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Show PEACE CONDITIONS TENDERED AUSTRIA OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF THE DEMANDS DE-MANDS ALLIES MAKE UPON BROKEN FOE. But Little Left of the Once Mighty Austria Who Was a Partner in the Horrible Crime of 1914 Which Resulted in Her Downfall. St. Germain. The conditions of pence of the allied and associated powers, pow-ers, wilh the exception of military preparations, financial and certain boundary clauses, were handed to the Austrian plenipotentiaries at St. Germain Ger-main on June 2. Those clauses which are not yet ready for presentation will be delivered as soon as possible, the Austrians in the meantime having the opportunity to begin work on the greater great-er part, of the treaty in an effort to facilitate a final decision. The Austrian treaty follows exactly the same outline as the German and in many places is identical with it except ex-cept for the change in name. Certain specific clauses which applied to Germany Ger-many are, of course, omitted and certain cer-tain new clauses included, especially as regards the new states created out of the former Anstxo-Hungarian empire, em-pire, and the protection of the rights of the Hungarian empire and the protection pro-tection of the rights of the racial, religious re-ligious and linguistic minorities in Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Rumania and the Serb-Croat-Slovene state. Austria is left by the treaty a state of from six million to seven million people, inhabiting a territory of between be-tween 5000 and 0000 square miles. She is required to recognize the complete independence of Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia and the Serb-Croat-Slovene state, and to cede other territories, which previously in union with her composed the empire of Austria-Hungary, with its population of over 50,000,000 people. Austria agrees under this treaty to accept the league of nations covenant and the labor charter ; to renounce all her extra European rights ; to demobilize demo-bilize her whole naval and aerial forces ; to admit the right of trial by the allied and associated powers of her nationals guilty of violating the law and customs of force, and to accept detailed provisions similar to those of the German treaty as to economic relations re-lations and freedom of transjt. Contains League Covenant Part one of the treaty, containing the covenant of the league of nations, and part of twelve, containing the labor la-bor convention, are identical with corresponding cor-responding sections of the German treaty. Part six, dealing with prisoners prison-ers of war and graves, and part eleven, with aerial navigation, are also identical, iden-tical, except for the substitution of names. Part thirteen of the German treaty, containing guarantees of execution, exe-cution, is not paralleled in the Austrian Aus-trian treaty. The preamble is longer and more detailed than in the German summary. Austria recognizes the complete independence in-dependence of the Tchecho-Slovnk state, including the autonomous territory terri-tory south of the Carpathians, in conformity con-formity with the action already taken by the allied and associated powers. tions into conformity with the principles prin-ciples of liberty and justice and acknowledges ac-knowledges that the obligations for the protection of minorities are matters of international concern over which the league of nations has jurisdiction. She assures complete protection of life and liberty to all inhabitants of Austria without distinction of birth, nationality, national-ity, language, race or religion, together with the right to the free exercise of any creed. All Austrian nationals without distinction of race, language or religion are to be equal before the law. Outside Europe, Austria renounces all rights, titles and privileges as to her own or her allies' territories to all the allied and associated powers and undertakes to accept whatever measures meas-ures are taken by the principal allied powers in relation thereto. The clauses as to Egypt, Morocco, China and Siaiu are identical after the necessary modifications with those of the German treaty, except that especially es-pecially in the case of China there is no need for so great detail. The military clatises are- reserved. Must Give Up Warships. All Austro-Hungarian warships, submarines sub-marines and vessels of the Danube flotilla flo-tilla are declared to be finally surrendered surren-dered to the principal allied and associated associ-ated powers. Twenty-one specified auxiliary cruisers are to be disarmed and treated as merchant ships. All warships and submarines under construction con-struction in ports which belong or have belonged to Austria-Hungary shall be broken up, the salvage not to be used except for industrial purposes pur-poses and not to be sold to foreign countries. The construction or acquisition of any submarine even for commercial purposes is forbidden. All naval arms, ammunition and other war material belonging to Austria-Hungary at the date of the armistice shall be surrendered surren-dered to the allies. Demobilize Air Forces. Austria may have no military or naval air forces, including dirigibles, must demobilize all existing forces within two months and must surrender to the principal powers wide categories categor-ies of aviation material. Austria agrees not to accredit or to send any military, naval or aviation mission to any foreign country, nor to allow Austrian nationals to enlist in the army, navy or air service of any foreign power. The section on penalties is identical .with the German treaty except for the omission of any provision similar to that calling for the trial of the ex- Austria is to recognize and respect the full independence of all the territories terri-tories which formed part of the former for-mer Russian empire. She is to accept definitely the annulment of the Brest-Litovsk Brest-Litovsk treaty and of all treaties or agreements of all kinds concluded since the revolution of November, 1917, with all governments or political groups on territory of the former Russian Rus-sian empire. The allies reserve all rights on the part of Russia for restitution res-titution and satisfaction to be obtained from Austria on the principles of the present treaty. Austria is to consent to the abrogation abroga-tion of the treaties of 1S39 by which Belgium was established as a neutral state and her frontiers fixed and to accept in advance any convention with which the allies may determine to replace re-place them. Austria adheres to the abrogation of the neutrality of the grand duchy of Luxemburg and accepts ac-cepts in advance all international agreements as to it reached by the allied and associated powers. Austria accepts all arrangements which the allied al-lied and associated powers make with Turkey and Bulgaria with reference to any rights, privileges or interests claimed in these countries by Austria or her nationals and not dealt with elsewhere. Austria accepts all arrangements ar-rangements with the allied and associated associ-ated powers made with Germany concerning con-cerning the territories whose abandonment abandon-ment was imposed upon Denmark by tne treaty of 1864. Promises Equal Privileges. In a series of special clauses. Austria Aus-tria undertakes to bring her instiiu- kaiser of Germany. The section on reparation is reserved. re-served. The financial clauses are reserved. Economic clauses are, except in certain cer-tain details, such as shipping, similar to those of the German treaty. Special provisions are added, however, for former for-mer Austro-Hungarian nationals acquiring ac-quiring allied nationality. Similar to those in the German treaty, relating to the inhabitants of Alsace-Lorraine, their contracts are maintained subject to cancellation by their governments. Austria undertakes to recognize any agreement or convention made by the allies to safeguard the interests of their nationals in any undertakings constituted under Austro-Hungarian law which operates in territories detached de-tached from the former Austrian empire em-pire and to transfer any necessary documents and information in regard to them. Freedom of Transit. The clauses as to freedom of transit are the same in the Austrian as in the German treaty except for the omission omis-sion of provisions affecting Germany alone and the insertion of specific clauses granting Austrian transit privileges priv-ileges through former Austro-Hungarian territory in order to assure her access to the Adriatic. Miscellaneous provisions are, after necessary substitutions, virtually identical iden-tical with those of the German treaty. The treaty is to come into force when signed by Austria and three principal' powers and to be effective for the individual in-dividual states on the deposit of their specific ratifications. |