Evening star., 1915-09-12

place in the sun. This place was oc
cupied by other nations. and these ma
tions are now fighting primarily t.
hold what they possess. They are ais
fighting to prevent Germany from &C
quiring her place in the sun, her grea
Berlin-Bagdad expansion, because
means the ruin of British and Russian
aspirations, the end of France ant
Italy as great powers.
Now, at least one-half of all the con
Germs of the mapmakers. if they nap
,pen to represent victorious allies. VII
be to block the German program In tn
| Balkans; the other half will be t.
make incidental changes in frontiers
based upon chronological or historica
claims. These changes may be brlef1,
dealt with. To Belgium, freed of Ger
man invaders, will be ceded Luxem
burg. which was unable even to protes
against German invasion and Is TOT
small to be anything but an invitation
to German ambition.
Would Get Alsace-Lorraine.
To France will be allotted Alsace-Lor
raine. 1t is doubtful if the French
short of complete exhaustion, woult
consent to any peace which did no
bring back their lost provinces.
Great Britain is certain to stand witt
France in this, because, apart from a.
other claims of the French upon IN.
| provinces, there stands the solid claim
proved by the recent campaigns ina
| France can protect herself and Bel
| gium from German INVASION oniy "
possession of her old fortresses. mac
French armies stood at the Saar III IVA va.
sion Of Belgium would have been I'm
| possible, because of the rlsk. ~ Mas
German hold upon the Vosges, Strass >.
| burg and Metz which coVereo lhis
great offensive.
Conceiyably England may demane
Heigoland. Such a claim would be re,
pulsed by Germany up TO the poi..
where here exhaustion compeiled ner &c
| weld. So probably would be the rIensl ssl
demand for Alsace-Lorraine. But these
three are the only real problems 1ol
the mapmakers in the west, ana Alsace'
! orraine offers the only serious oili
entity. for the question of Helgolaho
! is rather remote
What Russia Will Want.
In addition to the evacuation Oh nei
own territory, Russia is certain 10 ue-
mand of the defeated Austro-1erhhail
alliance the cession of the provinces Oh
Galicia and Bukovina. The western
! half of Galicia will be incorporated III
j Russia,s new autonomous Poland tht
J eastern in Russia. The southern hait
! of Rukoyina will fall to Rumania II
I Rumania continues to enjoy the ap
| nroyal of Petrograd. A few montns
ago Russia would doubtless nave oe
manded portions of East PRUSSIA, pos.
| sibly of Posen; but unless her armies
scome back" with unexpected success,
| this is now unlikely, and Germany :
eastern provinces will not be dlstur Deu:
| For Serbia, Russia will unquestlonapiy
demand Bosnia. Herzegovinsa s the ana Narenta sIe @
river. This district is Serb by the race
and history of its population II was
annexed by Austria in 1908, in defiance OF
| tie Berlin congress agreement. oei pise
| Tins Increased would become a state Oh
above & 900. 900. homogeneous, after GER
tain cessions had been made to Buigarla
in Macedonia, provided with WINDOW on
the sea. and a bulwark against the Ger
man Berlin-to- -Bagdad program
Would Placate Bulgars.
Bulgaria, despite her recent anti -Rus-
sian actions would unquestionaply ne pia-
Gated by the gift of a portion OF Mace
donia populated by Bulgars, and thus
bound to the anti-German alliance 1or
she would have quite as much as serbia
to fear from an Austrian advance TO the
Aegean. In exchange for Bukovlna Ru-
mania would unquestionably cede her
Silistrians of 1913 to Bulgaria, who would
also reoccupy Tnrace to the Enos-Midia
line Greece would get northern Epirus.
including Santi Quaranta, Koritiza and
Argyrocastro. Montenegro would receive
Cattarc, Scutari and Albania north OF
the Drina.
Constantinople and the Gallipoli penin-
sula, with enough territory On either side
of the straits to enable her to defend ther!:
and Constantinople: She would thus ac-
quire her long-sought exit to warm water.
| the city which has held the imagination
| of all Russians for centuries, and Asia
Minor would become mere dependency
upon the nation which held Armenia and
| Byzantium. Turkey would then become
not the vassal of Berlin, but of Petrograd
Italy's Aspirations.
II the next map of Europe be made by
the victorious foes of Germany. Italy will
acquire the southern Tyrol. including Bot
zen, possibly including Meran and the
German-speaking cantons as far north as
the Brennor. She will take the Gorizia
districts, and possibly the Pusterthal. She
will take Trieste, 1stria, and she will en-
deavor by taking Fiume and Dalmatia
from lara to the Narenta to cut off Aus.
tria from the sea altogether
| In taking Dalmatia Italy will rur
counter to Slav ambitions and may lay
up for herself much trouble in the fu-
! ture. All but a tiny fraction of the
people of Dalmatia are Serbs. They
desire to be united with Serbia rather
than Italy. But the allies. in theil
eagerness to enlist Italy. have been
compelled to concede to Italy thes.
Slav populated districts.
| Albania. south of the Drina and north
of the Epirus district, which Greece ha.
recently reoccupied, will become ar
Italian protectorate. and the posses.
! sion of Valona will make Italy as com
pletely the master of the Adriatic as
was Venice. Here Italy will run coun-
ter both to Serb and Greek aspirations
but again her claims have been in
| dorsed by her allies and will hardly
fail to prevail. In addition Italy will
now unquestionably annex Rhodes
which she has occupied since hel
TripoIitan war; she may consent te
| cede the other islands in these waters
to the Greeks, whose claim rests upor
f. the fact that their population is wholly
| Greek; but this may be doubted, foi
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