New-York tribune., 1919-05-31
Sections Referring to Italy
Are All Omitted and
Boundary Lines Are Left
To Be Determined Later
Many Reservations Made
Nation Bound to Respect
Rights and Privileges
of Racial Minowities

PARIS, May 80 (.By The Associated
Press).-A summary of the skeleton of
the Austrian treaty, submitted to the
smaller nations Thursday for examina-
tlon, is remarkable chiefly for it's omis-
sions and rese rvations. Subject heading
after subject heading is followed either
by -comrnittal display Of blank
paper, resembling q censored French
/ newspaper discussion" Of tAe comtro-
versial part Of the days diplomatic de-
velopments, or by the statement, This
clause reserved"
This applies particularly to definition
OF the southern frontier, the repara-
tions clauses and the question of Ital-
ian rights under the political clauses.
The greater part of the summary, in
fact, Is devoted to those clauses which
are practically identical with the Ger
man treaty.
The new clauses are chiefly those
dealing with frontiers, finapce and the
internal affairs Of the new states and
Of Austria itself.
Disputed Provisos
Under the latter heading come the
disputed provisos for the protection of
racial minorities in the new states,
against which, it is understood, the
representatives Of the new states may
address protest to the council of
four and also ask for revision Of the
financial clauses. particularly that part
requiring the new states to cOmpen-
safe Austria for public property
Austria also is bound by the treaty
to respect the rights and privileges of
racial minorities in what is left to her
OF her ancient domains, including the
right to use their own languages, al
though Austria is expressly authorized
to make the teaching of German OBJ
ligatory.
The treaty will consist of a preamble
and fourteen parts, the preamble and
Section embodying the covenant of
the league of nations, as in the treaty
with Germany.
Frontiers Left for Eater
Part deals with frontiers That
with Czecho Slovakia follows practi-
cally the old Bohemian frQntier, al
though with the reservation Of a pos
sibility of making minor changes later
Austria retains on the west her old
of the union of Vorarlberg with Swift
erland having apparently been dropped,
despite the plebisctes already under
taken in that province and in Switzer-
land. The southern frontier is not
determined in the treaty.
Part 3 contains political clauses. in
Guiding also some of the reserved
| geographical provisos, and clauses es-
tablishing mixed commiss ions to deter
mine them later
The sections referring to Italy are
all omitted Others deal with the fut-
ure relations of Austria with Czecho-
Slovakia, Jugo-Slavis, Poland, Hungary
and Russia Here are found the stipu-
latlons for the protection of racial
mlnorltles which, SO far as the minori-
ties IN Austria are concerned, are to be
embodied IN bill of rights" as part
OF the Austrian Constitution
Freed Of Armament Cost
Then come parts dealing with Aus
| tria's remuneration of all rights out
side of Europe: military, naval and
aerial armaments, which hereafter will
/ entail virtually no expense for Austria,
and the return of prisoners of war.
Part 8, on reparations, is blank
Part 8, dealing with finance, may be
changed as a result of the representa-
tions of the new states. The economic
clauses and aerial navigation regula-
tions are identical with those in the
German treaty.
Part IL, on ports, waterways and
railways, provides for commercial out
lets southwark by water and rail.
These details already have been COW
cred in the report of the inter-Allied
ports, waterways and railways comlhis-
sion. Part 13 contains the interna-
tlonal labor convention, and Part IA
various misce llaneous provisions of
minor Importance