Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-05-14
Provisions Of Compact As Framed
By Allies and Presented To
Enemy ENJOYS.
MUST PAY ALL DAMAGE
Doom Of Teuton Warlike Power De.
Greed 70 Foe in Document Con-
tainIno $4,000 Words-Lona-
eat Treaty Ever Drawn.
Versailles. May 9.-Following Is the
s nAncial summary of the peace treaty,
sas issued by the Allied governments:

as issued by the Allied governments:
S. totals about s 5000 eA Words rs divided
ths he combined product sot more than
through 4 series wo of comm SU fer
months since Jan. 18. The treaty
e printed in parallel pages Of English
ha1 1 sreneh Whish are recognized az
with questions affecting Austria, Bull
Earia .and Turkey, except insofar as
binding Germany to accept any agree
l. Following the preamble and deposi.
eioa g powers comes the covenant OF
me tnn L e Of Nations as TIE first sec C.
Germany II Europe europe are defined in the
second section; European political
classes given In the third; European
are the military, naval and air terms
in the fifth section, followed by a sec
ton on prisoners Of war and military
ties Reparatio sese inan D terms and
economic terms are covered in Sections
to 10. Then comes the aeronautic
erection, the labor covenant, the section
on guarantees and the final clauses.
Alsace-LOrraine Restored.
Germany by the terms of the treaty,
cepts the Observation-Disclosures of the
Saar basin. temporarily and of Danzig
permanently, agrees to territorial
hdngs G Bsum ea1 nd o
upper Silesia to Poland and renounces
all territorial and political rights out,
side Europe as to her own or her allies
Egypt, Siam, Liberia, and Shantung.
dence Of German-Austria, czech-slo-
Her army is reduced to. 100000 men,
including officers. Conscription within
her territories is abolished; all forts
80 miles east of the Rhine razed; and
all importation, expectation and nearly
all production of war material stopped.
Allied occupation of parts of Germany
but will be reduced at the end of each
of three fve-year periods if Germany
is fulfilling her obligations. ;.
ditions as to the zone 80 miles east of
the Rhine will be regarded as an act of
war. zGtz.r.
German Navy Limited.
The German navy is reduced to six
torpedoboats, without submarines, and
q a., personnel ,eauae1 of not over 1900: All
build forts controlling the Baltic, must
demolish Heligoland. open the Kiel
II submarine cables: She may have no
military or naval air forces except 100
nnarmed seaplanes until Oct: to de-
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tion material for six months.
Germany accepts full responsibility
for all damages caused allied and asso-
agrees specifically, to areimbursee all
civilian damages beginning with an
initial payment Of $5,0oo,oo0,ooo, subse-
to be issued at the discretion Of the
PREPARATION commission. Germany is to
pay shipping damage on ton for ton
basis by cession of a large part of her
merchant, coasting and river fleets and
by new construction, and to devote her
economic resources to the rebuilding
of the devastated regions.
Economic Terms to Foe.
i She agrees to return to the 1914 most
favored nation tariffs, without discrimi--
nation OF any sort, to allow Allied and
associated nationals freedom of transit
through her territories, and to accept
highly detailed provisions as to pre-
war debts, unfair competition, inter-
naturalization of roads and rivers, and
other economic and financial clauses.
u She also agres to the trial Of the
former kaiser by an international high
court for a supreme offense against
nationals for violation of the laws and
customs of war. Holland to be asked
to extra6ite the former, and Germany
being responsible for delivering the lat
ter
The League of Nations is accepted by
the Allied and Associated Powers as
1peraiiXe and by in pg93cple
International labor body is brought into
being with a permanent office and an
annual convention.
a great number Of international
bodies of different kinds and for differ
ent purposes are created, some under
the League of Nations. some to exc
cute the peace treaty. Among. the for
5mer is the commission to govern the
sSaar Basin till plebiscite is held Is
years hence; the high commissioner of
sDanzig, which is created into free
citySunder the league, and various COM
sslesvig and East Prussia. Among
the PREPARATIONS, military, naval, air f.
nancial and economic commissions; the
International high court and military
tribunals to fix responsibilities, and a
ternatiOnal rivers.
Problems Left Undecided,
Certain problems are left for. solu-
ton between the Allied and Associated
sttion Of the German fleet, and cables,
the former German colonies, and the
values paid in reparation. Certain
air and the opium, arms and liquor
traffic are either agreed to in detail or
set for early international action.
one part the United States. the British
{ empire, France, Italy and Japan, de-
Sscribed as the five Allied and Assoc
fatea P cSg c apa Rsg9% 5Gxs
Guatemala, Haiti, the Hedjaz, Hondur.
as. Liberit, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,
Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia
Siam, Szecho-Slovakia,- and Uruguay
who with the five above are described
as the Allied and Associated Powers
and on the other part, Germany.
Treaty Ends War mt Once.
It states that, bearing in mind that
on the request of the then imperial
German government, an armistice was
granted on Nov. II, 1918, by the five
Allied and Associated Powers in order
that q treaty Of peace, might be con-
cluded with her. and whereas the Allied
and Associated Powers, being equally
desirous that the war, in which they
4 were successfully involved, directly or
sindirectly, and which originated in the
declaration Of war by AUSTRIA Hungary
4 ON July %, 1914, against Serbia, the
dsclaration Of warzby Germany against
Russia on Aug.a1, 1914, and against
France on Aug. 8, 1914, and in the in
Vasion Of J;elgium, should be replaced
NJ g: 4 Arm, just and durable peace, the
having communicate
sffl,eir full powers found in good and
s die form, have agreed as follows:
49, q .sI7ron the coming into force Of the
) nresent treaty the state Of war will
StRe =. u1i11 From the moment and sub.