Evening journal., 1918-05-25
Propo.od TronlIrr. ol eMIddIe Enrope.'

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Rueala u by far the most dangerou.
enemy, not only Of middle Europe. buI
OF all Europe and of the whole civilized
world The object OF ans
treaty OF peace must therefore be- "a
preserve Ruasia's hslatic character and
40 fhr as possible. % weaken her posi-
flon as q European great power This
can be done only by taking from her
those western territories which are most
valuable from The cultural and The eco.
n0mlc points 0f yiow and by keopina
her away al the same time from all
European seas except the white Sea
The boundary that should be
drawn would run from
kronsiadt by way OF Breakdown and
TaFanrOg 10 Baku. Finland OF course
brlng Included besides the razng Of
ell Rusaiaa western f0flrcasoe. cspe.
cinlly The f0riresaes on The sea. "a would
be necessary 10 take from her Finland
F-ihonia, Liv0nia. kurland, Poland
Volhynla, pOdolla. nessarabis. portions
of Little Russia and Of South Russia.
Taurda ikrlml and The Caucasus
Ia the Balkans n these are freed from
Russian assistance and inirigucs. two
Kingdoms. scrva and Montenegro.
should be wiped completely on the
map.
There can be no united and powerful
middle Europe 20 long as France re-
iaina her present aize and power. To
deprive her OF these must be the OBJ
jcoi Of any treaty Of peace Of course
Il le not a question solely of acdulsi-
tlon ~ territory. for nations can be-
ruined by war lndcmntios or by com
merolal treaties. but OF these we arc
not talking az present We are asking
only What cesslons OF territory are
necessary IN order 10 lesson by two the
number OF great powers IN Europe
what Il necessary for thla purpose2
Whether thc cesalon OF northern sea
ports VIII come into question N a mat
ter that had better not be discussed al
present Possibly the middle states may
even need a port on the Mediterranean
like Toulon. which would necessarily
Involve the annexation of Nice
Hhat France must lose all the north
(coasi 0f Africa that beonga 90 her 70
J(hc mort certain. because che would
not be suiiloenily crippled by war IN
IDENTITIES alone Nor would n be enough
20 Insist on tho transfer of her fleci
but among her forireases those that
protect harhors must fret be razod and
ono Of tho most important conditions
OF pence that we should strive 30 OBJ
tain would bo that she should maintain
only a commercial lgoi France should
be forced into a position similar 20 that
now held by Spain.
The punishment that Eng-
land would nnd most severe would per
haps be her complete exclusion from
tho Mediterranean She would
bo shut on from Malta and the other
islands n nlhralicr were taken from her
and n Taugicrs ceased 10 be neutral.
n any partiof these protect
ing walls IA defcctlyoly constructed. our
culture will be permanently injured or
perhaps annihilated before another gon-
eratlon. Then tho great sacrifice Of llfe
would have been made not Tor life, but
only Tor death.
A. Oelzeli Newln, 'welche strafo soil
die trefln, die schuld am Weltkrleg ira
gen" 1913, pp. 1915.
Middle Europe must consider stra
tesle necessities IN liking her eastern
houndariea. East Prussia
needs sirongor protection on tho north
and on The cast. In the west
military considerations demand great
or extension OF the geographic bound
AIRY. II tho military object |
OF gaining permanent security against
France and also The freedom OF The
eeas ia 10 be really attained, tho north
eastern part OF France az a number OF
leading statesmen have already lndlcst
ed. must be brought within The Ger
man northwestern frontier as far as
the mouth OF the Sommc somewhere
along the line Nisnscourt -Repaume-Ncr~
dun-St. Mlhlel-pont a Moufson
The establishment of this frontier, 70
scther with ihe takine OF Relfort and I
Is cnVirons' which are necessary Tor
the protection OF South Germany, seems
thoroughly Justified A re-
cards the annexation cf helslum 10
middlo Europe. 90 which The majority I
cf rs inhabitants belong as resards 60
language, no further words need be
Kasied. 4 Is matter of course
In NE southwest The geographical
fronlier must IN like manner be pushed
forward, N order that rriest one OF
thc most important points FOR middle
rurope, may he removed from hostile
attack Tho northern part
OF Nencsia. the districts oi frluli and
rreVlso, up 20 a line running from he
south end OF Lake 0sroa 90 the mouth
81 the plaVe, must be taken a. slscis
AZ thc foot Of The Alps IN or,ier % wari L
~ from Austrlar Adrietic coast al NJ
turo menace, On national grounds,