The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08

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 EHH D P <. H s B P E. %4H& l 729 square miles, and the basin of ihe Saar, TBS square miles, between the western border of the Rhenish Pala- dnate of Bavaria and the southeast cor ner of Luxembourg. The Danzig area 1 consists of the V between the Nogat and Vlstula rivers made by the addi- l ton of a similar Y on the west, includ- i ing the city of Danzig The south I eastern third of East Prussia and the ] area between East Prussia and the Vistula north of latitude B degrees 3 minutes is to have it's nationality de- ] termined by popular vote, 5,795 square miles, as Is to be the case in part of Sleswig, 2,7S7 square miles.
 Belgium
 Germany is to consent to the abro- gation of the treaties of 1889, by which l Belgium was established as a neutral state, and to agree in advance to any i convention with which the Allied and Associated Powers may determine 10 ] replace them. She is to recognize the i full sovereignty of Belgium over the GOltlSSlSN lSII4lOIf Ol AIOIeSueL dnu over part of Prussian MOresnet, and to medy, the inhabitants of which are to ben entitled within six months to pro- test against this change of sovereignty i either in whole or in part, the final de- Cision to be reserved to the League of Nations. A commission is to settle the details of the frontier, and various 1 regulations for change of nationality are laid down.
 Luxembourg.
 Germany renounces her various treaties and conventions with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, recog- nizes that it ceased to be a part of the German ZolIverein from January 1 last, renounces all right of exploita- ton of the railroads, adheres to the ab- rogation of its neutrality, and accepts in advance any international agree ment as to 1t, reached by the Allied and Associated Powers
 Aisace-Lorraine.
 After recognition of the moral obli- gation to repair the wrong done in 1 1871 by Germany to France and the people of Alsace-Lorralne, the terri tories ceded to Germany by the treaty of Frankfort are restored to France with their frontiers as before 1871, to
 date from the signing of the armistice and to be free of all public debts.
 The Saar.
 In compensation for the destruC- ton of coal mines in northern France and as payment on account of repara-
 ton, Germany cedes to France full
 ownership of the coal mines of the
 Saar basin with their subsidiaries,
 accessories, and facilities; their value
 will be estimated by the Preparation
 Commission and credited against that account. The French rights will be
 governed by German law in force at
 the armistice, excepting war legisla-
 tion, France replacing the present
 owners whom Germany undertakes to indemnify. France will continue to furnish the present proportion of coal , for local needs and contribute in just proportion to local taxes The basin extends from the frontier of Lorraine : as re-annexed to France, north as far as StwendeI, including on the west
 the valley of the Saar as far as Saar holzbach and on the east the town o1 Honburg-
 German Austria Germany recognizes the total inde
 pendence of German Austria in thG , boundaries traced
 F. Czecho-SIoVakfa- P Germany recognizes the entire In 2 dependence of the Czecho-Slovak state : Poland.
 s Germany cedes to Poland the great
 sr part of upper Silesia, Posen, and
 he province of West Prussia on the
 eft bank of the Vistula-
 h East Prussia.
 l. The southern and the eastern from l. Her of East Prussia is to be fixed by $ pleblscites.
 l. In each case German troops and au- j. .horities will move out within fifteen n days of the peace and the territories }, pc placed under an international com l. mission of five members appointed by h the five Allied and Associated Powers Il with the particular duty of arranging ,or free, fair, and secret vote. Danzig.
 Danzig and the district immediate
 ly about it are to be constituted into . the free city of Danzig' under the = l guarantee Ol tue 1SdS QS O4 NdlAOhSs 3 Denmark.
 The frontier between Germany anC
 Denmark will be fixed by the self de , termination of the population. Ter days from the peace German troop:
 and authorities shall evacuate the re
 zion. The commission shall insure {
 free and secret vote in three zones.
 HeIigoland. T The Notifications, military establish
 ments and harbors of the islands O o l Heligoland and Dune are to be de ?, stroyed under the supervision of th' z, allies by German labor and at Ger 2 many's expense. They may not se re f constructed nor any similar fortihca ', tions built in the future.
 q Russia.
 t Germany agrees to respect as per $ manent and inalienable the indepen l. dency of all territories which wer 2. part.of the former Russian Empire, |.