Abstract
On 28 October 1918, the Czechoslovak Republic, and on 30 October 1918, the Republic of German Austria came intobeing. Both rejected the legal succession to the Habsburg monarchy and saw themselves as new, revolutionary states.However, at the St. Germain peace negotiations, German Austria â now only called Austria â was seen as the onlysuccessor to the Empire, while Czechoslovakia was recognised as one of the victorious powers. Various provisions ofthe Treaty of St. Germain, however, accounted for the fact that not only (German) Austria but also Czechoslovakiahad taken over parts of the territory and population of the Habsburg Monarchy, and that in this respect the lattercould also be regarded as a âsuccessor stateâ.
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