The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-05-16
GERMANY AGREES TO TERRITOR- IAL CHANGES TOWARD BEL
 GUM AND DENMARK.
EX-KAISER TO BE TRIED
ESACE-LORRAINE GOES BACK TO FRANCE WITHOUT
 PAYMENT.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

mItteQ to the. OIefIndnS at CISellAiSS
 Preamble-The preamble names as parties of the one part the United States, the British emnire, France, allied and associated powers, and Bel gium, Bolivia, Brazil. China. Cuba, Aedjas. Honduras. Liberia. Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Ru, mania, Serbia, Siam, Czecho- -Slovakia snd Uruguay who with the i've i've anoUe ciated powers, and on the other part, Germany It states that: Bearing in imperial German government an arm istice was granted on Nov, IL, 1918, oy the five allied and associated powers in order that a treaty of peace might be concluded with her.
 Section b-League of Nations: The, covenant of the Leagueof Nations con stitutes section 1 of the peace treaty, which places upon the league many specific duties in addition to its gen era1 duties. It may question Germany at any time for violation of the neu- tralized zone east of the Rhine as threat against the worlds peace. It will appoint three of the five members of the Saar commission, oversee US regime and carry out the plebisc1te. It will appoint the high commissioner of DanziS, guarantee the lndepenoence of the free city and arrange for treaties between DanZig and Germany and Poland. It will work out the man datory system to be applied to the for nler German colonies and act as final court in part of the plebiscites of the Belgian German frontier and in dls- 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 un- der it's direction, and another on the international control of ports, water ways and railways is foreshadowed:
 Membership-The membership of the covenant and other states invited to accede who must lodge declaration
 h in two months. A new state dominion or colony may be admitted, provided its admission is agreed to by two thirds of the assembly. A state may withdraw upon giving two years no tice, if it has fulfilled all its inter- national obligations.
 will be esta blished at the seat of the league, which will be at Geneva.
 Assembly-The assembly will consist of representatives of the members of the league, and will meet at stated in tervals. Voting will be by states Each member will have one vote and not more than three representatives.
 Council-The council will consist of TePresentatives of the five great allied lied sembIy from time to time; it may CO., operate with additional states, and will meet at least once a year.
 Armaments-The council will formu- late plans Nor reduction of arma- Inents for consideration and adoption. These plans will be revised every ten years. Once they are with any party to the dispute which complies with it. award, the council will propose the necessary measures. The council will formulate plans for the establishment of a permanent court of international justice to determine international dis putes or to give advisory opinions. to arbitration must accept the jurisdic- tion of the assembly.
 Preventing of War-Upon any war, Of fIA rxTf1 aaf to consider what common action shall be taken. Members are pledged to frubmit matters of dispute to arbitra- war until three months after the award. Members agree to carry out an arbitral award and not to go to war unless concurred in by all mem bers represented on the council and q simple majority of the rest, less the parties to the dispute, and will have the force of unanimous recommends ton by the council.
 Validity of Treaties-All treaties or international engagements concluded after the institution of the league will be registered with the secretariat and published. The assembly may from slider treaties which have become in applicable or involve danger of peace. The covenant abrogates all obligations between members inconsistent with it's terms. but nothing in it shall affect the validity of international engage ments such treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine for securing the main tenance of peace.
 The Mandatory system-The tute- laRe of ma tions not yet able to stand by themselves will be intrusted to ad undertake it. The covenant recognizes three different stages of development requirin" different kinds of manda tories.
 General International Provisions Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of international conventions
 wf fGfl har ffAr f0 t.xa saz.d upon. the members of the league will In general endeaVor through the inter inational oreanization established by \ maintain fair conditions of labor for men. women and children in their own countries and other countries. and un- dertake to secure just Urea tment of the native inha btants of territories under their control; they will. intrust the league with the general supervision over the execution of agreements for the suppression of traffic in women the trade in arms and ammunition with countries in which control is neces- sary: they will make provision for Freedom of communications and transit and equitable treatment for commerce of all members of the league, with special reference to the necessities of 1egions devastated during the war: and 4hey will endeavor to take steps for tnternational prevention and control of commissions already established will He placed under the league. as we'll as those to be established la the future.
 Amendments to the Covenants Appointments to the covenant will take kffect when ratified by the council and by a majority of the assembly,
 Boundaries of Germa any-Germany eedes to France Alsace-Lorraine $500 equare miles, and to Belgium two small districts between Luxemburg and HoI- land totaling sS9 square miles. She also cedes to Poland the southea stern tip of Slesia beyond and including Oppeln. most of Posen and West Prus- Gfa. 21.bS6 square miles. East PrIssi7 heins isolated from the main body by . part of Poland. She loses sovereign ty "v"r the northeastermost tip of Eas Prussia. forty square miles north of tlr River Memel. and the interna- tf"ra '-e6 areas about DanZig, FPS snrlaf' miles. and the basin of the Saar TSS-s'.i,aEe miles, between the western