Evening star., 1919-03-11

berg will ultimately go to the Poles,
and that further dispute between the
Poles and the Lithuanians VIII be de-
cided mainly in favor of the Poles, who
viii certainly acquire Grodno, and prob
ably Nilpay.
Rests on Russian Settlement.
But it will be impossible for Europe
to fix the eastern boundaries of Poland
until it can make up it's mind concern
i'm. the whGie Russian situation. Equal
ly true is the case of the Baltic states
with Lithuania. la these regions the
bolsher;sts and several races iIlilabitiGg
the shores have been fighting steadily
for more than a year. Sometime, per-
haps, Europe will take courage and go
to the rescae of these peoples. When
this time comes, We may expect to see
at least enc more state developed along
of Finland. AS yet nothing has been
done or atpeed fnpou Elsewhere the
map of Eur, >pe Isl substantially rcmade,
To Divide German Colonies.
AS to the mat ter of the German colo
nies they will We divided among the
victors. who will hold them as man
datories of the leaasue of nations. if
there shall be a leai p,le of nations, but
in any event Japan aViH acquire the
northern Pacific islana and the Ser
man title of Kianchau.s Australia will
have New Guinea, New Zealand and
the German Samoan Ishtnds: Great
Britain German East Afri "a the Union
of South Africa will hs.sna German
Southwest Africa: France practically
all Of Kamerun and of 9Okea, very
minor fractions of which Will go to
ri a in ES-ay
some modification of the terms under
which she holds Morocco. an,S prob
ably the right to include Taniaer in
her Moroccan colony.
There remains the great proelen on
Asia Minor. which carries with it the
question Of Constantinople, of r
menfa, of Syria and of the Arabia n
regions extending from the Medites :
ranean to Mesopotamia. 1t remainA
the hope OF Europe that the United
States will accept both Constantinople
and Armenia as mandatoTies
The Anglo-French differences over
Syria have not yet been solved. Greece
will certainly receive Smyrna and
inhabited by Greeks. Italy is equally
likely to become the mandatory for the
south shore of Asia Minor, from Rhodes
TO the Gulf of Alexandretta- but these
tied than any others as yet, and shall
reserve them for n later discussion.
Sum Of Conferences Results.
In sum, after these months of dis
cussien the conference at Paris has
agreed on a preliminary draft of the
league Of nations: it has redrawn the
frontiers Of Europe and substantially
agreed that these lines shall be perma-
nent; it has fixed the terms of German
disarmament conditions. of German fu-
ture military life: it has taken precau-
ttens against Germany, both military
and territorial
Except with respect of Russia and
Asia Minor, the great task is welI-nigh
completed, although the details remain
open. By another month the European
phase Of the liquidation of the world
war would be over. but satisfactory as is
this progress, fair and reasonable as is
the settlement which is reaching COM
pletion. there il in the minds of all
ti7ose who are in Paris the ever pressing
arfxiety alike as to German revolution
and Russian anarchy. the ever-present
problem as to whether western civiliza-
ton win be able to preserve what it has
built against the evcr-growing storm of
bolshevism.
tCepyrfxft 1914 MefyluYe Nexpsna,er Svndieatc,