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GERMANY RECEIVES -
TREATY OF PEACE

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ence of German-Austria, Czecho-
Slovakia, Poland.
Her army is reduced to 100000
men, including officers.
Conscription within her territories
Is abolished.
d., All forts so kilometres east Of the
Rhine are to be razed, and all I'M
portation, expectation and nearly all
production of war material is to be
stopped.
Allied occupation of parts OF Ger
many will continue till reparation Is
made, but will be reduced at end OF
each of three five year periods II Ger
many is fulfilling her obligations
Any violation by Germany Of condl-
tions as to the zone so kilometres
east of the Rhine will be regarded as
an act of war.
The German navy is to be reduced
to six battleships, six light cruisers
and 12 torpedo boats without any
submarines and the personnel not to
be over $4,000. All other vesseis
must be surrendered or destroyed.
Germany is forbidden to build
forts controlling the Baltic and must
demolish Heligoland, open the klei
canal to all nations, and surrender
her IA submarine cables.
She may have no military or naval
air forces except 100 unarmed sea-
planes until Oct. 1. To detect mines
and may manufacture aviation ma
terial for six months.
Germany accepts full responsible
ty for all damages caused to- the Al
lied and associated governments and
their nationals, agrees specifically to
reimburse all civilian damages, be-
ginning with an initial payment OF
Twenty Billion marks, subsequent
payments to be secured by bonds to
be issued at the discretion OF the
reparation commission.
Germany is to pay shipping dam
age ON a ton for ton basis by cession
of large part of her merchant
coasting and river fleets and by new
construction, and to devote her
economic resources to the rebuilding
Of the devastated regions. She agrees
to the return of the 1914 "most fav-
ored nations" tariffs without dis
elimination of any sort, to allow al
fed and associated nationals free
dom of transport through her terri
tories, to accept highly detailed pro-
visions as to pre-war debts, unfair
competition, Decentralization OF
roads and rivers 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 is to be asked to extradite
the former Kaiser and Germany is to
be responsible for delivery of the
latter.
The League of Nations is accepted
BY the allied and associated powers
as operative by Germany in principle
but without membership. Similarly
an international labor body is
brought into being with permanent
office and an annual convention. A
great number Of national bodies OF
different kinds and for different pur-
poses are created, some under the
League of Nations and some to exc
cute the peace treaty. Among the
former is a commission to- govern
the Saar basin till a plebiscite is
held Is years hence; the high COM
missioner of Danzig, which is created
into a free city under the league,
and various commissions for plebis-
cites in Malmody, Schleswig and
East Prussia. Among those to carry
out the peace treaty are the repara-
tions, military, naval, air, Financial
and economic commissions, the inter
national high court and military tri-
bunals to fix responsibilities, and a
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