Connecticut western news., 1919-05-15
yEiMIa M MaARY ,0Fr TnE TREATY GERMANY
 !, MUST ACCEPT
Marks Nations End as a Military, Naval and Colonial Power ] for All Time.
H-KkISER TO BE TRIED.
Wilson Pledges Himself to Propose to
 Senate Treaty 10 Protect France. Germany Responsible for All Dam- l. aaes-First Payment 2o,ooo 100000
 Marks.


 New York-An official summary of ssse peace treaty made public here by she COInnittee on Public Information says: "Tn addition to the securities afforded in the treaty of peace the President of the United States has psedged himself to propose to the sen ateSof the United States, and the prime minister of Great Britain has pledged Aimseff to propose 10 the parliament ef Great Britain in engagement, sub tect to the council of the League Of Nations, to come immediately to the assistance of France in case of up- Rs0voked attack by Germany
 Germany, by the terms of the treaty, restcres AIsace-Lorraine to France, accepts the internationalization of She Saar basin temporarily and of Danzig permanently, agrees to terri toriai changes toward Belgium and Denmark and in East Prussia. cedes Kost of Upper Siiesia to Poland, and RnounceS all territory and political rIgllts outside Europe as to her own sw her allies territories. and especial N to Morocco, Egypt, Siam. Liberia and Shantung. She also recognizes tfe total independence of German Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland.
 Her army is reduced to hundred s&0usand men including officers; con- WTiption within her territories is aboiished; all forts fifty kilometres RrSt of the Rhine razed; all importa- ssor, exportation and nearly all pro- , 8uctiQn of war material stopped.
 Allied occupation of parts of Ger Esany will continue till reparation is made, but will be reduced at the end sF each of three five-year periods if Germany is fulfilling her obligation. Any violation by Germany of the con- kFffons as to the zone fifty kilometres e3st of the Rhine will be regarded as an net of war.
 The German navy is reduced to six. bnttTeships, six light cruisers and twelve torpedo boats, without subma- zines. and personnel of not more ssHn 15,O00. All other vessels must be surrendered or destroyed. Germany ~ forbidden to build forts controlling 1ke Baltic, must demolish Heligoland, spen the Kiel canal to all nations and surrender her fourteen submarine ca Aes.i She may have no military or na- wi air forces except 100 unarmed sea Uahnes until october to detect mines, nnd may manufacture aviation nate skaTi for six months.
 Responsibility for Damage.
 
 Germany accepts full responsibility tbr dannages caused to allied and as- SUcfafed governments and nationals, agrees specifically to reimburse all civilian damages, beginning with an Initial payment of 2OOOO OOO, 900 marks, subsequent payments to be se- erred by bonds to be issued at the dis sretion of the Preparation Commission. Germany is to pay shipping damage on E toB-for-ton basis by cession of a 1nge part Of her merchant, coasting 4Rd river fleet and by new construc- 4Un, and to devote her economic re- IDurces to the rebuilding Of the devas- eRfed regions
 She agrees 10 return to the 1914 sost favored nation tariffs, without
 
 1ed and associated nationals freedom sF transit through her territories, and sD accept highly detailed provisions as h pre-war debts, unfair competition. MfernationaliZation of roads and riv- kzs and. other economic and financial rRMuses. She also agrees to the trial = the ex-Kaiser by an international ksgh court for a supreme offense against international morality and of ntfier nationals for violation of the AEws and customs of war, Holland to tr asked to ext adite the former and Germany being responsible for deliv- isfng fhe latter.
 No League Membership Vet.
 The League of Nations is accepted N the allied and associated powers as operative, and by Germany in priu- ssple. but without membership. Simi- Ariy an international labor body is aought into being with per zanent office and an annual .convea- HoB. A great number of international Bodies of different kinds and for differ ant~purpOses are created, some under Ne League of Nations and some to execute the peace treaty.
 Among the former is the commission N govern the Saar basin till plebiscite D held fifteen years hence; the high commissioner of Danzig, which is ere s6ed into q free city under the League, nad various commissions for plebis- astes in Maimody, Schleswig, and East Prussia Among those to carr;- out He. peace treaty are the reparatiOns, aailitary, naval, air, financial, and eco Ewmic commissions, the internH tional agh court and military tribuuals to kk responsibilities, and series of 1pdies for the control of international lyers. --'.-s---- I
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