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

frontiers which correspond with
her view of her just right but
have been challenged by the map
makers OF Parlsf Who is going TO
prevent Rumnnian soldiers from
exacffng some little Compensation
from the Hungarian people for the
destruction and the e1tOrtion OF
Hungarian troops in Rumnniaf
Yesterday the peace conference was
trying 10 get rid OF a BoisheTist
/ leader in Hungary, as a preliminary 10
recognizing Hungarians and all their
neighbors. But today the BolsheVist
regime has fallen. not 10 prOclama-
ton. but to invasion. After a thou
sand years the Rumanian people have
at least achieved a unity long sought
The allies had no troops and they had
nc unity OF purpose adequate TO supply
military force to drive the Bolshevist
government and army out OF control
in Hungary VIII IL be easier for them
their recent ally, IN order TO take
from her territories to which her
claim is at least as good as the Hun
garian2
Moreover. and this is capital. what
VIII be the effect upon the Czecho-
Slovaks and the Servians OF seeing
Rumznian armies. IN defiance Of the
Paris conference. occupying Budapest.
and Rumania acquiring possession OF
the HUNGARIAN provinces which she
claims. Patiently it viii be an inVi-
larion to JugO SIaV and Czecho-Slo-
the same example They have claims
TO establish in the Carpatnians and on
either side OF the DraVe- Moreover,
VIII the Rumanians now, having
broken with the Paris conference. fui-
I'll the threat so often heard before,
and send their troops into the Banat
10 sweep out the SerTians and COM
plete the expansion OF Rumania to
her natural frontiers2
And IN face Of all this. the western
powers are by no means united. The
English and the Americans sympathize
with the Hungarians. the Italians and
the French with the Rumanians- All
the western allies hesitate TO confirm
Rumania's title TO Bessaraoia lest Il
arouse the hostility OF a Russia pres
entity restored But Rumania sees in
this failure OF her old allies TO support
her eastern claims. in their differ
ences in the matter OF the Hungarian
frontier, n their frank rupture in the
case OF the Banat. ultimate evidence !
CT the necessity OF acting FOR herself E
Holds Winning Cards
Her pathway IS clear She is now a /
nation Of $1,000. 600, occupying an /,
area greater than Italy, with a po-
tential wealth lncomparably superior. +
Against the Jugo Slavs. who contest I
her claims in the Banat. she has the .
preferred assistance OF the Italians I
who are at odds with the Jugo Slays
along the Adriatic. Against the Bull I
2arians. who still cling 10 their rights I
IN the Dobrudia which would deprive 4
Rumauia OF her single seaport, she Z
has the assured support OF the Greeks.
who contest with the Bulgars the pos
session Of Thrace. Moreover. like
Italy she can set her face again
toward a German alliance. because she
can bring strength sufficient to CEN
sure a forgetting OF recent events.
VIII Refuse Orders
The Paris conference may now de-
mand that the Rumanians submit TO
its DEGREES and surrender territories
Rumania holds as its own. but nobody
who knows the temper OF the govern
ment and people of Rumania now be-
lieves this demand will be honored- It
may accept under protest the Ruman-
an frontiers fixed by Rumania her
self. but in either case IL finds itself
brought squaTely face to face with a
new condition. To imagine that
French. British OF American troops
could be sent to the Danube 10 drive
Rumania out OF the Banat and Tran
sylvania is to imagine merest non
sense Certainly economic weapons