884     THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE, 1919, VOLUME V
in their hands conditional upon the immediate notification and libera-
tion by the Austrian Government of any Prisoners of war and other na-
tionals of the Allied and Associated Powers who are still held in
Austria against their will.
ARTICLE 9.
The Austrian Government undertakes (1) to give every facility to
Commissions of Enquiry into the cases of those who cannot be traced,
to furnish such Commissions with all necessary means of transport;
to allow them access to camps, prisons, hospitals and all other
places; and place at their disposal all documents whether public or
private which would facilitate their enquiries. (2) To impose
penalties on any Austrian officials or private persons who have con-
cealed the presence of any nationals of any of the Allied or Asso-
ciated Powers, or who may have neglected to reveal the presence of
any such after it had come to their knowledge.
ARTICLE 1O.
The Austrian Government undertakes to restore without delay
from the date of the coming into force of the present treaty, all
articles, money, securities and documents which have belonged to
nationals of the Allied and Associated Powers, and which have' been
retained by the Austrian Authorities.
ARTICLE 1 1.
The High Contracting Parties waive reciprocally all repayment
of sums due for the maintenance of prisoners of war in their respec-
tive territories.
SECTION 11. Graves
ARTICLE 12.
The Allied and Associated Governments and the Austrian Govern-
ment will cause to be respected and maintained the graves of the
soldiers and sailors buried in their respective territories.
They agree to recognise any Commission appointed by the several
Governments for the purpose of identifying, registering caring for
or erecting suitable memorials over the said graves, and to facilitate
the discharge of its duties.
Furthermore, they agree to afford, so far as the provisions of their
laws and the requirements of public health allow, every facility for
giving effect to requests that the bodies of their soldiers and sailors
may be transferred to their own country.
ARTICLE 1 3.
The graves of prisoners of war and interned civilians who are
nationals of the different belligerent states and have died in captivity