The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-08

consisting of five members, one of
French, one native inhabitant of the
Saar and three representing three diff
ferent countries other than France
and Germany. The League will ap-
point member of the commission as
chairman to act as executive of the
commission. The commission will
have all powers of government form
erly belonging to the German Empire,
Prussia and Bavaria will administer
the railroads and other public services
and have full power to interpret the
treaty clauses. The local courts will
continue, but subject to the commits
sion. Existing German legislation will
remain the basis of the law, but the
commission may make modification
after consulting a local representa-
tive assembly which it will organize.
1t will have the taxing power, but for
local purposes only. New taxes must
be approved by this assembly. Labor
legislation will consider the wishes of
the local labor organizations and the
labor program of the league; French
and other labor may be freely utilized,
the former being free to belong to
French unions. All rights acquired
as to pensions and social insurance
will be maintained by Germany and
the Saar commission. There will be
no military service, but only local
gendarmirie to preserve order. The
people will preserve their local assem-
blies, religious liberties, schools and
language, but may vote only for local
assemblies. They will keep their pres
ent nationality except SO far as indi-
viduals may change it. Those wishing
to leave will have every facility with
respect to their property. The terri
tory will form part of the French
customs systems with no export tax
| on coal and metallurgical products
going to Germany nor on German
products entering the basin and for
| five years no import duties on prod
| ucts of the basin going to Germany
or German products coming into the
| basin for local consumption. French
money may circulate without restrlc-
| ton. After fifteen years pleb1sclte
| will be held by communes to ascertain
| the desires of the population as to
! continuance of the existing regime un-
der the League of Nations, union with
France or union with Germany. The
right to vote will belong to all in
: habitants over twenty, resident there
in at the signature. Taking in &C
count the opinions thus expressed, the
League will decide the ultimate SOW
reignty. In any portion restored to
Germany the German government
must buy out the French mines at an
appraised valuation. If the price is
not paid within six months thereafter
this portion passes finally to France.
If Germany buys back the mines, the
league will determine how much of
the coal shall be annually sold to
| France.
SECTION FOUR
German Austria-Germany recog-
nizes the total independence of Ger
man-Austria in the boundaries traced.
| Czecho Slovakia = Germany recog-
nizes the entire independence of the
CZecho Slovak state, including the
autonomous territory of the Ruthenian
south of the Carpathians and accepts
the frontier of this state as to be de-
termined, which in the case Of the
German frontier shall follow the from
tier of Bohemia in nineteen hundred
and fourteen. The usual stipulations
as to acquisition and change of nation
ality follow:
Poland-Germany cedes to Poland
, the greater part of upper Silesia, Pc
sen and the province of West Prussia
on the left bank of the Vistula.
field boundary commission of seven
five representing the allied and asso
ciated powers and one each repre-
senting Poland and Germany-shal
be constituted within fifteen days oil
the peace to delimit this boundary
Such special provisions are necessary
: to protect racial, linguistic or religious
minorities and to protect freedom Of
transit and equitable treatment o.
: commerce of other nations shall BIZ
laid own in subsequent treaty be