The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-11
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(Continued from Page One) full settlement. that is to say, to eilml- nate those elements of disturbance so far as possible, which may inter we are trying to-make an equitable distribution of territories according to the race, the ethnologra phlcal character of the people inhabiting those territories.
 "sAnd back of that lies this fun domentally important fact that when the decisions are made, the allied and associated powers guarantee to man. tain them. It is perfectly evident, upon a moments reflection, that the chief burden of the war fell upon the greatest powers, and if it had not been for their action. their military action, we would not be here to set He these questions, and, therefore, we must not close our eyes to the fact that in the last analysis the mill itary and naval strength of the great powers will be the final guarantee of the peace of the world.
 "In those circumstances it Is un- reasonable and unjust that not as powers should say to their associates:
 "'We cannot afford to guarantee territorial settlements which we not believe to be right, and we can- not agree to leave elements of dis turbance unremoved. which we be-
 
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 "Take the rights of minorities. Nothing. venture to say, is more like ly to disturb the peace of the world than the treatment which might tn certain circumstances be meted out to minorities. And. therefore, if the great powers are to guarantee the peace of the world in any sense is it unjust that they should be satisfied that the proper and necessary guar antees have been given?
 ''I beg our friends from Rouma mia and from Serbia to remember that while Roumania and Serbia are an- cient sovereignt:es the settlement Of their territories. You cannot in one part of our transa ctions treat Serbia alone and in all of the other parts treat the kingdom of the Serbs. the CroatS and Slovanese a different entity, for they are seeking the rec ognition of this conference as single entity and if this conference is going to recognize these various powers as new sovereignties. within definite ter ritories, the, chief guarantors are en- titled to be satisfied that the territo- rial settlen ents are of character to be permanent, and that the guaran- tees given are of character to en- sure the peace of the world.
 ''''It is not, therefore. the interven- tion of those who would interfere but the action of those who would help. 1 beg that our friends will take this view of it because I see no escape from that view of it.
 How can power like the United States, for example-F'or I. can speak for no other-after sign ing this treaty. if it contains elements which they do not believe will be permanent, go three thousands miles away across the sea and report to it's people that it has made a settlement of the peace of the world? It can n nt (1 n fj -of 1 0,>l,@ all of these transactions the expecta- tion on the part, for example of Roumania.. and of Czecho-Slovakia and of Serbia, that if any covenants of this settlement are not observed the United States VIII send her army and her navies 60 see that they are observed.
 |" Those circumstances, is it un- reasonable that the United States should insist upon being satisfied that the settlements are correct? Observe, MT. Biatiano-and I speak of his suggestions with the utmost re- spect-suggest that we could not, so to say, invade the sovereignty of Roumania, an ancient sovereignty. and make certain prescriptions with re- gard to the rights of minorities. But l beg him to observe that he is over looking the fact that he is asking the sanction of the Allied and associated powers for great addition of terri tory which come to Roumania by the common victory of arms, and that, therefore, we are entitled to say, If tory we have the right to insist upon a fnoC of