Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-03

ny The Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb 2---The delegates OF
the five great powers are now In a
position 10 compare clearly their own
aspirations ana those ~ all their al
lied friends and To see the differences
that must bo reconcilrd The maxi
mum ~ hopes. oftsn overlapping, has
been told freely and u remains for
thu peace conference TO Adjuat them
sires OF the more important countries
as presented may be compressed
thus:
France wants, first d all. Aisace.
Lorraine, unconditiohally, and the
right To discuss and ultimately to fix
tho French frontiers In their relA-
iion to tho Rhine which may require
the creation Of buffer states. One OF
lhes. would be tho Dalatinate and
another Nhenish Prussia. France de-
sircs also TO annex the basin OF the
sarre river and II might be called .
remuneration.
France viii insist that 80 Ear a.
tho lcf, bank OF the Rhine further to
the north In concerned, the confer
ence should forbid military works of
any kind--barracks. bridgeheAds.
forts and fortressrs- that sons.
This feeling 10 that the people inhab.
| itAtins that sons should be free To
decide for themselves whether they
wish TO Join France, form an inde-
pendent state or return In GERMANY.
Tho French bill for repAratieh u
not yet complete. but II has been an
nounced In the cham ber OF deputies
that Il will be about ss.ooo,ooe.ese
francs
The French government does not
ask for q protectorate In Syria IN tho
ordinary sense because Il considerS
that the population there In too ad-
vanced TO make a protectorate neces'
sary, hut France on account Of her
traditional interests In that country
feels that she should be called upon
10 exercise some sort OF vuardianship
or guidance until Syria should be
fully able to govern herself.
Great Hritsin's delegation believes
that a society Of nations In desirable
and obtainabl- and that u must be-
established by the present peace con.
ference. Chs advances no conu-
mental purposes other than q perma-
nsnt and just peace under the prin-
ciple OF elf-determination and that
thsre shall be International freedom
OF transit by railroads and water
ways which In Great BritAIn's Een-
ersl definition OF freedom Of Com
merce In times OF peace
Great britain will take mandatory
power over tho German islands
south OF tho equator for Australia
and over German Southwest Africa
for the union OF South Africa. She
Will also have the mandate over Ger
man East Africa and some parts OF
Arabia ana she has particular claims
In this respect over Mesopotamia.
Great iifitRin will enter "a pool with
the other allies In ths matter of In.
IDENTITIES. especially reparation for
air raid damages and shipping losses.
u-.. Italy.
Italy asks for the Trentino n far
az IN. ilrenner Pass. including ths
whole OF the southern Tyroi; Trieste,
lslrla. ffume. Zara. Zebenico. the
larger part OF the Dalmatian islands,
AvlOnn and ita sutherland. "A protec-
tornte over Albnni possession OF The
Islands In the Aegean, which were
taken from Turkey during the Tri
poliian wN. and the province of
AdAlia N France and England should
take territory in Asia Minor.
The italian contention IN that the
balmatlan Stands ana such parts ~
the llaluatinn coast ~ are not as
signed "a ltaly shall bee neutrallzed
should France ana England extend
their colonial possessions In Africa.
italy desires to enlarge her posses
Hiuus In ftltreh ana Tripoli
ttnmnnia.
Territorial contentious In the Hnl-
khns are complicated ana present
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