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

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/ ity. The desire Of the people is over
whelming in favor OF Gaion with the
rev JuEo-SiaV state and Dalmarlans
and southern SlaVs generally are
bound to fight, II any further attempt
is made by d'AnnunZiO TO extend
As usual in any Balkan affair
there are many complications 70 De
faced in the matter Of Dalmatia. Thus
If the Italians continue their pres
between Jugo=Slavia and Italy, but
almost equally certain VIII be at
taclzs upon JuEo-Slavia by both the
Bulgarians and the Rumanians. who
have been acting more or less IN &C
cord with Italians in recent weeks
Question Of Territory.
Between the Jugo-Slavs and the
Rumanians the issue is the posses
sion OF the old Hungarian province
Of the Banats one country Of which,
under the recent peace treaties. was
assigned, to the Serbs that is, TO the
new Jugo-Slav state The Rumanians
have declined to accept this decision
and have modified troops with the
purpose Of invading the BanaL The
outbreak OF hostilities between the
Jugo-SlaTs and the Italians would De
the signal for the RumaniaDs to carry
out their threats.
As for the Bulgarians. they have
already attacked the Serbs twice IN
a vain endeavor to gain possession OF
Macedonia To their old grievance
the latest treaty OF peace has added
rev vitality BY ceding to the Jug0-
Slavs small but important territories
on the old SerbO- bulgarian frontier
II Serb troops were recalled to de-
fend the Banat and 10 oppose the
Italians. a new Bulgar invasion OF
Macedonia would be wen night me
vitable.
Italy relies Up on Bulgar and Ru-
maniau assistance and also upon
certain amount OF separatist sent1-
menr in Montenegro and in Croatia
largely the result OF Italian intrigue-
But despite all the handicaps under
which the serbs would labor Il Is by
no means certain that the Italians
would not be subjected to a long and
costly campaign and TO an indefinite
period Of guerilla warfare.
Prefer New War.
one thing is patent, all the south
ern SlaTss Serbs SloVanlans ana
Greats would prefer new war with
all its sacrifices TO annexation 10
Italy. In this spirit they VIII resist
d AnnunZio, and the country on the
eastern shore Of the Adriatic is ad-
mirably adapted t gousri@la fighting.
Nor is il BY any means certain that
the southern SlaVs might not u-tt-
mately derive aid from the Austrian
Germans a portion OF whose terri
Tory Ll=ELlEE Win a quarter DL =
million OF German speaking Tyrolese.
have been included within Italian
frontiers, against their VIII and pro
test
Finally Italy IS faced with the prac-
teal certainty Of a rising in Albania
where Italian troops have occupied
large areas against the viii Of the
people. Again and again protests
have come from Albania against
Italian domination A rising in Al
bahia, too, would be even more diff
ficult TO resist than in Dalmatia- I
while the Albanians. themselves. have
been famous for nearly 20 centuries !
IS guerilla fighters.
At the present hour the Greeks. as I
4 result Of Italians tactics IN Epirus, /
he Aegean and Asia Minor. the south I
srn SlaTs and the AlbanianE. as well
IS the Austrian Germans, hate the !
ITALIANS and look forward 70 an hour
g hen they can regain their freedom {
OF Iiberate portions Of their race now
held BY Italy.
And the Italians position Is hardly
more attractive than that of the
southern Slav. II Italy were forced {
Dr. pushed into g war with the south
arn Slavs, at the moment when she
faces the probability OF q revolt in I
Albania and an attack in Asia Minor, Z
by the Turks, whose territories she I