The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-10

the arrival of NJ. Clemenceau.
PaderewskI Causes Stir.
Mr.. Polk was accompanied by his
wife After the other American dele
gates were seated Ignace Jan Pader-
| ewski. the premier of Poland, entered
| the room. his arrival provoking a
| furry of conversation.
| The signing of the treaty was fin
| ished at 11:15 o'clock. NJ. Clemenceau
then made a brief announcement that
the session was closed. French guards
presented arms as Chancellor Renner
made his exit.
| Aside from the peace treaty. the
Austrians signed two enga gements,
! one by which they will undertake to
| indicate allied ships lost during the
war which were sunk by the Austrians
and another obliges them to furnish
within a month a list of persons re-
| sponsible for the war, that the allies
may place them on trial.
Sign in Stone Age Room.
The Stone Age room in the st. Ger-4
Epeace ceremony. In every respect the
, occasion was greatly overshadowed by
the event at Versailles. All the prin-
| cipal European statesmen and military
leaders who signed the German treaty
| had returned home, leaving minor
members of their delegations to sign
the Austrian document.
There was no attempt, moreover, at
an elaborate ceremony or historical
| setting such as prevailed at Versailles.
| Owing to the small size of the Stone
Age room, only the most limited at
tendance was permitted. The room
was fitted with a horseshoe table
similar to the one used at Versa lilies
| with a small table in the center where
the delegates signed their names.
Il At the conclusion of the ceremony
while the Austrian delegates were re-
turning to their hotel, 75 milimeter
battery fired 1O1 shots announcing the
conclusion OF peace.
Closes Three Months, Farley.
Today's ceremony at St. German
brings to a close three months of me-
gotiations between the Austrian re-
public and the allied and associated
powers. An incomplete draft of the
conditions of peace was handed the
Austrian delegates at St. German on
June 2, the reserved sections relating
to the military, financial PREPARATION
and some boundary features of the
treaty being presented on July 20. The
Austrian government laid it's counter
proposals before the peace conference
last month and the answer to the Aus
TRAN delegation was made on Sep
TENDER 2.
y All that renRins of the former great
empire is what is known as German
Austria, including upper and lower
Austria and parts of Syria and of
Tyrol.
Union With Hun Prohibited,
Since the close of hostility, there
has been a movement afoot by which
Austria would be annexed by Ger
: many. By one of the most important
clauses of the treaty signed today this
is forbidden.
The treaty does not stipulate an
exact sum to be paid in indemnities,
but this amount will be fixed by the
I T6DaTltfOnS boFn
May L, 1921, the commission also be-
ing empowered to determine the de-
| tails of the payments which will ex-
tend over a period of thirty years
This sum must be paid by the Aus
/. trlan republic and is not to be appor-
toned among the component parts OF
, the country which have been declared
: independent.
In addition to paying indemnities,
austria must also replace, ton for ton,
l. all ships lost by the allies thru the
. activities Of the Austrian navy during
! the war and physically restore invaded
/. areas. She Is also to deliver up to
( alIied countries works of art and OBJ
5 Jects OF historic value, which were
: carried away by the Austrians during
: the conflict
Army Down to 10000 Men.
Austria's army is reduced to 10000
men on 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 allies. all ships
. under construction being broken up
i. and the salvage is not to be used ex-
! cept for Industrial purposes. The eco
. nomic clauses and those relative to
freedom of transit are similar to those
of the German pact.
Questions relative to the disposition
; of the city of Fiume are not settled in
the Austrian treaty but Austria re-
nounces in favor of the allied and as
, ISOLATED powers all her rights and
titles over territories formerly belong
ing to her which, tho outside the new
frontiers of Austria. have not at pres
ent been assigned to any state She
! undertakes to accept any settleme mt
made in regard to those territories.