The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-03
AUSTRIANS OFF FOR
VIENNA WITH PACT
Clemenceau Sends Note in
Which He Puts War Blame
Squarely on Vienna.
REJECTS MERCY PLEAS
Terms of Treaty Not Given in
Full--Ample Time for As
sembly to Act.
Bv rAe Associated Press.


PARIS, ~Sept. 2.--Chanceller Karl Rem
ner, head Of the Austrian peace deissa-
ton, left tonight for Vienna with the
peace treaty, which was handed to the
| Austrians to-day. He indicated that he
probably would ask for an extension Of
time, as the Austrian General Assembly
would meet on Saturday and Sunday
to discuss the terms The Supreme
Council, il is announced, will extend the
| time. II Austria 50 requests
The treaty was presented to the Aug
TRAN delegates by Paul Dutasta, gen.
eral secretary of the Peace Conference.
| He also handed to them the Allied reply
! to the Austrian counter proposals and
| a covering letter reiteraung that Aus
| tria had Preeipl.ated the war by an
ultimatum unacceptable to Serbia II
was set forth. however, that the Allies
| were willing to assist Austria to adapt
| herself to her new situation and "a
| admit her in the near future to the
League of Nations.
The treaty was presented IN French,
| English and Italian texts.
| No official summary of the territorial
| changes in the peace treaty has been
given out, but reports from conference
| circles from time to time have indi-
Gated that several alterations In the
/ original provisions were to be made.
1t has been declared unofficially, how
| ever, that the treaty did not provide
| for a settlement of the Fiume con-
troversy at present, the inference being
that Austria would simply be informed
of the territory she would have to re-
| linquish and that the disposition of this
| territory, in certain cases, would be left
! for subsequent adjustment.
AS to, the political future of Austria,
| however, it is known that under the
treaty the League of Nations Is to have
a very large say.
| Rumania will not sign the peace treaty
with Austria, according to IntrGnsigednt,
because of a clause introduced at the
formal request of the American dele
gates concerning minorities.
| Rumania also takes exception to a
clause regulating treaties, commerce and
railroad rates, Intrdnsi0ednt says, con
| sidering that II would be undignified for
her to accept it. The newspaper adds
that the resignation of j. j. @. BratiaRo
| the Premier, is imminent.
There seems to be a general feeling Of
dissatisfaction in Peacae Conference
circles with the treaty, which was
adapted from the German treaty and
does not fit such a small power very
| well. The council, however had agreed
to-day on virtually ali sections OF the
treaty, because there is a general weari-
| ness over the prolonged discussion.
Under the terms of the treaty Vienna,
with its 100000 inhabitants, seems
| doomed to lapse into comparative COM
| mercial insignificance. as there is a pop
| ulation of only 100000 within the
country outside the city to support the
! capital while with Jugo-Slavia, Czeeho
Slovakia and Hungary existing as sep
| arte Powers Vienna can hardly hope to
recover the business formerly drawn
from their territoies.
| IL the Observation-Disclosures of Fiume
were provided for. as is expected by
many quarters, 1t is pointed out by
members of the peace delegation that
| Austria's shrunken commercial interests
| would thereby be protected to some ex-
tent but the territory contributory to
| the capital is so limited that it is gem
orally thought by the peace delegates
that Vienna is doomed as a great capital
l>and must inevitably relapse into a resi-
dental city with relatively slight busi-
ness Importance.
1t is likewise pointed out by members
of the conference tina .teven were Austria
to be rejoined eventually with Germany
the future of Vienna as a great city
would not be assured, since IL would fail
thus to acquire additional tributary terri
tory and wwould be subject to the sharp
competition of German cities with better
transportation facilities