The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-07-03
PEACE IS SIGNED
GREAT WAR ENDS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN PARIS
TREATY OF PEACE SIGNED
BY ALL NATIONS
AMERICA FIRST OF ALLIES TO SIGN
Ceremony Started Soon After Three
O'clock and Completed In About
One Halt An Hour

Signing of the peace treaty oc-
Cured Saturday afternoon at S:13.
Paris time, 1890 Washington time. at
| Versailles palace, the same building
where in 1870 the Germans humiliated
the French at the end Of the France
Prussian war A stipulation adopted
at, the last moment provides that the
Allies will not proceed with the lib
Grafton of German prisoners until the
ratification of the treaty by the Ger
man national assembly. Certain stip-
ulations also adopted that 1t is be-
lieved will hasten the ratification. All
! Allied nations. except China, met in
the Hall of Mirrors in the great pal
ace at three o'clock promptly, the
German commissioners arriving ten
minutes later. Premier Clemenceau,
president of the council, stated the OBJ
ject of the assembly and inquired il
the Germans were willing to sign and
execute Loyalty the terms of the
treaty. The two commissioners then
signed. President Wilson, followed
by Secretary Lansing, Henry White,
Col. House and Gen. Bliss. signed as
the first of the Allies. The British,
French, Italian and Japanese followed,
with all of the other nations who are
signatories coming afterwards in al
phabetical order. The Chinese were
the only nation refusing to sign, their
delegates not being present All Of
the ceremony was over in forty-five
minutes and President Wilson, Pre-
mier Clemenceau and Lloyd George
were photographed before the palace
and left for the city in the same au-
tomobile, the crowds breaking through
the Gordon of soldiers and cheering
wildly At 3:44 cannon doomed
around Paris to announce that peace
had been signed Both at the arrival
and departure of the German dele
gates, the commissioners of the othel
nations remained seated. and the Ger
mans left Immediately after complet-
ing the part for which they had come.
The courtesy that had been shown
the first peace delegates from Ger
many was not manifested at this time,
as the actions of the former delegates
had been boorish and defiant. There
was no hinderance to the regular pro-
cedure of the signing and all formal
tiles passed off smoothly.
1t is announced that Clemenceau
will give the full text of the treaty
to the French parliament when he ap-
pears before them with his statement
Of the treaty signing at their meet
ing on July first. Lloyd George Is
also scheduled to appear in the Brit
! ish parliament about the same time
and present the treaty to them for
their approval. The following is a
brief summary of the important parts
| of the treaty and the restrictions
! placed upon the Germans:
Restore Alsace-Lorraine to France.
Internationalize city of Danzig per-
manently.
Internationalize rich Saar basin tenn
porarily.
Cede most of Upper Siesia to Po-
land.
Renounce all political and territorial
rights outside of Europe. such as Mo-
rocco, Egypt, Siam, Liberia and Shan
tung
Recognize total independence Of
Poland. German-Austria and Czecho-
Slovakia.
Grant boundary changes toward Bel
GUM, Denmark and in East Prussia.
Reduce her army TO 100000 officers
and men
Abolish all conscription within her
territories
Raze all forts for so kilometers east
of the Rhine river.
Stop all importation and exporta-
tion of war materials. Stop nearly
all manufacture of war materials.
Permit allied occupation of parts of
German soil till reparation is made.
Reduce navy to six battleships, six
light cruisers, II torpedo boats, with
a total personnel of not Owe. $4,000
men.
Dispose of all her submarines.
Surrender or destroy all other YES
sells.
Demolsh Heligoland.
Open Kiel canal to all nations.
Build no forts along the Baltic sea-
Surrender her IA cable lines.
Dispose of all military and naval air
forces except 100 armed seaplanes for
detecting mines, until October ! only.
Stop manufacture of aviation mate
rial within six months.
Accept full responsibility for all
damages caused allied nations.
Reimburse all civilian damages