Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-14
THE PEACE TREATY.
BRIEF Summary of the Conditions
Imposed Upon Germany by Allies.

Brief Summary of the Conditio on,
Imposed Upon Germany by Allies.
Last Wednesday, the fourth anniversar,
OF the sinking OF the Lusitania, Germany,
official representatives at the peace
conference learned the terms demanded
OF her as a condition of peace. The treaty
OF peace submitted will reduce Germany
to military impotence, deprive her of her
colonies, restore Alsace and Lorraine to
France, and provide reparation to the
nations injured by her in the war.
Official announcement is also made that
| President Wilson has pledged himself to
propose to the Senate OF the United States
an agreement that the United States, in
conjunction with Great Britain, would
go to the assistance of France in case OF
| an unprovoked attack by Germany.
The main points in the peace treaty
follow
Alsace and Lorraine go to France. All
the bridges over the Rhine on their
| borders are to be in French control.
The port OF Danzig is permanently
| internationalized and most OF Upper
Silesis is ceded to Poland, whose in
| dependence Germany recognizes. Poland
| also receives the province of Posen and
! that portion of the province OF West
Prussia west of the Vistula.
The Sarre coal basin is temporarily
| lnternationalized. The coal mines go to
| France.
Germany recognizes the total in
dependence of German-Austria and
Czecho-Slovakia.
| Germany's colonies are taken from her
| by the clause in which she renounces all
her territorial and political rights outside
Europe. The league OF nations will work
out the mandatory system for governing
these colonies.
Belgium is conditionally given the
Malmedy and Eupen districts of Prussia
bordering on Belgium, with the OPP
portunity to be given the inhabitants to
protest. The league Of nations has the
| final decision.
! Luxembourg is set free from the German
customs unions.
All concessions and territory in China
must be renowned. Shantung is coded
to Japan. Germany recognizes the
French in Morocco and the British
protectorate over Egypt.
German troops and authorities must
evacuate eswig- Holstein north of the
Kiel canal within ten days after peace.
A commission will be appointed to
supervise a note of SELF determination
in the territory, and the districts wishing
to JON Denmark will be coded by
| Germany.
Helgoland must be demolished, and
by German labor; the Kiel canal must be
opened to all nations.
| The German ca bles IN dispute are sur
| rendered.
| Germany may not have an army of
| more han 100000 men and cannot resort
| to co scri ption.
ht. oil hnr fNrfc for IN
kilometres east of the Rhine and is entirely
| prohl oited from producing war material.
| Violation of the fifty kiloDetre zone re-
| strIctlon will be considered an act of war.
| Only six capital ships, of not more than
| 10000 tons each, are allowed Germany for
cruisers, twelve destroyers and twelve
torpe 10 boats IN addition to six battle
| ships, but no submarines.
All civilian damages are to be reim-
| burseu w Germany, Ler initial payment
| to be 20 billion marks, with subsequent
payments to be secured by bonds. She
must replace shipping ton for ton, hand
ing over great part of her mercantile
tonnage and turning out new construc-
| tion for the purpose. She must also de-
| vote her economic resources to rebuilding
| the devastated regions.
Parts OF Germany will be occupied on a
di L inishing scale until reparation is
| made.
Germany must agree to the trial OF
former Emperor William by an interna-
tional court for supreme offense against
international morality, and to the trial OF
others of her subjects for violation of the
| laws and customs OF war.
The allies and Germany accept the
league of nations, Germany, however,
accepting only in principle and not as a
| member.
All treaties and agreements with
Bolshevik Russia must be abrogated as
well as the treaty Of Bucharest wit b
| Roumania.
German prisoners of war are to be re-
| patriated, but the allies will hold Ger
man officers as hostages for Germans
| accused of crime.