El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-20
.RUMANIA MAY
BRING ON WAR
May Be Joined by Other
Nations to Crush New
Jugo-Slav State.

a fencible frontier in that direction
They point out, further, that this has
been done in accordance with the
secret treaty Y hich brought Italy in
TO the war and they protest that ku-
mania is entitled 10 the same treat
ment italy has received.
italy, France support RumHnia.
What is OF at least equal import
ance is the fact that Italy, openly,
and France. tacitiy, support the Ru-
manfan claims The Italians are
moved by the fact that they have a
dispute with the southern Slavs over
Fiume and the Dalmatian coast Any
thing that strengthens the southern
Slavs contributes new force 20 a Iu-
ture enemy which already disclosed
its purpose to challenge Italian pos
session OF Fiume Il the Italians get il,
and Of Triests and those Slav miner
lands which the Italians have already
received at Paris The French on
their part, while championing the
Jugo-Siav cause in the matter Of
Fiume, sympathize with Rumania not
merely because the Rumanian army
has been reorganized by French Off
GERS. but also because Rumania has
become a considerable factor In the
balance Of power Of Europe. and the
French are unwilling 70 risk driving
Rumania into German hands merely
to extend the application Of the doc.
trine Of selfdeterminatiou to the
Banat
serbs Occupy TorontaI.
The Serbs have occupied the To-
rohtal district in accordance with the
decision Of Paris They have an
nounced their purpose to defend It
and they have rejected the Ruman-
ian compromise proposal which in
cluded an argument on the part OF
Rumania TO cede certain territory to
~ . T1I-rHnr "a a
persuade the Bulgarians on their
part TO make compromising cessions
TO the Serbs about Widin- The result
Of the Servian decision has been the
revival Of a Rumanian claim 10 GER
tain Servian districts south Of the
Danube about the Iron gate, facing
the old Rumanian territory, in which
the population is overwhelmingly Ru-
maniau # the rule OF selfdetermin-
alton is TO be applied against the Eu-
nanians in the Banat, Bucharest de-
Tuands that IL shall be applied equal
" rfEfdlv 10 Rumaniau benefit south {
Of the Danube
Before / left Paris was told by /
ny Rumanian friends that in due /
course Of time Rumanian divisions /
would be sent TO the Banat and that !
under no circumstances would Ru- /
mania consent TO a division OF this |
province Apparently this has now /
happened BY their occupation OF 4
Budapest the Rumanians have dis /
posed Of the Hungarian problem Hun j
rarian armies are demooollzeo- more 4
over. on the Bessarabian frontier. they /
have about reached a settlement with 4
she Ukranians- They can. therefore, I
send a number Of well equipped d. /
visions into the Banat- Moreover, they !
can be sure that If the Serbs resist 1
iumania. VIII have -he support OF
r-a1-- not inuDossibly accomplished by 4
italian military operations in Dali 4
malta and east Of Trieste she can
also enlist BULGARIAN assistance by /
small concession in the DobrudJa
and a promise TO support Bulgarian
claims in Macedonia
As far rs the conference Of
Paris IS concerned. the Rumanians
know that they viii be supported
br the Italians that the EreHch
will under no circumstances agree
20 supply troops to be used
against them, and they are equal
" confident that neither the
United States nor Great Britain
is ready 10 send 100000 troops to
the Danube to fight 10 Tindicate
the decision Of the conference OF
Paris rs 20 the possession Of the
county Of TOrontai-
We have. then. al once. clear
example Of the vi innate peru inFoltsu
in the rigid application Of one or the
Il points To have assigned the To-
rontal to Rumania might possibly
Rave aroused temporary resentment
on the part Of the Serbs, but win
-na Italian quarrel on their ha1os IL
could not have led TO conflict Pre-
SertinE the Serbs with something they 4
cannot defend and thereby 1nsurinB
the hostility o. a state which VIII al
z~avs be stronger. has proved ques-
rfouable piece OF generosity II nay
vef Drore one OF the most fatal gifts
a
himself involved in quarrels with az
his neigh bcrs with the exception OF
fFa Creeks all Of whom could easily
and conveniently make a common
cause against him and could tino N
that common cause the opportunity
~ aholishfng differences existing be-
tween each other. Thus Hungary,
Tsr1r7anfa Tta1v and Bulgaria might
easily crush Servia. partition the
Juzo-Slav state among themselves,
nd repeat ia a sua-- way the Auslfo-
Prussfan-R Russian policy as 70 Eo-anu
nearly a century and half ago
New War Not Ualilzely-
Moreover. we see also the reappear-
ance OF a great power, namely ltaly'
making use Of a Balkan comp lcatlon
precisely as Russia and Austria used
the Balkan states IN all the years pre-
cedsnE the world war. The theory that
Paris could solve questions ike that I
of the Banat. the belief that the prin-
cipIes expressed IN the IA points and
in the LEAGUE Of nations would gov
ern- are disclosed to be fallacious and
there is every possibility that We may
see actual military conflict once more
breaking out in the Balkans in con-
sequence Of the decision Of the Paris
conference in the matter Of the
Danat-Copyright 1913, Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
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