Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-03

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Paris, Feb. 2.-The delegates of the
great powers are now in a position
to compare clearly their own aspira-
tiOns and those of all their allies
friends and to see the differences that
must be reConciled. The maximum.
OF hopes. often overlapping, has been
told freely and it remains for the
peace conference to adjust them into
e co-ordinated whole. The desires of
Tie several countries as presented
may be compressed thus:
France.
France wants. first of all, Alsace
Lorraine unconditionally and the
right to discuss and ultimately to fix
The French frontiers in their relation
10 the Rhine. which may require the
creation Of buffer states. One of these
would be the Palatinate and another
Rhenish Prussia. France desires al
sn to annex the basin of the Sarre
river, which might be called a re-an-
nexation.
France will insist that so far as the
left bank of the Rhine further 10 the
north is concerned, the conference
should forbid military works of any
llnd-barracks, bridgeneads, forts and
fGrtresses-in that zone. The feeling
IS that the people inhabiting that zone
should be free to decide for them
selves whether they wish TO join
France, form an Independent state CT
return TO Germany,
The French bill for reparation Is
rot yet complete, but it has been an
ECunCed in the chamber of deputies
tnst it vii lbe about $4,000, 600 900
francs.
The French government does rot
ask for 4 protectorate in Syria in the
ordinary sense because it considers
that the population there is too ad-
anCed to make a protectorats neces-
s1ry, but France on account OF her
traditional interests in that country
fcels that she should he called upon
TO exercise some sort o. guardianship
rr guidance until Syria ehou!d bC
u.ly able to govern herself.
Great Britain.
Great Britains delegation believes
That a society of nations is desira
hle and ohtainablc and that il mus
be established by the present peace
conference. She advances no conti-
mental purposes other than those IF &
Permanent and just peace under the
principle Of self-determnati tior, and
that there shall be international free
dom Of transit by railroads and wa
tcrways which is Great Britain's gen.
eral definition OF freedom Of commerce
u times Of peace.
Great Britain will take mandatory
mower over the German islands south
%; the Equator for Australia and over
German Southwest Africa for the
Union oc South Africa. She will ;tlsc
have the mandate over German East
Africa and some parts Of Arabia ant
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srect over Mesopotdmia. Great Brit.
ar. will enter a pool with the othel
allies in the matter Of irdemnities
especially reparation for air raiC
damages and shipping losses.
Italy.
Italy asks for the Trentino as ia,
ass the Brenner Pass, including tn
whole of the Southern TyrOl: Trieste
istria, Fiume Zara. Sebentco, III,
larger part of the Dalmatian Islands
AFlona and its hinterland. a protector
ate over Albania, possession uf tn,
Islands in the Aegean which wer
taken from Turkey during the Tripon
tan War and the province Of Adalia /
France and England should take ter
ritory in Asia Minor
The Italian contention is tina. tn
haimatian Islands and such parts .
't-E bdi'li'tt ian coast are as not as
signed to Italy shall he nertraliIad
Should France and England exten
their colonial possessions in Afr.ca
Italy desires TO enlarge her posses
sions in Eritrea and Tripcli.
Rumania.
Territorial contentious in the Bal
Eans are complicated AMI present diff
hCult problems Pumanil lesiras I
M
Russian Bessara5ia given her by th
Central Powers under the cancelle
treaty of Bucharest and now in he
possession. Rumania also desire
Southern Dobrudja as ceded to he
~ bulgaria after the second Balka
var. Possession of BessarAbia al
tie Dobrudja commands the mout
Of the Danube.
To the westward Rumania wants
annex the iapsburg provinces Of Bu
koWina and Transylvania and a cor
siderable part Of the rich agriculture
district of Banat. 1t is hero that Il
Rumanian aspiration conflicts wi,
those of Serbia, which afflrms III:
under her war agreements with II
Entente she should have a large DO
ton Of Banat as we'll AS other SO,
tons of former Austria Hungary nj
joining old Serbia to the north
round out the proposed Jugo Sis
state. Both Rumania and Serbia ha,
moved troops into Banat 10 soeu
their claims and French troops ha-
established seutral zone 10 preve
hostilities between them.
Serbia.
Serbia's claims to tnka from II
Hapsburg monarchy the provinces
Bosnia and Herzegovina are onpos,
by no one in the Entente group, n
plans for the incorporation into IN
Slavia of the Hru .! nroyinoo
Croatia. except as to the coastaI p
C.on Of Fiume. are also considered
subject to the internal decision of z
southern Slavs.
Jugo Slav and italian aims are
sharp conflict in the settlement OF /
Acriatic coast problem, involving {
uIture Of Ffume and the Croatian ne
board along with the Islands OF Dt
malta and Albania: The union
Aontenegro and Serbia as rart OF
greater Jugo Slav state has been ve
I'd by the Montenegrin pariiamert b
the faction representing King T.eh
las and his adhcrents protests agRif
"a union which shall lot leave 10 Mo
tenegro entire lo2Hl sclf-povernme
There is also q cooilict between |
!ans of Jugo Slly statesmen y
those of Czecho Slovallta who dee
wide corridor from Bohonla "a {
Adriatic to Hungary and Croatia
secure an outlet to the son.
Greece.
Greece wishes Northern Ep.rus a
Thrace with the exception of ca
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