International studies, Vol. I No. 1, 2001.
Original scientific paper
Demarcation Problems in Styria and Minority Question in the Peace treaty with Austria in 1919
Livija Kardum
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
Abstract
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't 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' protection in addition to the St. Germain Peace Treaty with Austria.
Keywords
Styria; Vendi; St. Germain peace treaty; Conventions on protection of minorities; Paris peace conference
Hrčak ID:
286394
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Publication date:
30.6.2001.
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