Bisbee daily review., 1919-05-08


 summary of the peace treaty delivered to the German delegates at Versailles by the representative of the associ | ated powers, was made public her, today by the committee on public in- formation. It follows: "In addition to the securities afford ed in the treaty of peace the presi dent of the United States has pledged himself to propose to the senate of the United States and the prime minister of Great Britain has pledged himseI to propose to the parliament of Grea Britain in engagement, subject to the approval of the council of the leagu of nations, to come immediately t. the assistance of France in case of un provoked attack by Germany. "Following is summary of treaty of peace for use of the press:
 PARIS, May 7.-The treaty of peacel between the twenty-seven allied ano associated powers on the one hand and Germany on the other, was hand ed to the German plenipotentaries a Versailles today. It is the longest treaty ever drawn It totals about S0,000 words, divided into fifteen main sections and repre- sents the combined product of over d thousand experts, working continually through a series of commissions for the three and half months since January 18th. The treaty is printed in parallel pages of English anc Rrench, which are recognized as hay ing equal validity. It does not deal with questions affecting Austria, Bull garia and Turkey, except insofar as binding Germany to accept any agree ment reached with those former al lies.
 League of Nations Comes First
 Following the preamble and deposi- tion of powers comes the covenant of the league of nations as the first sec ton of the treaty. The frontiers of Germany in Europe are defined in the second section: European political classes given in the third; European political classes i'm the fourth. Next are the military, naval and air terms, as the fifth section, followed by sec tion on prisoners of war and military graves, and seventh on responsi- bilities Preparations, financial terms and economic terms are covered in sectcions eight to ten. Then comes the league of nations section ports, waterways and railway section, the labor covenant, the section on guar antees, and the final clauses.
 All Hun Colonies Wiped Out
 Germany, by the terms of the treaty restores Alsace-Lorraine to France accepts the nternationalization of the Saare basin temporarily and of Dan zig permanently; agrees to territorial changes toward Belgium and Denmark and in East Prussia, cedes most of upper Silesia, to Poland, and renounces all territorial and political rights outside Europe, as to her own or heI allies territories, and especially to Morocco, Egypt, Siam, Liberia and Shantung. She also recognizes the total independence of German-Austria Czecho-Slovakia and Poland.
 Her army is reduced to one
 hundred thousand men including
 officers; conscription within her
 territories is abolished; all forts
 fifty kiIometers east of the Rhine
 razed; and all importation, ex-
 portation and nearly all produc-
 ton of war material stopped.
 Allied occupation of parts of Ger many will continue until repara-
 tion is mace, but will be reduced
 at the end of each of three five
 year periods if Germany is fulfill
 ing her obligations. Any violation
 by Germany of the conditions as
 to the zone fifty kilometers east
 of the Rhine will be regarded as
 an act of war.
 The German navy is reduced to sf, battleships, six cruisers six ligh cruisers and twelve torpedo boats without submarines, and a personne of not over fifteen thousand. Al other vessels must be surrendered O destroyed. Germany is forbidden t build forts controlling the Baltic, mus demolish Helgoland open the Kfe canal to all nations, and surrender he 14 submarine cables. She may hav no military or naval air forces excep one hundred unarmed seaplanes unti October 1st to detect mines, and ma, manufacture aviation material for si months only.
 Pays for Ships, Ton for Ton Germany accepts. full responsibiIit, for all damages caused to allied am associated governments and nationals agrees specifically. to reimburse al civilian damages beginning with al initial payment of twenty billio marks, subsequent. payments to b. secured by bonds to be issued at tn discretion of the reparation commis {. sion. Germany is to pay shippin damage on a ton-for-ton basis by ces sion of large part of her merchan coasting and river fleets and by neV construction; and to devote her ecC homie resources to the rebuilding o the devastated regions. rr
 She agrees to return to the nine t fourteen months favored natio tariffs, without discrimination of an sort; to allow allied and associate nationals freedom of transit throug her territories and to accept highl detailed provisions as to pre-wa debts. unfair competition, information alization of roads and rivers, and othe economic and financial clauses
 ShcI also agrees to the trial of