Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-05
ROYALISTS PLAN
NEW STATES
Swiss Republic Swarms With
Spies and Exiled Ger
mans.

BERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 5.-From
THE Playground Of Europe" Of before
the war, Switzerland has become 1.-THE
Plotting Ground Of Europe" of after the
war
And all OF this plotting may now be
summarized in one general end Of 1.-THE
Constitution OF a Danubian Confedera-
ton"
To the credit of the Swiss 1t must be
said that they resent In the extreme de-
gree the abuse that is now being made
of their country and their hospitality by
the exIled rulers and statesmen of erst-
while empires and states, but they are
as helpless in the matter as they are In
nocent While they can not keep their
little country from being converted into
ain incubator, however, they can at least
try to keep the plots being brooded there
in from actually Matching, and the Swiss
secret service together with it's gend-
armes, its policemen, its detectives and
its public officials generally are putting
in quite few sleepless nights to this
end
In fact there is every reason to pre-
sumo that they are losing more sleep
trying to keep the plots from Matching
than the p1otters are in trying to make
them hatch Exiled statesmen and rul-
ers have to keep busy; plotting is life
itself to ex-statesmen and ex-diplomats
and it Is entirely possible that Swltzer-
land is taking the plotting that is go
ing on within her border about nun
dred times more seriously than are the
plotters themselves. In any event Dotn
are keeping busy.
Now that the gradual readjustment or
Europe has left no doubts in the minds
of certain exiled rulers like ex-hing
Constantine OF Greece and some OF the
former rulers OF German states of the
hopelessness of their causes, all of the
Noting in Switzerland has come slowly
TO center on one great scheme, scheme
that is not only considered possible out
that is considered by many OF the great
est minds and authorities of Europe as
being absolutely imperative and lneVlta-
BILE
This is the constitution OF a Danubian
federation to replace the old dual mon
orchv. and which according to its back
ers Is the only thing that can insure
the life of the half dozen or more states
into which the old Austrian Hungarian
monarchy has been divided.
Whether this Danubian federation has
its center north of the Danube with what
is left of Hungary and Austria as basis
or whether 1t has its center south OF the
Danube with Serbia and Roumania play
ing the leading role; whether 1t be
monarchial or republican in form, to-
gether with half a dozen other possibtn-
ties or ramifications, are generally con-
sidered unimpOrtant. All that Is re-
garded as vital and imperative Is that
such n confederation be constituted and
that 1t be organized in full harmony
with and support of the allies
The new states like Poland and CEecko-
slovakia figure they can go 1t alone. They
don't know as a matter Of fact because
they have not tried vet, and they are
determined to try, but the political and
economical statesmen of Europe are look
ing mighty askance. Finally Serbia ana
Roumania which haves already demon
strated their ability to go 1t alone will,
It is generally conceded, with their in
creased territory and population re-
sources-and war debts-be able to get
away with it, and yet 1t is insisted they
would be able to do it much better in a
confederate existence than alone.
Hungary and German Austria, as they
will exist when the peace conference fin
ishes its work, will be dead states-their
own people and statesm en- admit that.
Poland and Czecho- Slovakia are merely
gambling bets. But Serbia and Rou-
mania are considered as the two big
future bets of south central Europe.
On the other hand there are just as
many supporters and just as many plot
tiers in Switzerland who would like to
see Vienna regain some of It's past glory
as the center of the new panubian con-
federacy; Budapest is equally well rep
resented, while there are plenty OF others
who can demonstrate from dozen
standpolnts why Warsaw is inevitably
destined as the future great center Of
middle European life