atrect. Pag 1.
Twelve Oregon firm, to b decorated.
Page 14.
World bolsteroua with talk of God," aay.
Rev. Oriffi. Page 1.
World feeling effect of money deflation
ui purchasing power. Pag IS.
Gifta of money pour in following visit of
healer. Page 5.
Land and labor meeting if mtrktd by
clash. Pa9 6.
Wilson, However, Objects
to Treaty of London.
BUFFER STATE IS OPPOSED
President Outlines Basis for
Settlement. '
FIUME CLAUSE IS LIKED
With Supreme Council in Control,
Question of Frontier Would Be
Loft to Italy, Jus-o-Slavia.
WASHINGTON, Miirch 7. (Fy th
Associated Press.) President Wilson
accepts, with reservations th pro
posal of the British and French pre
miers that Italy and Jugo-Slavla un
dertake a settlement of the Adriatic
question. Jio says that If Italy and
Jugo-Siavla prefer to abandon the so
called buffer slate containing an
overwhelming majority of Juao-Mava
and desire to limit the proposed fre
alato to the corpus separatum of
Fiume, placing the aovrrelgniy In Ilia
league of nations without either Ital
ian or Jugo-Slav control, the United
Slates is willing to leave the deter,
mlnation of the common frontier to
Italy and Jugo-lavia.
The president s.i) he "cannot pos
sibly Join'1 the premier' suggestion
that the memorandum settlement ot
December 9 be withdrawn; declare,
that "Albanian questions should not
be included In the proposed joint dis
cussions." and reiterates that th
United States cannot approve of th
execution of the term of the treaty
of London.
t'ouacll naalaler (.
Finally, he expressed the "earnest
hope that the allied government win
not find It mccsaary to decid on a
course which the American govern
ment. In accordance with II reit
erated statement will lie unabl to
follow."
The president's not to the pre
miers was dlpatchcd Thursday and
Is now bring considered by the allied
supreme counrll at London. M'.n
tiinr, direct negotiations between
J iiKO-Shi v la and Italy are proceeding.
Mr. Wilson begins bis communica
tion by noting "with satisfaction" th
"unaltered detdre" of the premiers to
reach "an equitable solution In con
formity alike with the principles of
the peace conference ami of the legit
imate, though conflicting, aspirations
of the Italian and Jugo-Slav peoples."
Judimr.t Held Ulala trreatrd.
Refusing to agree to a withdrawal
of the British-French memorandum
of December 9 as a preliminary to th
Italian-Jugo-Slav discussions, tha
president says the "memorandum rep
resents deliberate and disinterested
Judgment after months of earnest con
sideration," and that "it constitutes
more than an exchange of views. It
was a statement of principle and a
recapitulation of the chief points
upon which agreement had been
reached."
Reiterating tli.u he would "gladly
approve" a mutuul agreement be
tween Italy and Jugo-Siavla reached
without prejudice to the interests of
any third nation, the president de
clares he "cannot possibly approve of
any plan which assigns to Jugo
slavia In the northern districts of
Albania territorial compensation for
what she Is deprived of elsewhere."
Regarding the "character and ap
plicability of the treaty of London,"
the president speak with 'less re
serve on account of the frank obser
vations" of the premiers. II says he
Is unable to find In the "exigencies
of military strategy" sufficient war
rant for exercising secrecy with the
United States which was being called
upon for "unlimited assistant' and
for untold treasure" in helping to
prosecute the war.
Approval Iteaeriea hjr I. ft.
"The French and British prime
ministers," he says, "will, of course,
not expert the government of the
United States to approve the execu
tion of the terms of the treaty of
London, except Insofar aa that gov
ernment may be convinced that thoae
terms are intrinsically just and are
consistent with the maintenance of
peace and settled order In southeast
ern Kurope."
President Wilson's not to the pre
miers on the Adriatic situation fol
lows: "The president desires to exprei-a
his sincere and cordial Interest In the
response of the French and lirltlslt
prime ministers received on Febru
ury 27. He notes with satisfaction
their unaltered desire to reach an
equitable solution In conformity alike
with the principles of th peace con
ference of the legitimate though con
flicting aspirations of th Italian
and Jugo-Slav peoples. He further
welcomes their expressed Intention
regarding certain essential points to
'urge upon tha government Inter
ested that they should bring their de
sires Into tine with th American
point of view.'
Prraldeat la wrrUe.,
"The president is surprised, how
ever, that they should find In the
statement or his wllllngnea to leave
to the Joint agreement of Italy and
Jugo-Siavla th rttlemcnt of "their
common frontiers In the I'liim ra-
tCcnciuded on I'ag. , Comma LI
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