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

were added AZ, 900 square miles and
5000, 900 people to the Temesvar Of 1911.
As II now stands, the new Greater Ru-
mania has an area of nearly SO, 900
SQUARE miles and a population Of 49,
bOO, 900. Rumania has thus become a
nation with an area equal to that OF
the mainland of Italy and holding a
population greater than that of Italy
4 century ago.
Nor is the work quite complete. In
various adjoining Hungarian districts
the population Is largely Rumanian, and
kumanian patriots hope to obtain at
Versailles Endorsement of their claims
upon most, If not all, of the Banat of
Iemesvar, a small portion of which
should rightfully go to the new Jugo-
SlaVia. My impression Is that there is
no conflict between the Slavs and the
Rumanians over the Banat, their re-
spectlve spheres having been agreed
upon. but there Is the violent opposition
OF the HunEarians, who have held Tenn
esvar Tor several centuries, and rest
their claim upon possession, not upon
self-determination.
Under our eyes, then. In less than
two months there has taken place ths
~unification OF a race occupying a terri
tory equal to that OF the mainland OF
italy a Ian fertile and rich in oil and
o a This nation, with natural from.
tiers. a compact territory, homogene,
Gus population. seems destined to be one
OF the solid facts Of the New Europe.
closing the pathway OF German ambi.
ton down the Danube to the Black sea.
At Versailles Rumania will not seek
European sanction for her existence,
but merely a settlement OF frontier dis
putes with the Magyars.
Greater Serbia.
Side by side with the Greater Ruma-
ma has arisen a greater Serbia, called
Jugo-Slavia by contemporary historians.
This new state consists Of three
branches Of the Southern Slay family,
the Serbs, who are in "A large majority,
the Croats. and the Slovenians. The
progress in achieving unity has been a
little less simple han the Rumanian
because Of this diversity in tribes and
because Of certain religious differences.
But Just as the Rumania Of 1914 has
been the central factor in greater Ru-
mania, the Serbia Of the days before
the war has supplied the center Of at
traction for The Slav reunion.
At the present hour this process has
reached the following point: The ma
tional assembly Of the Slovenes, meeting
at Laibach in C%arniola; of the Croats
meeting at Agram (Zagreb). Of the Bos.
Man Serbs, at Serajevo: OF the Monte.
negrins, az Cettinje. OF the Serbs o.
the old monarchy-all have slKnifiet
their desire for amalgamation under thC
leadership Of the Serb crown, and have
summoned an assembly representing al
the elements TO meet at Seraievo anC
organize a new nation.
In area this state will be hut littl,
smaller than the new Rumania. IL will
certainly include all OF the Austrian
province of Carniola, certain portions o.
| ia rinthta aud O. yria pn,tth ~ a.. ~.
river, Hungarian Croatia and Slavonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
and Serbia and most, II not all, Of tn,
Austrian provinces of Dalmatia, which
Is now claimed by the Slavs and tn,
Italians, In addition, the Serbs claim
with justice. a certain portion Of til,
Hungarian province Of Temesvar. Ii
sun. 1he new southern SlaV state will
have an area OF approximately 30, O0l
square miles and a population OF no
less than 1900, 900. This is anothe
new state equal in size to the MAINLAND
Of Italy.
In addition, the Slavs urge thel
claims to all the regions at the head o
the Adriatic, including Trieste, Gorizit
and lstria, In which, a VI on the coast
there is Il Slav majority in the popula
ton, | shall refer to this phase in
moment, when | come to the subject o
frontiers. but were the Slavs TO max
good their claims in this quarter, a
seems unlikely. they would materiall
Increase their area and population,
Before the recent war Serbia an
Montenegro together had an area Of les
than 40, 900 square miles and a popula
ton under 5000, 900, Here, then, is an
other great expansion. Moreover, Xix
Rumanta, this new state will have we
defined natural boundaries, the Aim
the brave n Danube rivers and tn
Adriatic sea, while to the south tn
Serbs and the Greeks have agreed upoI
their frontiers and the Bulgars are n
longer capable Of aggression. With
these frontiers the people are OF tn
same race; their dialects from the scout
to north differ hardly more than thos
at the eXtremities OF France differ fror
each other. Moreover. long centuries 9
slavery supply IN additional incentiy
for unity