El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-24

. enemies, but with Italy herself anJ
I the powers that stood with italy IL
! the great war for liberty.
Backs New States.
1--WE are TO establish their liberty as
I well as our own They are 10 b'
I ests are henceforth 20 be safeguards
as scrupulously as the interests Of the
most powerful states
The war was ended. moreover, By
I proposing 10 Germany an armistice
and peace which should be founded
on certain clearly defined principles
which set up a new order Of right and
justice Upon those principles the
peace with Germany has been con-
ceived, not only. but formulated. Upon
those principles it viii be effected
We cannot ask the great body Of
with Austria and establish new basis
Of Independence and right in the
states which originally constituted
the AustrO-Hungarian empire, and IN
the states Of the Balkan group, on
principles Of another kind. We must
apply the same principles to the set
tlement Of Europe in those quarters
that we have applied in the peace
with Germany
Must Be Peace Basis.
ct was upon the explicit avowal Of
these principles that the initiative for
peace was taken 1t is upon them
that the whole structure of peace
must rest
IF those principles are to be ad-
hered TO- Fiume must serve as the
outlet Of the commerce, not. Of italy,
but Of the land to the north and
northeast OF that port; Hungary,
Bohemia, Rumania and the states Of
the new Jugo-Slav group. To assign
Fiume to italy would be TO create the
lHa..H d 6
the port upon which all those coul-
tries chiefly depend for their access
10 the Mediterranean in the hands Of
power Of which il did not form an
integral part and whose sOVerel Enty.
III set I'D there. must inevitably seem
foreign, not domestic nor Identified
with the commercial and industrial
life Of the regions which the port
must serve. Il is for that reason. no
doubt that Ftume was not included
in the pact Of London but there
definitely assigned TO the Cr0atians-
Menace Of Italy Gone.
And the reason why the line Of
the past OF London swept about many
Of the islands of the eastern coast Of
the Adriatic and around the portion
OF the Dalmatian coast which lies
most open to that sea. was not only
that here and there on those Islands.
and here and there on that COAST
blood and connection. but also, and no
doubt chiefly. because it was felt that
il was necessary for italy TO have a
foothold amidst the channels Of the I
eastern Adriatic in order that sheI
might make her own coasts sale
against the naval aggression OIL
Austria-Hungary
But Austria-Huugary no longer
exists. It is proposed that the lorti- 7
dcations which the Austrian govern F
ment constructed fhere shall be RACED
and permanently destroyed
Aggression 10 BE impossible.
1T is also part Of the new plan OF
European order. which ceuters in the I
league Of nations. that the new states 4
erected there shall accept limitation 4
Of ornaments which puts aggression I
lut Of the question. There can be no /
Tear Of the unfair treatment Of groups
IF Italian people there, because ade- I
7uate guarantees viii be given. under .
International sanction, Of the equal .
and equitable treatment OF all racial
u national minorities-
sTn brief, every question assoc
ciuted with this settlement wears
"A new aspect new aspect given
il by the very victory for right
Tor which Italy has made the su-
preme sacrifice Of blood and
treasure. Italy uiOnE with the
four other great powers, has be-
come one Of the chief trustees Of
the new order which she has
played 80 honorable a part in es-
tablishing.
And on the north and northeast ]
her natural frontiers are completely
-estOred, along with the whole sweep
II the Alps from northwest TO south
EAST to the very end of the Istrian
peninsula including all the great