Abstract

Within the Paris Peace Order, the Treaty of Saint‐Germain‐en‐Laye provides the legal basis for the newly establishedRepublic of Austria: it defines its borders and name, regulates the protection of minorities, the army, war guilt orreparations, establishes a system of international peace maintenance, and deals with consequences of the dissolutionof the Habsburg Empire. Considering core elements of the treaty, central aspects of the Austrian‐Czechoslovak relationsbecome visible: the existence of Austria as an independent state, including its economic survival, the limitationof its military capability, or the protection of its minorities. They reveal one baseline of the interstate and internationalrelations: Austria, which was ought to be “the rest”, should continue to exist in this form.

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