Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-06

Paris, Feb. ., (By the Associated
Press. 1.-The delegates of the five great
powers are now in a position to COM
pare clearly their own aspirations and
those of all their allied friends and to
see the differences that must be recon-
ciled. The maximum of hopes, often
overlapping, has been told freely and
1t remains for the peace conference to
adjust them into a coordinate whole.
The desires of the several countries as
presented may be compressed thus
FRANCE
France wants. first of all. Alsace-
Lorraine Internationally and the right
to discuss and ultimately to fix the
French frontiers in their relation to
the Rhine, which may require the Gre
alton Of buffer States. One of these
would be the Palinate and another
Rhenish Prussia. France desires also
to annex the basin of the Sarre river
which might be called remuneration.
France will insist that so far as the
left bank of the Rhine further to the
north is concerned, the conference
should forbid military works of any
kind-barracks. bridgeheads, forts and
fortresses-in that zone. The feeling
is that The people inhabiting that zone
should be free to decide for themselves
an Independent state or return to Ger
many.
The French bill for reparation is not
yet complete, but it has been announc-
ed in the chamber of deputies that 1t
will be about $4,000. 900, 600 francs.
The French government does not ask
for protectorate in Syria in the ordi-
nary sense. because it considers that the
population there is too advanced to make
a protectorate necessary, but France on
account of her traditional interests in
that country feels that she should be
called upon to exercise some sort of
guardianship or guidance until Syria
should be fully able to govern herself.
GREAT BRITAIN
Great Britain's delegation believes that
society of nations is desirable and oh
talnable and that it must be established
by the present peace conference. She
advances no continental purposes other
than those of a permanent and just peace
under the principle of self-determina ton
and that there shall be international FREQ
dom of transit by railroads and water
ways, which is Great Britains general
definition of freedom Of commerce in
times of peace.
Great Britain will take mandatory
the Equator for Australia and over Ger
man Southwest Africa for the Union OF
South Africa She also will have the
mandate over German East Africa and
some parts of Arabia and she has par
tcular claims in this respect over Meso-
potamia. Great Britain will enter a poo
with the other allies in the matter of in
IDENTITIES, especially reparation for all
raid damages and shipping losses,
ITALY
Italy asks for the Trentno as far as
the Bremen Pass including the whole Of
the southern Tyrol Trieste, Istria
Fiume. cara. Sebenico the larger par
of the Dalmatian Islands. Avlona and it,
Hinterland, a protectorate over Albania
possession of the islands in the Aegean
which were taken from Turkey during
the Tripolitan war and the province o
Adalia II France and England SHOULD
take territory in Asia Minor.
The Italian contention is that the Dial
matian Islands and such parts of tn
Dalmatian coast as are not assigned t
Italy shall be neutralized. Should Franc
and England extend their colonial pos
sessions in Africa, Italy desires to en-
large her possession in Eritrea an
Tripoli.
ROUMANIA
Territorial contentious in the Balkan
are complicated and present difficul
problems Roumania desires to retail
q. possession of that portion OF Russia
Bessarabia given her by the centrs
powers under the cancelled treaty c
Bucharest and now in her possession
Roumania also desires southern Dot
rudja as coded to her by Bulgaria afte
the second Balkan war. Possession {
Bessarabia and the Dobrudja command
the mouth Of the Danube.
To the westward Roumania wants I
annex the Hapsburg provinces
Bukowlna and Pennsylvania and a cor
siderable part Of the rich agriculture;
district OF Banat. 1t Is here that tn
Roumania aspiration conflicts with thos
of Serbia which affirms that under III
war agreements with the entente sh
should have a large portion of Bans
az well as other sections of former Aui
tria-Hungary adjoining old Serbia to tn
north to round out the proposed Jugt
Slav state. Both Roumania and Serb
have moved troops to Banat to secul
their claims and French troops ha,
established neutral zone to prevent ho
Titles between them.
Serba's ella ms to take from the Hap
burg monarc the provinces Of Bosn
and Herzegot ma are opposed by no OF
In the entent. group. The plans for Il
Incorporation into Jugo-Slavia of Il
Hapsburg. 4 vince of Croatia, exec
as to the q stal region Of Fiume, a
also consider rs subject to the intern
decision of I. > southern Slavs.
Jugo-Slav nd Italian aims are
sharp confiai in the settlement of Il
Adriatic coy problem, involving Il
future OF Fs no and the Croatian Sc
board along it'll the Islands of Dalmat
and Albania4 The union Of Monteneg
and Serbia part of a greater jug
Slav state ha been voted by the Mont
negrin Parlie lent. but the faction re
resenting Kns Nicholas and his adhs
ents protestss .gainst union which sh
not leave to ontenegro entire local SCI
government. There also In a conflict b
tween the r ans OF Jugo-Slav statesm
and those q Czecho-Slovakia who d
sire a wide rrldor from Bohemia to {
Adriatic to Hungary and Croatia