Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-05-22

perishable goods Germany may not
| divert traffic from it's norma. course In
| maintain control stations in connection
with transmigration traffic. She may not
establish any tax discriminatory against
/ the ports OF allied or associated powers;
must grant the latter's seaports all FAC
tors, and reduced tariffs granted her
own or other nationals, and AFFORD the
allied and associated powers equal rights
| with those of her own nationals in her
| ports and waterways save that she is
free to open or close her maritime coast
FREE ZONES IN PORTS-Free zones
existing in German ports on August l,
/ 1914, must be maintained with due tacln-
| ties as to warehouse and packing, without
discrimination, and without charges ex-
cept for expenses of administration and
use. Goods leaving the free zones for
consumption in Germany and goods
| brought into the free zones from Ger
many shall be subject to the ordinary i'm
| port and export taxes.
| INTERNATIONAL RIVERS-The Elbe
| from the junction of the Vitava, the vi
| tava from Prague, the Oder from Oppa,
| the Nlemen from Grodno and the Danube
| from Utm are declared international, to-
). gether with their connections. The RI
parian states must ensure good conditions
of navigation within t;eir territories un-
less special organization exists therefor.
| otherwise appeal may be had to speclal
! tribunal of the league Of nations, which
also may arrange for a general lnterna-
| tional waterways convention.
The Elbe and Oder are to be placed
under international commissions to meet
| within three months.
| THE DANUBE-ThA European Danube
| commission reassumed it's preWar pow
ers but for the TING being with repre-
sentatives of only Great Britain, France,
| Italy and Roumania. The upper Danube
| is to be administered by q new interna-
! tional commission until a definite statute
! be drawn up at a conference of the pow
ers nominated by the allied and asso-
! ri tod
/ THE RHINE AND THE MOsELLE.--
The Rhine is placed under the central
| commission to meet at Strassbourg within
| six months after the peace and to be COM
posed of four representatives of France,
which shall in addition select the presi.
| Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Switzer-
| land, and the Netherlands.
Section Twelve.
ILWAYS.-Gerrnany in addition
TO most favored nation treatment on
| her railways, agrees to cooperate in
the establishment of through ticket
| services for passengers and baggage;
to insure comnunication by rail be-
! states; to allow construction or i'm
! provement within twenty-five years Of
| such lines as necessary and to con-
| form her rolling stock to enable it's in
corporation in trains of the allied or
/ associated powers. She also agrees to
accept the denunciation of the Gothard
| convention II switzerland ana Italy
request and temporarily to execute
! instructions as to the transport of
troops and supplies and the establis
ment Of postal and telegraphic service,
CZECHO-s LOVAKIA. = To assure
Czecho- Slovakia access to the sea, spe-
cial rights are given her both north
and south. Toward the Adriatic she
is permitted to run her own through
trains to Fiume and Trieste To the
north Germany is to lease her for SO
| years spaces in Hamburg and Stettin,
the details to be worked out by a COM
mission Of three representing Czecho-
! Sl0Vakia. Germany and Great Britain.
. THE KEEL CANAL.-The Kiel canal
! is to remain free and open to war and
| merchant ships of all nations at peace
with Germany. subject, goods and ships
Of all states are to be treated on terms
! of absolute equality. and no taxes to
! be imposed beyond those necessary for
| upkeep and Improvement for which
| Germany is to be responsible In case
| of violation of or disagreement as to
! those provisions. any state may appeal
! to the league Of nations, and may de-
| mand the appointment of interna-
| tional commission. For preliminary
| hearing Of complaints Germany shall
establish local authority at Kiel.
Section Thirteen.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANI-
! ZATION-Members of the league Of ma
lions agree to establish a permanent or
| SANITATION to promote international ad-
j
! OF an annual international labor confer
ence and an international labor office.
The former is composed Of four rep
/ resentatives of each state, two from the
| government and one each from the en-
! ployers and the employed; each of them
! may vote individually. It will be a de-
! Lucrative legislation body, it's measures
! taking the form of draft conventions or
/ if passed by tWo-thirds vote must be SUBJ
mitted to the lawmaking authority in
| every state participating. Each govern
/ ment may enact the terms into law; ap-
prove the principle, but modify them to
| local needs; feave the actual legislation
in case of a federal state to local legls-
er without further obligation.
The international labor office is eS-
! tablished at the seat of the league of
nations and part of its organization. 1t
is to collect and distribute information On
labor throughout the world and prepare
agenda for the conference.
It will publish periodical in French
and English and possibly other Ian
guages. Each state agrees to make to 1t
for presentation to the conference an an
nual report of measures taken to execute
accepted conventions.
The first meeting of the conference
will Ike place in October. 1919, at
Washington, to discuss the eight-hour
day or 4S-hour week; prevention of
plication of the international conven-
tions adopted at Serne in 1906 prohlb-
ting night work for women and the
use of white phosphorus in the man
ufec ture Of matches; and the employ
ment of women and children at night
or in unhealthy work, of women before
and after childbirth including mater
nifty benefit, and of children as regards
minimum age.
Section Fourteen.
GUARANTEES.-As a guarantee for the
execution of the treaty German territory
to the west of the Rhine, together with
the bridgeheads, will be occupied by allied
and associated troops for 10 years period
if the conditions are faithfully carried out
by Germany, certain districts, including
the bridgehead of Cologne, will be eVac-
uated at the expiration of five years; GER
tain other districts, including the bridge
head of Coblenz, and the territory nearest
the Belgian frontier, will be evacuated
after ten years, and the remainder, in
Guiding the bridgehead of MainZ, will be
evacuated after 10 years. In case the
interallied reparatiOn commission finds
that Germany has failed to observe the
whole or part of her obligations, either
during the occupation or after the 10
years have expired, the whole part
of the areas specified will be reoccupied
Immediately. If before the expiration Of
the Is years Germany complies with all
j the treaty undertakings, the occupying
forces will be withdrawn Immediately.
EASTERN EUROPE. = All German
troops at present in territories to the east
of the new frontier return soon