The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
AN ENGLISH PROPHECY,
 sIF GERMANY LOSES

whether Germany will sue for peace before the invading armies actually reach Berlin is of little inn portance. What is important is that before the German armies. are en- tirely routed, internal political con dftions will compel them to demand an ignominous peace. And what will be the price of this peace2
 When Germany brought France to her knees in 1870, continues an article in the Century Magazine, they secured as the price Of peace a war indemnity of 200, 900. .0Oe pounds ster- ling and the secession of the prov inces of Alsace and Lorraine.
 In their turn the victorious armies will demand a war indemnity not so large as they might wish, because of the necessity for preserving Germany from going into bankruptcy, but still heavy enough to cripple the father land for years, and, more important still, will insist huge territorial ad- justments, everything being done to remove artificial frontiers between kindred races.
 It is a foregone conclusion that A1sace-Lorraine, which has always been a. thorn in the side of Germany and a source of weakness to her, will be rest ored to France.
 The whole of the budding colonial empire of Germany will disappear. l hope we shall not take any of her colonies, for we have enough and to spare already, and in any case Ger many's oversea possessions are not of much account Possibly we may eon- sent to them being parceled out equal ly between Russia and France, con- tenting ourselves with Togoland, and passing Kia-Chau over to Japan@T
 France Wants Slice.
 France certainly will insist on hay- | ing Eestoreds to her the slice taken from the French Congo. Denmark, in recognition of her good behavior ! during the war. may demand, and | with every hope of success, the resto- tration of Schleswig- -Ho1stein. What BeIgiuIess reward may be is inpossi- to say. Possibly a momentary one. | There Is nothing territorially that can be offered this tight little kingdom, for in all these frontier adjustments one has to have regard for the senti- ment and race origin of the people whose land it is proposed to divert Belgium would never ask to be l loaded with such a thankIess gift as l a German province that might be- a | canker to her as Alsace-Lorraine has been to Germany. Servia, who should ] Austria, will be given authority to re- 1 tain what is hers by right unchal- Ienged.
 I am prophesying Italy will be | strong enough to withstand the bully l ing of the other two members of the | Triple Alliance. If she does so, her 1 reward will be the restoration of the Italia Irredenta, that little triangle, l with Trieste at the extreme left-hand | corner and Plume at the extreme l right-hand corner. which formed part l of the old Venetian republic. and was l flitched from her by the Hapsburgs. Other Rewards.
 For the Balkan states whose con
 duet has been beyond reproach there
 will also be territorial rewards. Fur
 key stands to lose most. If she con
 toIs her ambitions, all will be wei
 with her. If she elects to makt trou.
 ble during the war; the powers of thu Triple Entente may decide, for ths
 sake of the future peace of Europe I to expel her entirely from Europe I With some reason Russia then TnigI
 ask for the reward she has alway
 coveted, Constantinople. Probably tn. l arrangement that would be mad