The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-13
HUN PEACE PLAN
ONLY BEGINNING
Of ALLIED TASK
1Cort70ued From First PaseI


or Of 5000, OdB-that is 10 say, one Of
the world powers, or only one OF the
largest OF the minor pow ers-as me
conference Of Paris permits her 70 hoId
territories her armies IA already &C
Cupied. or compels her to withdraw.
Eut whichever way the decision IS
made til re viii be the Lithuanian qucs-
ton, the White Russian question, ami
the question so far As .'oland - CON
cerned. There Is also for discussion
Hungary, which will have a very great
significance for the iutpre. o reduce
Hungary to her ethniC limits Is 10 maze
her people without natural frontiers, to
deprive her OF many OF her ancient
provinces, 10 Great "A permanent resent
ment among her people; but not TO 40
this Is to continue millions of Slovacs,
Rumanians and Jugo-SlavS in a serVi-
tude as brutal as anything Germany
has don
rhe Adriatic we have problemized
by the dispute OF the Slavs and the
Italians over Fiume n Dalmstia. IN
less sotle mems can be found for recon-
Cling these two conflicting races We
shall create a new rivalry and a new
hostility quite as intense as mat De-
tween the Serbs and the Austrian en-
pire which was the occasion OF the
world war.
Nor have we less grave difficulties
In settling the conflict between Italian
aspirations and Greek rights. To per-
init Italy TO continue TO hold Northern
Epirius and the Aegean islands, TO lay
hands on the Greek-speaking communi-
ties of Asia, is to create antmosity be-
tween Italians and Greeks quite as
keen as that now existing between
Italians and JuRo-Slavs, To permit
Italy TO establish herself in Albania
is to thrust her into the Balkans TO
add still one more circumstance re-
calling conditions which for ~ years
have troubled the peace OF Europe.
Ii we can create a strong Poland,
an independent Bohemia, an enduring
Southern Slavdom. II We can restore
to Greece her lost children, we shall
have taken a long step toward a real
restoration OF peace.
II We fail, II we leave rivalries be-
tween these new powers themselves,
and between some Of them and the
great powers, we shall merely repeat
the congress Of Berlin and SOW a new
crop of war. For il Is essential TO rec
ognize that, Just as the Serbs n
Greeks and Rumanians, as well as the
Buigarians refuse to accept the de-
ctsion Of the concert Of Europe at the
ConGress Of Berlin because that de-
cigi0u did injustice TO men OF their own
races, these same people will refuse
TO accept any decision OF the league
Of nations which gives Slavs to Italy,
Rumanians TO Hungary, or Greeks TO
Bulgaria,
Yet such has been the incredible
short sightedness of Paris that all pos
sihlo Tivalries have been permitted 10
grow and expand. Rumanians and
Serbs are quarreling over Banat. Be-
hemians and Poles over Techen, Ital-
ians and J~ugo-Slavs over Fiume, while
the problems Of Bulgaria are not set
tied.
II VIC shall in subsequent negotiations
which will liquidate the old H~apsburg
and Osmanli empires In Europe, build
real states, We shall put 70, 900, 900 lib
erty-loving peoples, capable Of defend
ing themselves. across the pathway Of
German expansion eastward or south.
ward. We shall restore the balance
OF power in Europe abolished when
Russia fell, and we shall do much more.
| We shall bring satisfaction to millions
| Of people who hitherto have never &C
/ cepted any European settlement, be-
cause no European settlements have
taken coEnizance Of the Just rights.