Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-20


| establish any tax discrimination against
| the ports of allied or associated powers,
| must grant the latter's seaports all rae
tors, and reduced tariffs granted ner
| own or other nationals, and amord the
allied and associated powers equal rights
with these of her own nationals in her
ports and waterways, save that she IS
free to open or close her maritime coast
| ing trade.
FREE ZONES IN PoRTS-Free zones
existing in German ports on August l.
| 1914 must be maintained with due facili-
| ties as to warehouse and packing, without
| discrimination, and without charges ex-
cept for expenses of administration ana
| use. Goods leaving the free zones ZOE
consumption in Germany and goods
| brought into the free zones from Ger
many shall be subject to the ordinary i'm
| port and export taxes.
| INTERNATIONAL, R1VERS-The EIDE
| from the junction of the Vitava, the vi
tava from Prague, the Oder from Oppa,
| the Niemen from Grodno and the Danube
from Utm are declared international, to-
1 gether with their connections The RI
| parian states must ensure good conditions
| of navigation within their territories I'M
less special organization exists therefor:
| Otherwise appeal may be had to special
| tribunal of the league of nations, which
| also may arrange for a general interna-
| tional waterways convention.
The Elbe and Oder are to be placed
/ under international commissions to meet
| within three months.
| THE DANUBE-The European Danube
| commission reassumed its prewar pow
| ers, but for the time being with repre-
sentatives of only Great Britain, france,
| Italy and Roumania. The upper Danube
| is to be administered by a new interna-
/ tional commission until a definite statute
be drawn up at conference of the pow
ers nominated by the allied and asso-
| ciated governments within one year aIler
| the peace.
THE RHINE AMI, THE MosELLE.1i
| The Rhine is placed under the central
commission to meet at Strassbourg within
| six months after the peace and to be COM
which shall in addition select the presi-
dent, four of Germany, and two each OF
| Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Switzer-
| land, and the Netherlands.
| Section Twelve.
RAILWAYS.-German in addition
to most favored nation treatment on
! her railways. agrees to cooperate in
| the establishment of through ticket
services for passengers and baggage;
to insure communication by rail be-
| tween the allied, associated and other
! states; to allow construction or i'm
| such lines as necessary and to con-
| form her rolling stock to enable its in
corporation in trains of the allied or
associated powers. She also agrees to
| convention If Switzerland and Italy
request. and temporarily to execute
instructions as to the transport of
troops and supplies and the establish
ment of postal and telegraphic service,
as provided
CZECHO- sLOvAKIA. = To assure
| Czecho Slovakia access to the sea, spe-
cial rights are given her both north
and south. Toward the Adriatic she
is permitted to run her own through
trains to Fiume and Trieste. To the
north Germany is to lease her for 80
years spaces in Hamburg and Stettin,
the details to be worked out by com
siovakia, Germany and Great Britain.
THE KEEL CANAL-The Kiel canal
is to remain free and open to war and
merchant ships of all nations at peace
with Germany. subject, goods and ships
of all states are to be treated on terms
of absolute equality, and no taxes to
be imposed beyond those necessary for
upkeep and Improvement for which
Germany is to be responsible. In case
of violation of or disagreement as to
those provisions: any state may appeal
to the league of nations. and may de-
mand the appointment of an interna-
tional commission. For preliminary
hearing of complaints Germany shall
establish local authority at Kiel.
Section Thirteen.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANI-
ZATION-Members of the league of ma
lions agree to establish a permanent or
ganiZation to promote international adj
justment of labor conditions, to consist
of an annual international labor confer
ence and an international labor office.
The former is composed of four rep
resentativeS of each state, two from the
ployers and the employed each of them
may vote individually. 1t will be a de-
Lucrative legislation body, it's measures
taking the. form of draft conventions or
recommendations for legislation, which
If passed by two-thirds vote must be sub
mitted to the law-making authority in
every state participating. Each govern
ment may enact the terms into law; ap-
prove the principle, but modify them to
local needs; leave the actual legislation
in case of federal state to local legis-
latures, or reject the convention altogeth-
er without further obligation.
The international labor office is es-
tablished at the seat of the league of
nations and part of its organization. 1t
is to collect and distribute information On
| labor throughout the world and prepare
agenda for the conference.
1t Will publish periodical In French
and English and possibly other Ian
guages. Each state agrees to make to 1t
for presentation to the conference an an
nual report of measures taken to execute
accepted conventions.
The first meeting of the conference
will take place in October, 1919, at
Washington to discuss the eight-hour
day or 4S-hour week; prevention of
plication of the international conven-
tions adopted at Berne in 1906 prohib-
iting night work for women and the
use of white phosphorus in the man
ment of women and children at night
or in unhealthy work, of women before
nifty benefit and of children as regards
minimum age.
Section Fourteen.
GUARANTEES.-Asa guarantee for the
execution of the treaty German territory
to the west of the Rhine, together with
and associated troops for Is years period
if the conditions are faithfully carried out
by Germany, certain, districts. including
the bridgehead of Cologne, will be evac-
uated at the expiration of five years; GER
tain other districts, including the bridge
head of Coblenz and the territory nearest
after ten years, and the remainder, in
Guiding the bridgehead of Mainz, will be
after lS years In case the
that Germany has failed to observe the
whole or part of her obligations. either
during the occupation or after the is
of the areas specified will be reoccupied
Immediately. II before the expiration Of
the treaty undertakings, the occupying
forces will be withdrawn Immediately.
EASTERN EUROPE, : All German
troops at present in territories to the east
Of the new frontier shall return as soon
as the allied and associated governments
deem wise; They. are to abstain from
terfere with measures for national de-
Tense taken by the government concerned
All questions regarding occupation not
provided for by the treaty will be regu-
lated by a subsequent convention or con-
ventions which will have similar force
and effect.
Section Fifteen.
MISCELLANEOUS agrees to
recognize the full validity of the treaties
of peace and additional conventions to be
concluded by the allied and associated
powers with the powers allied with Ger
many to agree to the decisions to be
taken as to the territories of Austria
Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey and to
recognize the new states in the frontiers
to be fixed for them.
Germany agrees not to put forward any
pecuniary claims against any allied or
| associated power signing the present
treaty based events previous to the
| coming into force of the treaty.
Germany accepts all DEGREES as to
German ships and goods made by any
allied or associated prize court The allies
reserve the right to examine all decisions
| of German prize courts. The present
treaty, of which the French and British
texts are both authentic, shall be ratified