The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-21

improbable that such a federation NAV
extend to include Greece and Bulgaria.
again for economic rather than political
reasons' out any reappearance of the
German can only be looked for If these
new states follow the evil examples of
me past and cultivate not friendship,
but rivalry.
Fortunately, there is little temptation,
a In the case Of Hungary, for the
and their relations with the Czecho.
Sloyaks a never be the cause of any
political jealousies. As for Hungary.
her very helplessness should serve to
destroy her present bitterness. Moth
ing is more certain than that In the
years to come both the Rumanians and
the southern Slavs will wholly distance
the Magyars, while the Magyars will
remain dependent upon both for the
use or the natural routes to the out
side world. Moreover, a revolution in
hungary driving out the old autocracy
hungarian people political freedom, will
probably contribute nightly to de-
stroying the old and wicked tradition
whlcn mas cost so much sorrow and
slaughter in southeastern Europe.
" the four states the new Rumania
pc accepted as permanent. Czecho-
SloVakia and Greater Serbia are in the
nature of experiments, hopefully begun,
but confronted with obvious perils. both
from within and from without. For the
southern Slavs Italian rivalry Is the
outside peril, and the difference in re-
ligion and the lack OF a common his
torical tradition constitute possihIa
causes for future disintegration, on
! the other hand, it is not unlikely that
the peril from without may force unity
within, and thus contribute to Ultimate
| SuCCpgg For fha C1anLn CIz.o1.- 4,
perils are manifold. They are threat
ened alike by the Germans within and
without; they have also the hostile
Magyars on their southern frontiers,
and they are without direct access to
the sea. But II their future is difficult
they are beyond ali doubt the best III
teo OF all the newly united peoples for
the great task before them. Moreover.
they have the good will Of all the
western powers to an unlimited extent.
IL remain now briefly to recapitulate
the problems which have arisen out OF
the, creation of these three new nations.
problems which will occupy much at
tention at Versailles. and, unless prom
erly settled, may be the cause of ft-
ture wars. With respect to Rumania
the difficulties are relatively insignifi-
cant. The R~uthenians to the northeast
lay claim to a portion Of Bukovina, bas-
ing their claim upon the fact that the
inhabitants of this region are Slay, Re-
tween .Rumania and Hungary there is
a grave difference of opinion as TO
where the frontiers should be drawn,
The Rumanians claim most of the re.
mesNar and many countries north of
pennsylvania, baslng their claims upon
the photographic map. As these claims
are unmistakable, 1t is far from impos-
slble that Rumania will receive a sub
stantlal addition of territory at Yer
s~ailles, but 1t will be in accordance
with 1lGtirn and will naoyo 80 ;o!.u
tice to foment future disturbance. By
contrast, Bulgaria will certainly ask
Tor the territory taken by Rumania in
1918 and Inhabited by Bulgars. Some
small surrender in this quarter may be
asked Of Rumania, but her old anxiety
as TO Bulgaria has been abolished now
that she has become a considerable
power, with double the area and popu-
iation of her old rival,
Many Problems.
have sufficiently indicated the
Czecho-Slovak problems for Versailles
The Germans will seek to nave exclud-
ed from the new state the border
regions in which the German-speakinc
element predominates, both in Bohemia
and Austrian Silesia, but this would, in
the main, be to destroy all the natura'
frontiers OF the new, state and save
perhaps, in the Silesian quarter. little
is to be expected for the Germans
Internationally, the great powers also
will have to fix the line between the
new nation and Hungary, but here the
photographic map Is a sure and safe
guide, although fatal to Magyar claims
It remains now to discuss the one
really. serious problem, that of the
new Jugo-Slavia. The boundaries be.
tween the Slavs and the Germans anC
Hungarians to the north can be drawr
with little difficulty, In the main the
Qraai DRAW riyar cttnrliao op od-,..,hI
frontier from the Alps to the Danube
although to the east the Serb claims
IN TemesVar must be considered, Tt
the south, both in the case of Bulgaria
and OF Greece, the frontiers have beer
fixed by treaty and will hardly b.
The same is true in the case of AL.
eania, although the Serb claim t
Scutari and the Drin valley will nav,
a hearing, as 1t should.
But when It comes to Dalmatia The
real difficulty begins, BY an agreement
made in London during the war tn,
Slars and Italians divided Dalmatis
nearly, but not quite, in half, the Ital.
ians taking the northern half. but leav.
ing to the Jugo-Sfavs a number O.
ports, including Cattaro, Ragusa, Ora,
vosa and Ffume, which is not in Dial,
malta, This agreement was satisfac
tory to neither side. Dalmatia Is in il.
history Italian and Roman and in it:
LANGUAGE and population Slav. or 1t,
SCI, 600 inhabitants not 10 per cent ar,
Italians, and the overwhelming demand
of its people Is to become a part O
the new Slav state.
The Italians on their part rely upor
history II upon the London agree
ment. They have occupied all the ter
ritory assigned to them by the agree,
/ ment and have also taken Fiume, Cat
: taro and other ports in the Slav area
The result has been an ever CROWNS