Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-15
CIR uShED And /
BROKEN IS THE
TEUTON NATION



day at which the Germans received
the peace treaty from the allies and
associated powers was concluded at
1851 O'Clock in the afternoon. In
opening the session Of the peace con-
gress, NJ Ciemenceau, the presiding
officer, speaking to the German pleni-
potentairies, said:
at is unnecessary to express need
less words You have before you the
pIenipotentiaries of the small and
great powers united in this most cruel
war which was imposed upon them.
The hour has arrived for a heavy
settlement of the account"
Paul Dutasta. secretary genaral OF
the peace conference delivered a
copy of the treaty to Count Won Brock
dOrf -Rantzau,, head Of the German
delegation.
Count Won BrockdOrff-Rantzau said:
1--WE declare that we do not deny
she extent of our defeat. We know
that the power of the German armies
is broken"
He was unaas4e to admit, he con-
tinued, that Germany was solely
culpable, and demanded that the
allies make peace according to Presi-
dent Wilson's points.
The extent Of Germany's humilia-
ton may be seen, from the following,
which are, in gist, the most striking
of the most striking of the terms of
the allies peace treaty:
AIsace and Lorraine must be re
stored 10 France, thus undoing the
wrong or 1874.
Germany must cede $50 square
miles to Belgium subject to the
wishes of the inhabitants.
Must cede most of upper siIesia to
Poland, whose in independence she
recognizes.
Must also cede to Poland the prov
jnce of Posen and much of West
Prussia.
Loses all her colonies, her concess-
hons and other rights in China-Mo-
rocco and elsewhere, and recognizes
1he British protectorate over Egypt
ann the French in Morocco.
Must submit TO piebiscite of the
people of tower Sch'eswig, and if
they want to 60 back to Denmark
must cede terr:tory accordingly.
Must cede Shantung to Japan.
Must allow the port of Danzig to
be permanently internationalized.
The Saar valley is internationaized
3or fifteen years, and then plebiscite
as to be taken to determine whether
1he people want to be German or
French.
Germany must submit to allied
occupation OF her territory on the left
bank of the Rhine for fifteen years,
unless she meets all of the peace
terms before that time.
Must pay such reparation as the
allied commission may determine,
and make an initial payment by 1921
of 10000, 100000 marks.
Must replace destroyed shipping,
son for ton, and turn out new con-
struction for that purpose.
6Must submit to allied supervision
OF her taxes to insure the levy of the
Tnoney which she will have TO pay as
repatriation.
Must use her resources in physical
sy restoring the devastated sections.
Must reduce her army to 100000
enen and her navy to six battieships,
six Wight cruisers, twelve destroyers
and Twelve torpedo boats.
Must not raise her military and
naval forces by CONSUMPTION but must
resort entirely to voluntary enlist
ments.
Must not own any submarines,
either military or commercial.
Mus@ raze all her Notifications
fifty kilometers east of the
Rhine and is practically prohibited
from manufacturing war material.
Violation of the prohibition will be re-
oarded as an act of war.
Must den1clish al, Notifications on
The island of HeiigoIard and open the
s<iel canal to the ships of all nations.
Must abroeate the treaty of 5rest
LitoVsk and other treaties made with
the ~BolsheVit<i, also abrogate the
treaty of Bucharest made with Rou-
mania.
Must abrogate all tseat.es with
Luxembourg, which is released from
obligations as d member of the Ger
man customs union.
Must agree to the trial of the for
ner kaiser by an international NOR
slity and to the trial of others of her
subjects for violations of the laws of
War. German officers will be held as
hostages for high Germans accused
IT crime until the latter are turned |,
,Ver to the allies.
Must recognize the total ndepend-
.nce of German-Austria and the in
of Czecho- Slovakia. |,
Must surrender up fourteen cables !,
nd for three months after peace is
igned her great wireless stations {
nay not send any but commercial! !
messages.
The Germans have Is days to reply !,
z treaty II