Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-05-16
MONTERREY HIGHLAND COUNTY VA, FRIDAY MAY 16 1919

frontiers. The great German general
staff is abolished.
.Armaments.
All establishments for the manufac-
turing, preparation, storage, or design
Of arms and munitions of war, except
those specifically excepted, must be
closed within three months of the
peace and their personnel dismissed.
The exact amount Of armament and
munitions allowed Germany is laid
down in detail tables, all in excess to
be surrended, or rendered useless. The
manufacture or importation Of asbhyx-
iating, poisonous or other gasses,
and all analogous liquids, is forbidden,
as well as the importation of arms,
munitions, and war materials. Ger
many may not manufacture such ma
terials for foreign governments.
conscription.
Conscription is abolished in Ger
many. The enlisted personnel must
be maintained by voluntary enlist
ments.
No military schools, except those alb
solutely Indispensable for the units al
lowed shall exist in Germany two
months after the peace. No associa-
tions, such as societies Of discharged
soldiers, shooting or touring clubs, cd
ucational establishments or univerSi-
ties, may occupy themselves with mil
itary matters. All measures of mo-
bilzatiOn are forbidden.
Fortresses.
All fortified works, fOrtresses and
field works situated in German terri |
tory within a zone 30 kilometers east |
Of the Rhine will be dismantled with |
in three months. The construction Of
any new fortifcations there is forbid |
den. The fortified works on the south |
ern and eastern frontiers, however,
may remain.
Control.
Inter-allied commissions Of control |
will see to the execution of the pro-
visions, for which time limit is set, |
the maximum named being three |
months. They may establish head |
quarters at the German seat Of gov
ernment and go to any part of Ger
many desired.
Naval.
The German navy must be demObil- |
lied within a period of two months |
after the peace. She will be allowed |
six small battleships, six light cruisers,
twelve destroyerS, twelve torpedo |
boats and no submarines, either mill
tary or commercial, with q personnel |
Of $4,000 men, including officers, and
no reserve force of any character
All German vessels of war in for
eign ports, and the German High Seas
Fleet interned at Scapa Flow, will be
surrendered.
Germany is required to- sweep up
the mines in the North Sea and the |
Baltic Sea as decided upon by the
Allies. All German Notifications in
the Baltic defending the passages
through the belts must be demolished.
During a period Of three months
after the peace, German high-powe1
wireless stations, at Nauen, Hanover,
and Berlin will not be permitted to
send any messages except for CONNER.
cial purposes and under supervision OF
the Allied and Associated Govern.
ments, nor may any more be con-
structed.
The armed forces Of Germany must
not include any military or naval ail
forces except for not over 100 unarn!.
ed seapanes TO be retained tin OctO.
Der | to search for submarine mines,
no dirigibles shall be kept. The en-
tire air personnel is to be demObi!i%ed
within two months, except for 1,00L
officers and men retained till October.
No aviation grounds or dirigible sheds |
are to be allowed within 100 kilone.
ters Of the Rhine or the eastern OF
southern frontiers, existing inStalla'
tions within these limits to be de-
stroyed.
Prisoners of War.
The repatriation of German prison |
ers and interned civilians is to be |
carried out without delay and at Ger |
many's expense by Il commission COM |
posed of representatives Of the allies |
and Germany. Germany is to restore |
all property belonging to allied pris
oners. There is to be reciprocal ex
change of information as to dead pris |
oners and their graves.
Responsibilities.
The Allied and Associated Powers
publicly arraign William II. of Hohen
zollern, formerly German Emperor,
not for an offense against criminal law
but for supreme offense against in.
ternational morality and the sanctity
Of treaties.
The eX-Emperor's surrender is to be
requested Of Holland and a specia,
tribunal set up composed of one judge
from each of the five great powers
with full guarantees of the right o1
defence, it is to be guided "by the high.
est motives of international policy
with view to vindicating the solemn
obligations Of international undertak
ings and the validity of international
morality" and will fix the punishment
it feels should be imposed.
Persons accused Of having committed
acts in violation of the laws and Gus
toms of war are to be tried and pun.