Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-18
to solve in the face of seemingly i

to solve in the face of seemingly ir-
reconciliable claims.
The question of safeguarding the
eastern bank of the Rhine, respecting
which French publicists foreshadow
demands may be easier Of adjustment
on the ground of common right. be-
cause those demands are based only
on the necessity for military safe
guard against future German agrees
sion. One solution talked about in
French circles is for separate Rhen-
ish republic to be established under
French influence as a bridgehead be-
yond the French frontier and bull
wark against Germany. But with the
entente pledged to no lamentations and
determined hostility to creating any
thing like new Alsace-L Lorraine
be expected to proceed very warily
on this subject.
How Africa Will Fare.
There has all along been considera-
Bile doubt as to the practicability of
self-determiNation in dealing with the
German African colonies, as the Afri-
can natives have hardly reached such
a condition as to understand how to
exercise this right int igently, but
Great Britain is now disposed to be-
that President Wilson also fore
saw this difficulty and is prepared
with an alternative method in such
cases. In fact, no serious divergence
of view is anticipated between Great
Britain and America in settling the
future of the former German colonies
as it is believed that their return to
Germany is considered out OF the
question.
There is, of course, the Adriatic.
problem, and Italy's contention that
her naval command of the sea is vi
tai to her safety. The iate.t sugges-
ton by way OF settling this question
Is the naturalization of the Dalmatian
coast, giving free access to the sea to
all the Balkan states. Jugo-Slavia is
unfavorable to such solution. Here
again the doctrine of self determine
ton comes into play, and the Jugo-
Slavs contend that in any plebiscite
of the whole area affected they would
have an overwhelming majority.
In Foreign Minister Sonnino Italy
has a champion of her fullest claims
who is credited with an iron will in
tense national ambition and diplo-
matte talents of high order as we'll
as long experience, so the Daimatian
question may prove one of the most
serious obstacles encountered by the
conference.
France Reused by Pichon Reply.
A startling sensation was caused
Saturday by the publication in
l. Humanite, the leading socialist pa
per, of Foreign Minister Pichon's re-
ply of January to the hitherto II n
published British note proposing an
entente with the Russian soviet gov
eminent L'Humanite said the note
would be published simultaneously in
the American press
The brusque character of Minister
Pichon's reply gave to Premier Glenn
enceau's socialistic opponents material
for fierce criticism. L'Humanite
headed its disclosures Franco Eng
lish Disagreement and says: Eng
land gives on this occasion new
proof of the sureness Of her political
sense, her spirit of intelligent compro-
mise and her care for the future of
Europe. N
Minister Pichon offers to the Brit
ish foreign office the brutal refusal
of the worst of the reactionaries in
France. He places our country in a
most painful position, daring in the
frivolity of his heart to engage our
nation in the most sinister of adven-
lures. despite the French proletariat,
which will not forget this capital fault
of our government"
The semi-official Temps also sup
ported Minister Pichon in strong
terms. saying: Zone cannot regret
that Minister Pichon's answer has seen
the light. After the account brought
from, Russia by the Danish minister
to Petrograd, after the Bolshevik, in
reference in Germany and the Rus
sian promises to carry the war back
to the Rhine, the French minister de-