Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-07-24
THIS is A PROVISION OF THE
TREATY WHICH WAS HAND
ED DELEGATES oUNDAY.
MUST RESTORE ALL CATTLE
Has Thirty Years in which To Make
Required eparation-Reduce
Army-Commissi Pro
vded For.

now in the hands of the Austrians.
The first section of the terms were
presented to the Austrian delegates
at st German on June 2. The final
sections were delivered to them at the
same place sunday without ceremony
by Mr. Dutasta, secretary general or
the peace conference The terms
comprise the whole treaty which Au'
stria is asked to sign, including the
teparation, financial, military and Ger,
tain other minor clauses which were
not ready for presentation when the
official ceremony took place.
In an accompanying memorandum
The Austrians are granted fifteen days
In which to make their final ObserVa.
lions, although they have already sub,
mitted a large number of notes on the
terms previously submitted to them.
In addition to the published SUM
mary of the terms Of June z, the new
clauses provide for reparation ar
rangements very similar to those in
the treaty with Germany, including
the esta blishment Of an Austrian SUD
SC ,tion of the r, parations commission,
tie payment of d reasonable sum Ia
cash tie issuing Of bonds and the de-
livery of live stock and certain his
trrical and art documents.
The financial terms prosifa that
tho -AnaLriefr IJreWar deDt shall be ap'
orinnG fOr0OE
parts Of Austria and that the Austrian 4
coinage and war bonds circulating il
t, separated territory shall be taken
up by the new government and re
deemed as they see fit.
Under the military terms the Aus
trian army is henceforth reduced to
10000. men on a purely voluntary
basis.
Paragraph five, relating to the. mill
tary says that the Austrian army shall
not exceed 900 men, including Of
ficers and depot troops. Within thres
months the Austrian military forces
shall be reduced to this number, uni
versal service abolished and yolun'
tary enlistment substituted, as patr OF
the plan ito render possible the initia.
ton of a general limitation of arma'
ments of all nations"
The army shall be used exclusively
for the maintenance of Internal Or
ders and control of frontiers. All Of
scers must be regulars, those of the
plesent army to be retained being
unler the obligation to serve until 40
yeais DID, those newly appointed
agreeing to at least twenty consecu'
tive years of active service. Non
commissioned officers and privates
consecutive years. including at least
six years with the colors.
Within three months the armament
Of the Austrian army must be reduced
accordingly to detailed schedules, and
all surplus surrendered The manu-
facture of all war materials shall be
confined to one single factory.
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Austria accepts the
responsibility of Austria and her al
lies for causing SIS and damage to
which the allied and associated gov
ernments and their nationals have
been subjected as a consequence or
the war imposed upon them by the
aggression of Austria and her allies.
While recognizing that Austria's re-
sources will not be adequate to make
complete reparation, the allied and as
sociated governments request, and
Austria undertakes that she will make
compensation for damage done to civ
ilians and their property in accord.
ance with categories of damages SINH.
lar to those provided in the treaty
with Germany.
The amount of damage is to be de.
termined by the reparations commits
sion provided for in the treaty with
Germany, which is to have special
section to handle the Austrian situa.
ton. The commission will notify Aus.
tria before May /, 1891, of the extent
Of her liabilities and of the schedule
o. payments for the discharge there
Of during a period of thirty years. 1t
will bear in mind the diminuitiOn OF
Austrias resources and capacity OF
payment resulting from the treaty.
AS immediate reparation, Austria
shall pay during 1919, 1920 and the
first four months of 1921, in such
manner as provided by the repara-