Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-03
AUSTRIA REDUCED TO SMALL INLAND REPUBLIC
WITH ONLY SIX MILLION INHABITANTS BY PACT
DRAWNFOR SIGMA TURE OFAUSTRLANDELEGATES
HUNGARiANS, CZECHS; CR0ATIANS
AND P0LANDERS TO BECOME FREE
NATIONS RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY
THEIR FORMER RULERS IN VIENNA

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end of the translation, but NJ. Clemen-
ceau waved him to his seat to per-
init NJ Dutasta secretary of the con-
ference, to place before him the text
of the skeleton draft of the treaty
He caused considerable surprise by
choosing French as the medium of ms
remarks.
NJ. Clemenceau and Marshal Foch,
the latter sitting with the French
delegation, We're obviously pleased at
the choice of the language. AS DR..
Renner proceeded with his discourse,
revealing u tone of moderation and
absence of recrimination or boasting,
the strain which had hung over the
plenipotentaries relaxed and all set
tied down to calm and reasoned ap-
probation of the Austrian plea.
NJ, CIemenceau, president of the
peace conference, was the first promi-
nent figure to arrive today at the
meeting at which the terms of peace
were presented.
Secretary of State Lansing and
Henry White were the first American
representatives to arrive, Premier Or
land of italy and Premier Paderewski
of Poland and Arthur J. Balfour fol-
lowing.
At l2:1O o'clock President Wilson
had not arrived and the ceremony of
presentation was delayed somewhat,
The president, however, reached st.
Germain at 1874 o'clock. a pune
ture i'm the tire of his automobile had
held him up on the way.
The Austrian representatives ar
rived at 1922 O'clock, entering the
chamber by rear entrance. The
delegates were attired in conventional
morning dress
The Austrians were escorted by an
Italian officer.
Immediately upon their arrival at
1922 o'clock the session was formally
opened by announcement of the head
ushec.
Premier Clemenceau, president of
the peace conference, at once began
his address.
NJ. Clemenceau spoke only three
minutes.
Paul Dutasta, general secretary of
the peace conference, presented the
terms to the Austrians at l2:S7
o'clock.
Or. Karl Renner. the Austrian
chancellor, and head of the delegation
then began an address in German.
Premier Clemenceau spoke In
French. His remarks were translated
into English, then into Italian and
then into German.
DR.. Renner opened with a complaint
at the delay in the presentation of the
peace terms.
The chancellor declared the Aus
trian republic was entirely free from
the Hapsburg dynasty. It would never
have declared war itself, he asserted.
similar to German Treaty.
The Austrian treaty follows exactly
the same outline as the German and
in many places is identical with it, eX-
cept for the change in name. Certain
specific clauses which applied only to
Germany are, of course, omitted and
certain new clauses included, espe-
cially as regards the new states Gre
atcd out of the former Austro- Hun
garian empire, and the protection OF
the rights of the Hungarian empire,
and the protection of the rights of the
racial religious and linguistic minor
tiles in Austria, Slovakia, Ru-
mania and the -Croatian-SIo
yenian state,
Austria Is left by the treaty a state
of from 100000 TO 100000 people
inhabiting a territory of between 5000
and 5000 square miles She is re-
quired to recognize the complete in
dependence of Hungary, Czecho-Slo-
vakia and tho an-Croatian-S -Slo-
venian state. and to cede other terri
tories which previously in union with
her, composed the empire of Austria
x1yif1, fu ,Nnn1Iia finp nt over
50,000,000 people.
Austria agrees to accept the league
of nations covenant and the labor
charter, to renounce all her extra
European rights, to demobiliZe her
whole naval and aerial forces, to ad-
nit the right of trial by the allied and
associated powers of her nationals
guilty of violating the laws and GUS
toms of force and to accept detained
provisions similar to those of the Ger
man treaty as to economic relations
and freedom of transit.
In the following summary part one
of the treaty, containing the, covenant
of the league of nations, and part IL,
the labor convention, are
omitted as being Identical with corre-
spending sections of the German
treaty. 1dIl SIN dtdliIS WIN ~
ers of war and graves, and part eleven
with aerial navigation, are also identf-
cal except for the substitution of
names, and are likewise omitted. Part
thirteen of the German treaty con-
tanning guarantees Of execution is not
paralleled in the Austrian treaty.
Preamble Goes Into Details.
The preamble is longer and more
detailed than in the German summary
and is as follows:
"Whereas. on the request of the
former imperial and royal Austro-
government an armistice
was granted to Austria Hungary on
3, 1918, by the principal al
lied and associated powers in order
that treaty Of peace might be con-
cluded, and
whereas the allied and associat-
ed powers are equally desirous that
the war in which certain among them
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