Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-05-13 | Page 1 | Serious Issue in Treaty

SERIOUS I TREATY I Frontier of New Austri H Hard Problem to fl ! Solve. ITALY CLAIMS TYRO I New Border Line Giv$ fl i Italy Commanding I Heights in Alps. I PARIS. Monday, May 12. In t peace treaty with Austria, now w toward completion a responsibili clause has been inserted identical wj that in the German rcat, with the ception that the f rst clause, prov; . : ing for the trial ? i former Emper! I iWilllani, is omitted. Tbe remainl; j clause makes provision for the trial military offenders by an intcrnation j; ' ' 1 i 1 in .i i 1 i a . The frontier delineation of the ne I Austria presents the one serious issi j in the drawing of 'he treaty, somewh. similar to that of the Saar valley 1 I j the German treaty. This Is as regaro the- lower Tyrol, a section of white! is detached from Austria and plain within the boundaries of Paly, it in eludes the cities or Bozen and Meran, and an estimated German population of about 250,000. The reason for attaching this Ger-man Ger-man speaking population to Italy is H the establishment of a strategic fron tier giving Italy aoequate protection I from invasion from the north. Th old frontier ran south of the Alps, witb Italy on the downgrade and Austria on the commanding heights. The new frontier reverses this, giving Italy the heights and all the defensive pa sages. The former status gave Au trla seven lines of approach, whU I I Italy possessed only one main line for j mobilizing its defenses. The new sia'.- j : us places all those lines of approacn 1 j under Italy. ' As has been stated, tbe frontier lin-i as drawn in the terms to be presented t othe Austrians is the one laid dowu by the treaty of London, although th-i treaty makes no mention of this fact Italy sought this line as a permanent Strategic defense, secured its. insertion inser-tion in the armistice terms and now Isecures its incorporation in the treaty. i