Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10
pest or Warsaw to aid or restrain ma
tional ambitions in smaller nations?

Real Explanation OF Anarchy.
Here lies the real explanation Of.
that European anarchy which Is dailyI'
becoming more serious. The Paris
conference. under Mr.. Wilson's inn;
pulston. has undertaken to provide
the world with an ideal solution of its
vexed international disputes. 1t has
drawn new frontiers all over central .
and eastern Europe, not to speak Off
western Asia. 1t has told the several
ambitious smaller peoples what they
may have and what they may not;
| take; it has told Hungary. Bulgaria,
Turkey to prepare themselves for
something approaching political exec.
the two Slav states Of MitteleuropaS
what they may gain and what they.
may not annex. 1t has taken Ger
mans and Slavs from the old Austrian
state and given them to the Italians a.
1t has bestowed Albanians in Eu-
rope and Turks in Asia upon the SAL
voy monarchy, and at the same mo-
ment 1t has refused to permit Italy
70 annex a city whose population is
Italian.
Now it seems to me that IL any one
has the time and patience to sit down
with an chronological and a physical
map of Europe he will discover that
on the whole the new frontiers have
been drawn with proper regard for
both the elements of race and geog-
raphy. in the main. But unhappily .
a
pute, neither contestant can be satis&s
NED by such accommodation and the
Paris conference has made enemies OF
both contestants without. arriving - e
any settlement whatever Ia
Conference Lacks Authority. ans
1t has achieved no settlement, bes
its decisions. This the cotempt:.
rary illustrative value OF the Huns' 2
garian episode. The Paris conference :
has resolved neither to recognize Bella
Kun nor to listen to Hungarian deS-e
mands to be permitted to take back -
those lands in which ii has enslaveas
Latin and Slav populations for uISA;ss
wards of thousand years. But wheA
Marshal Foch draws up a plan of cam.sS
paign to dispose Of this ever-growinz
hungarian nuisance .he plan has to
be abandoned because the troops are.is
neither the British nor the French
governments dare to use their na--ss
tionals in a campaign in which their
national interests are not concerned
Immediately and Enthusiastically.
Now this means only one thing. it'4
means that the Paris conference has. Z
lost sna, or !; losing that authority which
reorganizing the World The Pole. the
Russian. all the nations and peopless@
dertaken to issue DEGREES and for :
whom it has sought to reorganixe from =
tiers ard conditions, perceive plainly
that words and only words can issues
1t is not plain what consequence OF t&
this discovery will be? Is II not mani-is (
fest that precisely as the power o en-
the Paris conference. the various na-s
tions which have great and even con-
trolling reasons for repulsing the 3
DEGREES of, of the ParisA conferences 1s;H viii I'll
the Hungarians to give up two-thirds :
Of that national area which in some
! fashion he has occupied for thou
possession, but claim to possession, II
YOU have an Irresistible army to ens-J
force your decision IL he refuses. 1t Ia, :
thing thing T. tell h a,m sos ySa
pen. ink and paper to transcribe elo-
quence and justice.
Chaos Seen as Consequence.
The collapse of Austria Hungary
and Russia has revealed the inextri-'o
cable weller of national aspirationsfs
and claims which conflict in all of I
Mitteleuropa. The Paris conference .
has painstakingly and conscientiously }
sought to analyze.. examine. estimate
the claims of the several peoples and
reorganize central Europe in accord 5ns
ance with the rights of the several 4
races. But the several races have"
nung themselves at each other in de-
Tense of their own claims and in de-
flance of the allied dictation.
To me 1t seems plain that what has
happened in Europe is the repetition
Of the familiar story of the hen who >
Matched the ducklings. The Paris con- -
ference. like that excellent but de-
luded foster parent, is now standfngaF
Amusement and horror as rs children
disport themselves in the water. Thesa
idea that new nations could be created. .
destitute Of precisely those aspira-
tions, ambitions. national emotfon1r .
which explain all the wars Of human -
history. was in itself preposterous.
Yet 1t is perfectly possible to cons 81
tinue to control the situation, for the, -,
time at least, II the Paris conference
wills 1t and the people of the British. =
ready to support the diplomats. The
British fleet alone would be sufficient
to compel the Italians to evacuate
Fiume and the Greek islands. II parli-
ament would consent to issue an ulti- -
matum and to undertake a disciple .
nary war against the italian people.
Probably the Italians would fight, but -.
certainly they could be starved into,
prompt surrender.
II q. s. Troops Go Over. -
As for Hungary. let the United
States send a quarter of a million, '
troops to the Danube, provided only
the Italians and the Austrians and the
Jugoslavs do not all or individually
oppose the passage of the troops :.
through their several countries. and
Bella Kun will disappear and Magyar,x
resistance will be beaten down. Then
Just as long as our troops stay in
Hungary, the Hungarians will not
risk any attempt to retake Transyl-
yanfa the Carpathian highlands or"
Croatia. Afterward, of course. 1t will &
Is minority of not less than q mil-fE
lion and q half of Magyars who now. =
clamor. and will continue to clamor.
alien masters.
Finally. all the central European
problems are only minor. the realrf
allies can only agree to send armies,
Britain. France and the United States,
we shall soon settle with bolshevism
and perhaps in a decade or two Rus az
STA will arrive at some form Of SELF
government which will enable us to
do away with foreign garrisons In the
Slay state. Moreover; IL we should 81
collectively do this we should at 80,
once vindicate the prestige and au-
thority Of the Paris conference. Faced
by the certainty that the Paris con-
ference would send armies and fleets.
IL they did not behave. the little peo- as
pies and the great italian nation,
which is also q rebel ag linst Paris. -
would have to bow. for the moment