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PEACE CONDITIONS. ). !.
GIVEN AUS7R|AN'S''
Small Volunteer Army 10 Allowed
Once Mighty Empire Many Of
the Terms Are Humiliating--r
Bond Must Be Given for
Payment of Damages. :. III

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Paris, July 20.-The full peace
conditions of the allied and associat-
ed power are now in the hands Of the
Austrians. The first section Of the
terms were presented to the Austrian
delegates at St. Germain on June 2.
The final sections were delivered to
them at the same place today without
ceremony, M. Dutasta, secretary
general of the peace conference. The
terms comprise the whole treaty
which Austria is asked to sign, in
cluding the reparation, financial, mil
itary and certain other minor clauses
which were not ready for presenta-
ton when the official ceremony took
place. In an accompanying memoran-
dunn, the Austrians are granted Is
days in which to make their final OBJ
servations, although they have al
ready submitted a large number Of
notes on the terms previously sub
mitted to them. J-.,. .
In addition to the published sum-
mary of the terms Of June 2, the new
clauses provide for reparation ar
rangements very similar to those in
the treaty with Germany, including
the establishment Of an Austrian
subsection of the reparatiohs COM
mission, the payment Of Sreasonable
sum in cash, the issuing Of bonds
and the delivery of live stock and
certain historical and art documents.
The fiancial terms provide that the
Austrian pre-war debts shall be ap-
portioned among the various former
parts of Austria and that the Aus
train coinage and war bonds circulat-
ing in the separated territory shall
be taken up by the new government
and redeemed as they see fit.
Under the military terms the Aus
trian army is henceforth reduced to
10000 men on a purely voluntary
basis, including officers and depot
troops. Within three months the
Austrian military forces shall be re-
duced to this number, universal mill
tary training abolished and voluntary
enlistment substituted, as part OF the
plan Ito render possible the initiation
of a general limitation Of ornaments
of all nations.
The army shall be used exclusively
for the maintenance of internal order
ard control of frontiers. All officers
must be regulars, those of the present
army to be retained, being under the
obligation to serve until 40 years old;
those newly appointed agreeing to at
least 20 consecutive years Of active
service. Non-commissioned officers
and privates must enlist for not less
than IL consecutive years, including
at least 6 years with the colors.
Within three months the armament
of the Austrian army must be reduced
according to detailed schedules and
all surplus surrendered. The manu-
facture of all war material shall be
confined to one single factory under
control of the state. Importation
and expectation of arms, munitions
and war materials of all kinds is for
bidden.
Paragraph 8.-Reparation: The al
lied and associated governments at
firm, and Austria accepts, the respon-
sibilities of Austria and her allies for
causing loss and damage to which the
and the nationals have been subjected
as consequence of the war imposed
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