The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05


tenegro and Serbia as part Of a great
er Jugo-Slav state has been voted by
the Montenegrin parliament, but the
faction representing King Nicholas
and his adherentS protest against
union which shah not leave 70 Monte
negro entire local self-sovernment.
There is also a conflict between the
plans of Jugo-Slav statesmen and
those OF Czecho-S:ovakia who desire
wide corridor from Bohemia TO the
Adriatic 10 Hungary and Croatia 10
secure an outlet to the sea.
Greece-Greece wishes northern
Fpisus and Thrace. with the exception
; of Constantinople, and the shores OF
the Bosphorous and Dardanelies,
which Premier Veaizeios wished 70
place under international control
!; Greece asks for the vilayet OF Smyrna
in Asia Minor and the former Turk
ish islands in the eastern -Mediterran-
can including those known as the
Dodecanesus, and claimed by Italy.
ulgaria-A;.hough Bulgaria cap
! itulated without conditions and Der
futarc territories depend npcn s!l'- con-
querors. hes- government has not
abandoned hope Of adding extensive
territories and it even hopes TO receive
extensions Of the Bulgarian frontiers
in southern Macedonia along the
| Aegean coast and in Thrace.
/ echo-Slovakia-The rev state OF
! Czecho-Slova,>ia IS carving out It's ter
ritories almost entirely 81 the expense
! OF the cIa Austria II I4;IeS:irE. The isin&-
fdons Of Bohe:nia Moravia &nei iilt
Slcy.E icaions Of northern Hungary
/; ALREADY have been Incorporated lilto
! the proposed state. but there arc Ger
j tain conflicts with the Poles Enje-
n;ans. iiou,aanians aud Germans. rs
we'll as with the Austrians a:ld the
Nagyars. because the Czechs cain
that part Of German Saxony and Ger-
mar sii.s;:a belongs <e;;lnosrapi1ic;l:'.
70 the 2ew state.
The zec!,o-2iovaks are comm" iIato
opposition 20 I'ol:sil claims ia S,iie:sia
and sections Of Cfafici.e. wiliie 70 ss!e
/ northeast Cze"ho Siovahia expansion
! is brought into contact with the
Ruthenians or Jiranians, il, eastern
! ca!:cia. The new state desires eN-
Dansion soutnwavd oyer Q frontage on
z!,e Danube ana over Z corridor u
tha Adriat;c
Po,and-The ;'oles. with a:l made
I oua.c ar,92y. are e.lde;.voring 70 @s-
:ablisil possession o; disputed 'e:sioils
1 on ti1res sides of Russian Poland altd
Ga}icia, Which constitutes The nucleus
] OF the new Polish State. Tho Poles
desire eastern Ga!ici; 20 include Len
3ers. which is IL the Ukraine, ana
the disputed province O. CIeiIn N
Little Russia.
To the northeast the Poles,llez;re 70
have Wilma. recognized as Polish. Eota
the Litil1anians and the BolsheNiki
have raised claims 20 Ei,ra. the Boil
sheviki Supporting their pretensions
by q .n1enacing military offensive. The
Poles are coatendf9g against the Ger
mans not only Tor German Silesi2
and Poseo ard West Prussia as prov
iinccs populated chiefly bs- Po!es. h!it
also for the city Of Danz;11sc. 50 as to
provide Poland with direct &.eess 10
1 ehe sea.
shoala the poies have Danzis. East
!,russia would be cut OF Tronl .he rest
| IF Ge.rnanv aa0 wc;;'d renaain an
| ..:s1and" po"u!a1ed hy G:e'1a2::ns sui'-
lron,ded by Polish tia!nin;ons.
/ Relgiua1-Belg!unl asks that TIE
reparation fo7, damages wrought 'E
Germany shall be tle first lien upcn
/ German assets to the extent Of at
least Is. 0e0.000.000 francs OF up to
a much larger sum IL Germany docs
rot return the machinery and The ma
terials taken from Belgium. BE; gum:
| beiie~es that she should be paid first
/ because she was the FIRST TO he lnvad-
Cd. because her neutrality Ecs VIC
lated ard because she has suffered
more from despoilat;on than any 9TH
er country in the war
Belgium having reasscrted her in
| dependence and thus emerged from
| her old state OF neutrality, desires
| from Holland the left bank Of the
Scheldt and the peninsula of Maa-
stricht. which protudes into Belgian
Lin berg. Belgium also will assent
to plebiscite in Luxembourg to de-
eide whether that country wishes 20
ioin Belgium or France or TO retain
rs autonomy
The foregoing may ioe. considered
he extreme Ga ms OF Seiglu192. They
come into conflict With Holland.
which rss:sts any irfrilrGements CT
| The frontiers asked for % the Bclg:ail
annexatiouis,s Ti,c soycrnnea. OF
iTolland appears willing TO revise the
Sche!dt navigation treaty so that Bel
;iuno should enjoy equal rights with
Holland.
Japan-Japan enters the p"a@e
conference. as Garon Maxine t'," :''-!-
agatc. llpS said wiz! 10 te!'rits.;'ia
ambitions in C:iiT.a," and chat IS for
Ts;ng Tau she viii h&:2d = back TO
Cl,ina under the terms e Tn" notes
exchanged, l,ntwccn CANA. ;flia .i9pan
in May. lsl5 rhis is interpreted ',s-
Japan as permitting i:ei 10 8etain
certain foGr3c, G;eialasi, concessions oi2
the Saangtang peninsula. japan.
f;aror Maxine explains. neither IN
tends nor des:se:; 10 interfere ID :.2s-
sian afl5ti,.s. hae is willing i, o'ic!ted
to aid f.:is%i. ia ,essol.ii'ss o:e.es'.
These declarations dispo.s" q 40
3f he n2::;n questions 10 whici .ia.72'' !.
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