an wireless station at Vienna not to be used for military or
political messages to Austria's late allies without Allies' consent for
three months.
Austria may not have naval or air forces.
She must demobilize existing air forces within two months and surrender
aviation material.
Austrian nationals cannot serve in military, naval or aerial forces of
foreign powers.
She may send no military, naval or aerial mission to any foreign
country.
Penalties section identical with German treaty excepting reference to
German kaiser. New states required to aid in prosecution and punishment
of their nationals guilty of offenses against international law.
[Sidenote: Access to the Adriatic promised.]
Economic clauses in general similar to those in German treaty. Austria
given access to Adriatic.
Austria must abandon all financial claims against signatories.
Treaty to become operative when signed by Austria and three of the
principal 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:
[Sidenote: Arrangements for reparation.]
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 Germany, 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 historical and art documents.
The financial terms provide that the Austrian pre-war debt shall be
apportioned among the former parts of Austria, 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.
[Sidenote: Universal military service to be abolished.]
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, universal military service abolished and voluntary
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
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