Whereas the Principal Allied and Associated Powers have already recognized that the Czecho-Slovak State, in which are incorporated certain portions of the said Monarchy, is a free, independent and allied State, and Whereas the said Powers have also recognized the union of certain portions of the said Monarchy with the territory of the Kingdom of Serbia as a free, independent and allied State, under the name of the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, and Whereas it is necessary, while restoring peace, to regulate the situation which has arisen from the dissolution of the said Monarchy and the formation of the said States, and to establish the government of these countries on a firm foundation of justice and equity; For this purpose the high contracting parties represented as follows: The President of the United States of America, by: The Honourable Frank Lyon Polk, Under Secretary of State; The Honourable Henry White, formerly Ambassador Extraordinary and General Tasker H. Bliss, Military Representative of the United States His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, by: The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, M. P., First Lord of His Treasury and Prime Minister; The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, O. M., M. P., His Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; The Right Honourable Andrew Bonar Law, M. P., His Lord Privy Seal; The Right Honourable Viscount Milner, G. C. B., G. C. M. G., His Secretary of State for the Colonies; The Right Honourable George Nicoll Barnes, M. P., Minister without portfolio ; And for the Dominion of Canada, by : for the Commonwealth of Australia, by: for the Union of South Africa, by: for the Dominion of New Zealand, by: for India, by : The President of the French Republic, by : Mr. Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council, Minister of War; Mr. Louis-Lucien Klotz, Minister of Finance; Mr. André Tardieu, Commissary General for Franco-American Military Mr. Jules Cambon, Ambassador of France. His Majesty the King of Italy, by: Mr. S. Crespi, Deputy; His Majesty The Emperor of Japan, by : Viscount Chinda, Ambassador Extrordinary and Plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of Japan at London; Mr. K. Matsui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of Japan at Paris: Mr. H. Ijuin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of Japan at Rome; His Majesty the King of the Belgians, by: Mr. Paul Hymans, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State; Mr. Jules van den Heuvel, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Minister of State; Mr. Emile Vandervelde, Minister of Justice, Minister of State; The President of the Republic of Bolivia, by: Mr. Ismael Montes, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Bolivia at Paris; The President of the Republic of Brazil, by: Mr. Pandià Calogeras, Deputy, formerly Minister of Finance; The President of the Chinese Republic, by: Mr. Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Chengting Thomas Wang, formerly Minister of Agriculture and The President of the Cuban Republic, by: Mr. Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante, Dean of the Faculty of Law in the The President of the Republic of Ecuador, by: Mr. Dorn y de Alsúa, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Ecuador at Paris; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, by: Mr. Eleftherios Venisélos, President of the Council of Ministers; Mr. Nicolas Politis, Minister for Foreign Affairs; The President of the Republic of Guatemala, by: Mr. Joaquim Méndez, formerly Minister of State for Public Works and Public Instruction; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Guatemala at Washington, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on special mission at Paris; The President of the Republic of Haiti, by: Mr. Tertullien Guilbaud, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Haiti at Paris; His Majesty the King of the Hedjaz, by: Mr. Rustem Haïdar; Mr. Abdul Hadi Aouni; The President of the Republic of Honduras, by: The President of the Republic of Liberia, by: The Honourable Charles Dunbar Burgess King, Secretary of State; The President of the Republic of Nicaragua, by: Mr. Salvador Chamorro, President of the Chamber of Deputies; The President of the Republic of Panama, by: Mr. Antonio Burgos, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Panama at Madrid; The President of the Republic of Peru, by: Mr. Carlos G. Candamo, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru at Paris; The President of the Polish Republic, by: Mr. Ignace Paderewski, President of the Council of Ministers, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Roman Dmowski, President of the Polish National Committee; The President of the Portuguese Republic, by: Dr. Affonso Costa, formerly President of the Council of Ministers; Mr. Augusto Soares, formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs; His Majesty the King of Roumania, by : Mr. Ion I. C. Bratiano, President of the Council of Ministers, Minister for Foreign Affairs; General Constantin Coanda, Corps Commander, A. D. C. to the King, formerly President of the Council of Ministers; His Majesty, the King of the Serbs, the Croats, and the Slovenes, by: Mr. Milenko Vesnitch, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- His Majesty, the King of Siam, by: Prince Charoon, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Prince Traidos Prabandhu, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; The President of the Czecho-Slovak Republic, by: Mr. Karel Kramar, President of the Council of Ministers; Mr. Edouard Benes, Minister for Foreign Affairs; The President of the Republic of Uruguay, by: Mr. Juan Antonio Buero, Minister for Foreign Affairs, formerly Minister of Industry; Austria, by: Mr. Charles Renner, Chancellor of the Austrian Republic. Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: From the coming into force of the present Treaty the state of war will terminate. Austria is recognized under the name of the "Republic of Austria.” From that moment, and subject to the provisions of this Treaty, official relations will exist between the Allied and Associated Powers and the Republic of Austria. |