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ton into Jugo-Slavia of the Hapsburg
province of Croatia, except as to the
coastal region of Flume are also con.
sidered as subject to the internal
decision of the southern Slavs.
Jugo-Slav and Italian aims are in
sharp conflict in the settlement of
the Adriatic coast problem, involv-
ing the future of Flume and the
Croatian seaboard along with the is
lands of Dalmatia and Albania. The
union of Mountnegro and Serbia as
part of Greater Jugo-Slav states has
been noted b ythe Montenegrim par
Lament but the faction representing
King Nicholas and his adherents pro-
tests against union which shall not
leave to Montenegro entire local self
government. There is also a conflict
between the plans of Jugo-Slav
statesmen and those of Czecho-Slo-
vakia who desire a wide corridor
from Rohesia to the Adriatic to Hun
gary and Croatia to secure an outlet
to the sea.
Japan enters the peace conference
as Baron Makina the senator dele
gate, has said, "With no territorial
ambitions in China" and that as for
Using Tau, she will hand it back to
China under the terms of the notes
exchanged between China and ia
pan in May, 1915"
This is interpreted by Japan as
permitting her to retain certain for
mer German concessions on the
Shantung peninsula. Japan, Baron
Maxine explains, neither intends nor
desires to interfere in Russia affairs
but is willing, if solicited, to aid Rus
sia in restoring order"
These declarations dispose of two
of the main questions in which ia
pan is interested, except that she de-
sires to retain the southern Pacific
islands north of the equator, which
formerly belonged to Germany.
The Chinese delegates ask to be
guaranteed against foreign imperial
ism or aggression and desire the
gradual abolition of consular rights
and to be allowed to impose higher
duties on importations. The Chinese
also ask for the return Of Kiau-
Chau.~
Switzerland "
Switzerland appears to be the only
neutral state which has so far pre-
sented her desires to the peace con-
ference. The Swiss government has
represented that while Switzerland
would be glad to participate in a
society Of nations, yet because Of her
mixed nationalities she could not do
so if that should mean the use of her
troops in policing the world by force,
as, perhaps, against Italy, France or
Germany.
Switzerland desires an outlet to the
sea, making the Rhine a neutral
stream. This is in accord with the
French desires, since if Alsace Lor-
raine becomes French from Basic
becomes French from Basic north
ward and independent buffer states
should be erected out of the Palati-
nate and Bhemise Prussia, as sug-
gested by Marshal Foch, it would
be necessary to neutralize the Rhine.
If this were done, it would give Swift
zerland an outlet to the sea.
Greece
Greece wishes northern Epirus and
Thrace with the exception of Con-
stantinople and the shores of the
Bosphorus and the Dardanelles,
which Premier Venizelos wished to
place under international control.
Greece asks for the Villayet Of
Smyrna ip Asia Minor and the for
mer Turkish islands in the eastern
Mediterranean, including those known
as the Dodecanesus, and claimed by
Italy.
Bulgaria
Although Bulgaria capitulated with
out conditions and her future terri
tories depend upon the conquerers,
her government has not abandoned
hope of adding extensive territories
and it even hopes to receive extern
sions of the Bulgarian frontiers in
southern Macedonia along the Aegean
coast and in Thrace.
Czech0. .Slovakia
The new state Of Czecho- Slovakia
is carving out its territories almost
entirely at the expense Of the old
Austria Hungary. The old kingdom
of Bohemia, Moravia, and the Slovak
regions of northern Hungary already
have been Incorporated into the pro-
posed state, but there are certain con-
flicts with the Poles, Ruthenians, Ru-
manians and Germans as we'll as with
the Austrians and the Magyars be-
cause the Czechs claim that parts of
German Saxony and German Silesia
belong ethnographically to the new
The Czecho- -Slovaks are coming in
to opposition to Polish claims in
Silesia and sections Of Galicia, while