Republican farmer., 1919-06-06

southern frontier facing
 Slovene states is to be fixe' l Associated Powers at a lats The Austrian treaty follows exactly | the same outline the German anc | in many places Is identical with 1t ex cept for the change in name. Certair specific clauses which applied only te Germany are of course omitted ano certain new clauses included, especi- ally as regards the new states created out of the former Austro- Hungarian empire and the protection of the rights of the racial, religious and lin guistic minorities in Austria Ichecc Slovka, Roumania and Serb, Croat Slovene state.
 Austria Is left by the treaty state of from six million or seven million people inhabiung a territory or De- tween five thousand and six thousand square miles. She Is required to rec ognize the complete independence of Hungary, Zcheco Slovakia- and the Serbo Croat Slovene state, and to ceoe other territories which previously in union with her composed the empire of Austria Hungary with its popuia- tion of over fifty millions of feople. Austria agrees to accept the league
  charter to renounce all her extra Eu- ropean rights to demobihze her whole naval and aerial forces, to admit the right of trial by the allied and asso- ciated powers of her nationals sullty of violating the law and customs or force and to accept detailed provisions similar to, those of the German treaty as to economic relations and freedom Of transit.
 In the following summary part one of the treaty. containing the covenant of the league of nations, and part 12. containing the labor convention are omitted as being identical with cor responding sections of the German treaty. Part six, dealing with pris- oners of war and graves, and part Il, with aerial navigation, are also tden- tical except for the substitution of names, and are likewise omitted Part 13 of the German treaty containing guarantees of execution is not paral- leled in the Austrian treaty.
 The preamble Is longer and more detailed than in the German sum mary and is as follows:
 "whereas on the request of the former imperial and royal Austrian Hungarian government an armistlce was granted to Austria Hungary on November 8, 1918, by the principal Allied and associated powers in order that a treaty of peace might be con cluded; and,
 "Whereas, The Allied and assoc1at- ed powers are equally desi1bus that the war in which certain among them were successively involved directly or indirectly. against Austria, and which originated in the declaration of war
 Ca,I,i T1t1Ir 4. the former imperial and royal Austro- Hungarian government, and in the hostilities conducted by Germany. in alliance with Austria Hungary should be replaced by a firm, just and dura- ble peace; and, "Whereas, The former Austro-Hungarian monarchy has now ceased to exist. and has been replaced in Austria by a republican govern ment; and,
 Whereas, The principal Allied and associated powers have already recog- nized that the Chezo-Slovak state which were incorporated certain por- tions of the said monarchy. is a free, independent and allied state; and.
 Whereas, The said powers have also recognized the union of certain portions of the said monarchy with the territory of the kingdom of Ser DIa as a free. independent and allied state, under the name of Serb-Croat- Slovac state: and,
 Whereas, It is necessary. while restoring peace, to regulate the situa- tion which has arisen from the dis solution of the said monarchy and the formation of the said states. and to establish the government of these countries on a firm foundation of jus tice and equity,
 For this purpose the high contract ing parties. duly named.
 "Who, having communicated their full powers found in good and due form have agreed as follows:
 From the coming into force of the present treaty the state of war will terminate.
 Austria Is recognised as a new and Independent state under the name of the republic of Austria.
 From that moment, and subject to the provisions of this treaty, off, cial relations will exist between the Allied and associated powers and the
 In the eastern part the line pass ing just east of Bleiburg crosses the Drave just above it's confluence with the Lavant and thence will pass north of the Drave 50 as to leave to the Serb b-Croat-Slovene state, Marburg and Radkersburg, just to the north of which latter place 1t will join the frontier. The western and northwestern frontiers facing Ba- varia, the western frontier facing Switzerland and the eastern frontier facing Hungary remain unchanged.
 Political clauses: Europe: The high parties recognize and ac- cept the frontiers of Bulgaria, Greece, Poland. Runania, the Serb Croat Slovene state and the Czecho- Slovak state as at present. or as ul- timately determined. Austria re- nounces in favor of the principal all lied and associated powers all her rights and titles over territories for merly belonging to her which, though outside the frontiers, of Austria (new) have not at present been assigned to any state undertaking to accept the to be made in regard to these territories.
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