Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-03
HUNGARY FREE
FROM HAPSbURG
SAYS RENNER
Says His Country Has Been
Waiting for Years for Recent
Developments

ST. GERMAN. June 2-Upon re-
ceiying the treaty from the allies here
today. DIR. Karl Renner, chairman or
the Austrian delegation, outlined
briefly the history of the establish
ment of the German-Austrian repupllc
and declared il had no relation Win
the former Hapsburg empire. lie
said:
For a long time the people of Ger
man-Austria were waiting IN olsIl eSs
for this present day to come, Which
shall relieve the tension caused py
the uncertainty as to that peoples ~
ture state. We were longing Tor the
hour of decision because 1t was 10
render peace at last to our haru trieu
country and to offer us an opportuh-
itv 10 proclaim before this illustrious
tribunal. the worlds highest authority
what our country is, and what the
conditions are under which we may
hope to organize the possibilities LOT
the existence of an Independent COM
monwealth.
.'The Danube monarchy against
which the allied and associated pow
| ers have waged war, and with whlcn
| they have concluded an armistce, mas
ceased to exist The twelfth OF NO
yember. 1918, may be considered lhe
day of its death. From this day on
! there was no moparch, nor pig pow
err over which he could hoid sway.
There was no more fatal duansn
neither an Austrian nor a Hunga-
| rian government; no army nor any
otner recognized institution wresteu
| with public power.
| There remains only eight nation
| alities deprived of any public organ
! ization and over night they created
their own parliament, their own gov
/ ernment and their own army; IN
short. their own independent state.
| In the same way as the other national
states our new republic, TOO, mas
, sprung into life. Consequently she
can no more than the former be con-
| sidered the successor of the late mon
archy. From this point arises the run
! damental contradiction uAder wnicn
we are laboring the most and which
| is waiting to be cleared before thls
| high assembly.
"On the other hand, no one could,
from the judicious statement recently
proclaimed by the chairman or the
conference, reason that a modifica tion
of the political form of government
or a change of its leading persons
| would suffice to release a nation from
assumed obligation. This entailed the
conclusion that all the territory OF
the ancient monarchy and their peo-
pdes could be made responsible for
| the consequences of the war, Whlch
| was forced upon them all by theiI
former government. Thus Is weighing
upon us as upon all the other nation
alities established on the territory OF
the former Austro-Hungarian mon
archy a portion of the dreadful inner
itance left us by the fallen empire
the inheritance of war, the inherit
ance of exhaustion, and the inherit
ance of the more cumbersome eco
nomic obligations But the new re
public has freed herself from all these
imperialistic aspirations which nave
become so fatal to the existence of th'
ancient monarchy. She has rid her
self once and forever of all the re
dictionary traditions which had turned
the former monarchy into prison
for its people She is, alas, the un
fortunate victim of that horrible
crime of 1914-a crime committed b.
the former government, however, an'
not by the people.
ION the other hand, all the sue
. lceeding states have in the light o.
, international law come into existence
: after the cessation of hostilities only
THE German Austrian republic. in it
ipresent shape, has never declared
lwar, never carried on war ana, II
lrelation with the western powers
lnever had the position of warrint
Ipower from an international point o
! view. And there could be no doup
, was at war with the new nationa
. states. On the contrary. in Vienn;
Various commissions appointed D.
: 1.-The succeeding states have met to set
tile the estate left by the late empire
land to divide in mutual agreemen
among themselves all the rights AM
!assets of this estate. Between then
! and us 1t is not a question of makinl
peace, but of liquidating the forme
partnership and settling the 1utur
guarantee of the powers. for whicl
I'VE pray. Nevertheless these succeed
ing states, meeting face to face il
lParis, are playing quite a diferen
snmed in the past. We expect I
, eliminate this contradiction at tn
neace conference. I reserve to mysel
The opportunity OF drawing like con
Iclusions from this contradiction late
8 on.