Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-16

tHdl lile terms 10 ne mentioned were
the lowest which each country IN the
entente could accept without reNolu-
ton taking place and explained that
for this reason the terms We're more
likely 10 be ImpossIbiy lcnicut than
to offer any loophole Tor further con-
Cessions.
From the allies standpoint" the
dispatch said. accepting the result
a. tnc war as draw. the following
terms are the least which could be
accepted:
Il. Evacuation by the German
armies OF all conquered territories.
Poland possibly TO be made "a buffer
state, but under guarantees which
would prevent the Teutonic power
from exercising military control over
Poland.
'2. The restoration Of Serbian ter
ritory including Macedonia. possible
compensation to bulgaria Tor giving
up Macedonia at the expense Of
Greece. who might be forced To give
up the port Of kaValla ON the Aegean
to CZar Ferdinand.
3. Full compensation to Belgium
for all damage done. repayment OF all
money eHactiOns and restoration Of
the country's absolute Independence,
this To be enforced by an absolute
embargo by the allied navies ON Ger
man and Austrian commerce until the
belgian claims are met.
-. The cossion to France of those
parts of Lorraine and Als;tce in which
the French population predominates.
%. The return OF German colonies,
excepting Tsingtau.
tween Russian and Britain and rec
tween Russian and Britain, and rec
ognition of a British sphere OF influ-
ence in Mcsopotainia ana French
sphere in Asia Minor. in return for
u possible recognition OF a German
sphere of influence in other parts OF
the ottoman empire.
Il. The cession by Austria to Italy
of the Trentino and Trieste"
ParliamcDts in Doubt.
So far as | can learn those terms
still represent the position OF the most
British, French and Ital-
ian diplomats. but | should not like
to guarantee that their parliaments
at the present moment would ratify
so mild a peace. But there is one
change in the situation
which must radically alter those
terms, though / was requested not
To call attention to the fact at the
time, that they prosupposed the mil |
itary defeat of Russia. Russia got
nothing at all, excepting part Of Per
sia which she occupied before the !
war, and she lost Poland. This was
justified last winter by the general |
belief In the vest that Russia would |
be unable to carry out successful
general offensive on any front before !
The end Of the war. The loss of praC- |
lcally all her regular army and the
almost hopeless task of the rearma-
ucnt, in the face OF the prevailing |
political corruption. made II seem |
likely that a successful defensive for
the rest of the war was all Russia |
,ould hope for.
But the genius of Grand Duke Mich |
)las, or of his chief OF staff, General |
Iudenitch. has changed all that. The |
capture of much of Armenia, with |
greater conquests In Turkey In pros |
pect, must mean, II those regions are |
held, Russian control after the war. |
and Constantinople itself, as Foreign |
SaZonoff not obscurely hint
ed the other day, must pass into the |
3zar's hands before he sheathes his |
sword.
The difficulties which this attitude |
IF Russia may give rise to need not |
le elaborated. 1t is sufficient to point |
nut that the word Russia is conclu- :
tive answer to reports about Turkey |
making u separate peace with the en-
.tutc anu Hti NitllitNi mas
ers. England and France would like
nothing better. and a peace oculd !
doubtless be arranged in few weeks, |
or Turkey is in desperate straits, If
I were not for Russia's demand for |
Turkey will never |
her famous capital until |
lctual anarchy comes upon the coun. |
ry. or until 1t is taken from her by !
'orce.
Peace far Away.
So far as the present Issues be-
ween central Europe and the quad
'uplc entente can be expressed at all |
~ terms of diplomacy, the world in
he last three months has mOved |
some distance toward peace. but the
distance still 70 be traversed before
he goal is reached is enormous. and |
should not be surprised II peace
we're eventually made following pop
ilar uprisings which swept away the
machinery, as at present
of the central powers
Last January, there appeared to be
live insoluuble obstacles in the way |
IF an agreement. They were the fu.