The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-07

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tion of powers comes the covenant of
the league of nations as the first see
tion of the treaty. The frontiers of
Germany in Europe are defined in the
second section. European political
classes are given in the third. Next
are the military, naval and air terms
as the fifth section, followed by sec
tion on prisoners Of war and military
graves and seventh on responsibility.
Reparations, financial terms and econ
omic terms are covered in sections
eight to TO- Then comes the aeronau-
tic section, ports, waterways and rail
way sections, the labor covenant. the
section on guarantees and the final
/ clauses.
Germany by the terms of the treaty
restores Alsace Lorraine to France, ac-
eepts the Observation-Disclosures of the
| Saar basin temporarily and of Danzig
permanently, agrees to territorial
changes toward Belgium and Denmark
and in East Prussia eedes most of Up
per Silesia to Poland and renounees all
territorial and political rights outside
Europe as to her own or her allies ter
ritory and especially to Morocco,
Egypt, Siam, Liberia and Shantung.
!, She also recognizes the total indepen-
dence of German Austria, Czecho-Slo-
vakia and Poland.
Her army is reduced to 100000 men,
including officers, conscription within
her territory is abolished. All forts so
: kilometers east of the Rhine are razed
I.asast~~ssA importatieias,- expectations and
, nearly all productions of war materials
, stopped.
) Allied occupation of parts of Ger
} many win continue until reparation IS
) made, but will be reduced at the end
G of each of three fye-year periods if
! Germany is fulfilling her obligations.
Z ANY violation by Germany of the con
. ditions as TO the zone of 80 kilometers
Q east of the Rhine will be regarded as
an act of war. The German navy is re-
: duced to six battIeships, six light
1 cruisers and II torpedo boats without
c submarines on personnel of not over
e $4,000. All other vessels must be sur
d rendered or destroyed.
d Germany is forbidden to build forts
IS controlling the Baltic, must demolish
J Heligoland, open the kiel canal to al
nations and surrender her IA submarine
f cables She may have no military OF
6 naval air forces except 100 unarmeC
Y seaplanes until October / to detect
/ mines and may manufacture aviation
L material for six months.
e. Germany accepts full responsibility
e for all damages caused to allied anC
associated governments and nationals
% agrees specifically to reimburse all ci
le william damages beginning with an in
l. itial payment of 20,000,000,000 marks
e. subsequent payments TO be secured b.
a bonds to be issued at the discretion o
ns the reparation commission. German.
il is to pay shipping damage on a ton
at for-ton basis by cession of a large par
u of her merchant eoasting and rive
p7 fleet and by new construction and t
id devote her economic resources to tn
)l- rebuilding of the devastated region.
She agrees to return to the 1914 favore
nation tariff without discrimination {
sort to allow allied and associated II;
tionals freedom OF transit through he
territories and to accept highly detaie
provision as to pre-war debts, unfair con
petition, Observation-Disclosures of roads an
rivers and other economic and finances
al clauses She also agrees to the trial
al the ex-kaiser by an international hIa
court for a supreme offensc against inte
eS national morality and of other natlona
cd for violation of the laws and customs
bv war Holland to be asked to eXtradi
!, the former kaiser Germany being respo
sible for delivering the latter
The league of nations is accepted
ed the allied and associated powers as o
OF erative and by Germany in principle b
LII without membership. Similarly an inte
,al national labor body is brought into bell
Ms with permanent Office and an annu
~ convention, a great number of intern
i' tional bodies of different kinds and T
o. different purposes are created, some u
der the league of nations, some to execu
,i, .as the peace treaty Among the former
;os commission to govern the Saar bas
ae asa till plebiscite is held 10 years hence, t
~ high commission of Danzig, which
~ created into free city under the leag
,nd and various commissions for plebiscii
rts in Malmody, Schleswig and East Pruss
of Among those to carry out the peace trea
o1f are the reparation, military, naval, a
nv financial and economic commissions, I
ish international high court and military I
as Duhdl TO HN the responsibility anu
eal rles OF bodies Tor the control OF inter-
,ul- tional rivers.
as Certain problems are left for soluti
self between the allies and associated powe
ted notably details of the disposition of
eat German feet and cables, the German
,ose onies and the values paid in reparati
ree- Certain other problems such as the la
al of the air and the opium, arms and hql
traffic are either agreed to in detail
osi- set for early international action.