El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03
WOULD ABOLISH
ALL5UBMARINES
Pooling of Indemnities Is
Asked by Italian
4 ENJOYS.

Z is to be controlled, restrained or IN
fluenced in conferences OF those
states themselves, 10 the exclusion
! OF other peoples, who are TO be ar
fected by the decisions reached It
must be remembered that 70 IS not
merely the peoples Of states imme-
diately concerned who are affected by
war. but all mankind.
The experience Of the present war
has brought al thinking people TO
see that intricate development and
commercial and financial reaction
have given 20 peoples Of all nations
common line
"A war between any two great
powers must OF necessity dislocate
their commercial life with results dis
astrous TO all. 1t IS, therefore a
practical question how the league
may be constituted, I'm which the
voice OF that great body OF peoples
may be effectively heard and its in
fluence effectively exercised
Urges Body Of People
inclusion in the league Of a body
In which the worlds people would act
through their representative. demo-
Cratically elected for that purpose by
popular vote, would nOa prejudicially
affect the powers 10 be exercised by
the states under any other plans pro-
posed. Moreover. within the body it.
self. each state would find legitimate
protection in adequate representation
therein Of its own people.
The most important function Of
the suggested representative body
would be TO exercise in times OF
peace constant influence upon states
in their relation with each other.
tending TO keep them from those DIFF
ferences which give rise to conflict
and make war imminent tt would
perform that work Of Investigation,
discussion elaboration and leEisla-
ton which would take the form OF
the adoption OF commentator and
suggestions 20 the individual states.
Fiume Presents Claims.
President Wilson and other mem
bers Of the peace congress have re-
ceived from the president Of the ma
tional council nj Eiume, the mayor of
the city and members Of she board
OF deputies. g memorandum concern
ing the situation I'm that town. which
expects its fate TO be decided this
week The memo maintains that up
on the dissolution OF Austria. Fiume
became an Independent state eNer-
cising all state functions, as IL had
notified all governments OF Europe
and America
The state of Fiume. exercising its
rights Of self determination. decided
TO join italy for national and econ
omic reasons the memo saws
Nationality f. Proved.
The nationality of Fiume IS proved
by the fact that all mayors and depu-
ties OF the city have always been
Italian. and the same holds true as
TO members OF the municipal c0un-
ell All schools in Fiume are Italian.
The number Of children attending
Croatisn schools At Susalc. the neigh
boring Slav village. is hardly one per
cent OF the total number OF school
children ia Fiume
The Jugo-Slav commerce passing
through Fiume is only Z per cent OF
the whole traffic Of the port Out
Of. the total Jugo-Siav expectation
and importation, 10 per cent passes
through Fiume. 81 per cent goes
through Dalmatian ports. which italy
has proposed shall be assigned 10 the
Jugo-SlaVs"
spitzenbergen. or a part Of It. but Is
not pressing these claims energeti-
cally.
A strong Socialist movement in Swe-
den Of the Aland islands. which are
regarded by the Swedes as the naval
key 70 stockholm Swedish interests
in this connection are in conflict with
these Of Finland