El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-15

I when the whole world was en-
I broiled- Moreover, Italy and Ru-
mania. two Latin states with strong
I sympathies and a common enemy,
might easily find basis OF agreement
with Germany. looking for allies and
necessarily prepared to trade upon the
differences and profit by the mistakes
OF the Paris peace conference.
Greek Complication Factor.
There is also a Greek complication
to be reckoned with. The Greeks and
Serbs have q treaty Of alliance against
the Bulgarians and Greece claims the
old Aegean coast OF Bulgaria in west
tern Thrace- In addition. Greece has
quarrel with the Italians affecting
northern Epirus, the Dodecanesus is
lands with Rhodes and the western
shore Of Asia Minor, including Smyrna.
northern Epirus is Greek by right. but
Italy has prevented Greece from occu-
pying il and now as the mandatory OF
Albania occupies II herself The Do
decanesus and Rhodes are Greek
speaking, but Italy has held them
since her Tripolitan war. Finally, the
western powers promised Smyrna to
Italy. but have recently permitted
Greece to occupy it
Thus the Balkans are beginning
to divide again, with Greece and
JuEO-Slavia In one camp and Italy
and RumanIa in a second, with
Bulgaria destined. II would seem.
to Join the Latin powers But this
makes n new eastern question and
gives Germany a chance to select
partners from one side or the
other, while at the Paris confer
enee, II 1T acts justly, must offend
Mt least one side and probably
both and cannot enforce any de-
siciOn IL may reach In any ease
since its writ viii not run where
M
no armies to fight Rumnnin and
Italy or conquer JuEO-Sinvia and
suppress Greece. Both the latter
frankly ask only for what they
are entitled to have according 10
the famous II points. Italy and
Rumanfa, on the other hand, can
point TO the pledges given by their
allies In secret treaties; moreover,
in the matter Of Bessarabia, Ru-
mnnia's claim f. indisputable.
There remains the dispute between
the Italians and the Jugo Slavs over
Fiume and Dalatia. the merits OF
which are so well known to my read
ers that I shall not repeat former
analyses here. But 1t is an element
in the larger calculation. Italy is prac-
tically outside the western alliance
now, she feels herself badly treated,
she resents president Wilson's criti-
cism, she feels. not unjustly, that her
European allies have sided with the
president, rather than with her. III
Germany is sullenly revengeful, Italy
is openly dissatisfied: therefore, no
solution OF the Adriatic problem. that
she would even consider. would do
justice 10 Slav rights and no solution.
which ignores Slav rights, can per-
manently satisfy the great nation of
southern Slavs. including the best
fighting race in Europe. which is
destined to rise on the eastern shores
90 "a d-sa fanr~ .
Greeks ever to accept definitely the
loss Of northern Epirus or the islands
OF the Aegean. which have been
Hellenic since the very beginning OF
history.
European Despair Explained.
These circumstances explain Euro /
pean despair in the presence Of the |
problems OF peace making. But" my
American friends argue, the league
of nations will arrange everything"
But how can the league of nations
reconcile the Serbs TO the loss OF hun 1
dreds Of thousands OF Slavs TO Italy. 4
the Greeks to surrender OF nearly half
r million Hellenes. to Italy and Italy's
new ward. Albanian And how can the i
league OF nations reconcile Italy TO
permitting a new Slav state 10 rise
across the Adriatic or to consenting TO
the creation OF a Greek state. which
viii doom all her hopes in the Aegean
and on the west coast Of Asia Minor,
at the precise moment when Britain
and France. by the new peace. are
realizing their aspirations, both in
Syria and MesopotamIa in Asia and in
Egypt and Morocco in Africa2
Then again. the American point OF
view. influenced by the IA points. con-
ceives that there is only one just So
luton and that such a solution. II
reached. will close the debate. In
happily there are frequently at least
laid down by the il points and in
some cases. as in the Banat. a situa-
ton where the Il points have no ap-
plcation, since self determination is
impossible as whole, and II the vote
Of the people be had in the various
districts commercial ruin viii result.
Finally there + the European
point OF view. which no Americans
reckon with. the point of view of
the French and British. who have
TO face the eventuality OF a re-
stored Russia the certainty OF =