Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-05-15

oho,ishea only voluntary service pe,sf
permitted with minimum PERI, 80 for
years service for oI ,sa csrman mer-
Camille marine will be permitted any
naval training. J.; foreign
All German vessels Of war IN io' Heet
ports. and the be-. GerR E,inx hi vii be sur
rendered, the fnal disposition OF ..inIied
ships to be decided upon by the INST
and Associated Powers d GeImany 50
modern torpedoboats. and all suo'All
rines, with their salvage vessei;S n.,nd-
war vessels under construction' nm.
ing submarines s., mus o,h.r oy provided
for. are to be placed In reserve Re.
used for commercial purposes lost.
placement Of ships. except t nos Of 70
can take place emily at the emu VI 80
years for battleships and is years .hin
iestroyers The largest armorea, snhS
Germany will be permitted VIII
10000 tons.
Permit Only Coast Defenses.
Germany is required to sweep "
the mines in the North Sea- and tno
Raltic Sea, as decided upon by w
Allies All German fortifieations ia nnnS
Baltic defending the passages thr E.hsr
the belts must be demolished O'nes
coast defences are permitted by tne
number and calbre of the guns must
NJ nuring a period of three months
after peace German high power ~.r IRA
less stations at Nauen, Hanover anu
Berlin will not be permitted 70 semi
any messages excep. ,n LOT s Of the
Allied and Associated governments hoi
may any more be constructed
All Zeppelins Abolished.
The armed forces or Germany mair
not include any military or navai i Ho
forces except for not more tnah t tirI
unarmed seaplanes to De retained ~
Oct. / to search for submarine mines.
No dirigibie shall De KEPT nnhi,ized
within two months. except for l,oOg
officers and men retained till OCTOBER:
No aviation grounds or dirigible sneuSS
the Rhine or the eastern or southern
frontiers, existing installations within
the limits to be destroyed.
The Is fore aEenat for six
months. All military and naval xs aero ro-
tive definition must be surrendereo
within three months months .n enSsps '
German Prisoners Returnec.
The repatriation Of German prtsonere
and interned civilians 10 to be CARED
pense by q commission. composed OF
representatives of the Allies and Ger
many.
ruu Responsibility Fixed.
1.-THE Allied and Associated Govern
behalf Of herself and her allies. tho
responsibility for causing all the loss
and damage to which the Allied ana
tionals have been subjected as a conse-
quence Of the war imposed upon them
BY the aggression of the enemy states
say IN. '1 total Obligation of Germany to
pay, as defined in the category OF dam.
ages, Is to be determined and notineo
to her after fair hearing and not later
than Nay l. 1sSi BY an tier same
time a schedule Of payments to dis
charge the obligation within 80 years
shall be presented These payments are
tingencies. Germany irrevocably rec
ognizes the full authority Of this com,
mission, agrees to supply 1t with ali
the necessary information and to pass
legislation to effectuate it's findings. She
further agrees to restore to the Allies
cash and certain articles which can De
identified. a
wears $1,000. 900, 900 in either gold.
goods. ships. or other specific forms OF
payment with the understanding THAR
certain expenses. such as those OF the
armies Of occupation and payments for
food and raw materials may be deduct
ed at the discretion of the Allies.
While the grand total of damages as
sessed against Germany may exceed her
ability to pay, she undertakes to make
compensation for all damages to civil
ians under seven main categories:
civilians caused by acts of war, directly
or indirectly; B-Damage caused to
civilians by acts of cruelty by the enc
my. and to civilians in the occupied ter
ment of prisoners; D-Damages to the
Allied peoples presented by pensions and
separation allowances. capitalized at the
signature of this treaty: damages tc
property other than naval or military
materials: damages to civilians by
being forced to labor; G-Damages in
the form of levies or fines imposed by
the enemy.
Taxation to He Enforced.
In periodically estimating Germanys
capacity to pay the reparation commits
sion shall examine the German system
of taxation. first to the end that the
required to pay shall become a charge
upon all her revenues, prior to that for
the service or discharge of any domes-
tic loan and, secondly, SO as to satisfy
itself that in general the German
scheme of taxation is fully as heavy
proportionately as that of any Of the
powers Tsa REPRESENTED ssa on the commission
Associated Powers shall have the right
to take. in case of voluntary default by
Germany and which Germany agrees
NOT to regard as acts of war, NAV in
clude economic and financial prohibi-
tions and reprisals and In general such
other measures as the respective gov
ernments may determine to be neces.
sary In the circumstances,
Bond Issues Required.
The commission may require Ger
many to give from time to time by wav
OF guaranty. issues of bonds or other
Quotations to cover such claims as are
not otherwise satisfied In this connec-
ton and on account OF the total amount
or claims. bend issues are presently To
be required OF Germany in acknowledge
ment of its debt as follows:
Five billion dollars gold payable NOT
later than May I. 1921. without inter
est; $lo,oao .0oo 600 gold bearing 2l5 ner
cent interest between 1921 and 1925 and
thereaftef 5 PEI cent with q Der cent
SINKING fGnd payment beginning in 1e2S
and an Undertaking TO deliver $40 600 :
eee,ouo guild bonds bearing interest AZ <
per cent. under terms to be fiyed nv the
commissions ~ ,'e
Interest on Germanys debt will, he :
per cent. unless otherwise tetermined
by the commission in the future, and
payments that are not made in enl5
nav be accepted by the commissio5 in
the FORM OF properties. commodities
business, rights. concessions etc !" ~cer
tthcates OF beneficial interest r.nra
sentlng either bonds or goods da,;yaraa
ey Gerntasy may be issued bv tho co.,
mission u the interest power. NO nounr
heing entitled. however to have i,s &C..
pncates divided into more than o.
pieces As ponds are diStrihutel 80 =
pass from the control of the crn,;
eauivaieni To their par value 10 h
considered as liQuidatea 10 oe
Mast Replace Sunkeu shin.