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vance of a basis of general equity.

vance of a basis of general equity.
The Austrian section of the repara-
tons commission shall include rep
resentatives of the United States,
Great Britain, France, Italy, Greece,
Poland. Run1an MIA, the Serbo-Slovene
State and Czecho- -Slcvakia. The first
four shall each appoint a delegate
with two votes, and the other fivc shall
choose one delegate each year to rep
resent them all. Withdrawal from
the commission is permitted on l.
months notice.
Austria. recognizing the right Of the
allies to ton-for-ton replacement of
all ships lost or damaged in the
war. cedes all merchant ships and fish
ing boats belonging to nationals Of
the former empire. With view OF
making good the losses in river ton
mage. She agrees to deliver up 20 per
cent Of her river fleet.
The allied and associated powers
require, and Austria undertakes. that
in part reparation she will devote her
economic resources to the physical
restoration of the invaded area.
Within so days Of the coming into
force of the treaty, the governments
concerned shall file with the repara-
tons commission lists Of animals, ma
chinery. equipment and the like de-
stroycd by Austria and which the GOV
ernments desire replaced in Kind anc
lists cf the materials which they de-
sire produced in Austria for the work
of construction and which shall be
reviewed in the light Of Austria S
ability to meet them.
AS an immediate advance as to an!
mails Austria agrees to deliver within
three months after ratification of the
treaty 1000 milk COWS to Italy anf
/ 900 each to Serbia and Rumanla
1000 heifers to Italy. 900 to Serbi;
and 500 to Rumania: 1000 calves to
each Of the three nations; 1000 bull
locks to Italy and 500 each to Serbia
and Rumania: 1000 sows to Italy
and 1000 draught horses and 1.00e
sheep to both Serbia and Rumania.
Austria also agrees to give an op-
ton for five years as to timber. iror
and magnesite in amounts as nearly
equal to the pre-war jmpcrtations a:
Austria's resources make possible
She renounces in favor OF Italy all
cables touching territory assigned 10
Italy, and in favor of the allied and
associated, powers the others.
Austria agrees to restore all records.
documents, objects Of antiquity and
art and all scientific and biblographi
cal materia. taken away from the in
vaded or ceded territories. She vii
also hand over without delay all Off
cial records Of cedod territories
and all records, documents and his
torical material possessed by puh':c
institutions and having a direct bear
inG the past ten years, except that
for Italy the period Shall be from
1861.
AS to artistic. archaeological. scien-
titic and historical objects formerly
belonging to the Austro- Hungarian
government or crown, Austria agrees
to negotiate with the State concerned
for an amicablc arrangement for the
return to the districts of origin on
terms Of reciprocity CT an object
which ought to form part of the in
tellectual patrimony Of the coded dis
trictS. and for 20 years to safeguard
all other SUCH objects for the free U.S.
of students
AS for special objects carried of by
the house of Haps5urg and Other
dynastics from Italy. Belgium. Poland
N
three jurists appointed by the repara-
tons commission is to examine within
a. year the conditions under which the
objects were removed and to order
resforat ton. if the removals were il
legal The list Of articles includes
among others:
For Tuscany. the crown jewels and
part Of the Medici heirlooms: for
Modena, u Virginia" by Andrea Gel
Sarto, and three manuscripts for
Palermo. 18th century objects made
for the Norman kings: for Naples, 9S
manuscripts. carried off in 171&; for
Belgium, various objects and docu-
ments removed in 1894: for Poland n
gold cup of King Ladis!aus ". re-
moved in 1772. and for Czecho-Slova-
kai various documents and historical
manuscripts from the royal chateau
of Prague.
Paragraph 9-Financial: The first
charge upon all the assets and rev.
enues Of Austria shall be the costs
, arising under the present treaty. in
cluding, in order of priority, the costs