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 Montenegrin parliament, but the fac lion5 representing King Nicholas and his adherents protests against union which shall not leave to Montenegro entire local self government. There is alsU- conflict between the plans of Juse- Slav statesmen and those of CZceho Slovakia, who desire a wide corridor from Bohemia to the Adriatic, 10 Hungary and Croatia, to secure an outlet to the sea.
 Greece's Modest Wishes
 Greece-Greece wishes northern Epi- | rius and Thrace. with the exception of | Coustantinople and the shores of the | of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, | which Premier VeniZelos wishes to | place under international control | Greece asks for the vilayet of Smyrna l in Asia Minor. and the former Turkish islands in the eastern Mediterranean, including those known as the Dode- l canesus, and claimed by Italy. ulgaria-Although Bulgaria capi- tulatod without conditions and her tu- ture territories depend upon the con- Querors, her government has not aban- doned hope Of adding extensive terri tories and it even hopes to receive eX- tensions of the Bulgarian frontiers in southern Macedonia along the Aegean coast in Thrace.
 CZecho- -Slovakia-The new state of Czecho- Slovakia is carving out its ter ritories almost entirely at the expense If tho old Austria Hungary The old kingdom of Bohemia, Moravia and the Slovak regions of northern Hungary already have been incorporated into the proposed state. but there are certain conflicts with the Poles, Ruthenians, Rumanians and Germans, as well as with the Austrians and the Magyars, because the CZechs claim that parts of German SaXOny and German Silesia belong to the new state.
 The CZechO- -Slovaks are coming into opposition to Polish claims in Silesia and sections of Galacia, while to the northwest CZecho- Slovak expansion has brought them into contact with the Ruthenians or Ukrainians in east ern Galacia The new state desires ex- pansion southward over a frontage on the5 Danube and over a corridor to the Adriatic
 Poles Have Hopes
 Poland-The Poles with an made quate army are endeavoring to estab- fish possession of disputed regions on three sides of Russian Polnd and Ga licia, which constitutes the nucleus of the new Polish state. The Poles desire eastern Galicia to include Lemberg which is in the Ukraine, and the dis puted provice of Cholm in little Russia To the northeast the Poles desire tc have Vilan recognized as Polish. Bott the Llthuanians and the Bolsheviki have raised claims to Wilma, the bol- sheYlk1 supporting their pretensions by d menac1ng military offensive. Int Poles are contending against the Ger. mans not only for German Silesia- an( Posen and West Prussia, as province. popnlated chiefly by Poles, but als, for the city of Danzig, so as to provid, Poland with direct access to the sea Should the Poles have Danzig, Eas Prussia would be cut off from the res of Germany and would remain an lis Iands populated by Germans sur rounded by Polish dominions.
 Fl Belgium Asks First Lien
 Belgium-Belgium asks that he reIaration for damages wrought b, Germany shall be the first lien upol German assets, to the extent of a least 15,000, 100000 francs, or up to much larger sum if Germany does no return the machinery and the material taken from Belgium. Belgium believe that she should be paid first becaus she was the first to be invaded, becaus her neutrality was violated and becaus she has suffered more from despoila ton than any other country in the wal Belgium having reasserted her inde pendence and thus emerged from he old state of neutrality, desires fror Holland the left bank of the Scheld and the peninsula of Maastricht, whic proUudes into Belgian Limburg Bel gum also will assent to a plebiscite Luxembourg to decide whether tbs country wishes to join Belgium France or to retain it's autonomy.
 The foregoing may be considered tt extreme claims of Belgium. They con into conflict with Holland, which r, sists any infringement of her frontier asked by the Belgian annexationist The government of Holland appear wiling to revise the Scheldt navigatie treaty, so that Belgium should enjc equal rights with Holland.
 Japan Wants Islands
 Japan-Japan enters the peace COT ference as Barin Makino, the semi delegate and said, with no territori ambitions in China, and that as f Tsing Tau, she will hand it back China under the terms of the not exchanged, between China and Japs in May, 1915.'
 Japan, Baron Makino explain H0ilitoi luteuuS nor QeSlreS to lnte ere in Russian affairs, but is willin if solicited, to aid Russia in restor1 order"
 These declarations dispose of two the main questions in which Japan interested, except that she desires retain the southern Pacific island north of the equator which former belonged to Germany.
 China-The Chinese delegates ask be guaranteed against foreign impe labsm or aggression and desire t gradual abolition of consular right and to be allowed to impose high duties on importations. The Chine also ask for the return of Kiau-C -Chau.
 witzerland-Switzerlan appears be the only neutral state which has far presented her desires to the pea conference. The Swiss governme has represented that while Switze land would be glad to participate in society of nations, yet because of | mixed nationalities, she could not do if that should mean the use of | troops in policing the world by for as, especially against Italy, France Germany.
 Swiss Want Way to Sea
 Switzerland desires an outlet to t sea by making the Rhine a nentl stream. This is in accord with Fren desires, since, if Alsace Lorraine [ comes French from Basic northwa and independent buffer states shol he erected out of the Palatinate a Rhenish Prussia, as suggested by Ms shal Foch, it would be necessary ncutraliZe the Rhine. If this were do