Being desirous of establishing securely friendly relations between the two Nations; Have for that purpose appointed their plenipotentiaries; The President of the United States of America: ARTHUR HUGH FRAZIER and the Federal President of the Republic of Austria: JOHANN SCHOBER Who, having communicated their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows: Article I. [Rights, privileges, etc., accorded by Austria.] Austria undertakes to accord to the United States and the United States shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations or advantages specified in the aforesaid Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States of July 2d, 1921, including all the rights and advantages stipulated for the benefit of the United States in the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye which the United States shall fully enjoy notwithstanding the fact that such Treaty has not been ratified by the United States. The United States in availing itself of the rights and advantages stipulated in the provisions of that Treaty, will do so in in a manner consistent with the rights accorded to Austria under such provisions. Article II. [Obligations assumed by Austria.] With a view to defining more particularly the obligations of Austria under the foregoing Article with respect to certain provisions in the Treaty of St. Germain-enLaye, it is understood and agreed between the High Contracting Parties: (1) [Rights, etc., for United States stipulated in Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye.] That the rights and advantages stipulated in that Treaty for the benefit of the United States which it is intended the United States shall have and enjoy, are those defined in Parts V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIV. (2) [Provisions not binding United States, unless assented to.] That the United States shall not be bound by the provisions of Part I of that Treaty nor by any provisions of that Treaty including those mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article which relate to the Covenant of the League of Nations, nor shall the United States be bound by any action taken by the League of Nations or by the Council or by the Assembly thereof, unless the United States shall expressly give its assent to such action. (3) [Obligations not assumed by United States.] That the United States assumes no obligations under or with respect to the provisions of Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part XIII of that Treaty. (4) [Participation by United States in Commissions established by that Treaty.] That, while the United States is privileged to participate in the Reparation Commisson, according to the terms of Part VIII of that Treaty and in any other commission established under the Treaty or under any agreement supplemental thereto, the United States is not bound to participate in any such commission unless it shall elect to do so. (5) [Time limitations.] That the periods of time to which reference is made in Article 381 of the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye shall run, with respect to any act or election on the part of the United States, from the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty. Article III. [Exchange of ratifications.] The present Treaty shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional forms of the High Contracting Parties and shall take effect immediately on the exchange of ratifications which shall take place as soon as possible at Vienna. In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate in Vienna, this twenty-fourth day of August, 1921. [SEAL.] ARTHUR HUGH FRAZIER. [SEAL.] SCHOBER AND, WHEREAS, the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two countries were exchanged at Vienna on November 8, 1921; NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of America, hereby proclaim that the war between the United States and the Imperial and Royal AustroHungarian Government, which was declared by the said resolution of December 7, 1917, to exist, terminated on July 2, 1921, and cause the said treaty to be made public to the end that every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. |