South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-22

at Agram (Zagreb); OF the Bosnian Serbs seraevo;
Of the Montenegrins. Cettinje Of Serbs Of
old nonarchy-au signihed desire ANAL
gamation under leadership OF the Serb crown and
have summoned assembly representing all the ele-
ments 70 at Serajevo and organize new
IN this Will but little smaller than
Rumania Il will certainly include all OF the Aus
TRAN province OF Carnioa portions
and Syria, south OF the brave River Hungarian
tia and Savona, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
and Serbia and most If not ALL Of the Austrian province
OF Dalmata, which Is now claimed both by the Slavs
and the Italians n addition, claim with
justice. portion Hungarian province Of
Temesvar. In sum, the Southern Sav will
have an area Of approximately 90 coo square miles and
a population OF not 900 000 This is an
other state equal in size the mainland OF Italy
In addition. the slavs their claims TO all the
regions the head OF the Adriatc including Trieste
Gorilla Istra. which. the coast, there
Slav majority the population shall refer this
phase IN moment, when 1 come TO the subject OF
frontiers. but the savs to make good their claims
this quarter. unlikely. they would teri
ally increase their area and population.
BOUNDARIES WILL BE
WELL DEFINED.
Before the recent war Serbia and Montenegro to-
gether had of less than 10000 miles and
great expansion. Moreover, like Rumania, this
well defined natural boundaries.
Alps the brave and Danube rivers and the Adriatic
Sea while TO the south the Serbs and the Greeks have
agreed upon their frontiers the Bulgars
longer capable OF aggression Within these frontiers
the people are Of the same race; their dialects from
south north differ hardly than those the
France differ from each other Moreover
long centuries OF slavery supply additional incentive
for unity.
Between these two new states there will subsist a
fragment of the ancient Hungarian state Having lost
Crota and SavOna 10 the JugO- Savs Pennsylvania to
n Rumanians Temesvar the SlaVs and
manans. together Slovak districts a
north. which already being occupied by Czecho-
Slovak troops. Hungary. which years
larger than italy, will shrink TO $4,000 square
miles a third smaller than either Rumania Jugo-
population, which exceeded 2O.0OOO0O in
1914 will hardly exceed 10000, but II will be in large
part Magyar the old evils will disappear and Hungary
in losing her subject will achieve national
unity
idle suppose that the condition
will be pleasing the Magyars. Having been equal
infrequently the dominating partners in
the Dual Monarchy they will become nothing
than of mi OF Southeastern Europe
weaker either the serbs the Rumanians, whom
they have coerced for centuries. Not less serious will
their economic situation they VIII have direct
outlet the and the Danube will be in the hands
o their hereditary enemy.
Yet other solution is conceivable. Hungarian
minority has ruled Savs and Rumanans alike with
stupidity brutality centuries failing utterly
absorb the alien elements and the end the Slavs and
Rumanians found their unity. Occupying
rich and fertile lands the Hungarans will certainly be
prosperous nation in the future, their peri
cd seems definitely over Spain was overpassed
by France and italy Hungary has been distanced by
Rumania Serbia, probably for all time hereafter
Coincident with the expansion Of the Serb
manian states and the shrinking OF Hungary has
birth Of nation. that of the Czecho Slovaks
this is a renascence. for there
opening in the Thirty Years Through
these centuries the Czechos have kept alive the
cries greatness they erecting
state in the heart Of Europe, sort OF Sav