Evening star., 1919-10-16
CERMANYMUST ACT
WHEN THREE RAT|Fy
Many Clauses Effective Just
as Soon as Peace Treaty
Is IN Force.
FRANCE CAUSES DELAY

Directly the peace treaty comes into
force through exchange of ratifca-
| tion by three Of the allied and asso-
| ciated powers and Germany many of
it's clauses will become effective.
Chief among these is that requiring
Germany to issue 100000, 900
| marks of bonds for the reparation of
devasted territories.
Ratification by Great Britain.
i pected to be completed this week by
the deposit of the process verbal at
Paris, but it has been announced
! that this final act to bring the treaty
| into force has been postponed.
Others Effective Then.
Other provisions of the treaty which
will become effective Immediately
with the deposit of the process verbal
| require:
! Destruction of unfinished German
| surface warships.
! Disarmament of auxiliary ships of
\ war, four of which are in neutral
ports and twenty-eight in German
ports.
| Formal surrender of German surface
warships interned in allied and neu-
! tral ports and now in charge of Ger
man caretakerS.
| Delivery of all German military and
nava! aviation material, including
dirigibles, except 100 unarmed sea-
| planes, to be retained as a part of the
German mine-sweeping force.
Destruction of the armament of all
| military forces situated within fifty
| kilometers from the German coast.
Notification Of the number. caliber
| and types of guns forming the arma-
ment of the land and sea fortresses
which Germany is allowed to keep.
Ends Militarism.
Immediate dissolution Of military
and quasi military organizations, as
Soclations or clubs in Upper Silesia and
| the establishment of an international
committee in Upper Silesia and an in
teraliied military occupation of the
country.
That no armed forces be maintained
or collected and no fortifcations con-
structed on the left bank of the Rhine
within a distance of fifty kilometers
east of the river.
The handing over by the German
government of the archives, register
ed plans, of the properties ceded to
Belgium by the treaty and the reSti-
tuition of the documents. of which the
Germans took possession during their
occupation.
Immediate return of the archives,
registered plans. etc, which concern
Alsace Lorraine.
Return of property and interest Of
Alsatians and Lorrainers belonging
to them on November II. 1918.
Reciprocal communications by the
contracting parties of all Information
relative to the dead.
Formal Ratification Postponed.
PARIS October 15.-The formal
ratification of the peace treaty with
Germany. making that instrument eff
fective, will not take place this week
as had been expected, it was an
nounced tonight by the American del
egation to the peace conference. There
has been indefinite postponement of
this step. it was stated. The decision
not to complete the formal ratification
of the treaty this week was due
chiefly to the inability of the three
ratifying powers upon the entente
side to make the necessary prepara-
tions to carry out provisions of the
treaty. which must be attended to
within brief time after the actual
ratification.
VISIT PHILADELPHIA NEXT SUNDAY.
&2.75-RoUND TRIP-$2.75.
SpeciaY excursion, Penna r. r. leaves Union
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