El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12


conference setting its face against
claims Of theirs while even France
was hidden 10 abandon all aspirations
for a military occupation OF the
Rhine frontier. Now, granted that
every Limitation placed upon national
claims was warranted. it was not less
unmistakable that no limitation was
sufficiently considerable to satisfy
the German. Austrian. Hungarian or
Turkish peoples or governments
All Are Dissatisfied
lIr. Wilson assumed that If there
were taken from Germany only the
provinces labited by people who
desired to be free, there would be no
permanent German hostility The
fact, OF course, was that by taking
Polish provinces the allies destroyed
the solidarity Of German territory
and aroused a German resentment
quite as intense as the German seiz-
ure Of Alsace-Lorraine had excited
while Hungary, on her part, faced
with the loss Of two-thirds Of her
kingdom. was not reconciled because
there were left to her lands which
her neignbors also coveted
Won't Send Sons 10 Hungary.
In SO far as Germany was con-
cerned, allied armies on the Rhine
and allied fleets in the North sea were
ready TO enforce the decisions Of
Paris moreover. France and Britain,
even America, were sufficiently con-
ships 10 complete the German phase
OF the war by a final campaign II
Germany refused TO bow to the Paris
decision But what nation WIS ready
10 send its sons 10 Hungary, 10 keep
its troops permanently in Fiume,
Budapest or Warsaw 10 aid or re-
strain national ambitions in smaller
nations2
Here lies the real explanation
Of that European anarchy which
- LEI Nc
The Paris conference, under Mr.
Wilson's impulsion. has under
taken TO provide the world with
an ideal solution OF its vexed in
ternationnI disputes 1t has
drawn new frontiers all over cen
trnl and eastern Europe, not 10
speak Of western ASIA 1t has
told the several ambitious smaller
peoples what they may have md
what they may not takes il has
told Hungary, Bulgaria. Turkey
to prepare themselves for some
thing approaching political eNecu-
zion. II has told Poland. Rumunin,
the two SlnV states Of Miftel-
europa what they may gain and
what they hay not annex. 1t has
taken Germans and Slavs from
the old Austrian state and given
them TO the Efaliauss il has he
slowed AIbaninns in Europe and
Turks in Asia upon the Savoy
monarchy and nj the same mo-
ment IL has refused to permit
Italy to annex n city whose pOpu-
lutiOn Is Italian
Now it seems TO me that If anyone
has the time and patience TO sit down
with chronological and a physical map
Of Europe. he will discover that on
Ire whole the new frontiers have been
drawn with proper regard for both
the elements OF race and geography.
IN the main But, unhappily, in every
case where there is a dispute, neither
contestant can be satisfied by sucn
accommodation and the Paris confer
ence has made enemies OF both con-
testants without arriving at any set
tlement WhateTer-
It has achieved no settlement. be-
cause il has no method OF enforcing
its decisions. This is the contempor-
airy illustrative value Of the HCnga-
rian episode. The Paris conference
has resolved neither TO recognize Bella
KUN no 70 listen to Hungarian de-
7nands to be permitted TO take back
those lands in which It has enslaved
Latin and slav populations for up
wards OF thousand years. But when
marshal Foch draws up a plan OF cam
naign to dispose Of this ever growing
Hungarian nuisance, the plan has to
ne abandoned because the troops are
lacking; because. to put it bluntly.
neither the british nor the French
governments dare to use their nation
ais IN campaign in which their ma
national interests are not concerned
Immediately and unmistakably
conference Loses Authority.
NOW this means only one thing It
means that the Paris conference has
lost. or is losing that authority which
enabled Il to undertake its task Of