Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-09
Provisions Contained in Peace Treaty

Brost-Lttovsk treaty.
Allies reserve right for Russia .
obtain reparation from Germany.
In addition to the securities al
forded in the treaty of peace, tho
president of the United States has
pledged himself to propose to the
senate of the United States and ySo
prime minister of Great Britain haa
pledged, himself to propose to TIA
parliament of Great Britain an e.s
gageliaent, subject TO the approval CO
the council of the League of HTa-
tions, to come immediately to tho
assistance of France in case of u
provoked attack by Germany.
No militaristic societies shall In
permitted in Germany. s
German warsh1ps may be replaced
only at the expiration OF 20 yea"J
Tor battleships and Is for destro5
ers.
Allies will retain German hoc.
tages until persons accused of ws.-
crimes are surrendered.
Reciprocal exchange of inTorrnc-
ton regarding dead prisoners anu
places of burial provided for.
Total of German indemrities =,
mission before May 1, 1921, ats:
"a fair hearing.
Schedule will be fixed for dr.
charge of German indemnity obi
SaG1OnS W1Ch1n 80 years.
Germany irrevocab1y recognize1
full authority of inter-a1Iied rapara-
tions commission.
Germany must restore French
hags taken in Franco-Prussian waa
Of 1870.
Germany must pay entire cost o.
armies Of occupation from date cf
armistice.
Germany to confirm renurciatic.,
OF the treaty of Bucharest.
All German concessions in Turkey,
Russia, Brazil, Austria-Hungary and
Bulgaria to be transferred to allied
reparations commission ana credited
to Germany.
Ger1nany's initial indemnity pay
rnenG 10000, COO, 900 narks) shall be
made in gold, goods and ships.
Germany must pay civilians Ger
acts Of cruelty ordered by her rep
resentatives.
Germany must pay for ma1trea4-
nent of prisoners.
Germany must pay damages fer
enforced labor by civilians for levies
or fines imposed.
TO discharge her indemnity obli-
cations, Germany's domestic taxa
zion system must be proportionatc-
~ as great as that in any allied
countries.
Germany must agree to build 2oo,-
600 tons of shipping annually for
years.
Czecho-Slovalzia to have rail rights
into Eiu1ne and Trieste.
Germany must lease Czecho-Slova-
k1a wharfage at Hamburg and Stet-
tin for 80 years
International labor office to be es-
tablished in Geneva as part of
League of Nations organization.
First meeting of the international
labor body will be held in October
at washington simultaneously with
first League of Nations meeting) Co
discuss international eigl1G-nour day.
Germany to accept all DEGREES az
to German ships by allied prize
courts.
The treaty becomes effective for
each nation as that nation formally
ratifies il.
Clearing houses to be established
In all be1ligerent countries to handle
adjustment of pre-war debts and con-
tracts.
Allies may liquidate German pri-
vate property in allied territory as
compensation for property of their
nationals not reconlpensed by Gar
many and for debts owed their ne-
tionals by German nationals. 49,.
Fire insurance contracts not coz
sidered dissolved by the war.
All signatories agree To interna-
t1onaI control of opium traffic.
All German ports, free before the
war, must continue in that status.
Parts of E1be, Oder, Danube and
NieInen rivers internationa1ized.
The Rhine is placed under control
of an a1lied-Ger,nan commission.
Belgium to be permitted to build
a canal connecting the Rhine and the
Mouse.
There has been much discussion or
the question whether the German del
egates would sign the peace treaty
The Germans at first proposed to
send messengers to Versailles to take
the treaty to Berlin, but they were
made to understand that delegates
with power to sign the terms of peace
mus be sent, and this was done.
Furthermore, the Germans will be al
lowed only a definitely fixed time
within which to sign the treaty.
Allied representation at the cere-
monial today was made complete b.
the arrival in Paris this morning Of
Vittorio Orlando, the Italian premier
and Baron Sonnino. the foreign min
lister, who it had been feared for q
time would not be present because OF
the tangle over the Adriatic question.