The Council of Four held no meet
ing during the morning. No further
communications had been received
from the German representative at
Versailles and the experts to whom
the last notes from Count von Brock-durff-Rantzau
had been referred had
not yet reported. No meeting of the
council being considered necessary,
therefore. President Wilson and the
Allied premiers devoted the forenoon
International Tribunal
For Austrian Offenders;
Treaty Fixes Frontier
Section of Lower Tyrol Detached From Austria and
Placed Within Boundaries of Italy Giving Her
Protection From Invasion..
, Paris, Monday, May 12 (By the Associated Press) In
fhe peace treaty with Austria, now well toward completion, a
clause has been inserted identical with that in the German
treaty except that the first clause, providing for. the trial of
former Emperor William, is omitted. The remaining clause
makes provision for the trial of military offenders by an inter
national court martial.
.The frontier delimltatoln of the,
new Austria presents the one serious
Issue In the drawing of the treaty.
This is as regards tho lower Tyrol, a
section of which is detached from
Austria and placed within the boun
daries of Italy. It Includes the cit
los of Boson and Meran, and an es
timated German population of about
2&0.000.
cThe reason for attaching this German-speaking
population to Italy Is
the establishment of a strategic fron
tier giving Italy adequate protection
from Invasion from the north. The
old frontier ran south of the Alps
with Italy on the down grade' and
Austria on the commanding heights.
