El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-24

DARIS, France, Oct. 23.-The sub
joined curious communication,
= written on thick official looking
folio paper without any indication OF
its origin, has been delivered by messen-
ger at the office of the Agence HaTas,
the principal news agency in France:
The United States as the prize Tor
settlement of the present European con-
fliet."
1T is stated on high authority that
suggestions have been made IN the dlplo-
matte circles of European chaneellerles
declaring that the easiest solution and
the one most acceptable to all the war
ring nations would be the partition
among them of the United States Of
America. The United States of Amer
lea are a most inviting prize as com
pensation for the sacrifices rendered by
these nations, and an arrangement on
the basis of the respective relations Of
the different nations Is surprisingly
practicable.
$50 far from being a visionary
scheme for a solution OF this great
world conflict the fact is only too
apparent that only a small part OF the
effort expended in the sanguinary
struggle, now raging, would have
sufficed to satisfy all nations in their
respective ambitions.
"A noted diplomat declared his sur
prise. that this idea Of the partition
Of the United States had not emerged
sooner, because the land is so largely
made up OF the constituency Of all
the warning nations
THE tentative plan to satisfy thus
the national ambitions OF the Euro
pean countries at war. instead OF pro-
longing the internicene struggle, is
broadly outlined as follows:
England Would Get Atlantic Seaboard.
Great Britain is to occupy New
England. Maryland. Virginia. North
and South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida.
France is TO get the French parts
OF eastern Canada and the states Of
Louisiana. Mississippi, Alabama. Ar
kansas. Tennessee, and Kentucky
Germany is to occupy the states
OF New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio. In
diana. Michigan. Illinois. Missouri,
Iowa. Wisconsin. and Minnesota.
Japan is to take the Pacific coast;
the state Of oregon. upper and Lower
California
Mexico Would Get Southwest.
Mexico is 10 be compensated for
Lower California by ceding TO II Ari-
IONA. New Mexico and part Of Texas
Russia will receive Alaska
The Panama Canal will be declared
free. whilst the western states. North
and South Dakota, Nebraska. Kansas,
Oklahoma Washington. Montana.
Wyoming. idaho. Utah, and Colorado
viii be consolidated into an imperial
crown-domain Of the German empire
Though these 'satisfactions' are TO
be acquired in a concerted campaign,
each Of the several nations 3 to eff
feet the occupation OF its own al
lOrted territory.
Thus. it is claimed. would best be
met the rights and interests of the
different nations Of old Europe, as IL
would safeguard their nationals under
their respective flags
more Feasible Than Polish Division
Whatever be said about this bold
solution il should be appreciated that
in many WAYS il is more feasible
than the three successive partitions
Of Poland. which nevertheless are his
toric facts
Truth is sometimes stranger than
fiction This alleged tentative under
standing Of the powers at war may be
releEated to imaginative fiction, but IL
is surely not stranger than the sober
truth, and it might easily take Its
form"