El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31

numbers OF Slavs, but the new state
lit has created defies All rules
OF national existence II extends
transV ersly across mountains; rail-
roads and highways uniting east with
T west do not exist and cannot be built
and II the Czechs and Sovaks have
been united OF their own wish. the
Ruthaniars vii ciam0r for unity with
\ the Ukraine.
: BlgEest Problem OF War.
Beside the solution OF the Austrian
problem. the German question IS
trivial. Actually, IN creating a half
dozen new states we have raised twice
as many new problems. Exactly as the
liberation OF the Creeks Bulgars and
Serbs led TO immediate rivalry be-
tween these new states, rivalry
which provoked at least two wars be-
tween Serbia and Bulgaria and one
between Greece and Bul garia. we have
now prepared the way for similar con-
flicts between Poles and Czechs, be-
tween Poles and Ukrainians. Czechs
and Uzranians. humanlans and
I1kraniars. Magyars and Rumanians,
1Iagyars and Czecho-Slavoks. Jugo-
Slavs and Rumanians. Jugo-slavs ana
Italians, and Jugo Slavs and Austri-
ans
IN all this welter Of conflicting ma
tional aspiration single solution Is
discoverable although ~ seems today
impossible to realize The reunion OF
at least a PARTON OF Austria-dungary
in economic II not political federation,
the association OF Czecho-Sloyazs,
Hungarians. Rumanians, Jugo-slzVs
and German AuStrlans-
May Result IN Peace
This may lead in time to the ere
alton Of a situation OF peace and CO
operation But two great powers VIII
set their faces against such solution;
italy. which fears that such fedora
ton woud contest its supremacy on
the Adriatic and Germany, which
hopes to acquire Austria and. By pre-
serving anarchy 70 the southWard-
keep alive the opportunity TO re-cre-
ate Arittsl Europa which was her
dominating ambition before and dur
ing the war.
OF St German which we are pres
emily to make with Austria. and the
subsequent treaty which We shall
make with Hungary, VIII IN fact set
tie nothing.
To liQuidats the ngarla1
empire VIII at least be as complicated
and difficult an operation rs the
liquidation OF the Turkish empire in
Europe. which has taken hundred
wears and Is not yet complete. IN
fact the war has simply extended the
the Bosphorus 70 the frontiers OF Ger
IN place OF the little Balkan states
which have kept Europe IN an uproar
for half a century, We have created
a dozen larger states, equally certain
to threaten the peace OF Europe. With
these races the league OF nations can
have no weight. since whatever the
situation IN the west OF Europe. ma
tionaIism still remains rampant in
the east. The solution o. the cues
tions involved on the basis Of the
"A points brings no aid. because in
all major conflicts each side cnn with
equal justice invoke az lesst one OF
these points 10 support its conten-
sPeaee OF the World.-
In sum II IS essential for Americans
to recognize that. so far as the peace
OF the world is concerned. the Aus
TRAN settlement IS even more import
ant than the German, and that the
possibilities OF permanent adjustment
are far less numerous Actually the
war, by destroying the central author
ity Of the Hapshurg monarchy. has
released races whose rivalries are at
least a thousand years old These
races are as unwilling 10 submit their
claims 10 the final decision OF the