Evening star., 1921-09-25
sx OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

"HALL Jugoslavia. drunk with
exaggerated conventions OF pow
~ er and influence obtained in the
treaty of Versailles. be per-
mittedTto s'continue as the hornet of
the Balkans, thereby hazarding amic-
able. relations Of a number of nations,
or shall league Of nations dictates and
., power of the supreme council be ap-
splied to point whereby Serbia will
be taught that power, cannot be used
TO the disinterest of others?
These are questions Of serious mo-
ment in Europe just now. Were the
attack upon Albania merely a mat
ter of. conflict between the two Bal
kan peoples the whole situation would
be easy to handle. But because of
the conflicting currents of political
thought existing in the foreign Of
fees of the allied governments sue
cessful settlement means much to all.
The interests of Great Britain. France
and Italy are such as to preclude
bringing further issues to the fore at
the moment. when so many questlons
remain TO be settled before the ever
perplexing Balkan situation Is once
more delvsd into.
Both Members Of League.
Serbia is member of the league of
nstions So is Albania Albania has
asked nothing more than that she be
permitted to retain the boundaries
guaranteed to her in the 1913 treaty
OF London. She remained neutral in
the war and though it always has
been recognized that the conflicting
interests of the powers made it neces-
sary that she be sustained, Serbia in
eager desire to extend her domain, is
..lisinclined to follow an other course
than carry out selfish, political and
territorial ambitions which. from
: line to time, have been declared to
embrace the whole of northern AL
bania. Naturally the Albanian dele
gates appearing before world coun-
ellis have resisted any encroachment
on the territories once set aside as
Albania.
The larger powers. particularly
Great Britain desire that the old
frontiers be continued in the main.
though Italy always has aspired to
/: coast of the Adriatic. such as granted
Italy blythe treaty of London. which
f. took Italy into the war. These is
! 1ands.rwhich would give Italy the sea.
, port of Avlona, are considered essen
tial. TO, Italy's future safety, and in
to Rome. there is every reason to sus-
pect that the italian government will
hold out fer the retention of the de-
sired strategical' points. France. ever
! behind 'Jugoslavia politically. may
hesitate before bringing the Albanian
ISSUE to a point where relations with
the other allies. is hazarded. but If
France. can induce alteration Of the
boundaries to favor Serbia in the
slightest degree. il is expected she
II, H. VI
curtail Italy's ambitions in the Ad-
riatic On every hand, because of age
old jealousy and antipathies. which
were but whetted as the result of the
deliberations surrounding the treaty
Of peace with the central powers.
tThese issues are certain to have been
i1krashed out by the council of am
bassadors, to which the Albanian
frontier question was referred. The
| council of ambassadors has been de-
liberating far longer on the question
than ordinarily would take. and it is
| to- be presumed that the allies have
been thrashing out their differences,
' thereby delaying action.
Decision Expected at Once.
That some decision will come imme-
diately. however. in view of the press
ing situation, may be. taken for
( granted. The league has asked the
| council for a report on the situation.
probably o. K. the ambassadors find
ings and pass them along to Albania.
1t is believed Serbian aggression will
be frowned upon in view of the al
most insolent way in which the Serbs
have f1outed the league from time to
time, particularly in the case of Ba-
nat and in regard to Albania. which,
being a member OF the league. is en-
titled to all the safeguards which the
hague is supposed to throw about
it's members. Serbia. if the presenr
invaded area, seven by fifteen miles IN
Inc. region of Arras. is rot surrend.
.rsd, on warning. will lay herself
open to such action as league mem.
bers may decide: That this action will
be forceful in character may be as
sumed, for the larger powers nave no
desire to see created new situation
i'm the Balkans. which may lead to
such another catastrophe as occurred
in August 1914.
aM. Spaiiakevitch. Serbian delegate
10 ire leagiie sessions in Geneva. has
stated emphatical1y that Serbia Will