Evening star., 1919-09-03

ia ticiiS NH1Cn kept diINe lHe NiSioi
of liberty among their oppressed
brethren ami which blocked the way
to Constantinople and the east.
Enemy Until Treaty Signed.
'In the opinion. therefore. of the al
led and associated powers it is impossi
bic to admit the plea OF the Austrian
not share the responsibility OF the gov
ernment which provoked the war. or
that they are to escape the duty Of
making reparation to the utmost of
their capacity to those whom they and
the government they sustained have so
erievously wronged. The principles
upon which the draft treaty is based
must therefore stand.
Until the signing of peace the people
OF Austria are. and will remain. an en-
cmy people; upon its signature they will
become state with whom the allied
and associated powers hope and expect
to maintain friendly relations.
Relation to New States.
''2. The Austrian delegation have fur
tier protested against the arrangements
under the treaty governing their rela-
tons with the new states formed out of
the late Austro- Hungarian monarchy.
The allied and associated powers
feel bound to point out that the dis
abilities from which Austria will suf-
fer will arise not from the provisions
of the treaty, but mainly from the
policy of ascendancy which it's people
have pursued in the past. Had the
policy of Austro- o-Hungary been one of
liberty and justice to all its peoples.
the upper Danube states might have
remained in friendly economic and po-
ltical unity. AS 1t was. the policy of
ascendancy produced one Of the cruz
est tragedies of the late war, when
millions of the subject peoples of Aus
tria- Hungary were driven, under pain
of death, to fight against their will in
an army which was being used to
perpetuate their own service, as well
as to compass the destruction of lib
erty in Europe.
MANY of these peoples protested
against the war, and for their protests
suffered confiscation, Imprisonment or
death. Many more, who were captured
or escaped, joined the armies of the
allies and played their part in the
war of liberation. But they are now,
one and all, determined, and rightly
determined. to set themselves up as
Independent states. They will trust
Vienna no more. The policy of ascend
ancy has borne its inevitable fruit in
the fact of partition, and it is this par
tition which lies at the root of AUS
trias troubles today.
Vienna Center of Empire.
Vienna was made the economic and
political center of the empire; every
thing was artif1cially concentrated
there. Outlying districts and railways
were starved in order that the capi-
tai might thrive. The breakup of
Austria Hungary cutting these GEN.
traliZed filaments in two can hardly
fail to infiict the severest blows upon
the state of Austria and it's capital
But the dissolution Of the monarch,
with it's consequences. is the direct
outcome of that fatal policy of DOM
ination for which the people of Aus
tria are themselves principally to
blame.
No Wish to Add Hardships.
'The allied and associated powers,
however have no wish to add to the
hardships of Austria's position. On
the contrary, they are anxious to do
all in their power to assist her people
to accommodate themselves to their
new position and to recover their
prosperity, provided always that 1t
is not at the expense of the new
states formed out of the late en-
pire.
"The breakup of the monarchy
has given rise to many difficult prob
lens in the relations between the
new states which under the treaty
are it's heirs. 1t has been recognized
as reasonable that the relations be-
tween the citizens of the succeeding
states should be regulated in GER
tain respects differently from the re-
lations between the citizens of Aus
tria and those of the other allied
and associated powers. and, in view
of the observations of the Austrian
delegation and allied and associated
powers. while adhering to the gen.
eral lines of the treaty. have made
considerable notifications in it's eco
nomic provisions. The property of
Austrian nationals in territories ceded
to the allied powers is to be restored
to it's owners free from any meas
den since the armistice, and is guar
anteed similar freedom from seizure
or liquidation in the future. Con-
tracts between Austrian nationals and
persons who acquire. under the treaty
an allied nationality are maintained
without option of cancellation.
Insures Coal for Austria.
provision is made to insure Austria
supplies of coal from Czechoslovakia
and Poland, upon which she is de-
pendent, in return for reciprocal obli-
cations to supply certain raw mate
rials. Outstanding questions affect
ing nationals of Austria which re-
quire settlement between Austria and
it's inheriting neighbors are to be reg
ulated by separate conventions, and
these conventions are to be drawn up
by conference to which Austria will
be admitted on a footing of equality
with the other states concerned.
"Details of these and other conces-
sions will be found in the annexed re-
ply. Finally the reparation commits
sion will be Instructed to carry out
the duties confided to it in a strictly