Bisbee daily review., 1919-05-08
EXT OF TREATY REVEALS FOE GULL


 For seven years, with possible ex- tension to ten, the ports of Kiehae and Strassbourg shall be administered as a single unit by a French admin istrator appointed and supervised by the central Rhine commission. Prop erty rights will be Safeguarded in
 both ports and equality of treatment | as respects traffic assured the na- i itionals, vessels and goods of every E I country. Contracts between Alsace- ! Lorrainers and Germans Iare main- | tained save for Frances right to an | null on grounds of public interest.
 Judgments of courts hold in certain
 classes of cases, while in others ju |
 judicial exeQuateur is first required. |
 Political condemnations during the war are null and void and the obli- | gation to repay war fines is establish ed as in other parts of allied terri
 tory.
 Various clauses adjust the various
 provisions of the treaty to the special
 conditions of Alsace-Lorraine, certain
 matters of execution being left to con-
 ventions to be made between France
 and Germany.
 France Gets Coal Mines
 l. ] THE SAAR-1u COllpSuodtiOn AOA the destruction of coal mines for northern France and as payment on account of reparation, Germany cedes to France full ownership of the coal mines of the Saar basin with their
 subsidiaries, accessories and facili- ties. Their value win be estimated
 by the reparation commission and l credited against that account. The | Ilr-x--- 1a6 hxy
 German law in force at the armistice
 excepting war legislation, France, re- placing the present ownersi whom
 Germany undertakes to indemnify. France will continue to furnish the
 present proportion of coal for local
 needs and contribute in just propor-
 tion to local taxes.
 The basin extends from the frontier
 of Lorraine as re-anneXed to France
 north as far as St. Wendell, including
 on the west the valley of the Saar as
 far as Saarholsebach and on the east
 the town of Homburg.
 + To Be Governed by Commission | In order to secure the rights and
 welfare of the population and to guar
 antee to France entire freedom in
 working the mines, the territory will
 be governed by a commission appoint Fl ed by the league of nations and con
 sisting of five members, one French,
 one a native inhabitant of the SaaT and three representing three differ . entt countries other than France and
 Germany The league will appoint a |. member of the commission as chair n man to act as executive of the com mission The commission will have .' all powers of government formerly be :, longing to the German empire. Prus '. sia 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 commis = sion with the existing German legis' ,. lation; will remain the basis of the ;, law, but the commission may make u modification after consulting a local :. Representative assembly which it will
 organize. It will have the taxing power, but for local purposes only New taxes must be approved by this
 assembly. Labor legislation will D. consider the wishes of the local labor IT. organizations and the labor program ot Of the league. French and other la | Dor may be freely utilized, the for n mer being free to belong to French e. unions. All rights acquired as to )t pensions and social institutions vii a. be maintained by Germany and the Il Saar commission. There will be nc IL military service, but only local gen u t7darmerie to preserve order. The
 people will preserve their local as
 semblies, religious liberties, schools - and language, but may vote only fol $ local assemblies. They will keeI T. their present nationality except sc n far as individuals may change it le Those wishing to leave will have ev h. cry facility with respect to their prop a. erty. The territory will form part oi II the French customs system with nc le export tax on coal and metallurgica e products going to Germany nor on o German products entering the basin
 and for five years to import duties y, on products of the basin going to Ger u many or German products coming into n the basin for local consumption. o Huns May Buy Mines Back
 French money may circulate with
 cut restriction. After fifteen years r plebiscite will be held by communes ? to ascertain the desires of the popula :. tion as to continuance of the existing ,P regime under the league of nations d convention with France or union with ' Germany. The right to vote will be "a long to all inhabitants over twenty ', years resident therein at the sigma n ture. Taking into account the opin
 ions thus expressed. the league will d decide the ultimate sovereignty. In o any portion restored to Germany the IT German government must buy out the 70 French mines at an appraised valua = tion. If the price is not paid within - six months thereafter this portion ,t money buys back the mines. the league :; will determine how much of the coal . shall be annually sold to France. le No Annexation of German Austria Is GERMAN-A II $ RIA = Germany ic recognizes tho total independence oi )f German-Austria in the boundaries