FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294   295   296   297   298   299   300  
>>  
d historical material possessed by public institutions and having a direct bearing on the history of the ceded territories which have been removed during the past ten years, except that for Italy the period shall be from 1861. As to artistic archaeological, scientific or historic objects formerly belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Government or Crown, Austria agrees to negotiate with the State concerned for an amicable arrangement for the return to the districts of origin on terms of reciprocity of any object which ought to form part of the intellectual patrimony of the ceded districts, and for twenty years to safeguard all other such objects for the free use of students. [Sidenote: War debt held outside the empire.] The war debt held outside the former empire shall be a charge on the Republic of Austria alone. All war securities shall be stamped within two months with the stamp of the State taking them up, replaced by certificates, and settlement made to the Reparation Commission. The currency notes of the former Austro-Hungarian Bank circulating in the separated territory shall be stamped within two months by the new governments of the various territories with their own stamp, replaced within twelve months by a new currency, and turned over within twelve months to the Reparation Commission. The bank itself shall be liquidated as from the day after the signature of the treaty by the Reparation Commission. [Sidenote: Property within the new States.] States to which Austrian territory was transferred and States arising from the dismemberment of Austria shall acquire all property within their territories of the old or new Austrian Government, including that of the former royal family. The value is to be assessed by the Reparation Commission and credited to Austria on the reparation account. [Sidenote: Property of historic interest.] Property of predominant historic interest to the former kingdoms of Poland, Bohemia, Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, the Republic of Ragusa, the Venetian Republic, or the episcopal principalities of Trent and Bressanone may be transferred without payment. Austria renounces all rights as to all international, financial, or commercial organizations in allied countries, Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, or the former Russian Empire. She agrees to expropriate, on demand of the Reparation Commission, any rights of her nationals in any public utility or concess
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294   295   296   297   298   299   300  
>>  



Top keywords:

Austria

 

Reparation

 

Commission

 

months

 
Property
 
States
 

Republic

 

Sidenote

 

historic

 

territories


empire

 

districts

 

replaced

 

Austrian

 

transferred

 

interest

 

rights

 
twelve
 

agrees

 

currency


territory
 
stamped
 

public

 

Austro

 

objects

 

Government

 

Hungarian

 
account
 

reparation

 

credited


assessed

 
predominant
 

Bohemia

 
Croatia
 

Poland

 

kingdoms

 
family
 
historical
 

property

 

treaty


institutions

 

possessed

 

signature

 

material

 

including

 

Slavonia

 
acquire
 

arising

 
dismemberment
 

Herzegovina