The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-07

Immediately following is the first
chapter, the covenant of the league OF
nations, the text of which already has
been printed. OF the IA principal sec
tions, one contains stipulations with re-
gard to frontiers which materially change
the map of Europe. Military, naval and
air terms are dealt with in another sec
tion, while still another is devoted to
the subject of reparations. Political stip-
ulations for Europe, on the one hand,
and outside of it, on the other, are dealt
with in separate divisions of the docu-
ment.
The treaty it is noted has to do with
Germany alone, except in so far as it is
required that she accept agreements
made by the allies with the other cen
trsl powers.
The document, long as it is, is shorter
than was indicated by some of the fore
casts, which estimated its length at l00,.
600 words
The treaty is not printed in German.
The text is in French and English, on
opposite pages.
The terms of the treaty spell the end
of Germany as a military power She is
deprived of virtually all her fleet, her
army is cut down to nominal dimen-
sions, and she is sharply restricted along
lines by which she might seek to work
militarily to rehabilitate herself. Eco
nomically, also the future course of Ger.
many is hedged about with stipulations
intended to insure her ability to pay the
indemnity demanded by the allies, but
to prevent her from exploiting her old
time resources as stranglng competi-
tor of the nations about her which she
overran and devastated during the war.
Thus, for instance, Germany for a Pc
riod of years, at least; will be deprived
of the coal output of the rich Sarre
basin, which goes to France in repay
ment for the damage caused by the de-
struction of the French coal mines. She
likewise is compelled to make restitu-
tion for the damage in other ways done
to France, Belgium and the various 9th
er countries which suffered from Teu.
tonic depredations. in various forms, In
numerous ways she is made to realize
that her more than four years career
Of destruction must be made good
There has been much discussion of the
question whether the German delegates
would sign the peace treaty. The Ger
mans at first proposed to send messen-
gers to Versailles to take the treaty to
Berlin, but they were made to under
stand that delegates with power to sign
the terms of peace must be sent, and
this was done. Furthermore, the Ger
mans will be allowed only definitely
fixed time within which to sign the
treaty.
Allied representation at the ceremo.
NAL to-day was made complete by the
arrival in Paris this morning of Vittori
Orlando, the Italian premier and Baron
Sonnino, the foreign minister, who it
had been feared for a time would not
be present because of the tangle over
the Adriatic question The Italians
however, have Indicated that they
thought it necessary that solid allied
front be presented to the Germans, and
their delegates returned from Rome de-
spite the incomplete state of the Adriatic
negotiations, which, however they might
affect the settlement with Austria Hun
gary, do not figure IN the making OF the
peace with Germany.
The day likewise found the represen.
tstives of Japan aligned squarely with
the powers, any complications that might
have been threatened over the question
of Kiao Chau and the wording of the
league of nations covenant having been
smoothed over.
The ceremonial of handing tbe treaty
to the Germans took place in the hall Of
the Trianon Palace hotel, q spacious
well-lghted chamber with tables for the
delegates arranged nearly in the form Of
square. 1t was presided over by
Georges Clemenceau, the French premier
president of the peace conference, who
sat at the center of the head table, with
President Wilson and the other Ameri
can representatives on his right and Da