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LEFT TREATY 489 TREATY Clauses affecting Egypt, Morocco, Siam, and China identical with German Entire Austro-Hungarian navy to be surrendered to Allies. Twenty-one specified auxiliary cruis- ers to be disarmed and treated as mer- chantmen. All warships, including submarines, under construction shall be broken up and may be used only for industrial pur- poses. , ., ^ , All naval arms and material must be surrendered. , ., .. j Future use of submarines prohibited. Austrian wireless station at Vienna not to be used for military or political mes- sages to Austria's late allies without Al- lies' consent for three months. Austria may not have naval or air f OTC6S She must demobilize existing air forces within two months and surrender avia- tion material. Austrian nationals cannot serve in mil- itary, naval or aerial forces of foreign powers. , She may send no military, naval or aerial mission to any foreign country. Penalties section identical with Ger- man treaty excepting reference to Ger- man kaiser. New states required to aid in prosecution and punishment of their nationals guilty of offenses against in- ternational law. Economic clauses in general similar to those in German treaty. Austria given access to Adriatic. Austria must abandon all financial claims against signatorie's. Treaty to become operative when sign- ed by Austria and three of the princi- pal powers. On July 21 an amplified treaty with Austria-Hungary taking up matters omitted from the first paper was given to the delegates from that country. A summary of the articles follows: In addition to the published summary of the terms of June 2, the new clauses provide for reparation arrangements very similar to those in the treaty with Ger- many, including the establishment of an Austrian subsection of the Reparations Commission, the payment of a reasonable sum in cash, the issuing of bonds, and the delivery of livestock and certain histori- cal and art documents. The financial terms provide that the Austrian pre-war debt shall be appor- tioned among the former parts of Aus- tria, and that the Austrian coinage and war bonds, circulating in the separated territory, shall be taken up by the new governments and redeemed as they see fit. Under the military terms the Austrian army is henceforth reduced to 30,000 men on a purely voluntary basis. Paragraph 5, relating to the military situation, says that the Austrian army shall not exceed 30,000 men, including officers and depot troops. Within three months the Austrian military forces shall be reduced to this number, univer- sal military service abolished and volun- tary enlistment substituted as part of the plan "to render possible the initiation of a general limitation of armaments of all nations." The army shall be used exclusively for the maintenance of internal order and control of frontiers. All officers must be regulars, those of the present army to be retained being under obligation to serve until 40 years old, those newly appointed agreeing to at least twenty consecutive years of active service. Non- commissioned officers and privates must enlist for not less than twelve consecu- tive years, including at least six years with the colors. Within three months the armament of the Austrian army must be reduced ac- cording to detailed schedules and all surplus surrendered. The manufacture of all war material shall be confined to one single factory under the control of the States, and other such establish- ments shall be closed or converted. Im- portation and exportation of arms, muni- tions and war materials of all kinds are forbidden. Paragraph 8 (on reparation) reads, in substance: The allied and associated Governments affirm, and Austria ac- cepts, the responsibility of Austria and her allies for causing loss and damage to which the allied and associated Gov- ernments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war im- posed upon them by the aggression of Austria and her allies. While recogniz- ing that Austria's resources will not be adequate to make complete reparation, the allied and associated Government re- quest, and Austria undertakes, that she will make compensation for damage done to civilians and their property, in accord- ance with categories of damages similar to those provided in the treaty with Ger- many. The amount of damage is to be de- termined by the Reparation Commission provided for in the treaty with Germany, which is to have a special section to handle the Austrian situation. The com- mission will notify Austria before May 1, 1921, of the extent of her liabilities and of the schedule of payments for the discharge thereof during a period of thir- ty years. It will bear in mind the dim-