The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-07

end Of GERMAN
POWER IN WAR
HIGH-LIGHTS ON TREATY

The peace treaty provides that:
Germany restores Alsace-Lorraine to
France.
Germany accepts internationalization of
the Saar basin temporarily.
Germany shall be bound to accept any
agreement reached with her former allies.
Promulgates the league of nations.
Danzig permanently internationalized.
Germany agrees to territorial changes
toward Belgium and Denmark and In East
Prussia.
Germany cedcs most of upper Silesia to
Poland
and political rights outside of Europe.
Germany recognizes total independence
of German Austria, Czecho -Slovakia and
German army reduced to 100000 men. in
CONSUMPTION within German territories
All German forts for fifty kilometers
cast Of the Rhine razed.
All importation. expectation and nearly
all production of war materials stopped.
Allied occupation of parts of Germany
to continue until reparation Hnade.
ANY German violation of conditions per
tanning to the Rhine zone may constitute
an act Of war.
Gefman navy reduced to six battleships,
six light cruisers, and twelve torpedo
boats. with no submarines.
German navy personnel to consist of not
over 10000.
All other war vessels must be surrender
ed destroyed.
Germany forbidden to build forts con-
trolling the Baltic.
All H"ligOland Qualifications must be
demolished.
Kiel canal to be open to all nations.
Germany must surrender her fourteen
submarine cables.
Germanys naval and military air forces
abolished after October l.
Germany to acsept full responsibility for
all damages to allied and associated gov
ernments and nationals.
Germany. must reimburse all civilian
damages. beginning with an initial pay
uneut of twenty billion marks $4,000, ,OO0,-
00O)
Subsequent payments IN reparation to be
secured by bond issue approved by the
feparatiou commission.
Germany must pay shipping damages,
ton for ton
sources to rebuilding devastated regions.
Germany must revert to pIe-war most
favored nations tariffs without discrin-
nation.
Germany must allow freedom of transit
thru her territories to allied nationals.
Germany must accept highly detailed
provisions as to pre-war debts. unfair COM
petition and other economic and financial
matters.
Germany must accept highly detailed
provisions for Observation-Disclosures Of roads
and rivers.
The ex-kaiser to be tried by an inter
national high court.
Other violators of laws of war to be
tried.
Holland to be asked to extradite the ex-
kaiser
StIuIHny Is responsive Tor delivering
Germans 70 ,c,emt "r tI iol;, iaW.
in nrinrittIa bu+ ,ftl,It ] az VI VI
ill'e[natl9nal ilnn,ilia 9 Ianor Dody created
various international bodies to execute
provisions of the treaty
Commission created to govern tha Saor
DaS1h pending a plebisCite fifteen years
hence.
\, t"nHlsslonS created for plebscites in
Dptsiis Of iisT,'siE, anu e EaSt russia
1isiti liz 10 hI.IeH bowers
I,lSIPHslIloH OF former German colonies
also left to allies.
low iirirHSiohs mnn,i 10 supervise the Saar val!
~ H. uhuer direction of the league of ma
'i"iIS fil.
miles nf tSsrrjt I" beIGlnm US square
Ii,I9 Wni1onJ vi terrl'ory between Luxembourg and
i%"lIamd' %ani',
PRUSSIA from tire remainder Of Germany
'iermanys s cessions to Poland comprise
miles 5Aisace- Tnrraine, uo rance o'oo square