El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-28
NATIONS FRAME
THEIR CLAIMS
France To Get Syria and
Big Indemnity; England
To Get Colonies.

in= paint II the proposed neutral
state were set Up against the VIII OF
The Inhabitants
Germany must pay France All
Of the Indemnify eEHcted By Bis-
uInrek On 1871. but this conrribu-
sIun Of - 600 o0Q. 900 will probably
BE nrrepted, not IN money but in
mEterial Ends perhaps, In labor
expended in EeeunstructinE the
ruined areas Of the departments
Of the aorth.
whether Germany can be called
UPON 10 make good all the damage
eaussd b the var on French soil is
perhaps doubtful But t. is certain
that the conferences viii agree that
Uauton destruction such as marked
the retreat 10 the HindenburE line In
the spring Of 1917, with its cutting
down o. fruit trees and destruction OF
harrests and villages miles behind
The fighting front. must be paid for
Frunce 40 Receive Syria
France viii also receive Syria,
where her interests have long been
greater than those Of any other Euro
pea1 power. and where the population
IS anxious for French protection
what Italy VIII Get.
Win the growth OF the Wilson
iEea1. Italian strategic claims 10 ter
rir1ries not Inhabited by Italians must
lapse. but the peace conference VIII
accord 10 Italy the Trentino. the pos
session o. the line OF the Isonzo, in
ending the city Of Gorilla, and prob
ably half OF the Istrian peninsula
Certain Islands and probably a naval
base or two in the Adriatic, with the
Earbor Of Pola- where the Austrian
feet has remained during the war
VII become italian. and Italy may
THaHa a1.Ha
guarantees that VIII make that city
= free port for The commerce Of the
slave hiureriaad- AvlOna viii be oc-
cuplea. a. least for the present, BY
Italian forces
Poland TO BE Free.
The creation or q free Poland out
q German Austrian and Russian Po-
land VIII be carried out, but whether
The port Of Dlntzig VII be given TO
the new Polish state, thus cutting of
east Prusslau from the rest OF Ger
many. 10 IS impossible 70 fOresee- !
there IS only 3 percent Of Poles in I
DanrziE- and the city viii perhaps l
remain German. but be made a free
port for Polish commerce
AbroEafe Russian TreafieH-
EVacuatlon BY German troops Of all /
territories formerly belonging to the 4
Russian empire VII be eLacted, and 1
TIE abrorarion OF AL the iniquitous /
clauses fn the treaty Of Brest-LitoTslz
The special treaties contracted BY
Germany 81 the Ukraine, Finland and /
Ge0rrla VIII also bedeclared waste
paper. and the various nationals In
hlhltiuE Russian territory viii be al
lowed to decide their own fates
through their elected representatives
Among these states are Lithuania, the
Ukraine. Esthouias Lettonias the eau
ezEus and Siberia While admitting
the right OF these small countries 10
decide for themselves what their form
q government shall be. the peace con-
ference VIII make every effort TO en-
courage then 70 form q United States
q Russia
split Up Gallcin-
western Galicia. with a consider
able portion o. eastern Silesia. VIII
become a part Of the new Polish state.
and eastern Galicia viii be united
ulth the Ukraine and probably formi
part q The future United States Of
Russia.
bohemia 10 Be Free
An Independent Bohemia, now in its
birth throes. VIII be recognized by
the conference and VIII be formed Of
the existing provinces OF Bohemia,
rrnrarfz and Part Of Eilesia and thel