The Holly chieftain., 1919-05-15

count ri"s In which control is neces-
sary: they viii make provision for
freedom of communications and transit
and equitable treatment for commerce
Of all members of the league, with
specia reference to the necessities of
regions devastated during the war. and
they win endeavor to take steps FOR
International prevention and control of
disease international bureaus and
eommissions already established will
he placed under the league, as well as
those to be established in the future.
Amendments 10 the Covenants -
Amendments TO the covenant will take
effect when ratified by the council and
by a ma ajority of the assembly.
Boundaries Of Germany-Germany
cedcs to France Alsace-Lorraine, S, 900
square miles, and to Belgium two small
districts between Luxembourg and HoI-
land. totaling 9S9 square miles. She
also cedes to Poland the southeastern
oppeln. most of Posen and West Prus-
sia. 21.6S6 square miles, East Prussia
being isolated from the ma in body by
a part of Poland. She loses sovereign
" over the northeastermost tin of
East Prussia. forty square miles north
Of the River Mcneil and the nterna-
tionalized areas about Danzig, 72a
square miles and the basin of the Saar
fSS square miles, between the western
border OF the Rhenish Palatinate of
Bavaria and the southeast corner of
Luxembourg. The Danzie area consists
Of the V between the NoGat and Wis.,
tula rivers. made w by the addition
of similar V on the west, including
the city of DanZig.
The southeastern third of East Prus-,
sia and the area between east Prussia
and the Nistula north of latitude SO
degrees 3 minutes is to have its ma
tionality determined by popular vote.
5,7S5 square miles, as is to be the case
in part of SchleswiG. 2,7S7 square
miles.
Belgtum-Germany is to consent to
the abrogation of the treaties of 1888
by which Belgium was established as
neutral state, and to agree in ad-
vance to any convention with which
the allied and associated powers may
determine to replace Them She is to
recognize the full sovereignty of Bel
;;ium over the contested territory of
Morenet and over part of Prussian Mo-
Ienct and to renounce in favor of Bel
GUM all rights of the circles of Eupen
and Malmedy, the inhabitants of which
are to be entitled within six months
to protest against this change of SOW
ereisnty either in whole or in part,
the final decision to be reserved to the
League of Nations.
commission is to settle the details
Of the frontier, and various regula-
tons for change of nationality are laid
down.
LuxembUrg-Germany renounces her
various treaties and conventions with
the grand duchy of Luxemburg, recog-
nZes that it ceased to be a part of the
German zollereign from Jan. l last. re-
nounces all right of exploitation of
tion of it's neutrality and accepts in
advance any international agreement
as to it reached by the allied and as
sociated powers.
Left Bank Of the Rhine-As provid-
ed in the military clauses, Germany
will not maintain any Notifications or
armed forces less than fifty kiio-
meters to the east Of the Rhine.
of the moral obligation to repair tho
wrong done in 1871 by Germany to
France and the people of Alsace-Lor-
raine. the territories ceded to Germany
by the treaty of Frankfort are re
stored to France with their frontiers
as before 1871. to date from the sign.
all public debts.
Various clauses adjust the general
provisions of the treaty to the special
conditions of Alsace-Lorraine. certain
matters of execution being left to con-
ventions to be made between France
and Germany.
The Saar-In compensation for the
destruction of coal mines of northern
reparation. Germany cedes to France
full ownership of the coal mines of the
Saar basin with their subsidiaries. ac-
cessorries and facilities. Their value
commission and credited against that
account The French rights will be
governed by German law in force at
tion, France replacing the present
owners. whom Germany undertakes to
indemnify. France will continue to
furnish the present proportion of coal
for local needs and contribute in just
proportion to local taxes.
The basin extends from the frontier
of Lorraine, as reannexed to France,
north as far as st. Wendell, including
on the west the valley of the Saar as
far as Saarholzbach and on the east
the town of Homburg.
In order to secure the rights and
u-a ia of he n r.
antee to France entire freedom in
working the mines, the territory will
be governed by a commission appointed
by the League of Nations and consist
ing of five members, one French, one
a native inhabitant of the Saar and
three representing three different
. countries other than France and Ger
many.
The local courts will continue but
subject to the commission. Existing
German Legislation will remain the ba-
sis of the law, but the commission may
make modification after consulting a
local representative assembly which 1t
will organize.
After fifteen years a plebiscite will
be held by communes to ascertain the
desires of the population as to contin-
uance of the existing regime under the
League of Nations union with France
or union with Germany. The right to
vote will belong to all inhabitants ov
er 20 resident therein at the signature
German Austria-Germany recognizes
the total independence of German Aus
tria in the boundaries traced.
Tchecho- -Slovakia - Germany recog
niZes the entire independence of the
Tchecho -Slovak state including the au-
tonomous territory Of the Ruthenians
south of the Carpathians, and accepts
the frontiers of this state as to be de-
termined, which in the case of the
German frontier shall follow the from
tier of Bohemia in 1914: The usual
stipulations as to acquisition and
change of nationality follow: