The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-11
.GE ERMANY'S s WAR
SECRETS MUST
De U|vEN Up
Terms Of Peace Treaty Will
Require II
no MORE "BIG BERTHAS"
All Weapons Of More Than 4-lnch
caIIbre to be Turned over
to Allies

Frankfort, June 9.-The execution
of the terms of the peace treaty will
give the allies Germany's great mill
tary secrets. Under the provisions OF
the document the Germans must turn
over the "Big Bertha" with which
they bombarded Paris at Long range
they must give up the other guns they
we're preparing to shoot up London
from across the Channel; they must
give up the secrets of the manufacture
Of mustard gas, the production OF
which puzzled the allied chemists for
so long. These are just a few OF the
secrets OF the German military mach
inc our fighting experts will soon
have unless the provisions OF the
treaty in tins respect are changed
before the Germans sign it.
America knows that the treaty pro
vides that the strength of the German
Army must never exceed 100000 men
and that by the terms of the treaty
there may never be more than 1000
officers. In providing for armament
the treaty says that Berman military
machine must not have more arms
than are specified in Table 2. Table
2 lays down a maximum of $4,000
rifles. $4,000 carbines, 792 heavy ma
chine guns, 1,1S4 light machine guns,
sixty-three medium trench mortars
and four 77-millimeter cannon and
eighty-four 105-millimeter guns. No
larger guns than loss are allowed.
This is about 4-inch gun. The big
Bertha was OF 3 inch, and the Ger
mans used many other guns OF more
than 12-inch ealibre.
These must be given UP, for the
treaty says: within three months
from the coming into force OF the pre-
sent treaty German arms, munitions
and war material. including anti-air'
craft material, existing IN Germany in
excess OF the quantities allowed, must
be surrendered TO the Governments OF
! the principal allied and associated
powers, to be destroyed or rendered
useless" The manufacture or i'm
nortation Of larger guns is strictly
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Another paragraph provides that the
use of asphyxiating, poisonous or othei
gases and all analogous liquids, ma
terials or devices being prohibited
their manufacture and importation
Iare strictly forbidden in Germany
The same applies to materials special
ly intended for the manufacture. stoT
age and use of the said products o
Devices The manufacture and import
.lation into Germany of armored cars
tanks and all similar construction
suitable for use in war are also pro
hipited
There is a provision that within
three months from the coming int
force of the treaty the German Gov
ernment shall disclose to the Govern
ments of the principal allied and as
sociated powers the nature and mod
of manufacture of all explosives, toxi
substances or other chemical prepare
tions used by them in the war or pre-
pared by them for the purpose of beinI
so used
One imagines that some one in Pari
was thinking CT Russia when this pre-
vision was adopted, namely, that Gel
many agrees, from the coming int
fcrce of the treaty, not to accredit no
send to any foreign country any mil
tary, naval or air mission. or 10 allo,
any such mission to leave her territor
and Germany further agrees 60 tax
appropriate measures to prevent Gel
man nationals from leaving her terr
tory to become enrolled in the arm
navy or air service of any foreig
power, or to be attached to such arm,
navy, or air service for the purpose {
assisting in the military. naval, or al
training thereof, or otherwise for tn
purpose of giving military, naval q
air instruction in any foreign countr,
How the German navy will be cr
down to six small battleships, six ligl
cruisers, twelve destroyers, twelve to
pedo boats, and no submarines ha
been published. Germany will not b
e allowed to have any military al
planes.