President Robert, soft-hearted and easily swayed, ultimately failed to withstand everyone's repeated persuasion. On June 6, 1892, Robert, representing France, and Wessenberg, representing the Anti-French Alliance, signed the Vienna Treaty.
The treaty's terms were as follows:
1. France acknowledged its defeat and accepted responsibility for the war.
2. France renounced its suzerainty over Andorra, Monaco, and the Italian States, recognizing the independence of those countries.
3. France ceded the Duchy of Lorraine, Alsace Province, parts of the Kingdom of Burgundy, the County of Flanders, the County of Artois, the Duchy of Savoy, parts of Provence, the island of Corsica, and the Roussillon region to the Anti-French Alliance. (A total area of 125,000 square kilometers.)
4. France would pay the Anti-French Alliance 40 billion Divine Shields in war reparations, to be paid off over 99 years, with monthly interest of five-thousandths.
(Note: The reparations would be paid in annually increasing installments. The first payment would be 15 million Divine Shields. From 1893 to 1900, the annual payment would increase by 1.5 million Divine Shields each year; from 1901 to 1910, by 3 million each year; from 1911 to 1920, by 5 million each year...)
5. The French Army's active-duty forces must not exceed 50,000 men, and its militia reserves must not exceed 100,000. The army was forbidden from equipping tanks, armored vehicles, or artillery with a caliber exceeding 100 mm. The navy's establishment must not exceed 5,000 personnel; capital ships must not exceed 5,000 tons displacement, and the total tonnage of warships must not exceed 50,000 tons. France was forbidden from developing any air power, including airships and aircraft.
6. All domestic arms factories would be closed. France was forbidden from engaging in research or manufacturing for any military industry, and all army and navy equipment had to be purchased from