Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-05-14

| Germany shall impose no tariff duties
| higher than the lowest in force In 1914,
and for certain agricultural products;
! wines, vegetable oils artificial SILK ana
| washed or secured wool this restriction
| obtains for two and half years or for
five years unless further extended by the
| league of nations. Germany must give
most favored nation treatment to the
| allied and associated powers She shall
| on goods originating in Alsace- Lorraine
and for three years on goods originating
in former German territory ceded to Po-
| land, with the right of observation of a
| similar exception for Luxembourg.
| SHIPPING-Ships of the allied and
| associated powers shall for five years and
thereafter, under condition of reciprocity,
unless the league of nations otherwise
| decides, enjoy the same rights in German
| ports as German vessels and have most
| favored nation treatment in fishing, coast
| ing trade and towage, even in territorial
! waters. Ships Of a country having no
| seacoast may be registered at some one
| place within it's territory.
| UNFAIR COMPETITION-Germ I'M
| dertakes to give the trade of the allied
! and associated powers adequate safe
| guards against unfair competition and in
! particular to suppress the use of false
| wrapptngs and markings and on condition
| or reciprocity to respect the laws and
| judicial decisions of allied and associated
| states in respect of regional appellations
| of wines and spirits.
| TREATMENT OF NATIONALS.-Ger-
| many shall impose no exceptional taxes
| or restrictions upon the nationals of the
| allied and adssociated states for a period
| of five years and, unless the league of ma
tons acts. for an additional five. years.
| German nationality shall not continue to
! attach to a person who has become a
| national of an allied or associated
| state.
MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS
| Some forty multilateral conventions are
| renewed between Germany and the al
| lied and associated powers, but special
| conditions are attached to Germany's
| readmission to several
PREWAR DEBTS. A system of
| clearing houses is to be created within
| three months one in Germany and one
| in each allied and associated state
which adopts the plan for the payment
| of prewar debts, including those aris-
| ing from contracts suspended by the
war for the adjustment of the proceeds
of the liquidation of enemy property and
| the settlement of other obligations
ENEMY PROPERTY.-German shall
restore or pay for all private, enemy
amount of damages to be fixed by the
mixed arbitral tribunal. The allied and
| associated states may liquidate Ger
man private property within their
| territories as compensation for prop
erty of their nationals not restored or
paid for by Germany. for debts owed
tionals and for other claims against
Germany. Germany is to compensate
| its nationals for such losses and to
deliver within six months all docu-
ments relating to property held by it's
nationals in allied and associated states
All war legislation as to enemy property
rights and interests is confirmed and all
claims by Germany against the allied or
associated governments for acts under
receptional war measures abandoned.
CONTRACTS = Prewar contracts be-
tween allied and associated nations ex-
| cepting the United States, Japan and Bra
I'll, and German nationals are Cancelled
except for debts for accounts already
performed, agreements for the transfer
| ready passed, leases of land and houses
contracts Of mortgage, pledge or lien
mining concessions, contracts with gov
| ernments and insurance contracts.
Mixed arbitral tribunes shall be es-
| tablished of three members, one chosen
| by Germany, one by the associated states
and the third by agreement, or falling
which by the president of Switzerland
They shall have jurisdiction over all dis
| putes as to contracts concluded before
| the present peace treaty
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
| Industrial literary and artistic property
are re-established, the special war meas
ures of the allied and associated powers
are ratified and the right reserved to
impose conditions on the use of German
patents and copyrights when in the public
interest. Except as between the United
| States and Germany prewar licenses and
| rights to sue for infringements are can
celled.
Section Nine.
OPIUM.-The contracting powers agree,
whether or not they have signed and
ratified the opium convention of January
| 70, 1912, or signed the special protocol
| opened at The Hague in accordance with
resolutions adopted by the third opium
| conference in 1914, to bring the said con-
| vention into force by enacting within IL
| months of the peace the necessary legisla-
| ton.
RELIGIOUS MIsSIoNS.-The allied and
associated powers agree that the proper
| ties of religious missions in territories be-
| longing or ceded to them shall continue
] In their work under control of the powers
| behalf.
Section Ten.
| AERIAL NAVIGATION.-Aircr of
| the allied and associated powers have full
| liberty of passage and landing over and
! in German territory equal treatment with
| dromeS, and with most favored nation
! planes as to internal commercial traffic
| in Germany, Germany agrees to accept
| allied certificates of nationality. air
| worthiness or competency or licenses and
| to apply the convention relative to aerial
| navigation concluded between the allied
| over her own territory. These rules apply
| until 1923 unless Germany has since been
| admitted to the league of nations or to
| the above convention.
Section Eleven.
| FREEDOM OF TRANSIT-Germanv
| must grant freedom of transit through
ner territories by mail or water to per
sons, goods, ships, carriages, and mails
| from or to any of the allied or asso-
GATED powers, without customs or transit
duueS, undue delays, restrictions or dis
| examinations based on nationality means
OF transport, or place of entry or de-
| parture. Goods In transit shall be assured
all possible speed of journey. especially