Show A Little Entente Pacifies Central Europe TINY BALKAN NATIO NATIONS S UNITE FOR DEFENSE r United States of Central Centra Europe May Result From Movement r I II I I HUNGARIANS OUTSIDE I Others Wants to Join With I Czechs Jugo Slavs Jugo-Slavs Slavs and I i Rumanians PRAGUE Jan By 27 27 By The t A- A A Press In In the peace settle settle- settlements Btttle the In Inthe inthe athe ments of ot 1920 1919 the Balkans 1 was as allowed allO fOd to sWing swing o 10 extreme nationalism and this led ed to political disunion But today In the view of ot neutral observers the penh penh- pendu pendulum lum Is swinging slowly to and operation co-operation and the outlook is 19 brighter One of ot the great forces working to- to coward toward ward o-ward ward moderation and stability u- u un undoubtedly has been ben the litho eaten the political union between CzechO- CzechO Czecho Jugo JUliO Slavic and Ruman- Ruman conceived d an This loose federation brought into being by Czecho Czecho akIa Is generally conceded to have don don more than any other thing to preserve presen Ithe the political equilibrium of ot the Balkans Bal Bal- Balkans kans Bai-kans kans during the last two or three years has been and still Is s a factor in the situation II which cannot be overlooked In Hungary for ex- ex example ex example ample has hIlS two ally vl-ally I- I II ally Important aspects In the first place It seeks to regain for tor Hunga the I the territories of ot the former kin kindom door dom This means that the to 0 I movement comes Into direct co t with Slovakia over the cry O of ot Slovakia where there ar several ar several hundred Hungarians wit Rumania I Rumania over the question of ot Transylvania Tran- Tran sylvania and with Jugo 01 the Banat and Croatia Secondly v nationalism and 10 In s Hung Hung-a iare are powerful pO movements a almost I Identical alms there Is struggling gling for the restoration of o the mon mon- monarchy monarchy monarchy archy This delicate point brings Hun Hun- Hungary Hungary Hungary gary Into still further conflict wilt th ht her r neighbors since the cardinal I c behind the little entente Is at I a i 1 costs to prevent pre pre ent the restoration of ot tae tle burgs Slovakia Jugo Slavia ro 1 l Rumania are today bound together bIc b i a Ic J a series aeries of o mutually beneficial tand f fJ fl l and nd nowhere In the situation Is to b b- b ba I found any tendency toward expansion The rhe little entente formed or l lat at the expense of ot the former HungarIan empire strives to the tho status quo as ns established by the tho Paris peace treaties It has acted asa as ia a bloc on questions not bearing dl- dl directly di directly I on central Europe and in direction It has been fortified b land i- i iland land whose policies late gra only I-i I part toward central Europe The little entente has hu been able r n ke kelp p the peace of ot central Europe but butt It t was as unable to present pre the contla- contla gratton In the Near East The Tut is knew only too well how bow to exploit the differences between bet the Balkan Balan n nt- nt ni L- L and thereby effect his dramatic return to 10 the comity of ot Europe European n na- na nations nations ni Meanwhile Jugo JUliO Sla Sla la and Gie G e e l ha have hae e awakened d to tG a realization of th th- th 1 I 0 strategic Importance of ot Bulgaria's po and now the statesmen of ot all three of ot these countries and at Lau Lan Lausanne sanne are 1110 hurriedly reviving the 01 Oi Balkan confederation at the same sameI I time Greece and Bulgaria are asking to be admitted to the little entente The little entente may e eventually tae ta eIn In these two states and even others others thus forming an enlarged confederation confederation tion which might lead ultimately o oa 0 a United States of ot Central Europe r rl l |