The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-25
AUSTRIA GETS A
LITTLE OF. ] SANE A 4! !
TERMS DELIVERED AT sT. GER.
MAIN WITHOUT CEREMONY
IS WHOLE TREATY.
TERMS uMIT THE ARMY
Must Surrender Merchant ships, Give
Up Live Stock and Return Jew
els and Other Loot--Gets Few
Years Time to Repair.

Years Time TO Repair,
Paris.-The full peace conditions Of
the allied and associated powers are
now in the hands of the Austrians.
The first section Of the terms was
presented to the Austrian delegates
at st. German on June 2, and the
final sections were delivered to them
at the same place Sunday without GER
emony, by M. Dutasta, secretary gem
eral of the peace conference.
Terms Comprise Whole Treaty.
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 memorandum
the Austrians are granted 15 days in
which to make their final observa-
itions, 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 2, the new
clauses provide for areparation ar
rangements very similar to those in
the treaty with Germany. including
the establishment of an Austrian sub
section of the reparations commits
sion, the payment of reasonable
sum in cash, the issuing of bonds,
and the delivery of live stock and
certain historical and art documents.
The financial terms provide the Aus
trian prewar debt shall be apportion-
ed among former parts of Austria
and that the Austrian coinage and
war bonds circulating in the separa-
ted territory shall be taken up by the
new governments and redeemed as
they see fit.
Limit Army to 10000 Men.
| Under the military terms the Aus
trian army is henceforth reduced to
10000 men on a purely voluntary
basis.
Paragraph 5. relating to the mill.
tary, says the .Asutrian army shall
not exceed 10000 men, including Of
/ ficers and depot troops. Within three
months the Austrian military forces
shall be reduced to this number, uni
versal military service abolished and
voluntary enlistment substituted as
| 20 hN v,yo IN o{H1n
the initiation of a general limitation
of armaments of all nations"
The army shall be used exclusively
for the maintenance of internal order
and control of frontiers. All officers
must be regulars, those Of the present
army to be retained being under thu
obligation to serve at least 20 consec
utive years of active service. Non
commissioned officers and privates
must enlist for not less than II con
secutive years, including at least 81,
years with the colors.
| Within three months the armamenti
of the Austrian army must be re
duced according to detailed schedules
and all surplus surrendered. Ths
manufacture of all material shall bt
confined to one single factory undel
the control of the state, and othel
such establishments shall be closed
down or converted. Importation ant
expectation of arms, munitions ant
war materials Of all kinds is forbid
den.
Paragraph on Reparation.
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Austria accepts th'
responsibility of Austria and her al
lies for causing loss and damage t.
which the allied and associated gov
ernments and their nationals hav'
been subjected to as consequence
of the war imposed upon them by tn
aggression of Austria and her al
lies.
4 While recognizing that Austria's re
sources will not be adequate to MAX
complete reparation, the allied an
|, associated governments request, an
, Austria undertakes, that she viii
, make compensation for damage >don
! to civilians and their property, in az
: cordance with categories of damage
similar to those provided in the tres
ty with Germany.
The amount of damage is to b
determined by the reparations CON