The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-14
Anh Countries Fought Tor ssh eaD"o
Cause. and SOCK Asnscahae ADJUST
uent Of Claims to Adjoining Aanos'
Hy RENE vTyIAST.


.rsr,c,,. IT having broken no agree
anents with the allies demAhos Liza iS
-. latter also keep their promises
and facilitate the execution OF me
eeeret treaty of August u, lfi".
which determined Rumanta armed
intervention III the great war anu
I'VE her the entire Banst Of Teme~
W1ar. r.r,a
erus,xts that the Sanst constitutes an
Atrtn-teaJ and economic unit ~hich
eAnuh no, ee divided and IN %hicn
80 Iur,antan element dominates
sHA< Forests and the minerals ~ tne
xnouutatncus region are necessary !"
1Ae plain whose wheat geepS tne
esountain peoples alive
Thersfore. the entire Banat shoula
Nu4onx to RunaniA who@e tror'lo1s
onrth Ard west ar well az south oush'
- - the rivers Thesis and ranufe
0neh b Runantae claim
w. gAysss are lass absolute m fneir
soasrns thar are the Rumanfane~ TheT
A. NOT Law claim 80 the Thote OF lne
R~nat. hnt demand only it's western
1ertion, where the Serbian pepnlaann
e predominant In support OF fneT
eanirn they tnsist that the Eanai does
not constitute an indivfsinie unit as
0nrnsn.s asserts II does Histcry,
Nv the EGfF Qte~S Ai&'tN
ussitv. Fleeing before the Turkish IN"
v1sion. the Serbian. from Serbia took
refure in large mum hers on the norfh-
eSo hank Of the Danube. Al foa1
S4rne the Hungar'ans welcomed the
G~rNe a sI1ts< against the Mussninau
and recognized the government
Yorned by the Serbs. respecting spe-
Gal liberties granted the seroians un :
a recent times. when serbian he'P
- t,~. rs
T.Aen the Hungarians tried To mag
~ns4ne tire entire country at the eS-
s,eg,s,e az the Serbs Nevertheless. the
ls23or retained their nationality, ana
0he Belxrads government believes the
2ee4 solution will be based upon 1ne
Aes4res Of the population. Serola'
therefore. Is willing TO accept the yer .
Atc4 OF a plebeecite, the nature OF
which II foreseer-
70 the Rumanians, who INVOKE me
treaty Of August II. 1915. the ser
Alans Yeplv that later events anTau-
Aated this diplomatic contract. since
Rumania not only RECEIVERS the Buko-
vtna~ but receives besides Fessara Ola
q which Rumania WAS not previously
entitled to lay claim.
The Serbians further support their
EAands By invoking not only hlslorfca
and sentimental arguments. but eco.
nomic and strategicaJ reasons AZ wen
n h from the plain OF Banat tnsI ser
IA draws the wheat necessary TO mel
nouulation. II In from the plain O
HanaA Also. that an invading arnl
mint rush into Serbia against wnicl
- vould have no protection. neifhe
p Belxrade nor In the valley OF tn
Wesavfa, which leads to the heart
SeRbia-
Must Protect CaritsL
should we" ask the Serbs. 1eav
sur capital under the range or
naAghboe's cannon. even though ina
nst9fabor may be friendly!
1nt the claims of Rumania an
hose or Serbia are not irreconcflaeie
rhA governments at Belgrade an
3,yohsrest are discussing things Il
.ooA faith and with the apparent de
IL 10 reach a fair solution
The Ruma MAN and Serbian armie
ave shed their blood in the sam
aupe. Both countries were invade
nd ravaged by the same enemy
,yAi1e the friendly relations betwee
hem In the past guarantee an ami
abba understanding In the futur
.,uoA a. ID an essential condition 70
COMMON prosperity.
Zach NO doubt will reucunce claim
Witch hurt the rights OF the otne,
nd they viii accept without recriml
satSor the decision OF the conference
q = 0if{,cun to say at this time wha
hat decision will he. II Is probable
,cyever, that IL will recognize IN
-tehs OF Rumania to that portion c
no Banat in which the Rumanla
voDuiaticu In predominant. reservin
or EArbfa the Serbian portion OF IN
,snaf. which LIS indispensable as
ulwark for the security of Reigrad'
(Note. Another article by ES
remier yiviani on the Balkan PROF
ms will follow at an early date-)