The sun., 1919-08-30

cruelty, violence or maltreatment Qn-
Guiding injuries to life or health as a
consequence of Imprisonment deporta-
ton, internment or evacuation, of ex-
posture at sea or of being forced to la
bor) wherever arising and to the surviv-
Ing dependents Of such victims.
go. Damage to civilian persons injured
either in German territory or invaded
territory. caused by Germany or her al
lies by acts injurious to health or ca
pacity to work or to honor. as well as to
their surviving dependents.
-. Damage caused by any kind OF
maltreatment Of prisoners of war.
go. As damages the pensions and COM
pensatlons in the nature of pensions to
naval and military Uncluding members
OF the air force) victims whether mutt
lated, wounded, sick or invaded. and to
the dependents of such victims, sums go
due to be capitalized on the basis of the
French scale in force on the coming
into effect of the present treaty.
80. The cost of assistance extended to
prisoners of war and, their families.
81. Allowances by the Governments
of the Allies and associated Powers to
the families and dependents Of modified
persons or persons serving in the forces
the sum to be paid to be capitalized or
the basis of the French scale In force
during the year the payment was made
49, Damage to civilians by being
forced by Germany or her allies to work
without just remuneration.
20. Damage to all property wherever
situated belonging to any of the allied
or associated States or their nationals
with the exception OF naval or military
works or materials, which has been car.
ried of. seized injured or destroyed BY
the acts of Germany or her allies or
land, on sea or from the air, or damages
directly in consequence of hostilities oil
OF any operations of war.
40. Damages in the form Of levies
fines and other similar exactions imposed
by Germany or her allies upon the civil
population.
at is admitted that certain of these
damage rules violate the principles of in
ternational law as hitherto recognized
! and observed by the family of nations
The reason why we, as we'll as the en-
envy, should discard such benign princi
pies as have been worked out by the ma
tons In the last centuries is not clear.
The thought has been entertained
that the treaty fixes, at least tenta-
lively, the German indemnity under
| these rules at one hundred and twenty
billion gold marks-about twenty-fouI
billion dollars-but such an idea is not
| justified.
Must Pay BeIRlum's Debt.
TN the first place Germany agrees
| In addition to the sum named. to nay
Belgium's debt to the allied and asso.
| ciated Powers, whatever the deot may
be. This payment is to be considered
| restoration.
I'm the next place. the treaty stipu
lates that the twenty-four billion dollar.
worth of gold bonds which Germany
undertakes to issue is to cover what
ever part of the full amount OF the ap
proved claims is not paid in gold. Oh
IN ships, securities and commodities OIL
| otherwise. Thus the total values OF al
the materials to be turned over as here
| tofore mentioned seem quite clearly L
be In addition to this twenty-foui
billions OF gold bonds.
Moreover, II is provided that fur
thei issues (of bonds) by way O
acknowledgment and security may b,
required as the (Reparation) Commits
sion subsequently, determined from tim
| to time
80 that the bill against Germany will
clearly not stop at twenty-four billion
dollars and may run to any amount.
For all property rights or interest
taken by the allied and ASSOCIATED
Powers from German nationals Ger
many undertakes to compensate them
SOW Inc disposition vi uie proceed
OF all this German property is obviousl,
| of the utmost Importance. The treat,
| proposes two methods, one of which i
| so fantastic that 1t is difficult to bellev
| our widest dreamer would, on study
care to adopt It. / shall give you tn
effect of a few of its salient features
II we should proceed under 1t, tn
United States would guarantee the pay
ment OF all specified debts owed by on
citizens (who were solvent at the be
ginning OF the war; to Germans. W
would establish a clearing Office whic
would take over all such debts due t
our citizens from Germans and W
would undertake to act as collectio
agent for all such debts due from on
citizens to Germans. making good an
we did not collect From the comm
into force of this treaty all payment
or acceptance OF payments and all com
| munications regarding the settlement o
| specified obligations would be absolutel
prohibited between our citizens and Ger
mans, under penalties imposed for trad
ing with the enemy, except correspond
ence through our clearing office, an.
each Government would promise to d.
its utmost to ferret out and report VIC
laticns OF the prohibitions to the others
IF an American citizen made a CLAIM
which was not allowed. he would be fined
IF he contested a claim which wa
allowed he would be fined Where b.
and the German could not agree, the tw
clearing offices would settle It II the,
| could ~ they could not aRree II wouI
go to the mixed arbitral tribunal II
finally, a debt were held either by tn
clearing offices or the mixed tribunal no
to be within the specified classes, per
mission is graciously given to the par
ties to go to court
when all such debts are liquidate
any credit balance in favor OF German
goes to the Reparation Commission [
be credited on Germany's account. Tha
Is to say, the excess proceeds of Germa
property in the United States would 6
to compensate italian or Greek or som
other Powers losses.
IF this clearing ONCE system be nc
adopted. then Germany pays directly I
the allied and associated Government
or their interested nationals the cash a,
sets and the proceeds of the propert,
rights, and interests, in her hands bt
longing TO them; but each of the allie
and associated Powers shall dispose {
the proceeds OF ths property rights an
interests and of the cash assets OF Gel
man nationals in accordance with Il
/ laws and regulations. They may appl
: them IL they wish TO the payment
, claims and debts held by their nationa
against German nationals. includin
. claims against the German GovernneI
, for acts committed BY 1t after July 8