Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-03

feel bound to point out that the dis
abilities from which Austria VIII suf~
fer will arise, not from the provisions
of the treaty, but mainly from the
policy of ascendency which its people
have pursued in the past. Had the
policy of Austro-TIungary been one "f
liberty and Justice to all its people,
the upper Danube states might have
remained in friendly economic and
political unity. AS it was the poles
of ascendency produced one OF the
cruelest tragedies of the late war
when millions of the subject peoples
of Austria Hungary were driven unde.
pain of death to fight against their
will in an army which was being used
to perpetuate their own service as
wen as to compass the destruction of
liberty in Europe.
Many of these peoples protested
against the war and for their pro-
tests suffered confiscation, imprisor-
ment 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, determ ned, and
rightly determined, to set themselves
up as independent states They viii
trust Vienna no more. The policy Of
ascendency has borne its inevitable
fruit in the fact of partition and it is
this partition VIII CHI lies at the root
Of Austria's troubles today.
Fatal Policy OF Domination.
Vienna was made the economics
and political center of the empire;
TIC tod tharo o,ti,,i,,rT diStr IA
railvovs voro sto,,,oI ~ oraor no
the conital ,,,iybt tbriya TN hraa,,
m ~ Austria Hungary cuttinr tbosa
oentralizod fi,ian,ants ~ t,,o
hardly foiI IN irfIict tba soyoroSt hlo,,,,
mon Tho stote ne Austrio o,,d lie oa,,
ital Rnt mo dissol,,tinr of Tho No.,
nrcbv win its coneonnercas &c ~
6irect outcome Of that fatal nolicv
of domination for which tho neonle ~
Austria are themselves nrincinaiIv 70
lame
"(3(-The allied and associata,
mowers however have NO wish In ada
TO the hardship of Anstria's nosition
On the contrary thew arc anyio,,s ~
do all in their mower TO assist her peo-
pie to accommodate themselves ia
lURl1 new POSITION ana To recover their
PROSPERITY. provided always that II Ia
not at the expense of the new states
formed out of the late empire.
The breakup of the monarchy
has given rise 10 MANY difficu,t nroh-
lens in the relations between the new
states, which under the treaty are ito
heirs. II has been recognized as reas-
enable that the relations between the
citizens of seeding states should be
regulated in certain reports different
ly from the relation between the citi-
zens Of Austria and those of the other
allied and associated powers. and, in
view of the observations of the Aus
trian delegation, the allied and asso-
ciated powers, while adherjng to the
general lines of the treaty. have made
considerable modification in it's econ
omic provisions. The property of Aus
trian nationals in territories ceded to
the allied powers is to be restored to
its owners free from any measures of
liquidation or bans, forbidden since
the armistice and is guaranteed sim
liar freedom from seizure or liauida-
ton in the future Contracts between
Austrian nationals and persons who
acquire, under the treaty an alliedha-
tionality, are maintained without op-
ton of cancellation.
provision for Coal supply.
"Provision is made to insure Aus
tria supplies Of coal from Czecho-S lo-
vakia and Poland. upon which she is
dependent, in return for reciprocal
obligations TO supply certain raw ma
terials. Outstanding questions affect
ing nationals of Austria, which re-
Qured settlement between Austria
and its inheriting neighbors are to be
regulated by separate conventions and
these conventions are to be drawn up
by conference TO which Austria will
- admitted on footing of equally
with the other states concerned
"Details of these and other conces-
sions will be found in the annexed
reply. Finally. the reparation com