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THE AUSTRIAN PEACE
**THE HONGKUNG
TERMS.
BREST-LITOVSK TREATY
ANNULLED.
SEVERAL NEW STATES CREATED.
LATEST PABLES.“
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.),
TERMS TO AUSTRIA.
LONDON, June 1st:
The conditions of peace of the Allied
and Associated Powers, with the excep sions of the Military. Reparation, Finan dial and certain Boundary clauses, were Landed to the Austrian Plenipotentiaries at St. Germain on June 1st.
PART THREE POLITICAL CLAUSES.
EUROPE,
The high contracting parties recognise and accept the frontiers of, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, the
State, and
DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 1919.
· THE PEACE TREATY, MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IF TREATY BE NOT SIGNED..
PARIS, May 27th.
A Havas message states:-
THE SHANGHAI VOLUNTERES REPORT OF INSPECTION BY COL J. R. YOUNG.
MR. CHURCHILLON. BOLSHEVIK FRENZY. GERMANY'S GRAVE POSITION.
with
DARING HOLBORN THEFT.
EMPIRE SAFE STOLEN. On April 21st run well-dressed men On the day of arriving at Shanghai, Mr. Winston Churchill was the guest of visited the Rolborn Empire Theatre, sad April 24th, 1919, I inspected the offices the Aldwych Club as a luncheon given when they left took the safe with them. and stores, etc.. at the Town Hall on April 11th, at the Connaught Rooms From the "cracksman's" point of view The Council of Four have decided Offces far better than any I have seen Sir C. Arthur Pearson presiding. In the it was one of the neatest, most carefully- Records course of an impurtant speech, the planned robberies that Scotland Yard allow no interva! to pass between the for a regular British unic. refusal of the Gerinan Delegation to sign apparently uplete Sergt. Major and Minister for War reviewed the situation has been recently called upon to deal the Treaty and the transference of full. Sergt. beth efficient, especially the in Europe, pointing out the danger Torner (Wise). The fittings of the threatening the world as the result of armaury are of a home-made character!« Bolshevik tyranny,” but quite efficient: spare rifles in good order. Spare equipment well kept.
2-Miniature range good in itself, but more and better landscape targets are needed. The best now there are hund paintings of the neighbouring country: I think printed targets of the Batter parts
plied of Belgium or England should be suptonference.
3-The Town Hall, formerly used, as a drill hall, is a foe room with wood floor, but the new drill shed at the new 3uni- cipal Buildings is much larger, with hard mud floor.
powers to Marshal Foch, which means an instant order to continue the invasion of Germany.
The blockade will be immediately re- imposed. Consideration has already been given to steps to be taken for to establish the ing' organisations like the Netherlands Serbo-Croat-Slovene Teherho-Slovak State as at present deter.Overseas Trust and the Holland Transit the Company in Sweden, to safeguard t mined or ultimately to be determined.
interests of neutral populations through the blockade... JUNE 8TH REGARDED AS PROBABLE
Austrix renounces, in favour of the principal Allied and Associated Powers, all her rights and titles over territories formerly belonging to her which, though outside the new frontiers of Austria, have! not at present been assigned to any State, undertaking to accept the settlement to
Those clauses which are not yet ready for presentation will be delivèreth as soon as possible, the Austrians, in the inern: while, having an opportunity to begin work on the greater part of the Treaty in an effort to facilitate the final decision.be made in regard to these territories.
The Austrian Treaty follows exactly the Bame outline as the German, and in many places is identical with it except for the change in name...
Certain specific' Clauses, which applied only to Germany ate of course, omitted," and certain new Clauses, of particular included, applicability to Austria are
States especially as regards the new created out of the former Austro-Hun- garian Empire.
Austria is left, by the Treaty, a State of about 8,000.000 people, inhabiting territory of between 50,000, and 60,000
quare miles,
*
Austria recognises the complete inde. pendence of Hungary, Tehecho-Slovakia, and the Serbo-Croat-Slayene State, and cedes other territories which previously in union with her, composed the Empire of Austria-Hungary.
Austria agrees to accept the League of Nations Covenant and the Labour "Charter, "to renounce all her extra Euro- pean rights, to demobilize her whole naval and aerial forces, to admit the right of trial, by the Allied and Associat ed Powers, of her nationals guilty of violating the laws and customs of war, and to accept detailed provisions similar to those in the German Treaty, as economie relations and freedom transit.
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CLAUSES IDENTICAL WITH
GERMAN TREATY.. In the following summary, Part One, containing the Covenant of the League of Nations, and Part Twelve, containing the Labour Convention, are identical with those in the German Treaty and are therefore omitted.
Part Six, dealing with Prisoners of War and Graves, and Part Ten, with Aerial Navigation, are identical, with the substitution of Austria and Austrian
for Germany and German, and are also
omitted.
Silarly, Part Thirteen of the Ger man Treaty, containing guarantees for its execution, are not included in the Austrian Treaty.
PART TWO.
THE FRONTIERS OF AUSTRIA.
· NUMEROUS IMPORTANT. CHANGES,
The northern troutier, facing Tehecho Slovakia, follows the existing administra tive boundaries, formerly separating the
DATE.
PARIS, May 7th.
A Havas message states:- ', Paris circles are very optimistic their view of assigning June 5th for signature of the Treaty.
TURKEY.
the
THE THECHO-SLOVAK STATE- Austria recognises the complete ince pendence of the Tchecho Slovak State, including the autonomous teritory south AMERICA TO REFUSE MANDATE of the Carpathians, in "conformity with
PARIS, May 27th. the action already taken by the Allied and Associated Powers.
The exact boundary between Austris and the new State is to be fixed by a Field Commission of seven members, Eve nominated by the principal Allied and Associated Powers and one each by Austria and Tehecho-Slovakia.
Tchecho-Slovakia agrees to embody, in Treaty with the principal Allied and Associated Powers, such provisions may be deemed necessary to protect racial, religious, or linguistic minorities, and to assure freedom of transit and equitable treatment for the commerce of
ather nations.
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THE SERBO-CROAT-SLOVENE STATE
Austria, similarly, recognises the "com- plete independence of the Serbo-Croat Slovene State, and renounces her rights and titles.
A similarly appointed Field Commis sion, including a member nominated by: the Serbo-Croat-Slovene State, is to fir the exact boundary.
The question of the Basin of the Klagenfurt is reserved.
The Serbo-Croat-Slovene State agrees to a similar Treaty for the protection of minorities and freedom of transit.
RUMANIA.
A Havas nesange states President Wilson has warned the other members of the Peace Conference to be
to assume the mandate for Constanting prepared for the United States declining
ple, or any other part of Turkey.'
comman
ho
He emphasised the grave position of Germany, which he described as being on the verge of end laps Appended are the principal points in the aprech of the right hon. gentle
Usually the barglar who makes the safe his speciality relies upon a variety of ** tools," raging from an acetylene cutter to a jemny, and the augstintion of a single crib is for his matter of hops. As a rule, moreover, he works at night, when he can reasonably hope to be undisturbed for a, considerable time.. : We are all angiously awaiting the reThe outstanding feature of the robbery sults of the deliberations of the Pesce
maal 2
Any agreement renched in Paris must be judged as a whole, and no part must to the be judged except in relation general settlement..
Nobody is going to get all be wants. I will go so far as to say nobody ought to get all he wants.
It is not a gaine of grah we are playing, but the quest of just and lasting peace.
We want a sober, solid structure, on deep and sure foundations, set up by men who feel themselves responsible, to posterity as well as to their own genera tian.
The process of degeneration has been steady and rapid over large parts of Europe.
Bolshevism is a.record of tyranny in frenzy
It is sheer humbug to pretend that it is far worse than German militarism: There are still Russian armies in the fald who have never wavered in iaith and loyalty to the Allied cause.
not
are helping these men to the best arms, munitions, of our ability with instructors, and technical experts..
4.-Machine guns and guns are stored at headquarters, But the horses are stabled hall-a-mile away, near the Race Club It is proposed to provided new ami snew, and instabies near the new
certainly the guns and horses should be close together.
3.From 3 to 7 (summer time) 1 yuw va trious companies at their ordinary drill, though doubtless in larger numbers than usual in view of the approaching be efficient, and the men keen inspection parade ulcer and M. Joes and attentive
8.-Un April 5th I saw other units at drill in the same way. All units use thuir o except the Chinese, the follow the British drill book) and this renders it impossible to do any battalion 7--At 9.15 p.m. the Commandant tale drill.
to beadquarters the order to phoned mobilize and afterwards I went round the different posts with him," beginning with This is regarded as an indication that the artillery stables. 1 append a copy Russian manho be saved it must be by of the mobilization manual 1917 as revised after the disbandmens ut the urman and Austro-Hungarian Companies, rom which it will be seen that each unit bas quite clear orders as to place of assembly and what to do: and I attach also the detailed scheme of one of the companies, showing how complete the arrangements are. found a ring of scatries and patrols round the whole perimeter of the central parts of the Settlement, the Com mander of every group of 3 or mts (whether
company or part posts
to the American sentiment is averse United States mingling in European affairs.
FRENCH WOMEN'S RIGHTS. VOTING POWER MAY NOT BE RATIFIED.
PARIS, May 27th.
A Havas message states:-- The French Benute is not likely to ratify the decision of the Chamber of Deputies concerning the right of French
women to vote.
It would not be right for us to send out armies raised on a compulsory basis to Russia; it might easily do more harm than good from a Russian point of view.
If
Russia is
at the Halborg Empire with its simple
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of action,
the
city Disdaining the use of any form of
tin-opener,
the thieves carried the hodity he had daylight safe, away There is reason to believe that they were in the theatre less than an hour: in any plished their accompl event, they must have purpose between one pan and 4.30 o'clock,
of the robbery All the circumstances
which enzeful preparation,
"field poing to involved the study of the habits, of the
not only of but of employees as well. The theatre is seldom left entirely unattended. On Sunday afternoon it was locked up after the watchman left at one o'clock, until the üreman came on duty at half-past four- Where the Ereman arrived he noticed something unusual in the appearance of falls entrance opposite the box-office, in
electric
lap the safe, which was placed inside the the full light of a powerful Upon examination he discoverd that what he saw was not the safe at all, but only a canvas representation of its door. The imitation was sufficiently realistic to doubtless its object-to effect what was doableich might be foil any suspicion
ry resting place. aroused by a casual glance towards the safe's customary
THE CHAUFFEUR'S GALLANTRY,
Had the police nothing further to work upon, they would have been set a task For of more than usual difficulty.
thieves did not cover up all tunately the their tracks, and they employed a motor driver who made what, in the circum
at a winked mistake He Wis In the North of Russia We are in actual stan and 122 1 the police have a
are with the Bolshevik armies. gir wartore
We have no intention whatever of de- fairly full descrie of himself and of lady companions, too.
YOURE
¿-bouse serting our men and leaving them on the
public-h referred to is employed at ley shore at the mercy of this cruel foe.
The Prime Minister has given me the not a dozen yards from the theatre's stage fullest authority to take whatever men- door. This latter, opens into Whetstone sures the General Staff think necessary to Park, a quiet hack street in a locality that is all but deserted on Sunday after DOOD's. see that our men are relieved.
I am in favour of making peace with Germany after the enemy has sued for
sentry mercy.
his cum
driven
doors
It was something of an event, there fore, when two men, dressed in smart lounge suits, approached the theatre's exit, and the girl's interest was accen- tuated when a private motor-car, by the chauffeur whose gallantry has been alluded to, backed to the
the "circle. Some time
bour-the later possibly
and the drove away, of the stalls and the
girl believes she saw in it a basket of theatrical properties. similar to those employed for the The two
CAI
Making peace with Germany does not of a larger one) having a definite head-mean making friends with Germany.
With Russia on our bands in a state of quarters with telephone, definite boun- daries and definite duties In addition ruin, with the greater part of Europe there is a general reserve consisting of and Asia on the verge of famine, we coas the orderly and stable forces which the Reserve Companies, the Engineers got afford to drive over to the Bolshevik
now exist in the German democracy. Can April 28th the usual formal
information I receive from mili- the and most of the guns, machine guns and camp
is tary
that Germany is very inspection Look place at 3.30 p.m.; and both in line and in the march past the near
sinks into Bolshevik anar appearance of all ranks was smart and soldierlike. The march past was admir thy she will no doubt be skinned alive;
not only will there be no indemnity, but joined their confederate. No suspicion
be We shall ourselves
was aroused in the lady's mind until she impoverished" and our trade revival paralysed
able, indi
dudiLe the quicker movements by
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The attitude of the tribes at. Khyber in marching rather orange, bring and soldiers of the British Army who
and the North continues satisfactory. Tribal picquets are assisting us in pro tecting communications in the Khyber
withdrawal from the During the Mohmand country the Afghans fought the
Rumania agrees to a similar Treaty for zone. protection of minorities and freedom of transit.
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Austria is to recognise and respect the full independence of all the territories which formed part of the former Russian Empire.
Mohmands.
Jor
up.
say
into
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men did not ride in the car, but off in the direction of Lincoln's where it is presumed they
part
FIGHTING IN NORTHERN INDIA. AFGHANS DRIVEN FROM KUNAR the mounted onits.
be the robbery. Then she gave tho 9.-Early on April 27th I was present
what may be their most valuable VALLEY.
clues. There were others in the shape at the Busketry range when two of the It would be a disaster if. Germany
the
paintwork, and and finger-prints left on companies carried out their tests in the should break down into Bolshevism and SIMLA, May 28th Barnes Cup Competition. This consists join the Government of Lenin
of these a careful record has been made. OVER £1,000 TAKEN. than 4 miles Trotsky.
The advice you would get from thos
The men Scotland Yard is looking for and then attacking
considerable Marks are given gifted
strength. Et surprise targets.
door with a both rapid marching, and for good have won the war would be to feed Ger must possess
they splintered the woodwork shooting, and the method of making up many, and make her do her share in Having forced the
te which the safe was embedded, and has caused teams is such that each team comprises clearing up the mess and ruin her Im- practically the second-best quarter of the perial Government has my loyal, com- then manhandled, the heavy object down
The march was done in per company.
miles per hour, but pact, contented. adequate for the work four flights of stairs and up another
Bight to the car. The downhill fect, order at about
Keep good friends with America and of the journey was simplised by the use on the range
of a property table, which was "borrow this pace did not affect the steadiness of it has to do.
10. The Artillery have no range where France.
Resist by every means at your disposal ed" to act as a slide; but the last stage, up seven stairs, must have presented con they can practice with service ammani-
The other feature which the advances of Bolshevik tyranny.
only
At different points siderable difficulty. There is no change in the situation at seriously as the efficiency of this Corps
in the corridor along which the safe, was is the obsolete nature of its weapons. Its
dragged are the woodwork, g
the at which the men four
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE guns are 15 pounders, and should be Abuner, Swat and Bajaur.{
but a strip of felt left on the replaced by newer pieces, preferably As the draught animals are
Viscount. Milner, Secretary for the concrete" at the stage door suggests that only ponies, fairly light pieces should be
Colonies, was entertained at luncheon at when they neared the street they recognis howitzers.
The exact amount contained by the safe selected, for although the country is quite Manchester on April 10th by the Maned the need of greater cantion. Bat and the roads in the Settlement are chester branch of the Royal Colonial good the guns might have to accompany Institute. Responding to the toast of his is uncertain, but it is known to be at sum which representa the rest of the Corps in a short advance health, be said that at last we were wak least 21,000,
ате into Chinese territory, where there are ing up to the almost boundless potentiali: Saturday's takings and advance bookings no roads.
are not needed, as ties of our Colonies. The Dominions had for both, the Palladium and the Empire. Ammunition
ond what is carried in
constantly complained that they had no No arrest has yet been made. motor the limbors) can be brought up by
and the share in the
of policy conduct old
plaint had Empire as a whole. That that care. The machine guns are of very
those of the Maritime Company been
War The justified. patterns;
HE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. are 3 barrel Nordenfelts, further supplies Cabinet was devised to meet it, and
fair
that *SA only
they should continue
"EX-PRESIDENT TAFT'S VIEWS unobtainable. Carriages have been
gua as all matters which affected them as much
Mr. Taft, former President of the locally for attaching one trailer to a motor car, and another as a as us in foreign policy, in defence, and
car to a motor bicycle, but these are so forth. But no machinery could avail United States, gives the American view not so efficient a modern armoured maunless we preserved the moral unity of of the League of Nations in the New York gun cars. One or two of the latter the Empire. (Cheers.) Ou this point Zimes, on April 4th, and contends that
be attached much importance to
to the print in the duty of the United States, now would be extremely useful, but the main to aim at is the replacement of all
that the first doubts bave been removed ciple of Imperial Preference. of it
it all was that we
we were a family of The rifles are Lee Metfords,
the interest of that family should ciples for which the country went to war. Arst. We should therefore, go
He shows very convincingly that the
As a result of cur successful action at She is to accept, definitely, the annul- the confluence of the Bashgul and Kunas ment of the Brest Litovsk Treaty, and of Rivers on May 23rd; the Afghans have all Treaties or agreements of all kinds been driven from the Kunar Valley, concluded since the Revolution of Novem within ten miles of Asmar. ber, 1917, with all Government or politi cal groups on the territory of the former Russian Empire.
AFGHANS ACTIVE ON THE BORDER. Reports from Kurran state The Allies reserve all rights, on the the Afghans are moving on different
part of Russia, for restitution and satis 'points on the border. There was.firing of ammunition for which are appeade to have a real share in the conduct of
faction to be obtained from Austria on the principles of the present Treaty.
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTÉ,
Austria is to consent to the abrogation
near Paiwar Kotal, where the attacks were easily repulsed.
The situation at Thai in developing. Fighting is proceeding. Nadir Khan has
side chine
faing
The root
السنة
provinces of Bohemia and Moravia from. of the Treaties of 1839, by which Belgium brought guns and intends to sttnak this the existing guns by maxim and there nations, and that in all our policy and by discussion to uphold in peace the prin
was established as Neutral Stats and
those of Upper and Lower Austria, sub- ject to certain minor rectifications, nother frontiers fixed, and to accept, in ably in the regions of Gound and Felds advance, any Convention with which the
Allies may determine to replace them. berg and along the River Moravia".`.
Austria adheres to the abrogation of the neutrality of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and accepts, in advance, all international agreemente as to it, reach ed by the Allied and Associated Powers
EARLIER CABLES.
The Southern frontier, facing Italy and the Barbe Cront-Slovene State, is to be fixed by the principal Allied and Associated Powers at a later date.
In the eastern part, the line, passing just east of Blieburg, crosses the Drave just above its confluence with the Lavant,
and thence passes north of the Drave VIEW IN FRENCH DIPLOMATIC
State, Marburg and Radkersburg, just
the Hungarian frontier.
CIRCLES.
PARIS, May 27th.
A Havas message states:--- French diplomatic circles believe that
1:
place....
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are to Lewis guns: nor is there any web
The
come
In spite of reports of hostile intention, Engineer Company has stool cart in for washy later, and pre- policy of isolation and detachment of
there has been no development at Tocbi. Unorganised attempts on small forts have been dealt with successfully.
The capture of Baldak Fort; believed terns of baulks, chessen, etc. A pontoon Crying later at a large publie, meet-United States has become geographically
to be the most impregnable and strongest in Afghanistan, has had a good effect on the Khandahar-Chaman frontier,
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and can make trestle and
Bolivia as we did
did for Canada, Australia is not applicable to conditions to-day, with small streams abounding
New Zealand first, because, through cable communica Bouth Africa,
tions and quick ocean transportation, the other, bridges; but in this country Bold to care sa much for Paraguay and America, which was wise detachment of be a good thing if they had at least two Weldon trestles with the standard pat
Lord Milner said we were in for a no more: Fetnate” from the continent of and wagon might be useful too, but I very anizous time, but there was no
hers and secondly,
exist concerts of: nd defensive alli-
am not sure that, the Company could be recessity in the nature of things why there Europe than wopean nations are
increased
11-The
bai
to.
handle it.
idea was Bettlement of Shang should be stagnation of trade or wide distant framm
One Bhang spread unemployment.
the Power but its
enormous that we had
spent such an British, and amount of capital that there was no hops ances, and crede intrigues pos
down of all fresh
interests are pred-half the of salvation except in the most rigid sible only among autocratic sovereigns,
BOLSHEVIK PROPAGANDA" three-quarters of the
A Bolshevik wireless message, which men of the Volunteer Corps are British and penurious economy; but if ecenemy and entered into, not to avoid war, but
and it is therefore many desirable meant the tara.
be of the penditure,
lend
er to secure supremacy through the use of expendi force. Mr. Talt emphasises that America
be believed it activeight went to war not only because her institu- Lord Milnet by tions, but also Anglo-Saxon civilisation
ware threatened, and “ the United States
has been intercepted, proves the close that all its equipment connection between the Bolshevika and patterns in use in the British Army.
disaster. J. B. Young,
to Colonel
bope that WC France expressing the bot Afghanistan. A message from M. Bra
and some Chief Engineer, Forces in China.
European other whom we had come in contact with became as vitally involved as any Euro vine, the notorious Bolshevik propa
Hongkong, May 5th, 1919.
pero nation" in the destruction of mili dist, states that a Delegation of 15% from
Col. Young, in á covering letter to bis and Africa would work
tary autocracy as a principle of Govern- # spirit of friendly
ment. It was on the basis of the Pr the Amir, has arrived in Russian Turkes report, says:
The Corps have a very energetic and they had
that fellow-tice as agreed upon by the belliveront little fores well adapted to its purpose practical or without which there Powers. Mr. Taft Fonclades, antin except as regards.ite equipment as men- ship tioned in para. 10 of the report, to which could be ne reality or substance in the this situation America cannot in hon
ane ideal of the League of Nations.
escape her fair share, of responsibility.** I beg leave to draw special attention.
so as to leave, to the Serbo-Croat-Slovene
to the north of which latter place it joins
The western and north-western fronti-
week:
of the Treaty to Austria will not take immediately, to Kabul. The menage unplace before the beginning of the next states that M. Bravins and his party ato
starting immediately..
rivaling
that
advancement TOT
era, facing. Bavaria, the western frontier, the formal communication of the terms tan, and. requests M. Bravine to proceed able Commandant and is, an invaluable of civil could thus give a sident's Fourteen Points that the armirë
facing Bwitzerland, and the eastern frontier, facing Hungary, Zemain changed.
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