The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-07
GERMANY GIVES UP
LARGE PART OF DOMAIN

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treaty restores Alsace Lorraine to
France, accepts the international
ization of the Saar basin tempo
rarily and of Danzig permanently,
agrees to territorial changes to-
wards Belgium and Denmark and
in east Prussia, cedes most of up
per Silesia to Poland, and re-
nounces al Territorial and political
rights outside Europe, as to her
own or her allies territories, and
especially to Morocco, Egypt,
Siam, Liberia and Shantung, She
also recognizes the total independ-
ence of German Austria, Czecho-
Sloyakia, and Poland.
Her army is reduced to a hun
dred thousand men, including Off
GERS; conscription within her ter
ritories is abolished; all forts so
kilometres east of the Rhine
razed; and all Importation, expor-
tation and nearly all production of
war material stopped. Allied oc-
cupation of parts OF Germany will
continue till reparation is made
but will be reduced at the end of
each of three tive-yea periods if
Germany is fulfilling her obligs-
tions. Any violation by Germany
of the conditions as TO the zone
90 kilometers east of the Rhine
will be regarded as an act of war.
The German navy is reduced to
six battleships, six light cruisers
and l2 torpedo boats, without sub
marines and personnel of not over
$4,000. All other vessels must be
surrendered or destroyed. Ger.
many is forbidden to build forts
controlling the Baltic, must demel-
ish Helgoland, open the Kiel canal
to all nations and surrender
her IA submarine cables. She NAV
also have no military or naval air
forces except 100 unarmed sea-
planes until Oct. | and manufac-
ture airplanes.
Germany accepts full respon-
sibility for all damages caused to
allied and associated governments
and nationals, agrees specifically
10 reimburse all civilian damages
beginning with an initial payment
of 20,000,000,000 marks, subsc-
quent payments to be secured by
bonds to be issued at the discre-
tion Of the reparation commission.
Germany is to pay shipping dam
age on ton for ton DESTROYED by
reason of large part of her mer.
chant, coasting and river fleets
and by new construction and TO
devote her economic resources TO
the rebuilding of the devastated
regions.
She agrees to return To the 1914
most favored nation tariffs. with
out discrimination of sort; TO al
low allied and associated ma
tionals freedom of transit through
her territories, and to accept high
" detailed provision as to pre-war
debts. unfair competition, interna-
tionalization of roads and rivers.
and other economic and financial
clauses. She also agrees to the
trial Of the ex.kaiser by an inter.
national high court for a supreme
oifense against International NOR.
ality and the sanctity of treaties.
Holland to be asked to extradite
the former emperor and Germany
being responsible for delivering the
latter.
The league OF nations is accept.
ed by the allied and associated
powers as operative and by Ger
many in principle but without
membership. Similarly an inter.
national labor body is brought
into being with permanent Of
fee and an annual convention. A
great number of international
bodies of different kinds and for
different purposes are created,
some under the league of nations,
some to execute the peace treaty.
Among the former is the commits
sion to govern the Saar basin till
plebiscite is held Is years hence;
the high commissioner Of Danzig.
which is created into free city
under the league, and various
commissions for plebiscites in
Malmody, Schleswig, and in East
Prussia. Among those to carry
out the peace treaty are the repa-
rations, military, naval, air, finan-
cial and economic commissions,
the international high court and
military tribunals to fix response
bilities and series of bodies for
the control of international rivers.
Certain problems are left for
solution between the allied and as
sociated powers, notably details of
the disposition of the German feet
and cables, the former German
colonies. Certain other problems.
such as the laws of the air and
the opium, arms and liquor traffic
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