Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-30
Peace Terms for Austria Are Pre-
pared by the Allied Dele
gates at Paris.
GERMANS STILL PROTESTING
Ebert and Scheldemann Insist Treaty
Must Not Be Signed, and Allies
Get Ready for Further Action
-Kolchak Plans to Crush
Soviet Armies.
By EDWARD W. PlcKARD.

The allied peace delegates at Paris
were occupied last week mainly In pre-
pairing to hand out to Austria what IL
coming to her, and in listening to the
walls, Official and unofficial, OF the
Germans over the treaty that awaits
their signature.
Austria's delegates. headed by Chan
cellor Karl Renner, were received and
housed at st. German. They were
treated with q good deal more cordial
ity than were the Germans ut Yer
sailles, and were given quarters In
pleasant villas that overlook the Seine
valley and Paris. with no high fences
or sentrles to restrict their move.
ments. In return, the Austrians ap-
peared In good humor and hopeful q
lenient treatment, and seemed to ap-
preciate the good nature diuplayed by
the cosmopolitan crowd Of JOURNALISM
and others that met them. C4apeea-
lor Renner spoke In German but, ex-
planned that this was because he was
unable to speak French. his courtesy
in this contrasting with the behavior
of Count Won Brockd0r6- Rantzau at
Versailles. In responding to the
greetings of the allies representatives
he said: 81 hope may 60 away with
a. joyful q heart as bring" Other
members of the delegation intimated.
none too strongly. that they would not
be able to sign the treaty unless 1t
provided for the union of German Bo-
hernia and German Tyrol with Ger
many. It Is assumed they will accept
the pact even II that annexation IL
not permitted.
In some ways the treaty with Aus
tria, 1t Is said, will be like that with
Germany. Austria is to lose her en-
tire navy. according to the reports,
and there is little doubt that when her
new boundaries are delimited she will
find that her southern frontier Is push
ed back 80 far that Italy will have
not only the Trentino and Trieste, hui
also all the strategic passes and
heights iu the Alps which the Italians
say are necessary to their future Sc
curity. This is in accordance with
the secret treaty Of London. In the
matter Of reparation Austria of course
will be required to pay certain sums
but these will be small in comparison
with those demanded from the Ger
mans. The clauses concerning water
| ways are much like those in the Ger
man treaty. The breaking up Of tn,
Austro-Hungarian empire has result
ed In reducing Austria to a rathe
small fourth rate power without direc
access to the sea, and 1t Is the aim O
at least some of the allied nations t
keep her in that condition. BY her
self she Is comparatively harmless
united with Germany. she would he'll
largely to make up a nation that nigh
again threaten the peace of the world
Won BrOckdorff- Rantzau and hi
colleagues on the German delegation
together with their numerous experts
have been as busy as bees formula
ing objections to the German treaty
Several of these were transmitted I
the allies last week and most Of ther
were rather summarily answered. an
dismissed. These formal objection
were considered mere preliminar
skfrmfsfes, and meanwhile the Gel
mans were preparing elaborate cour
ter-proposals. These. 1t is said. woul
contain two dominant diplomatic fes
tures-an exaltation of the league {
nations idea. and vigorous deman
that there be pure application" {
wilson's fourteen points. The latte
Is designed to win favor in Americ
and to create q breach between tn