Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-20

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and II for rlen. No member of the Ger
man mercantile marine will be permitted
| All German vessels. of war in foreign
ports, and the German high sea fleet in
termed at Scapa Flow will be surren-
dered, the final disposition of these ships
| to be decided upon by the allied and as
| ISOLATED powers.
AIR.-The armed forces of Germany
must not include any military or naval
| air forces except for mot over one hum
dred unarmed seaplanes to. be retained
till October I to search for submarine
mines. No dirigible shall be kept.
| PRISONERS OF Wharf.-The repatria-
ton of German prisoners and interned
civilians is to be carried out without de-
mission composed of Representatives of
| the allies and Germany. Those under
sentence for offenses against discipline
the completion of their sentence. Until
Germany has surrendered persons guilty
| of offenses against the laws and customs
| Of war, the allies have the right to re-
| tain selected German officers.
GRAVES.-Both parties will respect and
maintain the graves of soldiers and sail
| recognize and assist any commission
| charged by any allied or associate gov
| eminent with Identifying. registering,
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
| ments over the graves, and to afford to
| each other all facilities for the repStria-
ton Of the remains Of their soldiers.
|
associated powers publicly arraign
| William III. of HOhenzOllern, formerly
German emperor, not for an Onense
against criminal law, but for SUI
preme offense against international
morality and the sanctity of treaties.
me ex-emperorS surrender is 10 be
requested of Holland, and special tri-
| bunal set up, composed Of one judge from
| each of the five great powers, with full
guarantees of the right Of defense 1t is
/ TO De guided by the highest motives or
international wi a nj
| dicattng the solemn obligations of in
| ternational undertakings and the valid
fix the. punishment it feels should be
! imposed.
Persons accused of having committed
| acts in violation Of the laws and customs
military tribunals under military law If
| the charges affect nationals of only one
state they will be tried before a tribunal
| several states they will be tried before
| joint tribunals of the states concerned
Germany shall hand over to the assoc
ciated governments either jointly or sew
| orally all persons so accused and all
documents and information necessary to
ing acts, the discovery of the offenders
and the just appreciation Of the respon-
sibility.
Section Seven-Reparation.
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Germany accepts on
behalf of herself and her allies, the re-
spOnsibility for causing all the loss
and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
tiOnals have been subjected a con-
sequence of the war imposed upon
them by the aggression of the enemy
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
pay. as defined in the category of dam
ages, is to be determined and notified
to her after fair hearing and not
later. than May 1, 1921, by an inter
same time a schedule of payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented These pay
ments are subject to postponement in
ocably recognizes the full authority of
this commission, agrees to supply it
with all the necessary information and
to pass legislation to effectuate it's
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and certain articles
which can be identified.
AS an immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 20,000,000,000 marks in either
gold; goods, ships or other specific
standing that certain expenses, such as
those of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw materials,
may be deducted at the discretion of
the allies.
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay, she undertakes to
make compensation for all damages
caused to civilians under seven main
categories: (a( Damages by personal
war, directly or indirectly; CD damage
caused to civilians by acts of cruelty
ordered by the enemy and to civilians
in the, occupied territory; Co damages
caused by maltreatment of prisoners;
CD damages to the allied peoples pre-
sented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
of this treaty; (e) damages to prop
erty other than naval or. military ma
terials; Cd damages to civilians by be-
ing forced to labor; (g) damages in the
form of levies or fines imposed by the
enemy
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the reparation COM
mission shall examine the German sys-
tenn of taxation, first to the end that
the sums for reparation which Ger
many is required to pay shall become
to that for the service or discharge of
any domestic loan, and, secondly, so as
to satisfy itself that in general the
German scheme of taxation is fully as
heavy proportionately as that of any
of the powers represented on the COM
mission.
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time, by way of
guaranty, Issues of bonds or other obliga-
tions to cover such claims as are not
otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and on account of the total amount of
claims, bond issues are presently to be
required of Germany in acknowledgment
of its debt as follows:
Twenty billion marks, gold, payable
not later than May l, 1921, without in
terest; forty billion marks, gold bearing
~ per cent interest between 1921 and
1926 and thereafter per cent, with /
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming In 1926: and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing interest at 5 per cent, under terms to
sH4PPING.NThe German government
recognizes the right of the allies to the
replacement, ton for ton and class for
boats lost or damaged owing to the war,
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
and upward oneha Of her ships betWeen
1900 and LOCO tons gross and one-quarter
of her steam trawlers and other fishing
within two months to the reparation
committee, together with documents of
title evidencing the transfer of the ships
free from encumbrancc
AS an additional part Oh reparation.
the German government further agrees
to build merchant. ships for the account
of the allies to the amount of not ex'
ceeding 100000 tons gross annually durs
ing the next five years. All ships used
for inland navigation taken by Germany
from the allies are to be restored within
two months, the amount of loss not COW
cred by such restitution to be made up
by the eession of the German river fleet
In order to effect payment by deliV-
cries In kind Germany is required, Tor.
limited number OF years. varying in the
products. dyestuffs and chemical drugs in
specific amounts to the reparations com
mission. The commission may so moai-
ty the conditions of delivery as not to
interfere unduly with Germany's indas-
trial requirements. The deliveries of cBal
are based largely upon the principle of
making good diminutions in the produc-
ton of the allied countries resulting from
the war
DEVASTATED AREAS.-Germany an
dertakeS to devote her economic
sources directly to the physical restdra-
ton of the invaded areas. The reparation
commission is authorized to req ire Ger
many to replace the destroyed articles by
the delivery of animals, machinery, etc,
existing in Germany, and to manufacture
materials required for reconstruction uur-
poses; all with due consideration for Der
many's essential domestic requirements.
Germany is to restore within six months
the Koran of the Caliph Gilman, former
ly at Medina, to the king of Hedjaz. &nd
the skull of the Sultan OkMaMa formerly