“In consequence the Allied and Associated Powers, after reminding the German Government that [Article 178] of the German Constitution declares that ‘the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles can not be affected by the Constitution,’ invite the German Government to take the necessary measures to efface without delay this violation by declaring [Article 61], Paragraph 2, to be null and void.
“Without prejudice to subsequent measures in case of refusal, and in virtue of the Treaty of Peace (and in particular [Article 29]), the Allied and Associated Powers inform the German Government that this violation of its engagements on an essential point will compel them, if satisfaction is not given to their just demand within 15 days from the date of the present note, immediately to order the extension of their occupation on the right bank of the Rhine.”
[Article 29] of the Treaty of Peace refers to Map No. 1 which shows the boundaries of Germany and provides that the text of Articles [27] and [28] will be final as to those boundaries. [Article 80] reads as follows:
“Germany acknowledges and will respect strictly the independence of Austria, within the frontiers which may be fixed in a Treaty between that State and the Principal Allied and Associated Powers; she agrees that this independence shall be inalienable, except with the consent of the Council of the League of Nations.”
A diplomatic act was signed at Paris on September 22, 1919, by the representatives of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers and Germany in the following terms:
“The undersigned, duly authorized and acting in the name of the German Government, recognizes and declares that all the provisions of the German Constitution of August 11, 1919, which are in contradiction of the terms of the Treaty of Peace signed at Versailles on June 28, 1919, are null.
“The German Government declares and recognizes that in consequence Paragraph 2 of [Article 61] of the said Constitution is null, and that in particular the admission of Austrian representatives to the Reichstag could only take place in the event of the consent of the Council of the League of Nations to a corresponding modification of Austria’s international situation.
“The present declaration shall be approved by the competent German legislative authority, within the fortnight following the entry into force of the Peace Treaty.
“Given at Versailles, September 22, 1919, in the presence of the undersigned representatives of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.”