El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-18

aOlutions repuenant to friendly
Nations and on the whole pleasing
to peoples recently in arms
against the vietors Of the present
war. Thuss the Paris conference
has so far refused to recognize
Rumnnia's just claims TO the old
Russian province Of Besaarabia.
It has championed Hungarian
claims IN IransyIvauia and IN the
Banut and IN addition supported
bulgarian demands in the Do
hrudja.
The result has been that the Ru-
/ manian people have found themselves
after their great sacrifices and suf-
{ ferings in the war, forbidden by the
nations, in alliance with whom they
Z have fought and 10 whom at a critical
hour they brought invaluable assist
ance. not alone TO occupy the terri
tories TO which their claim was at
least as good as the French to Al
SAGE Lorraine or the Italians to
Trieste and the Trentina. but also to
establish their title 10 lands which
they had already occupied. and TO use
their armies against Bolshevists alike
in Russia and in Hungary who were
seeking TO undermine Rumanian Sc
Would Fight II Out.
When I left Paris little more than
two months ago. the Rumanians we're
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ference, to fail back upon their own
resources, which are not inc0nsider-
able, and vindicate their title to the
lands which are for them what the
French lost provinces were to France,
and Italian Irrendentc for italy They
were prepared TO send their armies
into the Banat against the Serrians
and 10 Budapest against the Ma
vars. whether the Paris conference
wished il or not
Now what has happened is simple
In my last article ! pointed out how
the Paris conference. lacking the
troops. had been obliged 10 renounce
a military expedition against Bella
Kun. with a consequent loss OF au-
thority and emphasized how Illus
frative this incident was OF The whole
world situation
Within a few days there was then
an important change The allies had
no force sufficient to dispose o. Bella
Kun, against whom they continued 10
issue proclzmations as they had been
doing ever since the outbreak OF the
Hungarian revolution. But Rumania
had armies. She had claims 70 en-
force against Hungary, and when the
allies had neither the troops nor the
viii 10 intervene in Hungary. Ruman-
ian troops were set in motion.
Conference Is Impotent.
We had then the ridiculous change
Of circumstances which must go far
TO explaining 70 the world the ulti- /
mate weakness Of the present author
ity OF the Paris conference One day
the allies demanded that Bela Kun :
should quit The next day Bella Kun
was ousted, not because Of allied
proclamation. but because Ruman.an I
armies were approaching Budapest, l
and the next day, on Hungary's ap- I
peal. the allies were ordering the Ru- !
manians to refrain from entering the /
Hungarian capital and p hours later
were demanding that the Rumanians
leave the city they had occupied
What Rumaninn occupation OF
Budapest really means must be
clear. Rumania does not arrive
as the mandatory Of the western
powers. She arrives rs the con-
testing with Hungary over 100
years for the possession Of certain
provinces until yesterday Hun
Eary's with the memory OF recent
Hungarian oufrages in Rumunln1
territory and the age long record
OF Magyar oppression against Hu-
maninn peoples IN Hungarian cap
ftaI into the bargain. Who Is go
ing to GUST herf Who Is going to
prevent her from fixing those