The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-17
(By HENRY WOOD

"The Playground Of Europe' Of be
fore the war, Switzerland has become
"The Plotting Ground Of Europe Of
after the war
And all for this plotting may now be
summarized in enc general end OF
"The Constitution OF a Danubian Con
federtion"
To the credit of the Swiss it must
be said that they resent in the ex'
treme degree the abuse that is now
being made of their country and their
hospitality by the exiled rulers and
statesmen offers while empires ana
states. but they are as helpless in
the matter as they are innocent
While they cannot keep their little
country from being converted into an
incubator, however, they can at leas
try to keep the plots being brooded
therein from actually Matching, and
the Switss secret service together
with its gendarmes, it's policemen, It's
detectives and its public officials gen
,erally are putting in quite few
sleepless nights to this end.
In fact there is every relson a-
presume thatthey are losing more
sleep trying to keep the plots from
the Matching than the plotters are in
trying to make them hatch Exiled
statesmen and rulers have to keep
busy; plotting is life itself to ex
statesmen and exdiplomats and ii is
entirely possible that Switzerland is
taking the plotting that is going or
within her borders about a hundred
times more seriously than are the
plotters are in trying to make them
hatch,
Now that the gradual re-adjustment
of Europe has left no doubts in the
minds OF certain exiled rulers like
e. King Constantine Of Greece and
some Of the hopelosness of their
causes, all of the plotting in switzer
land has come slowly to center or
one great scheme, q scheme that Il
not only considered possible but that
is considered by many of the great
est minds ana authrities Of Europe as
being absolutely imperative and in
cyitable.
This is the constitution of a Daau
bian federation to replace the old
dual monarchy, and which, according
to It's hackers, is theonly thing that
can insure the life Of the half dozen
OF more states into which the old
Austrian Hungarian monarchy has
been divided.
Whether this Daau5ian Federation
has it's center north Of the Danube
with what is left Of hungary and
AUSTRIA as a basis CT whether it has
its center south cf the Danube with
Serbia anl Rumania playing the lead
ing role; whether it be monarchial or
republican in form together with half
& dozen other possibilities or ramifi-
cations, arc generally considered un-
Important All that is regarded as vi
tai and imperative is that such
confederation be constituted and that
it be organized in fun harmlay with
and support Of the allies
The new states liz, Poland aud
caock-slovakia figure lAcy can GO it
zone They don't know as mat
tas Of fact because they have not
tried yet, and they are determined to
try but the political and economical |
statesmen Of Europe are looking !
mighty askancc Finally Serbia ana /
Rcmania which have already demon
STATED their ability to SO it alone
win, it is genrauy conceded, with |
Nmir increased territory and popula-
. 0n resources and war debts be
;tle to get away with it, and yet It is
i-ssited they would be able to do it
loh better in a confederate exist
eace than alone
hungary and German Austria, as
trcy viii osist whcntho peace con
l3cnte finishes its work, viii be
csai states their own people and
81 tcsmea a3rl.t tAat Poland and
czaclso logasia are merely gambling