The Washington times., 1919-05-07

tween allied anc asSoclateo h@tLS"@iS
excepting the United States, Japan
and Brazil and German nationals are
cancelled except for debts for accounts
already performed. agreements for
the transfer of property where the
property had already passed, leases
Of land and houses contracts OF mort
cages pledge or lien. mining conces-
sions. contracts with governments
and insurance contracts Mixed aroi-
trail tribunes shall be established OF
three members. one chosen by Ger
many, one by the associated states
and the third by agreement or taliing
which. by the President OF SWitzer-
land. They shall have jurisdiction
over all disputes as to contracts con-
cIuded before the present peace
treaty.
Fire Insurance Contracts.
Fire insurance contracts are not
dissolved by the war even
il premiums have not been paid but
lapse at the date of the first annual
premium falling due three months
after the peace. Life insurance con-
tracts may be restored by payments
of accumulated premiums with inter-
est falling due on such contracts dur-
ing the war to be recoverable with
interest Marine insurance contracts
are dissolved by the outbreak OF war
except where the risk insured against
had already been incurred. Where
the risk had not attached premiums
paid are recoverable, otherwise prem
iums due and sums due on losses are
recoverable. Reinsurance treaties
are abrogated unless invasion has
made II impossible for the reinsured
to find another reinsurer. Any allied
or associated power, however, may
cancel all the contracts running be-
tween it's nations and German life
insurance company, the latter being
obligated to hand over the proportion
Of its assets attributable to such
policies.
Industrial property rights as -
Industrial, literary, and artistic prop
erty are established, the special
war measures of the allied and asso-
ciated powers are ratified, and the
right reserved to impose conditions
on the use of German patents and
copyrights when in the public inter
est Except as between the United
States and Germany pre- war licenses
and rights to sue for heterogeneous
committed during the war are can
ceIIed.
Opium.-The contracting powers
agrGe, whether or not they have
signed and ratified the opium conVen-
ton of January %. 1912, or signed the
special protocol opened at The Hague
in accordance with resolutions adopt
ed at third opium conference in 1914,
to bring the said convention into
force by enacting within twelve
months OF the peace the necessary
legislation
Religious Missions.
Religious Missions.-The allied and
associated powers agree that the
properties OF religious missions In
territories belonging or ceded to them
shall continue in their work under
the control OF the powers, Germany
renouncing all claims in their behalf
r Aerial observation-disclosures or the
allied and associated powers shall
have full liberty of passage and land
ing over and in German territory
equal treatment with German planes
as to use OF German airdromes and
with most favored nation planes Is
to internal commercial trafnc In Ger
many. Germany agrees to accept al
lied certificates of nationality, air.
wOrthiness OF competency or licenses
and to apply the convention relative
to aerial navigation concluded be-
tween the allied and associated pow
ers to her own aircraft over her own
territory. These rules apply until
1923 unless Germany has since been
admitted to the League of Nations or
to the above convention.
Freedom OF transit. Germany must
grant freedom Of transit through her ter
ritories by rail or water to persons,
goods, ships. carriages, and mails from or
to any OF the allied or associated pOWerA
without customs or transit duties, undue
delays. restrictions. or determinations
based on nationality, means OF transport.
or place of entry or departure. Goods in
transit shall be assured all possible speed
Of journey. especially perishable goods
Germany may not divert traffic from its
normal course in favor Of her own trans
port routes or maintain control sta
tions" in connection with transmigratioa
traffic. She may not establish any taxes
discrimination against the ports OF allied
or associated powers; must grant the
latters seaports all factors and reduced
tariffs granted her own or other nation
ais. and afford the allied and associated
powers equal right with these OF her
own nationals in her ports and water
ways. save that she is free to open Or
close her maritime cOasting trade
Free zones in ports. Free zones exist
ing in German ports on August l, 1914
must be maintained with due facilities
as TO warehouses; packing anu "AeAo1N
discrimination. and without charges ek-
cept for expenses Of administration ana
use Goods leaving the free zones Tor
consumption in Germany and goods
brought into the free zones from Ger
many shall be subject to the ordinary
import and export taxes
international rivers. The Elbe from
the junction of the Vltava, the Vltaya
from Prague. the Oder from Oppa, the
Niemen from GrOdnO. and the Danube
from UIm are declared international,
together with their connections The
riparian states must ensure good con-
ditions of navigation within their tel
ritories unless a special Organizati0g
exists therefore. Otherwise appeal
may be had to a special tribunal OF
the League of Nations, which also
may arrange for a general internd-
tiOnal waterways convention
Rights TO Revise.
The Elbe and the Oder are TO be
placed under international commits
sions to meet within three months,
that for the Elbe composed Of four
representatives of Germany. two from
Czecho SlOvakia. and one each from
Great Britain, France, Italy. and Bel
GUM: and that for the oder composed
of one each from Poland, Russia.
CzeCho Slovakia. Great Britain,
France Denmark and Sweden. II any
riparian state on the Niewen should
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