Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-05
|2E:RMANY Defends
! TREATY VIOLATION
Says Allies Didn't object to Hint
of Austrian Union on
May 27
CALL THIS JUSTIFICATION
BY the Associated Press

Berlin, Sept. 5.--The German reply
70 the note Of the Allies with regard
to representation of Austria in the Ger
man Reichsrath says the German peace
delegation informed the Allies, May q,
that Germany had no intention to mod
ify the Austro- German boundaries by
violence, but could not undertake to
4 oppose a German Austrian spontaneous
/. desire for union with Germany.
+ The Allies acknowledged receipt OF
4 this communication on June 16, there
ply continues. and, therefore, Germany
felt authorized to insert Article LXl in
the constitution.
1.-THE supreme council of the Peace
Conference on September sent a
note couched in forcible terms to the
German Government, pointing out
that Article LXI of the German con-
1 stitution conhicted with Article
n LINK of the German peace treaty,
n forbidding German interference in
4 austrian affairs, The article in the
A constitution provided for representa-
n ton of Austria in the German Reichs-
4 rath. The council demanded sup
N preston of this within a fortnight, ,
& declaring that otherwise the Allies
q would be compelled to undertake fur
ther occupation of the left bank of
VI the Rhine.
M Washington, Sept. 5.-(By A. P.)--
II The text of the ultimatum from the
Peace Conference to the German gov
" ernmept demanding elimination of the
4 provision for Austria representation in
a the German Reichstrah was made pub
Il lie today at the State Department, as
n follows:
"Tbe allied and associated powers
"a have noted the German constitution
~ August II, 1919, and have noted that
u the provisions of the second paragraph
4 article sixty -one, constitute forma
4 violation of article eighty, of the peace
4 treaty, signed at Versailles June Is
1910.
i ''This violation paragraph 1. arti
Gle 6D, by stipulating the admission
4 of Austria to the Reichstag, assimilate
4 this republic to the German land
4 (Deutscher lander) which compose thu
n German empire, the assimilation o
which is incompatible with the indie
/ pendence of Austria paragraph two)
II By admitting and regulating the par
ticipation of Austria in the imperia
council the article creates a politica
bond and political action common t.
Germany and Austria in absolute con
tradition with the independence of tn
latter. .
Must Act Immediately
III Consequently the Allied and asso
(ciated powers, after having reminded
ithe German government that Article
Hts of the German constitution de-
b clares provisions Of the treaty Of
|1fersailles cannot be affected by tho
Eonstitution, request the German gov
9ernment to take due measures to sup
fpress this violation Immediately by
f& declaring the second paragraph o
ttArticle 81 null and void.
Ia without pledging themselves no
to take further measures in case O.
refusal, and by virtue of the treat,
(notably of Article 42S1(, the Allied
and associated powers declare to th'
M German government that violation o
its pledges on essential points con
n strains them, if their just demand il
Fl not complied with within fifteen day
Al from the present time, to order at one
ian extension of their occupation on th
/ right bank of the Rhine"