Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-02-06

n ynotE alll60 It1enOS anu 10 see IlS uiA-
ferences that must be feconciled. The
desires Of the several countries may be
comp ressed thus az
FREMctt; CLAIMS. Il Il
France wants, first OF all, Alsace-L Lors
raIne unconditi itionally, and the right to.
i discuss and ultimately to fix the French
frontiers In their relation to the Rhine,
which may require the creation of buff
fer states. One Of these would be the
sPalatinate and another Rhenish Prus.
,sia. France desires also to annex the
basin Of the Sarre river, which might
Ssbe called q reannexation.
Ne France will insist that so far as the!
left bank Of the Rhine farther to the
north is concerned, the conference
/ should forbid military works Of any,
kind barracks, brid idgeheads, forts and
I Sfortresses III that zone. The feeling
/ is that the people in1Abiting that zone
b should be free to decide for them
4 selves whether they wish to join
France. form an independent state, OF
return to- Germany.
The French bill for reparation Is not
complete. but It has been announced In,
{ the chamber sof deppt les that II will
bel sbont $4,000 90 90 francs f$13,,.
10, cod dOOO) I s'9 u :
The French government does not
Sask for 4 protectorate In Syria in the
ordinary sense because It c0naideys
that the population there, il TOO ,ad-
yanced to make ! ! prot 81 eectorate neces-
ISsasye but France; on account 0f her
4 traditional interests In that country,
feels that she should be called upon to
exercise some sort of guardianship or
guidance until Syria should be fully
4 able to govern herself. ''s.
s BRITISH. CLAIMS.
Great Britain's delegation believes
that society Of nations is desirable
and attainable and that it must be
established BY the present peace con-
ference. She advocates no continental
h purposes other than those of, a, per
manent ana just penck under the prlni-
ciple Of self-determination and that
there shall be international freedom Of
transit by railroads. and waterways,
which is Great Britafn's general def
milton 5of freedom Of commerce In
times Of peace.
Great Britain will take mandatory
.power over the German islands south.
Of the equator for Australia and over
German Southwest Africa for the
Union Of South, Africa. She will also
have the mandate over German East
Africa and some parts OF Arabia, and
she has particular claims n<tfis re-
spect over Mesopotamia.
Great Britain viii enter q spool with
the other allies in the matter OF in
IDENTITIES, especially PREPARATION for air
raid damages and shipping losses.
lTALps CLAIMS.
italy asks for the Trentino as Tar,
~ the Bremen pass, including the
whole, of the, southern Tyrol Trieste.
Istria, Fiume, zara, Sehenico, the
larger part Of Sthe Dalmatian Islands.
Aylona and its hinterlapd, a protecto.5
rate over. Albania, possession Of the,
islands In the AEGEAN which we're
taken x l from Turkey during the Tripolisl
tan war, and the province Of Adalia IL
France and Engl md should take terri
torysin Asia Minor:
The Italian contention is that the
Dalmatial islands and such parts Of
the Dalmatf coast as are not as..
signed to italy slSaal, be neutralized.
Should France and England extend
their colonial possessions In Afrfcaa..
Italy desires to enlarge l,d
sions In Eritrea and Tripolt NJ mi
wants Djibouti. French So33Hy III:
and British Somaliland, on dl
sea. ssS Sg7 q
RoUMANlA. ssSs;.
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Roumania wants that portion n
i Russian Bessarabia given her bys the
central powers under the Cancelled
treaty Of /. Bqcharest !; southern s Do
! 4rudja as eeded 20 her, BY Bulgaria
after the second war. thus q com ID nmalid. AID
4 ing the Danube the Haplssburg prov
incess sof RldsOwina .ands Transylvanfa
sna :, .'ms DsTt 81 s Bapat M Witch serbia
Both Roumanla and Serbia have:
I MANDATORY v ssPR.he iest s & 'iit,; NOR I.
ACCEPTABLE TO FRANcEf.