New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
WASHINGTON MAKES KNOWN PEACE TERMS
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And not dealt WlLIl elSeN llSIe. [AuSLlld
 accepts all arrangementS with the al- %lied and associated powers made with Germany concerning the territories whose abandonment was imposed on Denmark by the treaty of 1884.
 Protection of Minorities-In a se- ries of special clauses, Austria under takes to bring her institutions into &conformity with the principles of lib
 erty and justice and acknowledges $that the obligations for the protection Apf minoritieS are matters of lntcfna-
 ional concern over which the League 5of Nations has jurisdiction. She as $sures complete protection of life and liberty to all inhabitants of Austria, without distinction of birth. national
 ity, language, race or religion, toSeth-
 CT 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. No restrictions are to be inn
 based on the free use of any language
 in private or public, and reasonable
 facilities are to be given to Austrian ! nationals of non German speech for
 the use of their language. Austrian
 nationals belonging to racial, religious
 or linguistic minorties are to enjoy
 the same protection as other Austrian
 nationals, particularly in regard to
 schools and other educational estab-
 lishments, and in districts where
 considera ble proportion of Austrian
 nationals other than of German
 speech are resident, facilities are to } be given in schools for the instruction N oskchildren in their own language, and
 Do enable this q share of public funds &s to be provided. These provisions do not preclude the Austrian govern ] ment from making the teaching of German obligatory They are to be embodied by Austria in her funda- rffental law as a bill of rights and pro- visions regarding them are to be un- der the protection of the League of k Nations.
 Austrian Rights-Outside Europe, ! Austria renounces all rights, titles and privileges as to her own or her i allies territories to all the allied and associated powers and undertakes to
 accept whatever measures are taken by the principal allied powers in re- lation thereto. The clauses as to Egypt, Morocco, China and Siam are
 Identical after the necessary modifi-
 cations of the German treaty, except
 that especially in the case of China
 there is no need for so great detail. Military, naval and aeriaI-The mil 1 ftary clauses are reserved.
 Naval Terms.
 aNaval-All Austro- Hungarian war ships. 9submarines and vessels of the Danube f1otilla are declared to be hnallygsurrendered to the allied and assoeiAted powers. Twenty-one speci- I fed auxiliary cruisers are to be dis I armed and treated as merchant ships
 All warships and submarines under coQstruction in ports which belong or
 have belonged to Austria Hungary | shall eAhroken up, the salvage not to ] be used except for industrial purposes and notsto be sold to foreign countries Il The construction or acquisition of any ! submarine even for commerce is for & bidden.
 # All naval arms, munition and other wal nsterial belonging to Austria Hungary at the date of the armistice \ shall be surrendered to the Austrians I The Austrian wireless station at Vii T enna is not to be used for naval or po-
 litical messages relating to Austria or & her late allies without the consent of Fl the allied and associated governments # duriag three months for commercial % purposes.
 8 Air Clauses.
 # Air clauses-The air clauses are Il practically the same as in the German # treaty except for the 100 airplanes # and pheir personnel which Germany is " allowed to retain until October to search for mines
 General-Austria agrees not to ac- 8 credit or send any military, naval or n air mission to any foreign country nor W r allow Austrian +o # in the army, navy or air service of n any foreign power.
 # The section on penalties is identical & with the German treaty except for # the omission of any provision simi- # lar calling for the trial of the ex- A kaiser of Germany
 W Tie financial clauses are reserved.
 Economic Provisions
 Economic clauses, are except in
 certain details such as shipping, sim
 liar to those of the German treaty.
 Special provisions are added, how ever, for former Austro Hungarian 3 5natio5aals acquiring an allied nation x Ea1ity Similar to those in the Ger &man treaty. relating to the inhabitants
 of Alsa ace-Lorraine their contracts are
 maintained subject to cancellations by < their governments.
 Freedom of Transit-The clauses
 as to freedom of transit are the same x in the Austrian as in the German 4freaty except for the omission of pro-
 visions affecting Germany alone and the insertion of specific clauses grant
 ing Austria transit privileges through former Austrian Hungarian territory
 sn order to assure her access to the
 AdrS1tic.
 Miscellaneous provisions after some
 substltutions are virtually identical - xxyi4F those of the German treatv The