Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-05-16

documents and information necessary to
insure full knowledge OF the incriminat-
ing acts, the discovery of the Offenders
and the just appreciation Of the respon-
sibility.
Section SeVen-Reparation.
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Germany accepts on
behalf of herself and her allies, the re-
spOnsibiIity for causing all the loss
and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
tiOnaIs have been subjected as a con-
sequence of the war imposed upon
them by the aggression of the enemy
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
pay, as defined in the category of dam
ages, is to be determined and notified
to her after a fair hearing and not
later than May /, 1921, by an inter
allied reparation commission. AT the
same time a schedule of payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented. These pay
fnents are subject to postponement in
certain contingencies Germany irrev-
ocably recognizes the full authority Of
this commission agrees to supply it
with all the necessary information and
to pass legislation to efectuate it's
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and certain articles
which can be identified.
AS an immediate step toward reStO-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 10000, 600, 600 marks in either
gold, goods, ships, or other specific
standing that certain expenses, such as
those of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw materials,
may be deducted at the discretion of
the allies.
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay, she undertakes to
caused to civilians under seven main
categories: (a( Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts of
war, directly or indirectly; CD damage
caused to civilians by acts of cruelty
ordered by the enemy and to civilians
in the occupied territory; (c) damages
caused by maItreatment of prisoners;
Cd damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
of this treaty; (e) damages to prop
erty other than naval or military ma
terials; Cd damages to civilians by be-
ing forced to labor; (g) damages in the
form of levies or fines imposed by the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the reparation COM
mission shall examine the German syS-
tenn of taxation, first to the end that
the sums for reparatIon which Ger
many is required to pay shall become
a charge upon all her revenues, prior
to that for the service or discharge of
any domestic loan, and. secondly, so as
to satisfy itself that in general the
German scheme of taxation is fully as
heavy proportionately as that of any
of the powers represented on the com
mission.
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time, by way or
guaranty, issues of bonds or other obliga-
tons to cover sucn claims as are not
otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and account of the total amount OF
claims, bond issues are presently to be
required of Germany in acknowledgment
of it's debt as follows:
Twenty billion marks, gold, payable
not later than May L, 1921, without in
terest forty billion marks, gold, bearing
2h per cent interest between 1921 and
1926 and thereafter per cent, with a l
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1926; and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing interest at per cent, under terms to
be fixed by the commission.
SHIPP1NG.-The German government
replacement, ton for ton and class for
class, of all merchant ships and fishing
boats lost or damaged owing to the war,
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships Of 1000 tons gross
and upward one-half Of her ships between
l,600 and LOCO tons gross and one-quarter
of her steam trawlers and other fishing
boats These ships are to be delivered
within two months TO the reparation
committee. together with documents of
title evidencing the transfer Of the ships
free from encumbranoe.
AS an additional part OF reparation,
the German government further agrees
of the allies to the amount of not ex-
ceeding 100000 tons gross annually dur
ing the next five years All ships used
for inland navigation taken by Germany
from the allies are to be restored within
two months, the amount of loss not COW
cred by such restitution to be made up
by the cession of the German river fleet
up to 20 per cent thereof
In order to effect payment by deliv-
cries in kind, Germany Is required for
case Of each, to deliver coal, coal Tar
products, dyestuffs and chemical drugs in
specific amounts to the reparatons COM
mission. The commission may SO modi-
fy the conditions of delivery not to
interfere unduly with Germany's indus
trial requirements The deliveries Of coal
are based largely. upon the principle of
making good dimlnutlons in the prOduc-
ton OF the allied countries resulting from
the war.
DEVASTATED AREAs.-Gerpoany un-
dertakes to devote her economic re-
sources directly to the physical restora-
ton of the invaded areas The reparation
commission is authorized to require Ger
many to replace the destroyed articles by
the delivery of animals. machinery, etc,
existing in Germany, and to manufacture
materials required for reconstruction pur-
poses; all with due consideration for Ger
manys essential domestic requirements.
Germany is to restore within six months
the Koran of the Caliph Gilman, former
ly at Medina, to the king of Hedjaz, and
the skull of the Sultan Okwawa, formerly
in German East Africa, to his Britannia
eminent IS also to restore to the french
government certain papers taken by the
German authorities in 1870, belonging then
to M Reuher, and to restore the French
flags taken during the war Of 1870 and
1871
FINANCES.-Powers to which German
territory is ceded will assume GER
tain portion of the German prewar debt,
the amount to be fixed by the repara-
tons commission on the basis of the
ratio between the revenue and of the
ceded territory and Germanys total rev.
enues for the three years preceding the
war. In view however, of the special
circumstances under which Alsace-Lor-
raine was separated from France in
1871, 1when Germany refused TO accept
any part of the French public debt.
France will not assume any part of Ger
many's prewar debt there. nor will Po-
land share in certain German debts IN
Cured for the oppression OF Poland. II
the value of the German public property
in ceded territory exceeds the amount
of debt assumed the states to which
property coded will give credit on repara-
ton for the excess, with the exception
of Alsace-Lorraine. Mandatory powers
will not assume any German debts or
give any credit for German government
property Germany renounces all rights
of representation on, or control of, state
banks, commission or other similar inter-
national financial and economic organiza-
tons.
Germany is required to pay the total
cost of the armies of occupation from the
date of the arm 'stice as long as they are
maintained in Ger territory. this cost