Evening star., 1919-05-08

Following is a semi-official sum.
mary of the peace treaty as cableo
from Paris to the Committee on Pub
lie Information at New York, ano
subject to minor corrections:
PARIS, May THE treaty of peace
between the twenty-seven allied and
associated powers on the one hand
and Germany on the other was hand
ed to the German plenipotentiaries
at Versailles today.
1t is the longest treaty ever drawn
1t totals about 10000 words. divided
into fifteen main sections and rep
resents the combined product of over
a thousand experts working con-
tjnually through a series of commits
sions for the three and a half months
since January is. The treaty is printed
in parallel pages of English and
French, which are recognized as
having equal validity. 1t does not
deal with questions affecting Aus
tria. Bulgaria and Turkey. except
in SO far as binding Germany to ac-
cept any agreement reached with
those former allies
League ocCllol " L VIZ
Following the preamble and depo-
sition of powers comes the cove
naut of the league of nations as the
first section of the treaty. me
frontiers of Germany in Europe are
defined in the second section. Euro
pean political clauses given in the
third: and extra European Political
clauses in the fourth. Next are the NIL
itary. naval and air terms as the flfth
section, followed by a. section on prls-
onerS of war and military graves,
and a seventh on responsibilities.
Reparations. financial terms and
economic terms are covered in sec
tions eight to ten. Theen comes
the aeronautic Section-ports. wa
, terways and railways section. the Ia
bor covenant, the section on guar
antees and the final clauses.
Germany by the terms of the
treaty restores AlsaceLorraine to
France. accepts the internationaliza-
tion of the Saar basin temporarily,
and of Danzig permanently, agrees
to territorial changes toward Bel
gium and Denmark and in East
Prussia, cedes most of upper Silesia
to Poland and renounces all terri
torial 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 inde-
pendence of German Austria, Czecho-
slovakia and Poland.
Army Reduced to 100000.
Her army is reduced to 100000 men.
Including officers. conScription within
her territories is abolished: all forts
fifty kilometers east of the Rhine razed: !:
and all Importation, expectation and
nearly all production of war material
stopped. Allied occupation of parts of
Germany will continue till reparation is
made, but will be reduced at the erd of
each Of three five-year periods if Ger
many is fulfilling her obligations. Any
violation by Germany Of the conditions
as to the zone fifty 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 twelve
torpedo boats, without submarines, and
q personnel of not over Is. 900. All other
vessels must be surrendered or destroy
ed. Germany is forbidden to build forts
controlling the Baltic, must demolish
Helgoland. open the kiel canal to all
nations and surrender her fourteen sub
marine cables. She may have no mill
tary or naval forces except 100 unarmed
seaplanes until October l to detect
mines. and may manufacture aviation
material for six months.
Accepts Responsibility for Damage
Germany accepts full responsibility
Tor all damages caused to allied and as
6oclated governments and nationals,
agrees specifically to reimburse all civil
ian damages beginning with an initial
payment of twenty billion marks subse-
euent payments to be secured by bonds
to be issued at the discretion of the
reparation commission.
Germany is to pay shipping damage
on ton-for-ton basis by cession of a
large part of her merchant, coastinp
and river fleets and by new construction;
and to devote her economic resources
to the rebuilding of the devastated
regions.
Returns to Favored Nations Tariffs
She agrees to return to the 1914
most-favored-nat tariffs. without
discrimination of any Sort to allow al
lied and associated nationals freedom
OF transit through her territories. and
TO accept highly detailed provisions
as to pre-war debts. unfair competi-
tion. internationalization of roads
and rivers and other economic and
financial clauses. She also agrees to
the trial of the ex-kaiser by an in
ternationai high court for a supreme
onense against international moral
ffy. and of other nations for viola ton
OF the laws and customs of war Hol-
land to be asked to extradite the for
mer, and Germany being responsible
Tor delivering the. latter.
Accept League of Nations.
The league of nations is accented
by the allied and associated powers
as operative and by Germany in
principle. but without membership
Similarly, an international labor BODY
10 brought into being. with perma-
nent office and an annual convention
A great number of international
bodies of different kinds and for diff
ferent purposes are created some un-
der the league of nations. some to ex-
ecute the peace treaty. Among the
FORMER Is the commission to govern
the Saar basin till a plebiscite is held.
nfteen years hence; the high commits
sioner Of DanZig. which is created into
free city under the league. and va
rtous commissions for plebiscites of
Maimedy. Schleswig and East Prussia.
Among those to carry out the peace
treaty are the reparations. military
naval. air, financial and economic
commissions. the international high
court and military tribunals to fix re-
sponsibilities. and a series of bodies
icr the control OF international rivers.
Certain problems are left for solu-
tion between the allied and associat-
ed powers. notably details of the dis
position Of the German fleet and
ca9ies; tne former German colonies
and the values paid in reparatiop.
Certain other problems. such as the
laws of the air and the opium. arms
and liquor traffic. are either agreed
TO in detail or set for early interna
tfonal action.
PREAMBLE
The preamble names as parties
OF the one part the United States,
the British empire. France, Italy and
Japan, described as the PRINCIPAL
allied and associated powers. and
Belgium, Bolivia. Brazil, China. Cuba
Ecuador, Greece Guatenala uajtI