The Ordway new era., 1919-05-16

"nhys uhnueu 10 tne 1eTIilhH repre-
scntatives at Versailles. is officially
summarized as follows:
The preamble names as parties of
British nad hosnp empire France. Italy y and ia,
fH iIvia. srazli' o"cfi China. an1 cuba E Eeaador
Greece, Guatemala. Haiti. the Hedjaz.
Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua. Panama.
bia, Slam. Czecho-Slovakia and Uru-
quay. who with the Ave above are de-
scribed as the allied and associated
powers; and on the other part Ger
many.
Section one-League Of Nations.
The covenant of the league of ma
tions constitutes Section of the peace
treaty, which places upon the league
many specific In addition to Its general
Snsies Sny time Tor may yyloiaeion OF ise neutral
ized zone east of the Rhine as a threat
against the worlds peace. II Will ap.
Saar commission. oversee Its regime
and carry out the plebiscite. Il will
.ie' p'a suarantee ran the Independence. of the
free city and arrange for treaties Be
tween banzig and Germany and and .Pey Pov
system to be applied to the former
derman colonies, and act as nnal
fSqFi IN paTs 9f fenter and in dis
putes to the Kiel canal. and decide
certain of the efor0mio ana eonferenee
On labor is to be held in October under
it's direction. and another on the inter
and ai raiiways Is foreshadowed.
Section Two-Boundaries Of Germany.
Germany cedes to France Alsace-Lor-
soutswest ahs ST. and sda to BEGUN two small dis
tricts between Luxembourg and Holland.
totalling sss square miles. She also Gedes
beyond and including Oppeln. most OF
Posen and Vest Prussia. 27'6ss square
the main body by a part of Poland Ger
many loses sovereignty over the north
@es neTh he Gi rSer se asd the
internationalized areas about Danzig, 729
square miles and the basin OF the saar'
der of the Rhenish palatinate OF Bavaria
and the southeast corner OF Luxembourg.
tween the Nogat and Vistula rivers made
into w by the addition of a similar
on the west including the city OF Danzig.
The southeastern third of East Prussia
and the area between East Prussia and
the Vistula north OF latitude So degrees
miles. as is to be the case in part of
Schleswig, 2,IS7 square miles.
Section Three-European Political
Classes.
BELGIUM.-Germany is to consent to
the abrogation of the treaties of 1899 by
tral state and to agree in advance to any
convention with which the allied and as
sociated powers may determine to replace
them. She Is to recognize the full sover-
eignty of Belgium over the contested ter
Iitory. of Moresnet and over part Of
favor of Belgium all rights over the cities
of Eupen and Malmedy. the Inhabitants
months to protest against this change OF
sovereignty either in whole or In part, the
OF nations. a C commission m Is to Sc Settle the
details Of the frontier. and various regu-
Iations for change of nationality are laid
LUXEMBOURG. : Germany renounces
her various treaties and conventions with
nizes that Il ceased to be a part OF the
German zollvereln from January / last.
railroads. adheres to the abrogation OF its
neutrality, and accepts in advance any
by the nied and assoeiaied as 70 pnweTa M reached
LEFT BANK OF THE RHINE.-As
provided in the military clauses, Ger
many will not maintain any fortInca-
lions or armed forces less than nffy
kuomefers to the east of the Rhine,
hold any mansuver., nor m.intnin any
works to facilitate mobilization.
In case of violation. "she shall be re-
s=arded = as committing hostile act
asainst the powers VINO sign the pres
the peace of the world"
BY virtue, Of the present treaty
any request for an explanation which
the council of the league of nations
may. think 1t necessary to address to
ALsAcE-LoRRAINE. recog-
milton of the moral obligation to re-
many to France and the people of AL
sace-Lorraine, the territories ceded to
are restored to France with their
frontiers as before 1871. to date from
the The. signing III , of the dah nrmistce and to be
Citizenship is regulated by detailed
provisions DISTINGUISHING those who
citizenship. those who have to make
formal application therefor. and those
fS Tor whom natrraiization r S Is open ,n after
Lorraine. as distinguished from those
Lorraine defined in the treaty. All
public property and all private proper
france Without payment or credit.
France is substituted for Germany as
regards ownership OF the railroads and
the obligation for their upkeep: 90
the destruction of coal mines in north
ern France and as payment on ac-
count Of Teparation; Germany ,Ss sedes soai ag
mines of the Saar basin with their
subsidiaries. accessories and iaeiaities.
rsparation, commission and cTsditeS
against that account, The Frencn
in force at the armistice excepting war
legislation, France replacing the pres
snt WHOM wi enntnue to
furnish the present proportion of coal
for local needs and contribute in just
proportion to local taxes The basin
extends from the frontier of Lorraine
as re-annexed to France north as Tar
as st. Wendell. including on the west
the valley of the Saar as far as Saar
holzbach and on the east the town OF
Homburg
In order to secure the rights ana
welfare of the population and guaran-
tee to France entire freedom in work.
Ing the mines. the territory VIII oe
governed by commission appolnneu
by the league OF nations and consisting
of Ave members, one French. one naese r
fnhabitant of the Saar and three repte.
senting three different countries otneI
than France and Germany, The league
will appoint a member of the commission
ns chairman TO act as executive OF the
commission. The commission Will nave
all powers OF government formeTy eTy,,seia os