ion in these territories, in
separated districts, and in mandatory territories, to transfer them to
the commission within six months, and to hold herself responsible for
indemnifying her nationals so dispossessed.

[Sidenote: Austria to renounce treaties of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk.]

She also agrees to deliver within one month the gold deposited as
security for the Ottoman debt, renounce any benefits accruing from the
treaties of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk, and transfer to the allied and
associated Governments all claims against her former Allies.

Any financial adjustments, such as those relating to banking and
insurance companies, savings banks, postal savings banks, land banks or
mortgage companies in the former monarchy, necessitated by the
dismemberment of the monarchy, and the resettlement of public debts and
currency, shall be regulated by agreements between the various
governments failing which the Reparation Commission shall appoint an
arbitrator or arbitrators, whose decision shall be final.

Austria shall not be responsible for pensions of nationals of the former
empire who have become nationals of other States.

[Sidenote: Committee of three jurists.]

As for special objects carried off by the House of Hapsburg and other
dynasties from Italy, Belgium, Poland, and Czecho-Slovakia, a committee
of three jurists appointed by the Reparation Commission is to examine
within a year the conditions under which the objects were removed and to
order restoration if the removal were illegal. The list of articles
includes among others:

[Sidenote: List of special articles to be restored.]

For Tuscany, the Crown Jewels and part of the Medici heirlooms; for
Modena, a Virgin by Andrea del Sarto and manuscripts; for Palermo,
twelfth century objects made for the Norman Kings; for Naples,
ninety-eight manuscripts carried off in 1718; for Belgium, various
objects and documents removed in 1794; for Poland, a gold cup of King
Ladislas IV., removed in 1772; and for Czecho-Slovakia, various documents
and historical manuscripts removed from the Royal Castle of Prague.

INDEX

A

Air Raids, at night, III, 229-241;
British, II, 249;
on England, I, 375-388

Albert, King of Belgium, I, 114-115;
encourages soldiers, I, 51-53

Albert, town of, III, 164

_Alcedo_ torpedoed, II, 374-378

Alderson, General, at Second Ypres, I, 258

Aleppo, importance as railway junction, II, 180;
starting point for