Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-03-28
WAR AIRCRAFT ..
: BARRED TO ENEMY
Germany Forbidden to Have Any
Planes Except for Conn.,
merCiaI Use.
MUST GIVE UP ALL SOON.
American Delegates Inclined to Con-
slider 1t Issue for League of Ma
tions-Military Tribunals May
Try Teuton Chiefs.

l Paris.-The aerial terms of the Ger
man disarmament as. adopted by the
Supreme War Council provides that
airplanes and dirigibles shall no long
er be used for military purposes. The
council concluded that it was not yfea-
sble to prohibit airplanes for COM
mercial uses. The drafting committee
was directed to make clear the dis
tinction excepting commercial air
planes in the terms incorporated i'll
the peace terms.
Germany must deliver all airplanes
to the Allies and must prohibit the con-
struction of other airplanes until the
final peace treaty is effective, the Su-
preme War Council decided in adopt
Ing the aerial terms to be imposed on
Germany in the preliminary peace.
The terms do not decide the future
fate of the airplanes, which may either
be destroyed or divided among the AL
lies. The British and American dele
gates brought up the question Of
distinction between commercial aerial
navigation, which will be authorized
for Germany after conclusion Of peace
under certain guarantees and military
aerial navigation which will be pro-
hibited.
The French are making an effort
which probably will be successful, to
secure a report from the sub-commit-
tee on waterways and railways in IA
vor of the standardization Of equip
ment on continental railroads. This
would permit the use of cars across
national boundaries, which is now i'm
possible owing to differences in coup
lings and other details of construction.
Such a step would tend to unity eco
nomic systems and reduce costs of
transportation.
There is a divergence in the views
of the members Of the commission in
vestigating the responsibility for the
war on several important points, ac-
cording to the Temps. AS to whether
the former German Emperor and other
heads Of enemy states should be
brought to trial is a question on which
a division of opinion exists, while the
matter of an international tribunal or
military tribunals for the judging Of
those charged with violations Of the
rights of nations during the war has
not been settled.
The American delegates have op-
posed an international tribunal, point
ing out that the United States was
not a bellgerent during the whole
period when such violations were COM
mitted. A possible solution has been
under consideration-the appointment
of military tribunals composed Of Off
GERS Of different natiOnalities.
Estimates so far received from
Latin-American Governments Of dam
ages incurred in the war indicate that
the total bill for reparations from
those countries will be approximately
$1,000,000,000. The claims are con-
fined largely to ships sunk by the
enemy, but some of the Latin-Ameri-
can countries are seeking the repay
ment of money deposited in Berlin and
Hamburg banks and confiscated by
Germany, especially BrcZil, whose citi-
zens habitually maintained large ac-
counts in Germ any eCause Of the
coffee trade.
The American military experts here,
although accepting Premier Lloyd
Georges plan of prohibiting conscrip-
tion in Germany and providing for
, volunteer army with Il long term of
service instead, have been giving the
subject deep consideration in its possi-
BILE bearing upon the future military
systems, not only Of America, but of
the whole world They are inclined to
believe that this is subject that might
properly come before the League of
Nations in connection with the limita-
tion of armaments.