El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-07
HOW Nations IN
EUROPE LINE UP
Peace Conference Decides
Upon Boundaries of the
New Countries.

Bohemia. and Aoravla with Austrian
Silesiz. we're a vel defined area and
Bohemia as an Austrian province pre-
served the frontiers il had enjoyed
before the Thirty Years War de-
prived it Of its independence. The
single serious question was as to Ger
man populations inhabiting the
frontier districts These populations
would naturally choose to be German
rather than Slav. but were they sur
rendered to Germany, the new state
would be deprived Of all its natural
frontiers, all the gateways 70 its ter
rltory would be in enemy hands. In
this situation again the conference Of
Paris has taken the logical course. 1T
fs resolved to preserve the historicl
frontiers Of the Czechs- To these Aus
trian provinces II viii add the Slovak
counties Of Hungary lying In the
tangled mass OF hills which constitute
the south shore OF the Carpathians.
CZecho-S oTakla thus constituted
viii be a state with an area OF rather
more than 30 coo square miles, that
Is about four times the size OF Bel
GUM with a population Of between
100000 and 100000. IL win be
perhaps the most curious stata IN
Europe. extending from the new
Rumanian frontier into the very heart
OF Germany, having the general out
line OF the observation balloon which
the soldiers named q sausage butt
despite this strange conf Euration its
population VIII be almost soldiy Slav.
Creating JuEo-SInria.
The third Of the states 70 be created I
Is that Of the Jugo-Slavs- Here a
single difficulty had to be faced. and
has not yet been fully resolved From /
the Alps 10 the Danube, the brave /
river constituted q natural frontier
which substantially divided the Ger
mans from the Slovins IN the west
and the Hungarians from the Serbs
IN the east. Minor notifications 70
take in outlying Serb frictions beyond
the brave, the Danube and the Thesis /
have been made. but substantially the d
northern frontiers Of Jugo Slavia viii
be the brave and the Danube from
the new Italian frontiers at Trieste
and the old Bulgarian frontiers at
Widin.
on the east. the old Serbian frontier
win be maintained. Along thu Adriatic.
with two exceptions, the sea supplies
the natural frontier, but in Dalmatia
and about Fiume and Trieste. Italian
and Jugo-SlaTic aspirations have
FLASHED and this clash has supplied
one Of the most difficult questions OF
The whole conference These difficult
ties were enhanced by the fact that
NJ the moment when italy entered the
war. the French and British govern
meuts had guaranteed 10 italy not
only the possession OF Trieste with
the SlaT Hiuterland, but also the
possession Of the northern half OF
Dalmztia, and most OF the Adriatic
Islands
PacIfying the Italians
Whatever may be the justice OF the
italian claims as 10 Istria, there Is
no mistaking the fact that the great
mass Of the people OF Dalmatia are
not merely Slav. but determined to-
become part Of the new JuEo Slavic
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problem remains TO be settled, but
there is q growing belief that compro-
Mise viii bo reached by which Italy,
while retaining the Adriatic Islands
VIII exchange most II not al OF her
share Of Dalmatia for the wholly
italian town OF Fiume, which was not
included in the regions guaranteed 70
her By the allies, but constitutes an
uumistakable fraction OF Italia IRE
d=nta-
have an area approximately as great
rs that OF Poland and Of italy her
self with a population OF between
10 100000 and 100000. This popula-
lion viii be almost without eNcep-
ton Slavonfc made up Of three
branches Of the southern Slav family,
the Slovins IN the north, the Croats
Ia the center. and the Serbs In the
south II viii offer an opportunity for
commercial advancement a. here Is
ever. reason TO look forW4-d to the
rapid development Of stiu another
considerable nation IN Europe II only
ths present jealousies between the
SlaV and the Italian can be removed
RecrcafinE Rumauia-
Less formidable than the task Of
treating a new Jugo Slavia and new
Poland or even a new Czecho Sla-
vo7is. IS the task OF extending
Rumznia 20 include the Rumanians
dwelling IN Russia Austria and Hun
gary. These Rumanlans made a solid
block Of something like 100000 OF
people. Today the frontiers have been
redrawn 70 include AL but q minori
fraction.