The Supreme Council was astonished and perturbed at receiving last
Saturday a Note from President Wilson on the Adriatic question. We have discussed this matter in a leading article, and need only say here that, although the contents of Mr. Wilson's Note are variously reported, there is no doubt that he asserts tle necessity of adhering to the Adriatic settlement which was reached with his consent last December. According to a state- ment issued from Downing Street on Wednesday, he declared, in effect, that if the Conference insisted on dealing with the Adriatic question in a manner not in conformity with American feeling, he would feel constrained to withdraw the Treaty from the consideration of the American Legislature, and would also refrain from giving effect to the Agreement under which America and Great Britain guarantee the defence of France.
