Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-15
Marks Nations End as a Military,
Naval and Colonial Power
for All Time.
Ex-KAlsER 70 BE TRIED
Wilson Pledges Himself to Propose to
Senate a Treaty to Protect France.
Germany Responsible for All Dam
i, ases-First Payment 10000, ooo, 900
y Marks.

New York.-An official summary Of
the peace treaty made public here by
the Committee on Public Information
says: "In addition to the securities
afforded In the treaty Of peace the
President of the United States has
!. pledged himself to propose to the SEN
ate of the United States, and the prime
minister of Great Britain has pledged
s himself to propose to the parliament
/ of Great Britain In engagement, sub
feet to the council of the League of
Z Nations, to come Immediately to the
assistance of France in case of I'M
provoked attack by Germany"
Germany, by the terms of the treaty,
restores Alsace-Lorraine to France,
accepts the nternatlonalization of
the Saar basin temporarily and of
Danzig permanently, agrees to terri
torial changes toward Belgium and
Denmark and in East Prussia, cedes
most of Upper Silesia to Poland, and
renounces all territory and political
rights outside Europe, as to her own
or her allies territories, and especial
ly to Morocco, Egypt, Siam, Liberia
and Shantung. She also recognizes
the total independence Of German
Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland.
! Her army is reduced to hundred
thousand men including officers; con-
scription within her territories Is
abolished; all forts fifty kilometres
east of the Rhine razed; all importa-
tion, expectation and nearly all pro-
duction of war material stopped.
Allied occupation Of parts of Ger
many will continue till reparation is
made, but will be reduced at the end
of each of three five-year periods If
Germany Is fulfilling her obligation.
Any violation by Germany of the con-
ditions as to the zone fifty-kilometres
east Of the Rhine will be regarded as
an act Of war.
The German navy is reduced to six
battleships, six light cruisers and
twelve torpedo boats, without subma-
rines, and personnel of not more
than $4,000 All other vessels must be
surrendered or destroyed. Germany
is forbidden to build forts controlling
the Baltic, must demolish Heligoland,
open the KEEL canal to all nations and
surrender her fourteen submarine ca
bles. She may have no military or ma
val air forces except 100 unarmed sea-
planes until october to detect mines,
and may manufacture aviation mate
rial for six months.
Responsibility for Damage.
n Germany accepts full responsibility
for damages caused to allied and as
ISOLATED governments and nationals,
agrees specifically to reimburse all
civilian damages, beginning with an
initial payment Of 20,O0O,O00, 900
marks, subsequent payments to be Sc
cured by bonds TO be issued at the dis
erection Of the Reparatlon Commission.
Germany is to pay shipping damage on
a ton-fOr-ton basis by cession of a
large part of her merchant, coasting
and river fleet and by new construc-
ton, and to devote her economic re-
sources to the rebuilding of the tievas-
tated regions.
She agrees to return to the 1914
most favored nation tariffs, without
discrimination Of any sort; to allow al
lied and associated nationals freedom
of transit through her territories, and
to accept highly detailed provisions as
to pre-war debts, unfair competition,
Observation-Disclosures of roads and riv-
ers and other economic and financial
clauses. She also agrees to the trial
OF the ex-Kaiser by an international
high court for a supreme offense
! against international morality and of
other nationals for violation of the
laws and customs of war, Holland Il
be asked to ext-adite the former and
\ Germany being responsible for deliy-
ering the latter.
No League Membership Yet.
The League Of Nations is accented
by the allied and associated powers ms
operative, and by Germany in prin.
ciple. but without membership. SINH.
larry an international labor body Il
brought into being with per.
( nlanent Office and an annual conyen
ton. a great number Of international
bodies OF different kinds and for differ
ent purposes are created, some under
the League Of Nations and some tc
execute the peace treaty.
Among the former Is the commission
10 govern the SaAf hasfn fiji a Y,lal,fscitc