Arizona republican., 1919-05-08

and payments for food and raw ma terials may be deducted at the discre- ton of the allies.
 Germany further binds herself to re- pay all sums borrowed by Belgium from her allies as result of Germany s violation of the treaty of 1S39 up to November Il, 1918, and for this pur- pose will issue at once and hand over to the reparation commission five per cent gold bonds falling due in 1928.
 While the allied and associated gov ernments recognize that the resources of Germany are not adequate, after ] taking into account permanent dimi- mutton of such resources which will re- suit from other treaty claims, to make complete reparation for all such loss and damage, they require her to make compensation for all damages caused to civilians under seven main cate gories:
 (a) Damages by personal injury tc civilians caused by acts of war direct ly or indirectly;
 (b) Damage caused to civilians by acts of cruelty ordered by the enemy and 10 civilians in the occupied terri. ] tory;
 (e) Damage caused by maltreatmen of prisoners;
 l (d) Damages to the allied people. | presented by pensions and separation i allowances, capitalized at the signaturt 1 of this treaty;
 l (e) Damages to property other thar 1 naval or military materials;
 Cf) Damages to civilians by being | forced to labor
 l (ol TlaTloa croc in tho form of Ioyin, of fines imposed by the enemy.
 In periodically estimating Germany capacity to pay, the reparation com mission shall examine the German | system of taxation; first, to the ent that the sums for reparation whicl Germany is required to pay shall be come a charge upon all her revenues i prior to that for the service or dis charge of any domestic loan, and sec ondly. so as to satisfy itself that il general, the German scheme of taxa tion is fully as heavy proportionatel, as that of any of the powers repre- sented on the commission.
 The measures which the allied ant associated powers shall have the righ to take, in case of voluntary defaul by Germany, and which German. agrees not to regard as acts of war, ma, include economic and financial pro hibitions and reprisals and in genera such other measures as the respectiv governments may determine to be nee
 essary in the circumstances. Tn commission shall consist of one rep resentative each of the United States Great Britain, France, Italy and Bel 1 gium, and in certain cases, of Japal and Serbia, with all other allied power entitled, when their claims are unde consideration, to the right of presen tatiOn without voting power. It sha f permit Germany to give evidence re garding her capacity to pay and shal assure her a just opportunity to b heard. It shall make it's headquarter at Paris; establish it's own procedur and personnel; have general control 0
 the whole reparation problem; an become the exclusive agency of tn allies for receiving, holding, sellin and distributing reparation payments Majority vote shall prevail except tha of unanimity is required on question involving the sovereignty of any 0 the allies, the cancellation of all or par
 of Germany's obligations, the tim
 and manner of selling, distributin and negotiating bonds issued by Ger many, and postponement betwee nineteen twenty-one and ninetee twenty six of annual payments beyon I nineteen hundred thirty, and any post | nonement after nineteen hundred