The sun., 1919-05-09
$1,OOO,OO0,OOO BILL
AWAITS AUSTRIANS
Peace Delegates Expected to
Arrive at st. German
From Vienna To-day.
TREATY IS BEING DRAWN
Pre-War Debt to Be AppOr-
toned Among States Carved
Out Of the Empire.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, May 8.-The Council of Four,
Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and
Orlando and President Wilson. began to-
day the task Of formulating a pro-
gramme for the presentation of peace
terms to Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria
and Turkey. The Big Four conferred
during the morning on the various prob
lens arising in connection with the
forthcoming peace treaties.
The Austrian treaty has begun to
take form. Portions of 1t already have
been drafted. It appears that instead
OF Germany being required to pay the
entire indemnity demanded by the Allies
considerable sum will be demanded
OF Austria, the estimate OF this sum at
present being $1,000, 200. 900.
This indemnity provision and the de-
limitation of the frontiers of the new
State will be the main features OF the
treaty now in the making. Provision is
to be made for dividing Austria Hun
gary's pre-war debt among the new States
formed from territory formerly belong
Ing to that empire.
The frontiers between German-Austria
and Italy and probably the Adriatic set
tlement also will figure in the Austrian
treaty.
Austrian Delegates on Way.
The French Foreign Office received
Information to-day that the Austrian
peace delegation had left Vienna last
night and would reach st. German pro-
badly tomorrow.
The delegation includes DR.. Franz
Klein, Prof. Heinrich Lammasch, Prof.
Won Laun. Under Secretary Flucke and
Deputies Stegliger and Rudolph Lodg-
man. Herr Flucke will represent the
Tyrol. and Deputy .Lodgman the Ger
man Bohemians.
What the Austrian delegation will &C.
complish is not clear in Vienna at pres
ent because OF the economic chaos in
the former Empire, a despatch from that
city says. The Austrians, however,
probably will sign any peace offered, but
only for the relatively small part of the
former Empire which they represent.
One OF the many questions to be ad
justed is that OF the financial responsi-
bility of the new republics formed from
the old Empire for the debts of the war
THE solution of the racial problem"
Herr Lodgman said, sis to give all the
old provinces with conflicting nationali-
ties new frontiers. Later they will be
obliged to unite voluntarily because their
economic interests will demand it."
Who the Delegates Are.
DR.. Klein, the chairman of the Ger
man. Austrian delegation, was Minister
Of Justice in the Austrian Cabinet from
1906 to 1909. He is 65 years old and
was graduated from the University OF
Vienna. In 1893 code Of civil law,
prepared by DR.. Klein. was put into OPP
GRAFTON in Austria and earned the author
a high place in legal circles In Austria
and Germany.
Austria when the armistice was signed
and previously had been member OF
the law faculty of the University OF
Vienna. Prof. Rudolph Won Laun also
was connected with the law school OF
the University OF Vienna as was DR..
Klein. Rudolph Lodgman has sat in the
Austrian Lower House as a representa-
tive of the German Bohe mians for many
years.
The text of the peace treaty with
Germany will not be published until
after IL has been signed. the Echo dc
Paris says to-day. The document then
will be presented to the Parliament for
ratification probably about the fourth
or fifth OF June.
In some quarters the hint OF the head
Germany would try to obtain the right
to carry out herself the restoration OF
the devastated districts of France and
Belgium IL Interpreted as being made
with the probable intention of gaining an
opportunity to introduce German exports
and obtain new customers.