Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15

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Grand Monarch. Louis. XIV. When ne me he
took what he. could &c, and called il
The state Frederick OF Prussia had
lection when Louis and F'rederick
were moving the .chessmen on the
boards Profession" is fancy word
France also wanted the league Of
the covenant TO provide standing
the Boche and has not go, that. strange
as II may seem for the victor in a war
10 be shout ing for protection against
the ysnqgished. nevertheless, France
from, the treaty or the league She
stands on her own and. il is quite
Napoleonic defeat of Prussia is re-
peated. France will probably have to
meet her old blood enemy on her own
But But bear hear this in mind; France. who.
s 5ama Of StrassbSag in the sacred
the treaty lease over tho Saar Valley
coal fields for term Of years. In
Identical place in certain section OF
almost wholly Germanic territory that
ier rnn,Tn, held for foriy-one years in
Alsace- L.orraine-that Of master Mas
ma,is is ths o %Erd s'riRp " OF all deo
nation-welded under penance and
sunertnS-begi TO hang annual
wreaths upon a symbolic statue of
ItaIy's HIstbric Enemies.
wbe ag IL is not ciea, at this writing
apple cart and go 1t alone or. having
burned her Roman candles and red tire.
m1eekiy to- come back 10 Paris and
mise" on the subject OF a town on I'll .
Eastern Adriatic coast called Fiume ?
the chances are hundred to one that
Haly will sign without getting Fiume.
Result: National pride terribly stuns
biun called and found wanting in
IN, me dour;h ace; and, more serious than
enemy'-the Czecho- slovaks-in pos
politicians viewpoint. which is suf-
icient.
Remember that the Italians were
face TO face across the trenches with
these same Czecho- Slovaks, or Croa :
tans or Slovenes. or whatever their
names may be. when the latter were
the Austrian dominion less than a year
ago. They are enemies. They have
come to- blows with the Italians since
me armistlce, even. though a soft peda
was put upon the news by the powers
that be. Moreover. this Czecho-Slova
Khan republic thinks mighty well OF
itself and IS composed OF Balkan peo-
Piles and the history OF many hun
dred years teaches us, unfortunately.
that Balkan peoples would rather fight
than eat. whatever may be the provo
cation for doing either
Hence an angry sore spot on the
body of Europe called the Adrlatic
question:"
RoumanIa's "Sure Thing"
Austria: Including Hungary and the
new Bohemian republic in this generic
tcrm-now rendered obsolete bv the
break up OF the old dual empire IL !s
difficult to winnow truth from the
bundles "a
Copenhagen. Geneva and other points
lin touch" though from 200 TO 500
miles distant from the scene
Here we the peace conference
blindiy setting up corral fences and
saying: This is the land of the Poles !:
this is the land OF the HunGarians and
this we'll give 10 the Jugo-Slavs."
Yet they give some of the land that
the proud Magyars thought theirs to
Roumania as compensation" for Rou-
mania's suferings due to her partici-
patton in the war-though Roumanian
participated only when persuaded it
was sure thing"
And there's keen misunderstanding
as to now much of Gallicia belongs to
the new state of Poland and how much
remains with Austria.
britain Safeguards Loans
Great Britain: When alfs said and
done. Rritain'S soreness over the peace
terms is half local politics and half the
fear I've tried TO eXemplify as arising
out OF sure realization that the wise
men in Paris have allowed many weeds
OF war to remain in their Utopian gar
den. Britain will get large slices Of
formerly German territory in Africa
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