Show 11 1 wil 1 ROMANIA CASPIAN I 1 il SYRIA fil 1 RAI 41 RAO na 1 ani i I 1 ii LIBYA jill it Y CUT lilt 5 complications rou FOB BIG F FOUR OUR while the big four conference in paris faces many difficult problems involving treaties and claims and boundaries the turkish situation presents future complications in hi the dark areas shown are the three buffer states of the near east and middle east here the strategic and economic interests of russia and the western powers meet control 0 of the dardanelles Darda nelles Is a vital issue and russia has sought to press claims on turkeys eastern frontiers arrows arrow on the lie map show how bow use of the straits cuts miles from the supply una line to russia at the opening sessions the big F our sidestepped the troublesome trieste and italian colonial questions and began the consideration of the lilllan french frontier the size of italis future armed strength and disposal of her surplus shipping frances proposal to add internationalization ter of the ruhr bahr and detachment of the RW neland from germany to the agenda ag abda added gurthet complications british foreign secretary ernest devin caused another upset by insisting that belgian dutch and luxembourg representatives be permitted to sit in on such negotiations as spokesmen for nations which suffered heavily through german germa aggression |