The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-10

st. German, Sept. 10 tBy the Asso-
sated Press DR.. Karl Renner, head OF
the Austrian delegation to the peace
conference, signed the treaty of peace be
tween the allied and associated&powers
and the Austrian republic at l0:l5 o'clock
this morning.
When all the delegates present had
seated themselves at the round table, DR..
Renner was introduced with the same
formality that was observed when the
Germans entered the hall of mirrors at
Versailles on June 2S Georges Clemen-
ceau, president of the peace conference,
then rose and opened the session, asking
DR.. Renner to affiX his signature to the
treaty and annexes and announcing that
the delegates would then be called in the
order in which they were named in the
preamble of the document.
DIR. Renner bowed and smiled myste-
riously as he approached the table and
bowed and smiled again to the delegates
after signing and as he turned to 60 to
his seat
Frank L. Polk, who succeeded Secre-
tary of State Robert lansing as head Of
the United States delegation, signed aft.
err DR.. Renner and was followed by
Henry White and General Bliss.
DIR. Renner showed no hesitation in
signing the treaty He rose from his
seat on the left wing of the table after
NJ. Clemenceau's opening address had
been translated in German and immedi-
ately walked to the table and signed the
document.
As the French delegation went TO the
signing table and passed DR., Renner's
chair, the latter rose and bowed very
politely to M. Clemenceau, who returned
the salutation.
M. Clemenceau entered the room al
exactly 10 o'clock, being saluted by the
guard of honor He took his place at
the table with Frank L. Polk on his
right and A. j. Balfour British secretary
of state for foreign affairs, on his left
Neither Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain nor Colonel Il. NJ. House Of the
United States delegation was present
The British delegation was made up Of
Mr.. Balfour, Viscount Miner, George
Nicoll Barnes and General Seeley. The
British delegates arrived soon after Mr.
Polk entered the room and there was a
very animated conversation for several
minutes, pending the arrival of NJ Gle,
menceau.
Mr.. Polk was accompanied by his wife
After the other American delegates were
seated, Ignace Jan Paderewski,, the pre-.
mier of Poland, entered the room, hi.
arrival provoking a furry of converse
ton.
The signing of the treaty was finished
at ll:l5 o'clock NJ Clemenceau ther
made q brief announcement that the
session was closed.
To.day's ceremony at st. German
ends three months of negotiation be
tween the Austrian republic and the al
lied and associated powers An incom
plete draft of the conditions of peac,
was handed the Austrian delegates al
st. Germain on June 2, the reserved sec
tion, relating TO the military, fnancia
reparation and some boundary features
of the treaty. being presented on July
90. The Austrian government laid III
counter proposals before the peace con
ference last month and the answer was
handed to the Austrian delegation OF
Sept. 2.
China, which did not sign the treatJ
with Germany because Of the inclusion
in that treaty of the clause giving Ger
man rights and concessions in the prov
ince of Shantung to Japan, announced
last night she would sign the treaty will
Austria so that she would be able to oir
the league of nations.
The Austrian republic, representative,
of which signed the treaty to-day, il
very different from the proud Austro
Hungarian empire of 1914. The formel
provinces of Bohemia and Moravia anC
part of the duchy of Teschen now form
the republic of Czecho Slovakia. The re
mainder of Teschen and most of Galici,
have been Incorporated into Poland Tn,
new Ukrainian republic takes certain
sections in eastern 'Galicia and the for
mer Austrian crown land of Bukowina
Hungary has separated from Austri;
along the historic boundary between
those portions of the former empire bu
has herself lost parts of the province o
Transylvania, which have been awarded
to Rumania.
On the south, the provinces of Carin
thia, Dalmatia, Carniola, Croatia anC
Slavonia, Bosnia and Hergoyina, as vel