The sun., 1919-05-07
TERMS AIM TO COOL
GERMAN MILITARISM


It Is said that Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg has twice that number under
his command at this moment.
They limit the German ornaments on
land and German stocks OF ammunition
to very small figures. The scale may be
judged by the restriction OF Germany's
AZ guns, the heaviest she is to be al
lowed to have. to no more than 1874. OF
her heavy machine guns the limit Is 1853.
The AZ guns are to be 'rationed' on
about $1,000 rounds and field guns on
204. 900 rounds.
Still more fatal to an early revival
OF 'militarism' are provisions designed
to destroy the institution which breathed
its evil spirit into the old German army
and into the German people. The great
General STAFF and all like organizations
are to disappear. The number OF officers
Is not to exceed the 1000 officers now in
service who are retained. They must
remain In Il until they are forty-ive
and new officers must be kept upon the
active list for twenty-five years. Re-
tired officers must not take part In mil
itary training and are to be free from
all military obligations. There Is to be
but one military school for each arm
and military training in other schools
or by associations are not forgotten and
are prohibited. Universal military ser
!
! sihle care is exercised to prevent a repe-
tition of tho Krumper trick OF 1s07-12.
I similar measures are taken to pre-
vent the German navy from recovering
| from its defeat. II too Is strictly ra
toned in men and IN ships. II Is to con-
| slst OF not more than six heavy battle
ships as many light cruisers and a
| dozen destroyerS and torpedo boats.
! Germany Is to possess no submarines.
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| personnel is TO be reduced TO $4,000 all
told including 1900 officers and warrant
officers. Here too vigorous precautions
| against evasion are prescribed
Germany IL 70 have no airplanes af-
| ter October l and no dirigibles The air
| forces arc 20 he demohilized and all avia-
ton grounds within $50 kilometers OF the
right bank OF the Rhine are to be
plorghed up and all fortifcations or fifty
/ miles east of the river are TO be d!sman-
tied. All OF these provisions are TO be
carried out within periods fixed at two
or three months from the signature of
tho treaty
| Tine articles on reparation may not
seem so satisfactory, but the principle
that Germany Is to accept responsibility
for all loss and damage she has done APP
pears to he accepteG At the same time
we are told that the Allies recognize her
| inability and the inability OF her confed-
! crates to make this loss and damage
good, Apparently she is TO be obliged
| to make good all the damage to civilian
populations" OF the regions she has de-
| vsstated. How much further her obli-
cations are 20 be enforced remains OBJ
ecure and she Is TO have thirty years a
long day, to pay what an interallied
commission shall decide to be the whole
| sum she is to pay. While this seems
still TO be undetermined, the instruments
payable in 1919 and 1920 are fixed by
the treaty at Il, 900, 900. 900 as 600, 900, =
oo0). The Allies take the power to de-
eide that part payment Of this amount
| may be made In ships.
rs this the only way In which the
ton for ton policy which figured SC
| prominently on eiectioneerins platforms
| Is to be carried out7 The nation will
| anNiously await clear and positive
| statement on the subject. II pledges
given on the matter of such special and
| vital Importance t. England are to be
treated as lust words bitter disap.
pointment ana Keen resentment against
the Government will be widespread and
lasting in the country. U-boat piracy
| will have attained one OF its main ends
despite our victory. II will have
crippled our commerce and therefore our
/ whole industrial life during the all i'm
portant period OF reconstruction and re-
place them as ii was meant to, to the
| direct advantage of our defeated rivals
THE demands OF the Allies and the
United States In regard to the renuncia-
ton of all Germany's oversee rights and
titles to the restoration OF Alsace-Lor-
raine, to the Saar basin. rectiiication OF
the Belgian frontier, punishment OF
| German crimes. the future of Schleswiz
and the corridor from Poland to Danzig
do not differ essentially from those de-
scribed as probable In our Paris CORE
spondence. Newer to most OF us are a
series OF elaborate arrangements some
of very important kind. outlined under
| the headings OF economic conditions
and finance. Customs, shipping, the
most favored nation treatment for the
Allies and associates, solidarity OF GER
tain contracts and the collection OF debts
will be found among them Their multi
plicity gives some idea OF the interaltera-
tions OF modern commerce and OF the
enormous labor which the mmissions
of the conference must have expended
upon them.
FINALLY 1t must be remembered that
many OF the classes are closely inter-
twined with the provisions of the League
of Nations covenant"