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Austria declares that " the independence of Austria is in- 

 alienable Otherwise than with the consent of the Council of 

 the League of Nations."* 



By Articles 49-50 of the same Treaty Austria is compelled 

 to renounce part of her former territory to Italy, Jugo- 

 slavia, Czecho-Slovakia, and Roumania. The plebiscite 

 seems to be prescribed only in one instance : " The inhabi- 

 tants of the Klagenfurt area will be called upon ... to in- 

 dicate by a vote the State to which they wish the territory 

 to belong."^*' 



Concerning the cessions required of Hungary, Bulgaria, 

 and Turkey, no definite statement can be made, since the 

 texts of the treaties in question are not yet accessible. 



» Text of the Treaty used is that published in the Congressional 

 Record, Sept. 15, 1919. 



^^ The plebiscite in the southern part of the Klagenfurt area has 

 taken place in October, 1920. Of a total of 36,948 votes cast, 21,852 

 were counted for Austria (Press dispatch of Oct. 14). Since this 

 vote was favorable to Austria, the plebiscite in the northern zone, 

 conditionally provided for in Treaty, need not be held. Of the 

 plebiscites called for in the Treaty of Versailles, all have taken 

 place except the one in Upper Silesia. In West Prussia 96,899 votes 

 were cast in favor of Germany against 7,977 for Poland; in East 

 Prussia 353,655 votes were reported for Germany and 7,405 for 

 Poland, with 63 small districts unaccounted (Press dispatch of July 

 13). The results of the plebiscites in the two Schleswig zones are 

 given below, p. 200. Eupen and Malmedy have been definitely as- 

 signed to Belgium. 



