Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-03-13
MILITARY GERMANY
MlPOSSlBLEUNDER
new PEACE TREATY
Terms Dictated By Allied Su-
preme Council Provide Re-
duction Of Hun Army, Navy.
(By the Associated Press),

Military Germany Will go out, OF eX-
istence as the result of adoption by
the supreme council tonight of the
military terms of the German disarm-
ament, as they will 60 into the peace
treaty. ..- .us
These terms provide for sweeping
reduction of the German military es-
tablishment down to 100000 men
with 1000 officers, the army to be
recruited by the voluntary system for
a period of twelve years. The effect
of this is to limit the German mill
tary strength to less than the num-
ber Of men Switzerland has in her
army.
Other provisions in the military
terms limit the arms and ammunition
Germany can possess to quantity
sufficient for 100000 men and all the
remainder must be delivered over or
destroyed. The German, forts along
the Rhine also must be destroyed.
The imperial general staff is abolish
ed as a result of the reducing of the
force. ~
Discussion of the subject was re-
sumed by, the supreme council today,
the basis for the debate being Mar
shall Foch's report on Premier Lloyd
Georges proposal to reduce Ger
many's armed force from 100000, as
lad been suggested, to 100000 men
and to substitute voluntary for COM
pulsory service. ..,g
Marshal Foch favors the change,
as the conscription plan providing
for 100000 serving one year terms
woul dgive Germany standing
army of 100000 men in te nyears. !"
AS against this, Mr.. Lloyd George
tpruposed- tthee enlistment term at -s12.
Marshal Fock embodied this in his
report, which proposed an amend
ment further reducing the figure to
100000.
One of Premier lloyd Georges
main purposes in substituting volun-
tary service for conscription was to
pave the way for the disappearance
of conscription systems throughout
Europe, as it is believed that the ef-
feet on abolition of the system in
Germany would be that other Euro
pean countries would generally fol-
low it. thus ending the menace of
long-sta nding armies and provoca-
tion to warfare.
The council has already adopted
the naval terms of the treaty except
for few reserve provisions which
will be discussed tomorrow.
The progress that has been made
with the work of framing the peace
terms insures the completion of the
task by March 20. The first rough
draft will be in readiness when
President Wilson arrives Thursday
and the revision will be concluded
before the goth.
It is the prepared purpose of the
peace conference to call the Germans
| to Versailles soon after March 20,
possibly from March 20 to March 25.
The document then will be delivered
to the German delegates and in case
they are not prepared to sign at once,
they will be given an opportunity to
return to Germany to consider it and
return for the formal signing at Yer
sailles.
It is known definitely that Count
Won Bernstorff, former German. am
bassador to the United States will not
be one of the German delegates at
Yer sailles.
The presence of Premier Lloyd
George in Paris is permitting of daily
conferences of premier Of the powers
as sort of a steering committee to
direct the course of the main work
|of the conference. The session this
morning was attended by Premiers
IClemenceau and Lloyd George and
Colonel p. M. House, representing
President Wilson.
Premier Orlando of Italy will join
the other premiers too, and when
President Wilson arrives it is expect
led that these conferences of the gov
ernment heads gradually will take
the place Of the council OF the great
powers The conferences Of the