Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-16

perishabls goods. Germany may not
divert traAic from its normal purse in
favor of her w transport routes or
maintain control stations in connection
with TRANSPORTATION traffic. She may not
establish any tax discrimination against
the ports of allied or associated powers
must grant the latter's seaports all fac
tors, and reduced tariffs granted her
own or other nationals, and afford the
allied and associated powers equal rights
with those of her WI nationals in her
ports and waterways, save that she IS
Tree 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 facil1-
ties as to warehouse and packing, without
discrimination, and without charges ex-
cept for expenses of administration ana
use. Goods leaving the free zones for
consumption in Germany and goods
brought into the free zones from Ger
many shall be subject to the ordinary inn
port and export taxes.
INTERNATIONAL RIVERS-The Elbe
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-
gether with their connections. The III
par1an states must ensure good conditions
of navigation within their territories un-
less a special organization exists therefor.
Otherwise appeal may be had to 2 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-
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be drawn up at a conference of the pow
ers nominated by the allied and asso-
ciated governments within one year after
THE RHINE AND THE MOSELLE.-
The Rhine is placed unde the central
commission to meet at St~r&ssbourg within
six months after the peace and to be COM
posed Of four representatives Of France,
which shall in addition select the presl-
dent, four of Germany, and two each OF
Great Britain, Italy, Belgium SWltzer-
land, and the Netherlands.
Section Twelve.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 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
provement within twenty-five years Of
such lines as necessary and to con-
form her rolling stock to enabl 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 n ~telegraphic service,
as provided.
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA. - To ssure
Czecho-Slovakia access to the sea, spe-
cia1 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 a COM
mission Of three representing Czecho-
SIoyakia, Germany and Great Britain.
THE KEEL CANAL-The Kiek 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
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-
hearing of complaints Germany shall
establish a local authority at Kiel.
section Thirteen.
2 II PO
ZATION-Members Of the league of ma
lions agree to establish a permanent or
ganizatiOn to promote international al
justment of labor conditions, to consist
of an annual international labor CONFER
ence n an international labor off1ce.
The former is composed of four rep
resentativeS of each state, two from the
government and one each from the en-
ployers and the employed; each of them
may vote individually. 1t will be a de-
Lucrative legislation body, its measures
taking the form of draft conventions or
recommendations for legislation winch
if passed by two-thirds vote must be sub
mitted to the Iaw-making authority IN
every state participating. Each govern
ment may enact the terms into law; apo
prove the principle, but modify them to
local needs; leave the actual legislation
in case of a federal state to local legls-
~latures, or reject the convention altogetn-
er without further obligation.
HI international labor office is es-
tablished at the seat of the league OF
nations and part of its organization. ~
is to collect and distribute information On
labor throughout the world and prepare
agenda for the conference.
1t will publish a 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, 1913. at
Washington, to discuss the etght-hour
day or 48-hour week; prevention of
unemployment; extension n ap-
plication of the international cOnven-
lions adopted at Berne in 1905 pfohfb-
iting night work for women and the
use of white phosphorus in the man
ufacture of matches; and the employ
or in unhealthy work, OF women before
and after childbirth, including mater
nifty benefit, and of children as regards
minimum age.
Section Fourteen.
GUARANTEES-As a guarantee for the
execution of the treaty German territory
to the west of the Rhine, together with
the ~bridgeheadS, will be occupied by allied
and associated troops for Is years period
if the conditions are faithfully carried out
the b-ridgehead of Cologne, will be eyac-
uated at the expiration of five years; GER
tain other districts, including the bridge
head of Coblenz, and the territory nearest
the Belgian frontier, will be evacuated
after ten years, and the remainder, ln-
GLIDING the bridgehead Of Mainz, will be
evacuated after ID years. In case the
interallied reparation commission finds
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 r~eoccupied
Immediately. If before the expiration OF
the Is years Germany complies with all
the treaty undertakings, the occupying
forces will be withdrawn Immediately. J
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
all requisitions and are in no way to in
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