Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
CLAIMS OF ALLIES
NOW READY FOR
PEACE: CONFERENCE
French Favor Buffer States as
Part of Plan for Protecting
Frontier Against Hun.
ASK FOR IS BILLIONS

Paris. Feb 3.-The delegates of the five
great Powers are now IN position TO
con,pare clearly their own ASPIRATIONS
and those of all their allies and TO see the
differences that must be reconciled. The
maximum Of hopes, often overlarpIr g.,
has been expressed freely, ard 1t remains
for the Peace Conforcrce to adjust them
into a co-crdinated whole. J. tie desires
of the several countries as presented may
be summarized thus:
France warts frst Of all. Alsacc-lcr-
raine Internationally ard the right to
discuss ard ultimately to tx the frerch
frontiers in their relation to the Ehlne,
which NAV require the creation OF uffer
States. One OF these would he the Palatl-
nate. and another Rherlsh Prussia.
France desires also to annex the basin of
the Sarrc River, which might be called
remuneration
France will insist that so far rs the left
bank of the Rim farther TO the ncrth is
concerned. the Conference shall forbid
military works of any kind-barracks,
bridceheads. forts and fortress EN-
that zone. The feeling is that the people
Ljrhahiting that zone should be free 10
decide for themselves whether they wish
To join France, fern an independent
State or return to Germany
The French bill for reparation Is not
vet complete, but II has been announced
IN the Chamber Of Deputies that II viii
be about Go. .0O0, 600, coo francs.
The French Government does not ask
for protcctorate in SYRIA III the ordinary
serse because il considers that the pcpu-
lation there is too advanced To- make \
protectorate necessary; but France, on
account Of her traditional interests in
that country, feels that she should he
called upon to exercise scmc sCrt of guard-
ianship Of guidance until SYRIA IS fully
able 10 govern herself
GREAT BRITAIN.
Great Britains delegation believes
that a Society Of Nations is desirable
and ottainatlc. ard that II must be cs-
tablished by the present Peace Confer
ence She advances no Continental dc
mands ether than that a permanent and
Just peace concluded. and that under
the principle Of Scli-determination there
shall be international freedom cf transit
hv railr 4 Is and Waterways. which Is
Great Eritains general definition Of
freedom OF commerce IN times cf peace
Great Britain proposes to take man
datory power over the German islands
south Of the cquaotor for Australia and
over German Southwest Africa for the
Union of South Africa. She also cX-
poets 10 have the mandate over German
East Africa and some parts of Arabia,
and she has particular claims IN thus
respect over MoSopotamia Great Brit
am will enter pool with the other Allies
IN the matter Of indemnitles especially
reparation for Ar raid damages and
shipping losses.
Italy asks for the Trentino as far as
the Brenner Pass, including the whole
Of Southern Tyrol, Trieste, 1stria, Fiume,
Zara, Sebenico, the larger part Of the
DaITnation Islands, Avlona and its
hInterland; q protectorate over albania;
possession Of the islands in the Aegean
which were taken from Turkey ia the
Tripoltan war, and the province Of
Adalia ii France and England take
territory in Asia Minor
The Italian contention IS that the Dal-
matian Islands and such parts Of the
Dslmatian coast as are not assigned TO
italy shall be neutralized. Should Fran
and England extend their colonial
possessions IN Africa. Italy desires TO
enlarge her possessions IN Erltrea aid
Ir poll.
RUMANTA-
Territorial contentious In the Balkans
are complicated and present tficult
problems. Rumania desires 10 retain
possession Of that portion Of Russian
Bessarabia gwen her by the central
Powers under the Cancelled treaty of
Bucharest and now in her possession
Rumania also desires Southern Do
brudja as ceded to her by Bulgaria after
the second balkan war. Possession OF
Bessarabia and the Dobrudja commands
the mouth Of the Danube
To the westward Rumania wants 10
annex the Hapsburg provinces Of Buko-
wina and Pennsylvania and 4 consider
able part OF the rich agricultural dis
trict OF the Banat OF Temesvar. 1t Is
here that the Rurna nian aspira tlons con-
flict with those of Serbia, which affirrns
that under her war agreements with the
Entente she should have large portion
oi the Banat as we'll as other sections of
former Austria-Hungary adjoining old
Serbia 10 the north to round out the pro-