The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-08
HUN ALLIES TURN
"Big Four" Takes Up Austrian,
Hungarian, Bulgarian Treaties.
Austria Must Pay Rart of In
demI1ity Charged to Germany.

Paris, May S.-The council of four,
with Premier Orlando of Italy present,
began today to arrange the program
for the presentation of peace terms to
the Austrian, Hungarian and Bulgar-
ian delegates.
Pay Part of Indemnity.
The Austrian treaty has begun to
take form. Portions of it already have
been drafted. 1t appears that instead
of Germany being required to pay
the entire indemnity demanded by the
allies, a considerable sum will be de-
manded from Austria, the estimate of
this sum at present being five billion
crowns.
This indemnity provision and the
delimitation of the frontiers of the
new state will be the main features of
the treaty now in making. Provision
is to be made for dividing Austria
Hungary pre-war debt among the
new states formed from territory for
merly belonging to that empire
The frontiers between GermaE-Aus-
tria and Italy. and probably the Adri-
attic settlement also will figure in the
Austrian treaty.
Will Reply Within Given Time.
That Germany will make known her
decision regarding the peace treaty
VIII "4Ihlll TIE 1lllceI QdyS- IlInG l1I0lI
was the opinion that prevailed in allied
circles today
Already reduced to virtual military
ana naval impotence, the Germans ad-
d1t1onally face the prospect of eco
.nomic annihilation if they dare to re-
Iuse me terms presented to them at
Versailles yesterday afternoon. The
blockade division of the supreme eco
nomic council, under direction of the
I Dig four, has begun preparation of
plans under which an even more rig
orous blockade that obtained dur
ing the war will be clamped down
| on Germany in the event of her defi-
ance.
Allies Ready to Sign.
Premier Clemenceau, in his speech
yesterday, made plain that the allies
| are prepared to sign the treaty as soon
| as the Germans make known their
decision regardless of the day this oc-
ours
The German plenipatentiaries will
know that they have the maximum
period of fifteen days within which to
| present in English and French their
written observations on the whole of
the treaty" he said.
| Before the expiration of the afore-
said period the German delegates will
| be entitled to send their reply on par
ticular headings of the treaty as to
| ask questions regarding them.
After having examined the observ-
| ations presented, the supreme council
| (big four) will send their answer in
| writing to the German delegation and
| determine the period within which
| the final answer must be given ty
| his delegation.
Il wish to add that when we receive
any observations from the German
delegation on any point of the treaty
we shall not wait until the end of the
fifteen days to give our answer. We
| shall at once proceed in the way in
dicated in this document"
Huns Demand League Seal.
The reply of Foreign Minister
Brockdorff- Rantzau, head of the Ger
man commission, was of much greater
| length than had been anticipated.
Possibly the most sensational portion
OF his speech was a virtual demand
for immediate admission of Germany
into the league of nations
| only if the gates of the league of
| nations are thrown open to all who
are of good will can the aim be at
tanned and the dead of this war will
not have died in vain" he declared.
"A peace which may not be defend
ed in the name of right always calls
forth new resistance. Nobody will be
capable Of subscribing to it with good
conscience, for it will not be possible
of fullfillment. Nobody could be able
| to take upon himself the guarantee of
! its execution, which ought to lie in
it's Signature
Shortly after conclusion of the
meeting At the Trianon palace hotel
official announcement was made of
the big three" decision regarding dis
| position of mandatories over former
| German colonies under the league of
| nations.