The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-12
EMP IRE Of THE
HAPSBURGS To
Be BROKEN Up

toned statesmen. scholars u''a F'- -
who from tho beginning OF the war
1914 have predicted I'll" lheFltao'e u"
rcui ,r the Central powers and AZ an Is
suc Of tina, defeat the partition M '"e
empire have had their
irs,irirpiirn within recent weeks. begin
MIN, with the recognition OF the tzrch"-
Slnyak milton by The United states anu
hcr allies and ending with tho appear io'
mn armisticc by III. conimahdcr vi '"O
Austrian armies TO the Italian hish COM
mand. v,o-
Tho recognition Of the Czccho-o1o
,.oI,, ,,l,,, alone and with the FORCES
urrayrd against Germany ana her a''..'
in the ascendant is sufficient guarantee
that when tn. councillors arise from '''e
pcacc tnblc the map OF SOUTHWESTERN ~
rnpc will have undergone changes t"a'
shall express ut once the reall@at'on W.
dreams cherished by oppressed Peop'eo
through centuries and the shattcr'he "a
the dreams Of those kings ana tn"ir Az
n,inis,rators who nouriShcd so long thc
J.lusion of divine right and aoln1'''o''
Gy force.
Must Await Peaco Treaty.
Cr,ct1v uoun what lines OF cleavage
IN, Dual monarchy will be cut apart no
ana can know until the war is over anu
tho neacr conference shall have conciua-
.d ita deliberations. Put l1unGhTy a'
randy has proclaimed it's independ"nco
Of Austria and Of the German Alliance
md the inhabitants OF various other po'-
tons of the. empire express their "a
munds either for separation INTO SCH
contained states or liaison with othcr
countries or nations Of which they claim
To- BE- Il part.
The northern. and especially the north
western section OF the empire rs u uSeu
10 be is claimed by the Czechu-SIoFaha'
They already command c"hsIueiap''
norton If II md have proclaimed lhel'
government. with Frhgu" hs us capIIa''
Iohcmin, AIuravia and Si!esla they pos
scss, but their claims on racial erounos
run across the north part uf Hungary.
comprising something bctwecn' fonrth
and a r!f,h Of Hungary proper and cN-
curing only GaliciM which III it's turn
,lui,ns tn. right to be- included withIl
Poland proper.
Tho New Jugo-Slavia.
The JrRo-Slurs. or South Slars. deere
th-, ,h(l" state and separate govern
ment shall Include III" whole Austro-
Hungarian litlural upon the Adriatic,
with the exception Of that northcrnmost
section of ii which is claimed by Italy
as Italian Irrcdenta. Their protcns;onS
tnkr in Carninla. Chnatia. S!avonia. pal-
malta. Bosnia. Herzegovina. Serbia itself
and AiontcncEro the peoples to settle
| among themselves whether Serbia ana
! Montenegro shall remain intact as cuun-
tries by themselves but federated win
Jugn-SlEvia.
PENNSYLVANIA. lying in tho cas-, OF
; Hungary. is desired as Il matter OF right
! by Rumana rs par, of Rumania unre-
deemed.
The world has not been informed
whether Austria proper proposes to re-
| main intact. separate into two or more
states or hecornc part Of the new Ger
1rany which may possible emerge DEM
ccratizcG upon what tho victnrs pre-
scribe as the territory which may re-
main German after old Germany has
| paid in full. Every day last week
+, brought In t;s dcspatrhc: setting for.-'
! what the hustriGns proposed TO do with
| themselves after they had set nsid"
! their kinr. Other dispatches Of equnl
| reliability. each ono cnrtradicting an
other. ar" likely Ia interest the world
81 long Il: The present government IS
! abb t. m&l,tain the sCln,.lnnCr Of rule.
IN stuiv RI he mnI Of Austria Hun
! gar, from row until the last issue or
! the war has been settled IT must be re-
y
/ enough to fix. or attempt to fix. the
! boundaries OF any Of the few statcs or
nations except within tn" most elastic
: "f frontiers. For while In tn" man tue
, n,hp "f |,uS:rir- Hungary may no plotted
! Upon "ai"al nEvs there is no section OF
! III" empire wholly Austrian. wholly
! Hungarian ar wholly Slav.
Only TWO Things Cor,ain.
| JuSt IS there mr.. PARTS Of old Poland
. r"1, Irrri; "ria!ly n part of Germany. SO
: :hrrr arr I,rrit' rirs Of Hungary utterly
: Austrian ard Places in The Slnr sections
: Of III" 'n,rirc whore 1lunEarians pre-
dominate. And in III" northern ana
. N.'Sl, m scriiuns ~ bohemia. The mnin
. state If CZ""hn- Slnvakia and contains its
, capital. th"r" are Germa n lSO hcm a s
! VIII" already have proclaimed Tho right
J IT, indcrr Td"rrr for Themselves ana have
! set up what they describe as 4 capital.
! There arc only two propositions re-
/ tsard"d MS d"flnit" in he whole matter Of
| the partition Of tho HHpshurg empire.
; 1t already Inns begun to dissolve and in
. inevitable must reign It's sway over large
. sections rf it's territory. The other cor
/ tain th;nE is that whatever quarrcls and
jral"us"s may spring up in the Gre
alton of the now states and allutments.
;. |iil y" settled without further warfare.
Tho United States md its allies will give
due attention ~ that.
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