Evening star., 1926-10-17
By WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT

N RS. WOODROW W1LSON,
M who is returning tomorrow
V on the Leviathan from her
1 i second anHual pilgrimage to
the League Of Nations meet
ing in Geneva, Switzerland. took occa.
sion while in Europe to see for her
self Just how one of President Wilson'S
famous Fourteen Points" for settling
the World War had worked out.
The point referred to was the one
declaring the right Of "self determine
ton" to be inherent in every race or
nationality to choose its own form or
government or to decide where its
allegiance shall be placed. Mrs. VIII
son travelled through the Balkans,
visiting some Of the nations created
under the theory Of self-determina-
ton. 1t was on this trip that she first
met Queen Marie Of Rumania, VINO
also is arriving on the Leviathan TO-
morrow.
Since Runania more than doubled
it's area under the peace treaty. on
the claim that the territory ADDED
was. by racial allegiance. properly
Rumanian, it was natural that Queen
Marie should feel grateful to the
American President who championeo
the general idea, and to be gao 10
meet his widow. In Ruman1a the
political Affiliations Of the President
are not considered any more than IN
Czechoslovakia, also visited by Mrs:
Wilson, in expressing appreciation OF
the aid given by the United states.
Six New States Created. ~.
A glance at a map of Europe IN
1914. when the war began, and then
at a man of Europe as 1t was re-
drawn in 1919 at the peace confer
ence will show what "self-determ1na'
tom did to boundary lines. SIX
brand.new sovereign states. Czecho'
slovakia. Poland, Lithuania. Latvla,
Esthonia and Finland. were created
Serbia was greatly enlarged and re-
named Jugoslavia, and Rumanla, as
stated, more than doubled Its size.
The Irish Free State probaDly
should be included in the list. pecause
it Is evident that an immense impetus
was given to the nattonanstlc noVe'
ment in Ireland by the sela-oe.erlni,
nation slogan. Outside OF Europe
much ferment has resulted from tne
same idea, including the Philippine
Islands. where Gov. Gen. Wood mas
had an aggressive independence cam,
naign to meet ever since he assumed
the post, And in China the great
nowers are faced by identically the
same problem. -.
Mrs Wilson doubtless was most IN
terasted in Czechoslovakia, where, IN
its canital city, Prague. she was re-
ceived by President MasaryK. her
interest here was intensified by the
fact that President MasaryK is Wen
remembered in Washington peiore :,
and after the United States entereu
the war, and because he Is crediteu
with having done much TO convll.ce
Hnngar rian Empire could be broken
nm and detached from Germany by
lust this self-determination policy.
Son of Coachman.
The role of the then Prof. MasaryK
in the larger strategy of the war wa
one of the most striking OF any per
sonality made prominent IN tnat pc
riod. Rising from the station OF d
so,, of a coachman to that Of learned
nrofessor. widely noted author ano
Ho the monarchists) dreaded polltlcai
leader. Masaryk saw in the w orlo
war the great opportunity Tor the
C,zechs and closely allied peoples, then
subject to Austria Hungary, 10 re
Gain the sovereignty lost In past cen
furies. He escaped a death sentence
decreed by the Hapsburg regime al
| Vienna, and in 1916 entered RUSSIA
where he organized the Czecns ano
other Slavic prisoners captured py !ne
Russians from the Austro- Hungaridl
armies and turned them against the
central powers. .us
The excellent record these. troops
r,ada for the allies Russia then not
having turned Bolshevistic) caused
Mo sarylx to see that his work lay In
washington, London and Paris; that
Is to saw, he perceived that thousands
unon thousands of Austro-H Hungarian
troops were fighting only because tney
were compelled to. and that II tne
idea got abroad that the allies Wouio
~ them self.determination in the