Evening star., 1919-09-06
MAY SIGN AUSTRIAN
PACT WEDNESDAY
Paris Expecting Dr.. Renner's
Early Return-0ther
Treaties Under Way.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, September 6.-Dispatches
which reached the peace conference
today from Vienna indicated that the
Austrians probably would formally
decide tomorrow to accept the peace
treaty. Chancellor Renner is expect
ed to return to Paris Immediately, in
which case the treaty will be signed
Wednesday morning, September 10, at
St. Germain.
VIENNA. via London, September G.
DR.. Kari Renner., head Of the Austrian
peace delegation. has informed the
newspaper correspondents here that he
would return to ST. German Sunday and
sign the peace treaty handed Austria
this week.
PARIS, September 5-The Austrian
and Bulgarian treaties are virtually out
of the way. owing to the recent work on
them by the supreme council. The
Austrian treaty is likely to be signed
compact probably within a fortnight.
while the Hungarian treaty will be
ready for presentation as soon as the
government at Budapest is organized
and sends a delegation to Paris.
Stubborn Problems Postponed.
But all these treaties have been per-
fected by postponing most stubborn
problems. The Dalmatia. Thrace and
Dobrudja problems all have been
postponed and behind them looms the
question, what is to be the disposition
Of Turkey. This oaily is becoming
more complicated. France. Italy,
Great Britain and Greece are SEEM
ingly hopelessly involved in the Turk
ish tangle, having such conflicting as
rirations that it would appear un-
likely that they can agree on the par
titioning of Turkey among them
selves without an arbiter.
With the Italians in southern Ana
tolia, the Greeks in Smyrna. the Brit
ish and French in Syria and the
Greeks clamoring for a large part of
Thrace. the peace conference has
fought shy on the situation to a great
extent since it gave the Turkish dele
cation a hearing and sent it home
after learning how dangerous it would
be to complicate near eastern prob
lens with the other treaties.
Armenians' Prospective Peril.
Meantime the British withdrawal
from Armenia is threatening the en-
tire Armenian population with mas
sacre, and the Turks are showing in
creased hostilities to the Italian
troops in southern Anatolia and to
the Greek troops in the vicinity of
Smyrna. In fact all Asia Minor is in
a state Of ferment while the grand
vizier in Constantinople is holding
meetings with representatives of va
rious allied commissions and endeav-
oring to raise funds to hold Turkey
together pending an international de-
cision as to her future.
The conference undoubtedly will
take a recess when the Austrian, Bull
garian and Hungarian treaties are
signed and it is likely that many of
the new members of the conference
will participate in the deliberations
after the United States decides wheth-
er it will accept mandate for Tur-
key and the entire near eastern ques-
ton will be considered. Probably
many new experts will be called and
much smaller delegations from the
principal countries.
The entire Turkish problem hinges
on the attitude of the United States
toward the mandates.
Austrians Express Despair.
VIENNA, Wednesday, September 3
(by the Associated Press).-The peace
terms handed Austria by the allies at
St. German were printed in this
mornings newspapers accompanied
by editorial expressions of protest
and despair. The Arbieter Zeitung
characterized the terms as bitter
spiteful and unjust" It added: 1.-The
entente is using its power in the most
shameful manner to ill-treat and out
rage a defenseless people with a
peace based on might" The Tagblatt
says: I'm vain do we search for a
sign of justice, regard for our utter
fncapacity to fulfill or consideration
for the principle of self-determina-
ton for peoples"
1t adds that the reparation commits
sion must begin Its work by con-
stituting itself a revision commits
sion.