The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-07
Map Of Europe Will be Materially
Changed by Text Of Document
Which Was Made Public Today
DOCUMENT SHORTER THAN SUPPOSED
United States and Great Britain Enter Upon Separate
Agreement to Go to Aid of France If She is
Attacked By Germany.
(By Associated Press.)

N0g @hSSOSAaNNA ACoosl
VERSAILLES, May 7.-Germany to-
day was told the terms upon which the
Allied powers will make peace with
her.
These terms were contained in a
treaty some eighty thousand words in
length which was handed TO the Ger.
man delegates at a memorable as
semblage here, attended by the dele.
gates of the q nations which are par.
ities to the peace.
This notable document on which the
leading statesmen Of the various ma
tons together with a swarm of ex-
perts rom the principal countries in
volved have been working since the
convenfng of the peace conference on
January Is, Is introduced by an extern
sive preamble embodying the asser-
tion OF authority on which the treaty
is based.
Immediately following is the chap
ter, the covenant of the League OF Ma
tions, the text of which already has
been printed. OF the fourteen princi-
pal sections, one contains stipulations
with regard to frontiers which mate
rally change the map OF Europe.
Military, naval and air terms are
dealt with in another section while
still another is devoted to the subject
of reparation. Political stipulations
for Europe on the one side and out
side of 1t on the other, are dealt with
in separate divisions OF the document.
The treaty, II is noted, has to deal
with Germany alone, except insofar as
1t is required that she accept agree
ments made by the Allies with the
other Central Powers.
The document, long as II is, is short
er than was indicated by some of the
forecasts which estimated its length
at 100000 words.
The treaty is not printed in Ger
man. The text is in French and Eng.
lish on opposite pages.
The terms of the treaty spell the
end of Germany as a military power.
She is deprived OF virtually all her
fleet, her army is cut down to nominal
dimensions and she is sharply circum.
scribed along lines through which she
might seek to work militarily to re-
habilitate herself.
Economically also the future course
OF Germany is hedged about with stip.
ulations intended TO insure her abil.
ity to pay the indemnity demanded by
the Allies, but to prevent her from ex.
plotting her old time resources as a
strangltng competition OF the nations
about her which she over ran and dey.
astated during the war.
Thus, for instance, Germany for a
period OF years at least will be depriv.
ed of the coal output of the rich Sarre
basin which goes to France in repay
ment of the damage caused by the de.
struction OF the French coal mines.
She likewise is compelled to make res.
titutior for the damage in other ways
done to France, Belgium and the vari.
GUS countries which suffered from
Teutonic depradations in various
/ forms. In numerous other ways she
Is made to realize that her more than
four years, career of destruction must
be made good.
AS basis Of resuming participa-
ton in the peace negotiations Pre-
mier Orlando accepted proposal that
Italy administer FiFume as a man.
datory of the League Of Nations un.
| til 1923 after which Fiume will re
vert to italian sovereignty.
During the four years of Italian ad-
ministration haribor for the Jugo-
Slays will be built at port few mil
es lower down the Adriatic coast. The
harbor will have railroad communica-
ton with Agram and other cities.
Italy, 1t Is understood also is prepar
! ed to make sacrifices of some of her
other claims on the Dalmation coast
The proposal which induced the Ital
ians TO return to Paris was made tc