Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-02
PEACE PACT
FOR AUSTRIA
HANOEDOvER
Terms Delivered at St.
Germain-Nation's Flu
sure With League.

Paris. Sept. 2-The revised text
OF the peace terms framed for Aus
tria's acceptance by .he peace con
terence vas handed 20 The Aus
Lrian pl lenipotentiary 81. Ger
main ,h;s afternoon.
The -reatE was presented 10 the
Austrian delegates oy Paul Du-
tasta. general secretary of he
peace conference. de also handed
them The allied reply 70 the Aus
tria1 counter proposals and Il COW
eTing letter reiteraung that Austria
had precipitatei the war by an III
timatum. unacceptable 10 Serbia.
FIXES War Blame.
The treaty vas accompanied
with 4 covering letter which. &c
cording 20 the forecasts, sets forth
Austria's sponsibility n aiding
20 bring about the var. and points
out that she therefore could Got OBJ
tain treaAnept similar 20 hat &C
corded 20 CzeChO-S -Slovakta and
Jugo- o-SIavia- 4 is declared 20 rec
OSl;ize, however. that Austria will
need economic and financial uelp
- IGE CAlSLEBtC.
No Official summary OF terrific
rial changes in the peace treaty
has been given, but reports from
conference circles have indicated
tnat several alterations in the or
iginal provisions we're 20 be made
l. has been declared unof7iciaIly.
however, that the treaty did not
provide for q settlement Of the
Fiume controversy at present
Leaves Future to League
The Austrian peace treaty as
now virtually completed by the su-
preme council for submission to
the Austrian plenipoteut1arie
leaves the future Of Austria very
largely in the hands of the League
OF Nations. The league. that is,
would be able to decide whether
Austria shall be permitted TO JOIN
Germany and as Franco is opposed
20 such q union, as are Switzerland
and many other countries, there
would appear TO oe little chance of
AustTia's securing permission to
terminate her existence as a sep
arate state, should she so desire in
future
Dissatisfied With Treaty.
There seems TO be a general feel
ing of dissatisfaction in peace con-
ference circles with the treaty,
which was adopted from the Ger
man treaty and does not Mt with
q small power very well The
council, however, had agreed on d
virtually all sections of the treaty,
because there Is a general weari-
ness with discussions.
Under the terms OF the treaty.
Vienna with It's 1000 600 inhabi-
Lants. seemed doomed to lapse into
comparative commercial inS1guiti-
canoe, &S there IS a population or
only 100000 within the country
outside the city to support the cap
itaI. while W&I Jugo-Slavia,
C5echo-Slovakia AMI hungary, ex-
ising as separate powers. Vienna
can hardly hope 10 recover the
business formerly drawn from their
territories.
Believe Vienna Doomed.
II the Observation-Disclosures ui
F'fume we're provided for, as is ex-
pected by many quarters, it is
pointed out by members OF the
peace delegations that Austria's
commercial interests
would thereby be protected 70 some
extent, but the territory contribu-
tory to the capital IS so limited that
It is generally thought by the peace
delegates that Vienna is doomed as
a great capital and must inevitably
relapse into a resid city with
slight business impoT-
tance.
It is likewise pointed out by
members of the conference that
even were Austria to be joined
eventually with Germany, the flu
ture os Vienna as great city
would not be assured. as it would
TAI! thus 20 acquire additional trib-
utary territory and be subject to
the sharp competition OF German
interests with equsl transportation
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