Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-05-14
MAIN POINTS OF
THE PEACE TREATY.
Germany Learns of the Fruits of Her Efforts Rule
the World.

an army OF more than 100000 men,
and cannot resort to conscription.
She must raze all her forts for 80
kilometers east of the Rhine, and is
almost entirely prohibited from pro-
ducing war materials. Violation of
the 50-kilometer zone restriction
will be considered an act OF war.
Only six capital ships, Of not more
than 10000 tons each, are allowed
Germany for her navy. She Is per-
United six light cruisers, twelve dc
Aeroyars and twelve torpedo boats,
in addition to six battleships, but no
submarines.
All civilian damages are TO be re-
imburscd by Germany, the initial
payment to be 20.000,000,O 900 marks,
with subsequent payments to be Sc
cured by bonds
Germany must replace shipping,
ton for ton, handing over great
part of her mercantile tonnage and
turning out new construction for the
purposes. She must also devote her
economic resources to rebuilding the
devastated regions.
Parts OF Germany will be occupied
on Il diminishing scale until repara-
ton Is made.
Germany must agree to the trial
or former Emperor William by an in
ternatfonal court for the supreme of
Tense against international morality.
and to the trial of others Of her sub
jccts for violations of the laws and
customs Of war
The Allies and Germany accept the
League Of Nations-Germany. hoy
ever, accepting in principle only and
not as Il member.
All treaties and agreements with
Bolshevik Russia must be ahrogated
as well as the treaty Of Bucarast
with Rumania.
German prisoners Of war are to be
| repatriatcd, but the Allies will hold
German officers as hostages for Ger
mans accused Of crimes.
Parties to the Treaty.
The treaty preamble names as par
ties on the one part, the United
States, the British Empire, France,
Italy and Japan, described as the
five Allied and associated powers,
and Belgium, Bolivia. Brazil, China.
| Cuba, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala
Haiti, the IIedjaZ, Honduras, Liberia
| Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland,
| Portugal, Rumania, Serbia. Siam,
CZecho-Slovakia and Uruguay. who.
with the five above, are described us
the Allied and associated powers.
and on the other part. Germany.
| II states that: Bearing in mind
that OH the request of the then I'm
pcrial German government an armis-
lice was granted on November llth.
1918. by the five Allied and asso-
ciatcd powers in order that Il treaty
Of peace might be concluded with
her: and. whereas. the Allied and
associated powers. being equally de-
SirOuS that the war i'm which they
were successfully involved. directly
or indirectly. which originated in the
declaration of war by Austria-lIun-
! gary on July 2Nth. l?l !. against Scr
! ria. me declaration OF war by Ger
many against Russia on August Sd.
| ~ !, and against Franco on August
"a. l?l l. and The invasion OF Bel
| Eium. should be replaced by a lust.
! irm and Durable peace. the p!cnipo-
! ientiaricS ,having communicated
| their powers found i'm good and due
/ form have agreed rs follows:
Termination of War.
"From the coming into force Of
The present treaty The state of war
will terminate From the moment
and subject to the provisions of this
treaty, official relations with Ger
many and with each OF the German
States will be resumed by the Allied
and associated powers.
Section |. ucague of Nations
The covenant of the League Of Ma
tions constitutes Section Of .the
peace treaty, which places upon the
league many specific duties in addi-
tion to its general duties. It ques-
tions Germany at the time for a VIC.
lation Of the ncutraliZed zone east
or the Rhine as Il threat against the
worlds peace. IL will appoint three
or the five members of the Saar COM
mission. oversee its regime and carry
out the plcbiSCite. It will appoint
the high missioner of DanZig,
guarantee the independence of the
free city and arrange for treaties be-
tween DanZig and Germany and Po-
land. II will work out the rlanda-
tory system to be applied to the for
mcr German colonies, and act as a
hnal court in part OF the plebiscites
Of the BclEian-German frontier, and
IN disputes rs to the kiel Canal, and
decide certain Of the economic and
financial problems. An International
conference on labor is 10 he held
in October under its direction, and
another on the Internal tional control
OF ports, waterways and railways is
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