Williston graphic., 1919-05-15
OFFICIAL SUMMARY
!. OF PEACE TREATY
| HUNS ARE TO sign
COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS Is FIRST ACTION
OF THE GREAT DOCUMENT.
ALsAcE-LoRRAINE RESTORED

ICED - osrmany's Military and
Naval Power Made Nonlnal-
Total Rsparatlon to Be
Determined Later.
The onicial summary Of the peace
treaty submitted to the German repre-
sentatives at Versailles by the allied
The preamble n mes as parties of
fns nr,,e% one part. part the Omitted States the
pan, described as the .five allied and
ayls.. ia!yis, Brazil, China; CUBA, Ecuador.
Honduras, Liberia. Nicaragua Panama,
Peru, Poland. Portugal. Roumania, Ser
bia, Siam, Czecho- -Slovakia and Uru-
scribed as the allied and associated
powers; and on the other part Ger
Section ons-Lsaoue Of Nations.
The covenant Of the league Of ma
treaty, which places upon the league
many specific in addition to its general
duties. It may question Germany at
ICED zone east Of the Rhine as threat
against the worlds peace. 1t will ap-
point three of the five members Of the
% snd cssr9 ous the t w
appoint the high commissioner Of Dan
zig, guarantee the independence of the
and and
land. 1t will work out the mandatory
system to be applied to, the former
and act final nal
Belgian-German frontier and in dis
putes as to the Kiel canal, and decide
certain Of the economic and financial
on labor is to be held in October under
its direction, and another on the inter-
national control Of ports. waterways
Section Two-ooundaries Of Germany.
Germany cedes to France Alsace-Lor-
raine. $500 square miles of 1t in the
southwest. and to Belgium two small dis
to Poland the southeastern tip Of silesia
beyond and including Oppeln. most of
miles, East Prussia being isolated from
the main body by part Of Poland. Ger
many loses sovereignty over the north
miles north 81 OF the h A river i Memeii. and The
internationalized areas about Danzig. 72s
square miles. and the basin of the Saar,
der Of the Rhenish palatinate of Bavaria
And the southeast corner of Luxembourg.
The Danzig area consists Of the Y be-
Into q w by the addition of similar v
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
three minutes is to- have It's nationality
e. =. BY pgRua5 Ss vets square
Schleswig, 2.7s7 square miles.
Section Three-European Political
Classes.
ELGIUM.-Germany is to consent to
the abrogation of the treaties of 1889 by
wl14ch Belgium was established as a neu-
tral state and to agree In advance to any
ISOLATED powers may determine to replace
them. She is to recognize the full sover
eignty of Belgium over the contested ter
Prussian Moresnet, and to renounce in
favor of Belgium all rights over the cities
Of Of E%pen tpen and and Malmedy; the inhahitants
months to protest against this change OF
sovereignty either in whole or in part the
fnal decision to be reserved to the league
OF nations. A commission is to settle the
details OF the frontier, and various regu-
lations for change of nationality are laid
LUXEMBOURG. = Germany renounces
her various treaties and conventions with
the grand duchy of Luxembourg, recog-
German soiiverein from January i last.
renounces all right Of exploitation OF the
railroads, adheres to the abrogation Of its
m 10 M any
by the allied and associated powers.
LEFT BANK OF THE RHINE.-As
many will not maintaln any fortiAca.
ttOas or armed forces less thaa nifty
kilometers to the east Of the Rhine,
works to facilitate mobilisatios.
In case of violation. "she shall be re-
earded as committing 2 hostile. act,
against raatR the who sign the pres
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. may think it necessary to address to
s E-LORRA1NE.-After recog-
milton Of the moral obligation to re-
pair the wrong done in 1871 by Ger
many to France and the people of Al
Germany by the treaty Of Frankfort
frontiers as before 1871, to date from
free Of all public debts.
Citizenship is regulated by detailed
provisions distinguishing those who
citizenship, those who have to make
formal application therefor. and those
for whom naturalization is open after
cludes German residents in Alsace-
Lorraine. as distinguished from those
who acquire the position Of Alsace;
public property and all private proper
Y 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 tramwass.
The Rhine bridges pass to France with
the rg 9bligation for their upkee.p: 80.
the destruction Of coal mines in north
ern France and as payment on ac-
count of reparation. Germany cedes to
France full ownership OF the coal
mines OF the Saar basin with their
subsidiaries. accessories and facilities.
Their value will be estimated by the
reparatio commission and credited
against that account. The French
rights wiz be governed by German law
in force at the armistice excepting war
legislation, France replacing the pres
ent owners whom Germany undertakes
to Indemnify. France will continue to
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 sof