Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-24

TO meet them.
SURRENDER OF LIVESTOCK
As an Immediate advance as to ami
mails, Austria agrees to deliver within
three months after ratification of the
treaty 1900 mich cows to Italy and 1000
each to Serbia and Roumania 1000 heif-
ere to Italy, 800 to Serbia and 500 to Rou-
mania; so bullocks to Italy and % each
to Serbia and Roumania; 1000 calves to
each Of the three nations; 500 bulocks to
Italy and 500 each to Serbia and Rou-
mania 1900 sows to Italy and 1n0
draught horses and 1000 sheep to both
Serbia and Roumania.
Austria also agrees to give an option
for the Ave years as to timber iron and
magnesite in amounts as nearly equal to
the pro-war importatlons as Austria's re-
Sources make possible. She renounces in
favor to Italy all cables touching terri
tories assigned to Italy, and in favor of
the allied eand associated powers the
others.
Austria agrees to restore all records,
documents. objects of antiquity and art,
all photographed material taken away
from the invaded or ceded territories. She
will also hand over without delay all
official records Of the coded territories
and all records, docum ents and historical
material possessed by public Institutions
and having g. direct bearing on the his
tory Of the ceded territories which have
been removed during the past ten years.
except that for Italy the period shall be
1861
MUST RETURN SPOILS OF WAR
As to artistic, archaeological, scientific
or historic objects formerly belonging to
the Austro- Hungarian government or
crown. Austria agrees to negotiate with
the state concerned and make amicable
arrangements for the return to the dis
trict Of origin on terms Of reciprocity on
any object which ought to form part of
intellectual patrimony Of the coded dis
tricts, and for twenty years to safe
guard all other such objections for the
free use of students.
As for special objects carried off by
the house of Hapsburg and other dynasty
from Italy, Belgium, Poland, Czecho-
eovakia a committee of three iurists APP
pointed by the reparaton commission to
examine the conditions under which the
objects were removed, If the removal
were illegal. A list contains the follow
ing:
For Tuscany, the crown jewels and
part of the Medici he!rloom for Paler-
mo, 18th century objects made for the
Norman kings; for Naples, 9S manu-
scripts carried off in Ills; for Belgium
various objects and documents removed
in 1874; for Poland, gold cup of King
Ladialaus ~, removed in 1772; and for
Czecho Slovakia, various docum ents
and historical manuscripts removed
from the Royal Chateau of Prague
FINANCIAL
The first charge upon all the assets
and revenues of Austria shall he the
costs arising under the present treaty
, including In order of priority. the costs
of the armies of occupation, PREPARATION
and other charges specifically agreed
TO and with certain exceptions as
granted by the reparation commission
for payments for imports
Each of the States to which Austrian
territory is transferred and each of the
! States arising out of the dismember
ment of Austria. including the republic
of Austria, shall assume part of tbs
Austrian pre-war debt specifically secur.
ed on railways, salt mines and other
property. the amount to be fixed by the
PREPARATION commission on the basis oil
the value of the property so transferred
Similarly the unsecured bonded pre-wal
debt Of the former empire shall be dis
tributed by the reparatioa committee
on the proportion that the revenues
for the three years before the war OF
the separate States bore to those of the
empire, excluding Bosnia and Herzegov.
| ina.
No territory formerly part of the en-
pire except the republic of Austria, shall
carry with any obligation in respect O.
the war debt of the former Austrian
government But neither the govern
ments of those territories nor their ma
tionals shall have recourse against an!
other States including Austria. in re-
spect of war debt bonds held within theii
respective territories by themselves o.
! their nationals.