Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-22
THE RECASTING OF THE NATIONS-By Bernard Suttler

Assuming that the allies will not be so short
sighted as to be content with anything less than
the utter defeat of Germany and its criminal CO.
partners it is clear that the allied powers will
have cast upon them the burden of Temaklng the
map of central and eastern Europe, with western
Asia involved along certain lines of justice which
will contribute to the maintenance of a Justly gov
erned and peaceable world.
THE RULE OF SELF-DETERMINATION
The ethniC race factor will largely govern IN
the majority of cases and up to certain point Will
coincide with the general world welfare, but there
will arise cases where the worlds welfare will de-
mand curtaiment of the unqualified right OF peo-
pie carry their self-determinatiOn under the
ethnc plea to point where that action might In
future prove harmful Take Finland as illus
tration. Certainly Finland ought to be free, with
boundaries defined by the peace commission, put
with equal certainty Finland should not be allowed
to have German king That is unthinkable.
Take Turkey another illustration. 1t would
be act of supreme folly to grant Turkey any
further lease of life under any plea whatsoever
It's 500 years of bloody depraved and hopeless in
competence calls for ending and any other soIu-
tiOn would be criminal.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND GERMANY
Austria-Hungary cries aloud for dissolution
Never nation, always merely an excuse to main
tain the Hapsburgs in power, the time is come
when justice must be done in the interest OF
humanity.
Upper and lower Austria, northern Tyrol,
Syria and Salzburg, might be made into small
Germanc state along the ethnic line. Bohemia,
Morayia and SlOvakia should constitute the new
CZechO-SlOvak state.
Polish Galicia should go to the new Polish COM
monwealth, and Ruthenian Galcia to the Ukraine,
COrinthia, Carniola, Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmat1a,
Bosnia, Herzegovina, Syrmia, and a strip OF the
sOutheasterly marshes of Hungary, should be add
ed to Serbia, constituting a Jugo-Slav kingdom,
which ought also to include Montenegro, with the
Overlordshp Of an Albanian with local autonomy.
The peninsuar of Istria with Trieste and the back
country section up Gorilla way; together with the
Trentino would naturally fall to Italy. Transyl-
vania should go to Rumania- Hungary diminished
by Slovakia the north and by the Slav country
on the south, would still be left with ample and
nd O
way of Fiume which should be made free port.
This disposition of Austria Hungary would be abb
solutely fair to every racial group represented in
that polyglot empire.
Germany should be compelled to surrender
Alsace-Lorraine to France, Sleswig to Denmark,
and the eastern border consisting of Polish terri
tory to Poland, with Dantzic outlet to the
Baltic SO billion dollar fine should be levied
on Germany to compensate the countries devasted
by it's armies. This could be made payable two
billions yearly. All munition and arms plants in
Germany should be destroyed and it should not be
allowed to maintain any army for the next fifty
years. Great Britain should take Helgoland
Any less punishment of Germany would be bitterly
unjust to the rest of the world. Luxembourg
should come under the control of Belgium.
THE BALKAN STATES
Greece should have its northern boundary ex-
tended eastward taking in the Aegean front of
Bulgaria then all OF European Turkey, crossing the
Bosphorus and coming down the western coast of
Anatolia to the southwestern corner of that coJfN
try in a strip 80 to 40 miles wide. Every mile of
this area represents territory which is predomi-
nantly Greek both in population and material in
terest. From that territory the Turks have exiled
1900 900 Greeks since 1914. This with the Aegean
islands would give Greece a compact and fairly
fruitful country with the guardianship of the OAR
daneIles, the sea of Marmora and Bosphorus
which should be made free to the ships of all
nations With COnstantinople made free port
the thrifty Greeks would soon become most pros
porous people. Bulgaria should lose its Aegean
front to Greece and restore the Dobrudja to
Rumania, but otherwise might retain its terri
toriaI lines laid down in the 1913 treaty of
Bucharest. 1t ought however be made to pay
tor tie savage devastation of Serbia.
Serbia has already been discussed in the para
graph dealing with Austria-Hungary
Rumania should receive back the Dobrudja
from Bulgaria, Bessarabia, which has Ruma-
MAN population, from Russia, and Pennsylvania,
which also has a Rumanian population, from
Hungary.
RUSSIA AND POLAND
Poor deluded Russia, betrayed despoed, and
blood despatched 1t appeals to our sympathies.
But if we to fallOw ethnic lines where possible
some changes will be necessary. Esthonia, Livonia
and Courland on the Baltic with Lithuania border
ing, and the Ukraine to the south, represent at
least three distinct groups which not in sympa-
thy with the Great Russians. 1t might be possible
ter still federation of the three groups, though
this latter is doubtful
1t is quite clear that these people would be
glad to cut loose from Russia and equally clear
that they do not to throw their fortunes with
Poland. Finland already mentioned, should be
free. Bessarabia should go to Rumana. These
excisions would leave European Russia with a mil
lion more square miles of territory and a huge
population. The Caucasian provinces and the
Trans-Caspian should be allowed to remain a part
Russia for in that section of the world we can
not yet follow too closely the ethnic line.
The Armenian provinces of Russia should go
with the Armenian provinces of Turkey to make an
Independent Armenia.
Siberia should be allowed its choice whether to
remain with Russia set up housekeeping on its
account.