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PLAIN WORDS SPOKEN IN PRESIDENT'S NOTE | Allied Supreme Council Informed in Wood row Wilson's Communication That United States Might Have to Consider Withdrawing Treaty of Versailles From Senate i ) Washington, Feb. 17.?The allied, m i i u,. sueremp council nas uet:n nuunucu uj , President Wilson, it was disclosed today, that if the proposed Adriatic j settlement to which the American j government is not a party is put into j force the United States might have to consider withdrawing the treaty of Versailles from senate consideration. The president's communication was not in the nature of a threat in the common sense of the term, it was said, but was merely a statement of j a situation in which the United States might find itself if asked to subscribe to agreements in which it had no part, and to which it was opposed. , The explanation was made in offi-1 cial quarters that the league of na- j tions was to be the instrument for, enforcing various agreements as to [ boundaries and the like and that if j the United States became a party to { the treaty of Versailles it thus would , be subscribing to the enforcement of agreements to which it had not given j either its approval or consent. It was explained further, that the, Anglo-French-American treaty and the treaty of Versailles were considered inseparable so far as this ques-1 * * ?? J J 1/ A nifit n I uon was cozicerneu ttnu uiai ix a oaua- . tion arose where the president would have to consider withdrawing the latter he also would have to consider withdrawing the former. An early announcement at the White House characterized as an "ab? j. solute falsehood" the statement by j, "Pertinax" in the Echo de Paris that 11 President Wilson's communication i contained a postscript bearing a ( threat to withdraw the treaty from | the senate. This was recognized as! erroneous as soon as it came ^o the attention of other officials. Obviously " *- -J: J Dvnci^Qnf Wil. It UIU uui cume iivm x itouivn ,t ** son himself as it was later explained that those who made the statement had spoken without complete infor- ," mat ion. At first, too, the president's communication was referred to as a "memorandum'' and was described as containing only eight or ten lines. It subsequently was disclosed, however, that the communication finally sent was in the form of a note and that it covered two or three pages. This note, it was explained, was prepared ; from a memorandum to Secretary Lansing which the president dictated 1 and sent to the state department. |' The original agreement arrived at Paris on December 9, was handed to the Italian foreign minister December 12, and was described by Former Premier Clemenceau in the French chamber as a joint agreement Between Great Britian, France and the United States. I I , Early in January, after the American peace delegates had returned ' home and the United States was represented at the meetings by Ambassador Wallace in the capacity of an observer, there was a meeting of the supreme council in which Premier Lloyd George stated that 1 some modifications had been made in the original plan of December 9 and ; on January 14 it was stated that Premier Nitti of Italy had accepted 1 the revised plan. The agreement then was communicated to Jugo-Slavia in the form of an ultimatum, and while Ambassador Wallace communicated the fact to the state department, the American government was not consulted about the changes. When the negotiations on the Adriatic question were initiated, it was said, there was an understand-1 ing that all matters relating to this ; question should be settled through negotiation between the foreign offices of all of the powers represented on the supreme council at Paris. The American government has not abandoned its contention that the transfer to Italy of the "boardwalk'' along the Adriatic from Triest to Fiume and the possession of most of Istria and Dalmatia would not be acceptable. London, Feb. 17.?The 'American j embassy is engaged tonight in coding! and forwarding to Washington the reply of the supreme council to President Wilson's Adriatic note, which will be in the hands of the Washington government tomorrow. The council made it known in its daily semi-official communication to the newspapers that it does not pro-. pose to make public the correspondence, so that the question of whether the text of the notes will be griven to the world rests with President Wilson. Since the main facts are public property, namely, th " strongly to fh( . : ^ V' Italirn-Ju.co-Slav pioi^.m by th1 a >-; plica ion of the treaty of Lendc.n thereto, nrd cVIecf. f-o </vr >v r; ;> * "If. > > from the Versailles compact as a pos- ( I.I sibility, and that the council objects to the reopening of the question, the undecided point is whether the arguments exchanged shall be published while the controversy is hot on the < anvil. j; The statement from Washington i confirming the first reports that the , president had intimated that rejec- ! tirtn rvf his nn)ir>v mifht he followed W4V44 VA "4w" r o? ? by diplomatic reprisals furnished an- . other surprise to the politicians and ; the public who, outside of a small but 1 important circle meets twice daily in 1 Downing street and the advisers in ? the confidence of this group, experi- ] enced the greater surprise because it j came close on the heels of other j Washington messages that only Amer- i "ox nnrt in no]ir- . ivai? ICWi^uivav 4AV"* AVk# XT X ing the Adriatic was intended. The council issued an emphatic denial on its own behalf of French news- j paper reports that it was persuaded ! to modify and soften the first draft j] of the note to President Wilson by in-1' tervention exercised by Viscount Grey, Lord Cecil and Austen Cham- j1 berlain, chancellor of the exchequer, j1 The feeling at Italian headquarters j' - - I i in London with respect to the presi-1 dent's action is strong. Unofficially it < is spoken of as an attack upon Italy, 3 and his memorandum is described as 11 an ultimatum. The Italians also feel 1 that Italy's claims to consideration { for her part of the war and the sacri- * fices made have never been quite * apreciated by her allies. 11 The feeling in the Jugo-Slav camp' * is eouallv strong, but has the element | * of elation that the Slavs have a j ^ strong champion. They feel that they j1 are at a disadvantage because ji Minister Trumbitch is outside the ' * councils of the pofers and, like the j( Italians, have their own grievance in! * that they consider that the fact they 11 were in the war from the start and js that their country was nearly ruined J; * - i.i. J ? Ifi is not to De given me weignt it uc- serves. * s Rome, Feb. 17.?The whole Italian t press comments at length on Presi- ^ dent Wilson's attitude towards the , Adriatic question. The Idea Nazion ale, designates it "President Wil- i son's conspiracy with the Jutro-Slavs." j The Corriere d'ltalia says: "Presi- r dent Wilson might have launched his s _, veto wnen a compromise wus aim uu- c der discussion. . Doing it now has all j the appearance of the wish to create j the gravest embarrassment." The Epocha says: "Premier David r Ovitch (Serbia) had practically ac- c epted the compromise but Pachitch 2 :md Dr. Vesnitch desperately solicited p intervention by President Wilson by Y sending him dispatches from all the s centers of Jugo-Slavia. Mr. Wilson I was represented as the genius destin-1 ed to save the Jugo-Slav nation from ' 1 the imperialistic thirst of Italy." 11 The Tribuna says that President j * Wilson's treatment of Secretary Lan-! I sing is unprecedented even among j ? those dynastic despots who consider- J ed their ministers servants," and 1 adds: "After disposing of Mr. Lan-: ^ sing, President Wilson did not repre- j I sent the will of the nation, nor even [ the will of his own party. Italy has I the right to maintain irrevocably her j * contention, either of compromise or: the pact of London." "ProciHp-nt. Wilson's veto of the i Adriatic compromise, the Messagro 1 j savs, offends Great Britian and i - i France even more thar\ Italy, as the; compromise was on British initiative, ! to which France adhered and Italy i * - -1 Ti- i + c+Mnor. 1 crnstMiitru. it tunsiucio iw nit onuiig- j est pretense" on the president's part i that he should claim the right to sup- t press any political idea in purely j European matters, and impose in its j stead his personal conception, thus I destroying with his own hands the moral and political basis of the league of nations, of which he was the apostle." The Tempo appears with white spaces evidently the result of the censor's suppression of what he considered objectionable matter, but sufficient is left to indicate the character of the comment, such expressions as "brutal, insolent, imperious tone" j and "American imposition" being printed. # The Tempo welcomes President Wilson's action if it should have the -V effect of binding the allies closer to I London, Feb. 17.?The Daily Mail: today says it understands the su-! preme council's reply to President1 Wilson regarding the Adriatic situa- j tion informs the president that the i circumstances surrounding the pro-;! posals in January (when Premiers Llo^d George, Nitti and Clemenceau : held their meeting and reached an agreement) were such that they could not be ignored and that the council | was obliged perforce to t^.ke decision: '.t: the vo1u:^a y -ib-cr.c? c: an Ancr:ci.r rc-> j .native. ' "he ~iy : :s<> yenut".- % say? the ]-ni'y y.tb; t th more ea ctive , f.f y. ccrrbei would be valid ; if ih i.vi-S'idcTii; u'-'M ir< \ it ho v in *y v. ore tc be cairiec. out. "Ti r receipt of President Tmson's v.c-.c en F i'an**," tlr^ B \!ly * la! I continues, ''caused consternation in Great Britain, France and Italy. It is stated that a reply was drafted, the terms of which at the moment j seemed fully justified. As a matter! of fact two or more drafts were pre-' pared Saturday and the council decided to sleep on its proposals. "Curiously enough it was the j ftxrtnn-oet nf fVmco rh'nfts linnri which ! VI. VUVWX/ % ? ? .. .. | it is staled David Lloyd George and ! Premier Millerand, were in perfect accord, that was published in Paris. It is certain the note handed to Ambassador Davis yesterday evening differs materially from the version ; published in Paris." PRAYERS IN CHESTER - j People at Devotions for Moment Each Evening. The State. Chester. Feb. 17.?When the Span-! ish influenza epidemic raged so vigor- \ ously last year all over America it was Chester's mayor, Z. V. Davidson, who called the people to ask God to remove the pestilence, in a brief prayer of 60 seconds each night, during which time the electric current was :ut off, so once again at the appearance here of the malady the people rosrtWeH t.n thp Hivine method which proved so effective in quickly j ending the plague last year. Promptly it 8 o'clock the current goes off and or one minute the entire municipality a in utter darkness while the people >ow in prayer. The people of Ches;er are anxious that other cities join vith it in asking for the divine stamp* ng out of the disease. With a few exceptions the type of influenza this ime is strikingly different from that >f last year, and the physicians have he situation well in hand. Before the nalady hit Chester many of the nuries here were sent to other places, vhich as a consequence finds the city ihort of nurses at the homes. Thus ar this year there has not been a angle death that can be traced to his epidemic. ? MATRIARCHY NOW COMING TO RULE SAVAGE MAN | i New York, Feb. 15.?The feminine j ycle is again approacmng. .uere man j nust return once more to a place of! 1 i econdary importance. For the female i >f the species?but let Mrs. Nellie ' >. Van Slir.gerland, president of the ; )auehters of Mich:gan, explain. ' The present cycle must install a : natriarchy to exercise a protectorate : vcr the male population," she told ' m anxious world tonight. "The male >opulation," she added, "seems to lave lost all the sense of civilization md to have reverted many degrees; >elow the savage." * * 1 J At. _ I Mrs. Simgeriana announced me | aunching of a movement to inaugu'ate a matriarchal form of goveranent. 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