Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume II

763.72/12414: Telegram

The Ambassador in Italy ( Page ) to the Secretary of State

Rome , December 2, 1918—6 p.m.
[Received December 3—1:19 p.m.]

2433. Friction continues in parts of eastern Adriatic coast. The French claiming to have prior contract seized [in] Italian ports Austro-Hungarian merchant ships and hoisted the French flag, which Italians claim violates terms of armistice; that they carry the Italian and International Transportation Service flags.

I learn further that the Italians claim the French authorities receive Jugo-Slavs on board their vessels and foment trouble between them and the Italians. Paris informed.

Nelson Page