Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-10

wer was handed to the Austrian
delegation on September 2.
China Signs
China which did not sign the
treaty with Germany because of the
inclusion in that convention of the
section giving to Japan the German
rights and concessions in the prov
ince of Shantung, announced last
week she would sign the treaty with
Austria SO that she would be able
to Join the League of Nations.
The Austrian republic, representa-
tives of which the treaty to-day Is
very different from the proud Aus
tro- -Hungar rian empire of 1914. The
former provinces of Bohemia and
Moravia and a part OF the Duchy OF
Teschen now form the republic OF
Czecho- -Slovakia. The remainder or
Teschen and most of Galicia nave
been incorporated into Poland. The
new Ukranian republic takes GER
tain sections in Eastern Galicia and
the former Austrian crown land OF
Bukowina. Hungary has separated
from Austria along the historic
boundary between those portions OF
the former empire, but has herseif
lost parts of the province or Tran
sylvania, which have been awarded
to Rumania.
On the south, the provinces of Ca
rinthia. Dalmatia, Carniola, Croatia
and Slavonia, Bonia and HerZego-
vina, as we'll as parts of Styria, are
formed in conjunction with Serbia,
into the new Jugo Slav kingdom.
Parts of Tyrol are taken over by
Italy, the boundaries of which are
also extended so as to include most
80 he let a
along the western frontier of the
province of Carinthia.
All therefore, that remains of the
former empire is what Is known as
German Austria, including upper
and lower Austria and parts of Sty-
ria and of Tyrol.
Annexation Forbidden
Since the close of hostilities there
has been a movement by which Aus
tria would be annexed by Germany.
BY one of the most important claus
es of the treaty signed to-day this
Is forbidden.
The treaty does not stipulate an
exact sum to be paid in indemnities.
but this amount will be fixed by the
reparations commission on or be-
fore May /. 1921, the commission
also being empowered to determine
the details of the payments. which
will extend over q period of thirty
years. This sum must be paid by
the Austrian republic, and is not to
be apportioned among the compon-
ent parts of the country which have
been declared independent.
In addition to paying indemnities,
Austria must replace, ton for ton,
all the ships lost by the Allies
through the activities of the Aus
trian navy during the war. and ply
sically restore invaded areas. She
is also to deliver up to Allied coun-
tries works of art and objects of
historical value which were carried
away by the Austrians during the
conflict.
Fleet to Be Destroyed
Austria's army is reduced to 30,-
600 men on a purely voluntary basis
and all her military establishments
are cut down in proportionate
manner. The entire Austrian naval
fleet Is to be handed over to the AL
lies, all warships under construc-
ton being broken up. and the SAL
wage is not to be used except for in
dustrial purposes.
The economic clauses and those
relative to freedom of transit are
similar to those of the German pact.
Fiumc Unsettled
Questions relative to the disposi-
ton of the city of Fiume are not
settled in the Austrian treaty, but
Austria renounces in favor of the
Allied and associated powers all her
rights and titles over territories for
merly belonging to her which,
though outside the new frontiers
of Austria, have not at present been
assigned to any state.
She undertakes to accept any set
tlement made in regard to these ter
ritories.