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

ueQ ana associated powers ana Ger
many handed to the German repre-
sentatives at Versailles, is officially
summarized as follows:
The preamble names as parties of
the one part the United States. the
pan, described as the five allied and
associated powers, and Belgium, Bo-
ltvia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador,
Greece, Guatemala. Haiti, the Hedjaz,
Peru, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Ser
bia, Siam, Czecho-Slovakia and Uru-
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
lions constitutes Section l of the peace
treaty, which places upon the league
many specific in addition to it's general
duties. 1t may question Germany at
lied zone east of the Rhine as threat
against the worlds peace. 1t will ap-
point three of the five members OF the
Saar commission, oversee It's regime
and carry out the plebiscite. 1t will
appoint the high commissioner of Dan
zig, guarantee the independence of the
tween Danzig and Germany and Po-
land 1t will work out the mandatory
system to be, applied to the former
German colonies, and act as a mai
court in part of the plebiscltes OF the
Belgian-German frontier, and in dis
putes as to the Kiel canal. and decide
certain of the economic and financial
problems. An international conference
on labor is to be held in october under
its direction and another on the inter
national control of ports waterways
and railways is foreshadowed.
Section Two-Boundaries of Germany
Germany cedes to France Alsace-Lor-
raine, $500 square miles OF II IN 3 Inc
tricts between Luxembourg and Holland,
totalllng 9S9 square miles. She also cedes
to Poland the southeastern tip of Silesia
beyond and including Oppeln. most of
Posen and West Prussia. 27,6S6 square
miles, East Prussia being isolated from
the main body by part of Poland. Ger
many loses sovereignty over the north
easternmost tip of East Prussia, 40 square
miles north of the river Memel, and the
internatiOnaized areas about Danzlg, I29
square miles, and the basin of the Saar,
73S square miles, between the western Dor
der of the Rhenish palatinate of Bavaria
and the southeast corner of Luxembourg.
The DanZig area consists of the be-
tween the Nogat and Vistu!a rivers made
into a W by the addition of a similar
on the west including the city of DanZig.
The southeastern third of East Prussia
the Nistula north Of latitude 81 degrees
three minutes is to have its nationality
determined by popular vote, 5,7S5 square
pniles, as is to be the case in part of
Schleswig, 27S7 square miles.
Section Three-European Political
Glasses.
BELGIUM.-Germany is to consent to
the abrogation of the treaties of 1889 by
which Belgium was esta bliShed as a neu-
tral state and to agree in advance to any
convention with which the allied and as
ISOLATED powers may determine to replace
tnem. She IS to recognize the full SoVer-
eighty of Belgium over the contested ter
r1tory of MoreSnet and over part of
Prussian Moresnet and to renounce in
favor of Belgium all rights over the cities
of Eupen and Malmedy the inhabitants
OF which are to be entitled within six
months to protest against this change of
sovereignty either in whole or in part, the
final decision to be reserved to the league
of nations. commission is to settle the
details of the frontier, and various regu-
jations for change of nationality are laid
down.
LUXEMBOURG. - Germany renounces
her various treaties and conventions with
the grand duchy of Luxembourg recog-
nizes that II ceased to be a part of the
German zollverein from January / last
renounces all right of exploitation of the
railroads, adheres to the abrogation of its
neutrality neutral n.y. and accepts in advance any
by the allied and associated powers
LEFT BANK OF THE RHINE-As
provided In the military clauses. Ger
many VIII not maintain any fOrtfRca-
tt0ns or armed forces less than fifty
kilOmeters to the east of the Rhine.
hoId any maneuVers' nor maintain any
works to facilitate mobilization.
In case of violation, "she shall be re-
garded as committing a hostile act
against the powers who sign the pres
ent treaty and as intending to disturb
the peace of the world"
BY virtue of the present treaty
Germany shall be bound to respond to
any request for an explanation which
the council of the league of nations
may. think it necessary to address to
her"
ALsACE-LoRRAIN recog-
milton of the moral obligation to re-
pair the wrong done in 1871 by Ger
many to France and the people of Al
sace-LOrraine, the territories ceded to
Germany by the treaty of Frankfort
are restored to France with their
the signing of the armistice, and to be
free of all public debts.
Citizenship is regulated by detailed
provisions distinguishing those who
are Immediately restored to full French
citizenship. those who have TO make
formal application therefor, and those
for whom naturalization is open after
three years. The laSt-named class in
cludes German residents in AIsace-
Lorraine. as distinguished from those
Lorraine as defined in the treaty. All
public property and all private proper
ty of German ex-sovereigns passes to
France without payment or credit
France is substituted for Germany as
regards ownership OF the railroads and.
rights over concessions of tramways
The Rhine bridges pass to France with
the obligation for their upkeep.
THE SAAR.-In compensation for
the destruction of coal mines in north
ern France and as payment on ac-
France fun ownership of the coal
mines of the Saar basin with their
subsi diaries. accessories and facilities
Their value will be estimated by the
reparation commission and credited
against that account The French
rights will be governed by German law
IN force at the arraistice excepting war
legislation. France replacing the pres
ent owners whom Germany undertakes
to indemnify. France will continue 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 far
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 and
welfare of the population and guaran-
tee TO France entire freedom in work.
ing the mines, the territory will be
governed by a commission appointed