THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. AUSTRIA STRIPPED - BY PEACE TERMS Huge Territory Is Cut From For mer Monarchy. FOLLOWS THE GERMAN PACT 44,000,000 Nationals Taken Away Head of Enemy Delegation Says He Will Work for Peace on Allies Basis. I St. Gcrmnin, Franco, Juno 4,Vlf toon days wns given to Austria on Monday to reply to tlio terms of pence presented by tlio allied nations In tlio Btono Ago room In tho old palace at St. Germain. M. Clomonconu, president of tho penco conference, wns the fin promi nent figuro to nrrlvo nt tlio meeting nt which tho terms of penco were pre sented. Secretary Lansing nnd Ilcnry White were tho first Amerlcnn representa tives to arrive, Premier Orlando of Italy nnd Premier Pnderewskl of Po land and Arthur J. Bnlfour following. Col. E. M. Houso was the only mem ber of tho American delegation not present. In addition to tho conference repre sentatives of tho allied und nssoclnted powers thero were present many dis tinguished persons, including Mnrpluil Foch, acnornl Bliss, Admiral Benson and American Ambassador Wallace. 'Wilson Delays Proceedings. President Wilson delayed (ho cere mony of presentation,, IIo reached St. Germain' nt 12:14. A puncturo of tho tiro of his automobllo held him up on tho way. Tho Austrian representatives arrived at 12 :22 o'clock, entering tho chnmber by a rear entrance. The delegates were! attired in conventional morning dress. Tho Austrlans were escorted In by an Italian officer. Immediately upon their arrival at 12:22 p. m. tho session was opened formally by announcement of tho head usher. Premier Clemcnceau, presi dent of tlio peace conference, at onco began his address. Clemcnceau spoko In French. Ills remarks wcro translated Into English, then Into Italian and then Into Ger man. IIo spoko only thrco minutes. Pnul Dutasta, general secretary of tho pcaco conference, presented tho terms to tho Austrlans at 12 :B7. Dr.. Karl Renner, tho Austrlnn chan cellor and head of tlio delegation, then began an address in French. Doctor Renner promised loyally to do his best to work out a penco on tlio basin presented. "Our state rests In your hands," said Doctor Renner following tho presentation of the al lies' terms, "nnd wo hopo beforo tho consclenco of tho world that tho allies jwlll not nbuso this power." I- Tho cntlro peace treaty was not pre sented to tho Austrlnns, and tho lt 'day stipulation with regard to their reply, therefore, refers only to tho por tion of tho terms handed them. Doctor Renner opened with, a com plaint at tho delay In tho presenta tion of tho peaco terms. Tho, chan cellor declared tho Austrlnn republic was entirely frco from tho ITapsburg dynasty. It would never hnvo de clared war Itself, ho assorted. Tho chancollor concluded his address at 12:50. Tho address was translated into English and Italian. . Doctor Ilcnner stood while rending bis sncech. and his attitude, like thnt Of tho enllro Austrlnn delegation, wns extremely courteous, contrasting sharply with that of Count von Brock uorlr-Jlantzau and tho Germans at .Versailles. Tho conciliatory tones of jDoctor Renner apparently created a good Impression on tlio allied delega tion. Tho general atmosphere- seemed Quito friendly, Alter Doctor Rcnncr's address, In which tho chancellor oppressed grntl tudo for tho food relief that had como from tho Hoover commission, Premier Clcmoncenu aBked If anyono elso do pireu to .upeaK. unoro was no re sponse and ho declared tho ceremony , enueu. Tho translation of Premier Clemen tcuu's and Chancellor Itcnncr's speeches Into three languages occupied tho larger part of tho session. It ad Journed nt 1:14 o'clock after having tatcen up 02 minutes. , Doctor Renner probably will go to (Switzerland. Follows German Treaty, Tho Austrian treaty follows exact ly tho samo outllno ns tho German and In many places Is Identical with It, except for tho chanco In nnmo. pertain specific clauses which nnnllod (only to Germany are, of courso, omlt- xca, ana certain now clauses Includod especially as regards tho now states vku ui uio iormer Ausiro- liungarlan craplro nnd tho protection ,of tho rights of tho racial, religious and HnsrulBtlc mlnnrltlpq in Anefi-tn Czecho-Slovnkln, Itoumanla nnd Berth Cront-Sloveno state. Austria Is left by tho treaty fctato of from 0,000,000 to 7,000,000 people, inhabiting a territory of be tween D.uoo nnd 0,000 sauaro ralloa ;Sho Is required to recognlzo tho com ploto Jndependenco of Hungary, Czo- .cno-hiovaKia and tho Sorb-Croat- ibiovono state, and to cedo other territory which provlously In union wan iier composed tho eniplro of Austria-Hungary, with its popula tion or over 00,000,000 people. ' ASStS!' nswcO. ta accept tap leajpw SUMMARY OF TERMS The Austrian pcaco treaty provides: Austria must accept tho covenant of tho league of nations and tho labor charter. She must rcnounco nil her cxtrn-Eui ropenn rights. Austria must recognlzo the complctn Independence of Hungary. Austrian nationals guilty of violat ing International laws of war to bo tried by allies. Austria must accept economic condi tions nnd freedom of transit similar to those In German treaty. Guarantees of execution of treaty correspond to those In German pnet. Western nnd northwestern frontiers (facing Bavaria and Switzerland) un changed. Austrln must recognlzo lndcpcnd. onco of Czocho-Slovukla anu Jugo slavia. Austrln Is recognized ns an Indepen dent republic under tho namo "Repub lic of Austria." Austria must recognize frontiers of Bulgnrla, Greece, Hungary, Polnnd, Roumnnln, Czccho-Slovnkln and Jugo slavia as at present or ultimately de termined. Boundaries of Austria, Czccho-Slo- vakla and Jugo-Slnvln to bo finnlly fixed by mixed commission. Czccho-Slovakln nnd Jugo-Slnvln must ngrco to protect racial, religious and linguistic minorities. Both new Slav nations nnd Roumn-i nln must assuro freedom of transit nnd equitable treatment of foreign commerce. Brest-Lltovsk treaty is annulled. Allies reserve right of restitution for nussln and Austrln. Austrln must nbnndon all financial claims ngalnst signatories. Entire Austro-Hungarlan navy to bo surrendered to allies. Futuro uso of submarines prohib ited. Austria mny hnvo no military or na val air force. Economic minuses In general similar, to thoso In German treaty. Austria given access to Adriatic. Penalties section Identical with Ger man treaty excepting reference to Ger man kaiser. of nations covenant nnd tho labor charter, to renounce all her extra European rights, to demoblllzo her whole naval and aerial forces, to ad mit tho right of trial by tho allied and nssoclnted powers of her na tionals guilty of violating tho law and customs of force, and to accept detailed provisions similar to thoso of tho German treaty as to economic relations and freedom of transit Of tho following summary part one of tho troaty containing tho covenant of tho lenguo of nations and part twelve, containing tho labor conven tion, aro omitted as being Identical with corresponding sections of tho Ger- man treaty. Part six, dealing with prisoners of wnr and graves, and part eleven, with aerial navigation, nro also identical except for tho substitution of names, and nro likewise omitted. Pnrt thirteen ,of tho German treaty containing guarantees of execution Is not paralleled In tho Austrian treaty, "Mt " Preamble. Tho preamblo Is longer nnd moro dotnlled than In tho Germnn summary and Is ns follows: "Whereas, on tho request of tho for mor Imperial and roynl Austro-Hungarlan government, an nnnlstlco wns granted to Austrln-IIungary on Novcm ber 0, 1018, by tho principal allied ami associated powers In order that a treaty of pcaoo might bo concluded, and, Whereas, tho allied and nssoclnted powers nro equally desirous thnt tho war in which certain nmong them wero successively involved, directly or Indirectly, against Austrln, and which originated In tho declaration of war against Serbia on July 28, 1014, by tho former Imperial and roynl Austro-i Hungarian government, and In tho hos-. ttlltlcs conducted by Germany In alll anco with Austrln-Uungary should bo replaced by a firm, Just and durablo peaco; and "Whereas, tho former Austro-nun- gnrlun monarchy has now ceased to exist, and has been roplnced In Aus trla by a republican government; and "Whereas, tho principal nllled nnd associated powers hnvo nlrendy rec ognized that tho Czccho-Slovak state, In which aro Incorporated certain por tions of tho said monarchy, Is n free, Independent and allied stato; nnd "Whorens, tho entd powers hnvo rec ognized tho union of certain portions of tho said monarchy with tho terrl tory of tho kingdom of Serbia as n frco, Independent and allied state, un dor tho namo of Serb-Croat-Sloveno state; and "Whereas, It Is necessary while re storing peace to regulato tho situation which has arisen from tho dissolution of tho said monarchy nnd tho forma tion of tho said states, and to cstnb Itsh tho government of these countries on n firm foundation of Justlco and equity. Recognized as Republic "For this purpose tho high contract lng parties, duly named, "Who, having communicated tholr full powers, found In good and duo form, hnvo agreed ns follows : "From tho coming Into forco of tho present treaty tho Btnto of wnr will terminate "Austria Is recognized as n now and Independent stato under tho namo of tho Republic of Austria. "From that moment, nnd Bubject to tho provlsldns of this treaty, official relations will exist between tho allied nnd associated nowera and thn Itnmih. lie of Austria.' ' -V . . 1 General Pershing decorating French heroes with the Distinguished Service Invalldes, Paris. 2 Vlow of Snarbruckon, S The grand mufti of Palestine, head of tho establishment or a Zionist commonwealth in the Holy Land. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Supreme Allied Council Tries tO Reach Agreement on the Reply, to Germany. BRITISH FOR CONCESSIONS Huns Preparing for Refusal to Sign- Independent Republic Proclaimed In Rhlneland Austria Gets Terms of Peaco and Says They Mean Her Death Warrant. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Germany's counter-proposals were successful at least so far as causing a temporary division In the big four, but at this writing It seemed likely nn agreement on the disputed points would bo reached within a few days and a unanimous reply made to the Germans. That som) alterations, not fundamental, would be made In the treaty was predicted, since It only re mained to gain the consent of Clc menceau to changes favored by the British and presumably by the Amer icans. These Included the readjust ing of tho Silesia clauses so that the population may obtain self-determination, probably through a plebi scite; reduction of tho period of occu pation along the Rhino from fifteen to ten years; and the nddltlon of some plan by which tho Germans shnll have tho uso of a certain amount of mer chant shipping with which to resumej trade and help pay uio reparations. The endeavor among the nllled dele- gntcs wiis to nssure tho world that such changes ns might be made In the terms were contemplated not In the way of leniency to Germany, but to make the conditions "workable" and bring about a speedy peace and re sumption of normal business every where. Clenicucenu and tho rest of tho French wero said to bo strpngly opposed to any changes. Lloyd George was reported as favoring concessions President Wilson, nfter first standing nloof, taking the position that the British and French should come to an agreement among themselves, under took to reconcile them, and ns some of tho alterations had been favored by Amerlcnn delegates his task was main !y to persuade tho French. Orlando's nttltudo was not made clear, lie was moro Interested, anyhow, In the settle ment at tho Adriatic question. In view of his pre-election pledge.!, the position taken by Premier Lloyd George Is surprising until one eonsld ers the fact that he Is tho bend of a very shaky and unwieldy coalition ministry, which even now is threaten lng to go to pieces. The liberal and labor elements In England have been urging greater leniency toward tho Germans in order that the treaty may bo signed and calmness be restored to tho industrial world, and it Is fair to suppose that tho premier has been trying to placate thoso elements. Ve hement denials by the British press and, nttaekB by British correspondents on American correspondents who have mado public the stato of affairs will be, taken for what they aro worth. While tho allied armies of occupa tion nro ready to move forward nt a moment's notice If tho Germnns refuso to sign the treaty, the Germans thorn- selves nre not idle In the samo line, Noske, minister of defense, has made a tour of the coast defenses and di rected all forces to bo ready for emer gencies In case of tho resumption of naval operations, and the fortifications nenr tho borders have not yet been dismantled as tho treaty requires. Tho German volunteer army, much of which Is In the eastern part of tho country, la so largo nnd bo well equip ped thnt It must bo taken Into serious consideration. Only recently tho su premo array command sent out a circu lar asking tho peoplo of Germany whether they favored the resumption of the war, nnd when tho government called Von Hlndenburg to account for this be had a ready excuse which was for from an apology. center of the Sanr coal region, which all Moslems in that country and descendant of Mohammed, who Is opposing One Insistent demand of Germany, that she be admitted at once to mem bership In tho league of nations, It was said would not be granted, for the French were Unalterably opposed to this, and Mr. Wilson, according to re ports, had graduully como around to their view of keeping Germany out of the league until she has become regen erated and proved her sincerity. There arc not wanting influential persons and Journals that argue for the lmmedlnto admission of Germnny, basing the plea mainly on the allegation thnt the good will and early restoration to prosperity of that country aro necessary to the safety and economic progress of the rest of the world. They call nttentlon, with shivers of npprehenslon, to the Imminent danger of Germany's form ing an nlllanco with Jnpan and Rus sia, and this was backed up last week by more or less precise statements thnt tho Japnnese nnd Germnn emis saries already had been holding con ferences In various neutral places. A good deal of this sort of stuff may be put down to pro-German propaganda, more active Just now than for some time pnst, as witness the recent doings of the "Gormannmerlcan Citizens' league," with headquarters in Chicago. Much of It, too, is said and printed In behalf of tho selfish and self-centered business man who demands uninter rupted and greater returns from his Investments, regardless of justice to the vanquished nnd the victors in the war, tho victors who might suffer, In this case, being the French. The setting up of an Independent re public In tho Rhine provinces, with Dr. Hans A. Dorten as president, has still further Increased the bitterness be tween France and Germany. The Ber lin government, of course, refused to recognize tho new state and ordered the prosecution of Dorten for high treason. Then the Germans claimed to have discovered that tho scheme was fostered and aided by the French and that Marshal Foch and Premier Clemenceau had told the Rhlnelanders that "the German government would never again have anything to do with the left bank of tho Rhine, nnd hence tho propagandists could not be pun Ished." The Berlin pross said the French had a propaganda fund of $2,- 000,000 and were using it to bribe the people of Rhlneland and the Palatinate to favor tho independent republic. It Is true that tho French look with favor on tho new state and apparently they will, so far as possible, protect It from the Ebert government. General Man gin, commanding the French army of occupation at Mayence, has forbidden strikes and other disturbances directed against the Rhenish republic. The Gcrmun government formnlly protest ed to the armistice commission ngalnst the course pursued by the French. Tho British and Americans in the occupied. territory, it was said, were taking no part In the affair und would take none, The reply of the Austrlans to the terms of the pence treaty handed to them was a dignified, rather pathetic and almost hopeless plea by Chancellor Karl Renner for conditions that would permit tho Gerniim-Austrlan republic to live and to organize for the exist ence of nn independent commonwealth'. Ho outlined the history of Its estab lishment and argued that It has no re lation with the former empire of the Hapsburgs. His country, ho urged, should be treated as considerately as tho other nations that have sprung from tho Danube monarchy. Like the Germans, ho mado frequent reference to the fourteen points, and so did the Vienna papers when the terms wero given to tho public. The press de clared tho terras wcro cruelly harsh, and much anger wns shown ngalnst the Italians, Czechs and Jugo-Slavs. The people generally wero bitterly dis appointed to find that they wero not being treated much bettor than tho Germans, nnd n big meeting of protest wns held. Tho public view wns ex pressed by Doctor Trelchl, a bnnker, who said: "The only thing for the Aus trian peoplo is to say: 'Wo might as well Join with Germany, as we are companions In misfortune. We have nothing to lose by doing so,' " The grand council of German Aus- trla adopted the report of Dr. Otto Bauer, which was to the effect that the peace terras meant the death sen tence of the Austrian republic. Cross In the Court of Honor of tho both Franco and Germany claim. From Vienna comes the news that the bolshevlst regime In Hungary Is noarlng Its end. Tho communist cabi net has been replaced by one headed by Herr German, one of Count Karol- yl's followers, and It was said ho hod been Invited to Versailles to confer with the entente representatives. In the Ukraine the troops of General Petlura captured several railway cen ters from the bolshevlkl. A premature report from Vardoo said the Esthonl- nns and Finns had captured Petrograd. Later the bolshevlsts claimed to have driven the Esthonlans back west of Gatchlna. The American troops in the Archangel region began embarking for home. .An interesting but unlikely story coming by bolshevlst wire from Moscow said General Scmcnoff had called a congress In eastern Siberia, which had declared the autonomy of .Mongolia anu named scmenon: as grand duke of that country. Two events have stirred the Sparta- cans of Germany to renewed activity that leads to the prediction that they will soon make another organized at tempt to overthrow the government One was the finding In the Landwehr canal of a body declared to be that of "Red Rpsa" Luxemburg, their mur dered woman leader. The other was the discovery that Capt. von Pflug-Har- tung and Lieutenant Llebman, who were convicted of the murder of Lleb- khecht, had been allowed to escape from prison on false release orders and get to Holland on false passports. It had been known that Lieut. Kurt Vogel, convicted of the samo crime. had escaped In tho same way. All this has aroused great bitterness against the government In the minds of many people. Another "leak" sensation enlivened the proceedings of the United States- senate last week when Senators Lodgo and Borah declared that to their cer tain knowledge copies pf the peace treaty, denied to the senate, had been in the hands of New York financiers for some days. Their statement was not doubted and Senator Hitchcock, after conferences at tho White House and the stato department, asserted that the copies In question had been stolen. He Introduced a resolution calling for an Investigation by the committee on foreign relations. The senate on Wednesday adontcd tho resolution for submitting to the states the Susnn B. Anthony nmend ment to the Constitution granting the franchise to women. The vote was 50 to 25. Tho house already had adopted the resolution nnd ns the women of 28 states now exercise presidential suf frage there Is little doubt that tho amendment will be ratified by a suffi cient number of states. The springing of another big bomb plot by terrorists early In the week has aroused tho national government to the necessity of rounding up and disposing of the anarchists who arc running amuck In this country. Wil liam J. Flynn, new chief of the bureau of Investigation of the department of Justice, has been given a free hand, with orders to end anarchy In the Uni ted States, and his record warrants the prediction that he will go far toward doing that very thing. This time Uie "Reds" sought to kill Attorney Gen eral Palmer and other law-enforcement officials in eight cities of the East. Cordite bombs were exploded at their residences, but they all escaped death. One of the conspirators wns blown to pieces by his own bomb In Washing ton nnd n watchman was killed In New York. The attorney general says extra legislation Is not needed to take care of theso bomb throwers and he wishes tho authorities to treat them like other criminals and not to give the radicals the chance to say the government Is persecuting them. The strike situation In Canada lm. proved considerably. In Winnipeg roost of tho returned soldiers threat ened action against the strikers and tho leaders of tho latter appealed for "protection." It was believed the strike, might soon bo called off. This nctloij already had been taken by the workers of Tordnto. In Toledo, where nutotnoi bile plant workers nre on strike, thero were riots In which two men wero killed by guards. TREATY MEANS DOOM AUSTRIA, LIKE GERMANY, HOWLS- OVER SEVERE TERMS. 5EITZ SAYS CANNOT ACCEPT Mlnlscr Bauer, Regarded As a "Red,"" Asserts Pact Imposes Peace of Hate German Union Urged. Vienna, June 10. The pence terms- presented to Austria aro Impossible and mean tho death of tlio country by, starvation, President Seltz declare In his address opening tho extraord inary session of tho national nssembly. Saturday. Foreign MInltser Bnuor reported on his conference at Feldklrch with Dr. Rentier, head of the Austrlnn peaco delegation. JBnuer, who Is not popular In Vlonnn, or In tho country, nnd who is generally referred to as n bolshevik, was listened to quietly while ho read six pages of manu script After declaring that tho treaty was a peaco of hate, Bauer released hla personal vials of wrath against the Czechs, who, ho said, had taken a of Austria's sugar nnd other Indus-; tries. Tho loss of German-Bohemia to Austria, ho added, meant not mere ly subjection of U.ROO.OOO Germans tc foreign rule, but the loss of tho most valuable parbi of German-Austria, In dustrially and culturally. Dr. Bnuor declared the Tyrol would would never submit to the penci terms and thnt It, as well as the- Gennans of Bohemln, hnd the sym pnthy of all Germans. " ' Regarding western Hungary and the frontiers of! Carlnthla anu Styrin, tho foreign minister added, the Aus4 trlan peaco delegation would propodo plebiscites under neutral ' control. Since the submission of the treaty to the Austrlnn delegation, on numer-, ous occasions great crowds have? gathered In the streets of Vienna and1 outsldo the quarters of the entente mission. Shouts of protest aro heard on all sides,, and a union with Germany la demanded. The public Is calling on the Austrian' delegates to refuse tOf sign the pence treaty In its presents form. Union Wire Men Discharged. Chicago, June 10. Reports of dis charge of union operators by the- Wostern Union Telegraph company, following the call Issued Saturday for a natlon-wldo strike of telegraph and telephone employes had been received; from all parts of the country, S. J. Konenkomp, international president of tho Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, said upon his arrival here from the east Sunday. "I have received reports that the- Western Union has discharged 150 of" our men In New York, a number In Chicago, Galveston, Denver and other cities." he said. Carnage In Hungary. Vienna, Juno 10. Three thousand: peasants, Including women and chil dren, have been shot or hanged by the red army as a consequence or," revolts in western Hungary ana around Odenburg, according to' nowui considered trustworthy, which has- been received here. The entire vlllagej of Koliihof wns burned. The massa-f ore took place after thirty-two vil-J lnges surrounding Oedenburg had re--fused to go over to bolshovism. They desired to join Austria. Wilson to Return Soon. Washington, D. C., June 10. Tho statement In a Paris dispatch that President Wilson might leave Franca- for the U. S. within ten days or two weeks was said to bo "quite probable" at the White house. It has been understood generally that the president would stay In Paris until after tho signing of tho peace treaty with Germany, which Is expect ed nbout June 15. In Fear of Mexicans. Washington, June 10. Declaring- that tho Mexican situation Is so crit ical thnt a largo force of troops on tho border Is necessary to protect lives nnd property of citizens. Governor Hobby of Toxns has requested Secre tary Baker to call Into the federal service the First and Second brigades of Texas cavalry and to mobilize them at a convenient point'. Sioux City Bank Robbed. Sioux City, Iowa, June 10. Bank robbers secured 20,000 In cash and' Liberty bonds In a raid on tho Leeds bank, In Leeds, a suburb of Sioux City, Saturday. Tlio robbers overlooked $12, 000 In Liberty bonds. The men made- their escape in an automobile. Asks Uncle for Help. Washington, Juno 10. Nlcaragua'- has asked the United tSates to hind forces there to eppe with n threatened Invasion from Costa RIcai Tho state department is investigating the situa tion. Ship Deliveries Increase. AVnshlnirton. Juno 10. Shin Un liveries by American ynrds continued to Increase In Mny, the totnl being 130, oi which oi were aicui, 41 woou anu Z' concrote. Walsh Demands Investigation. Paris, Juno 10. Frank P. Walsh, one of tho delegates of tho Irish so cieties In the United States who vis ited Ireland recently, has presented n demand to President Wilson that tho peace conference Investigate the Irish. Question.