New Nations and Territories 
 
 of Europe 
 
 (All new nations an 
 
 d territories are Indicated on the map in 
 
 1. Alsace-Lorraine will be ceded in whole or in part 
 to France. 
 
 2. Poland will be an independent state composed of 
 the Polish portions of Russia, Germany and 
 Austria-Hungary. 
 
 3. The Jugoslavs, already recognized by President 
 Wilson, will form a great state in what is now the 
 southern part of Austria-Hungary. Serbia and 
 Montenegro will probably be parts of this state. 
 
 4. Rumania may be expanded into Greater Rumania, 
 including Bessarabia on the north and Transyl- 
 vania on the west. 
 
 5. Finland will be an independent state if it does not 
 unite with a federated Russia. 
 
 6. Lithuania, Gourland, Livonia and Esthonia are 
 four small states which were formerly part of 
 Russia. They border on the Baltic Sea. Like 
 Finland, they will be independent states or parts 
 of a new Russia. 
 
 7. The Ukraine is likely to continue as an inde- 
 pendent nation in Southwestern Russia. 
 
 8. The Gzecho-Slovaks, recognized by President 
 Wilson, will form a new state in Northern 
 Austria-Hungary just south of the German 
 border. 
 
 9. Italy will acquire two small stretches of territory 
 on her northern border which are inhabited by 
 Italians, but were ruled by Austria-Hungary 
 before the war. 
 
The League of Nations 
 
 . Can these new nations protect themselves? 
 No. They will be small and poorly armed. 
 
 . How can they be protected? 
 
 By a League of Nations with an international army and navy. 
 
 i. How can thai: League be formed? 
 
 By the joint action of all powers at the peace conference. 
 
 L Who would govern the League? 
 
 The representatives of all the nations which joined. 
 
 i. Would Germany be admitted? 
 
 Only if she submits to the terms of President Wilson and 
 our Allies, and shows a purpose to be a fit partner m a League 
 of Nations. 
 
 6. How would :he League prevent war? 
 
 By forcing all nations to submit their disputes to an Inter- 
 national Court or a Council of Conciliation. 
 
 7. What would iappen if any nation refused? 
 
 The other nations would use economic pressure to starve the 
 outlaw nation. 
 
 8. What if economic pressure failed? 
 
 Then all law-abiding nations could, as now, unite their armies 
 and navies to crush the offending power. 
 
 9. What has President Wilson said about a League 
 of Nations? 
 
 "What disturbs the life of the whole world is the concern of 
 the whole world, and it is our duty to lend the full force of this 
 nation, moral ard physical, to a League of Nations, which 
 shall see to it that nobody disturbs the peace of the world 
 without submitting his case to the opinion of mankind.