Demarcation Problems in Styria and Minority Question in the Peace treaty with Austria in 1919

Abstract

Granica u Štajerskoj između Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca određena je kao i ona u Koruškoj tek nakon teške diplomatske borbe u kojoj su se koristili svi raspoloživi argumenti. Austrijanci su zahtjev za plebiscitom na mariborskom području argumentirali ne samo činjenicom da je u Mariboru većinsko germansko stanovništvo, već da su i u okolici Vendi, nimalo slični Slovencima u Kranjskoj. Konferencija mira nije prihvatila austrijski zahtjev, Maribor je pripao jugoslavenskoj državi, Radgona Austriji, a sve zemlje nasljednice Austro-Ugarske morale su uz St. Germainski mirovni ugovor s Austrijom potpisati i Konvencije o zaštiti manjina.The borderline in Styria between the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians and Austria was defined, just as the one in Carynthia, only after some hard diplomatic fight in which all the available arguments were used. The Austrians argued for the claim for a plebiscite on the territory of Maribor not only by the fact that in Maribor the majority population is German, but also that the people of Vendi are living in the surrounding parts who are not at all alike to Slovenians in Kranjska. The Peace Conference didn\u27t accept the Austrian claim, Maribor fell under the Yugoslav state, Radgona under Austria and all the countries-successors of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy had to sign the Conventions of minorities\u27 protection in addition to the St. Germain Peace Treaty with Austria

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