The Ordway new era., 1919-05-16
Section seven-Reparation.

aibility.
Section seven-Reparation.
The allied and associated Eovera-
menta amrm, and Germany accepts ON
% spos..bii,ty Tor c:..iax ali the los:
and damage to which the allied and
.:.oe,.tsa .oss..n.ns. s n;.;.S .ns their .o.- o.
sequence of the war Imposed upon
them BY the aggression of the enemy
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
ages. Is to be determined and notified
later la re- than May j. 1921. by an Inter
allied reparation commission. AZ the
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented. These pay
ments are subject to postponement In
ocabiy recognizes the full authority of
this commission. agrees to supply II
w,th psss a,l 'hs esisssfen to ereetnate its
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash % and certain articles :
As an Immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
gold. goods. ships. or other specific
forms of payment with the under
standing that certain expenses. such as as
payments for food and raw materials.
may be deducted at the discretion of
while the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay. she undertakes to
caused to civilians under seven main
categories: .(a) DAMAGES by personal
war. directly or Indirectly: tbl. damage
caused to civilians by acts of cruelty
ordered by The the enemy = and TO to da,naas d,yli,ans
caused by maltreatment OF prisoners:
(d) damages to the allied peoples pre-
iowances capitaiized at the signature
of this treaty; (e) damages to prop
erty other than naval or nli,sry Sv ma ma
form Of ievies or fines imposed by the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the rephration com
mission shall examine the German sys ,
the sums for reparation which Ger
many is required to pay shall become
n charge upon all her revenues. prior
to that for the service or discharge of
any domestic loan, and. secondly. SO as
to satisfy Itself that In general the
heavy proportionateiy as that OF any
of the powers represented on the com
The commission may require Germany
to give from time TO time, by way OF
guaranty. issues OF bonds or other oblga.
tions to cover such claims as are NOT
otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and on account OF the total amount or
claims bond issues are presently to De
required of Germany In acknowledgment
of Its debt as follows;
Twenty billion marks. gold; payable
not later than May l. 1891, without In
terest: forty billion marks. gold. bearing
PA per cent interest between lg2l anu
1926 and thereafter 5 per cent. with a |
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1926 and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing interest at per cent, under terms to
be fixed by the commission
SHIPPING.-The German government
recognizes the right OF the allies to the
cspsee'iii ciass OF ali merchant @ ships and fshins
boats lost or damaged owing TO the war,
man merchant ships of 1900 tons gross
and upward one-half OF her ships between
within two months t0 the .,I, reparatioaf
| title evidencing the transfer of the ships
free from encumbrance.
the e. German err ' sovernment further agrees
to build merchant ships for the account
eeeding @ DIM 10000 tons gross annually dur;
Ing the next five years, All ships used
for inland navigation taken AZ by Germany many
cred by such restitution to be made, up
by the cession of the German river Meet
up to 20 per cent thereof.
In order to effect payment by deiiv-
| cries In kind, Germany Is required, for n
case Of each to deliver coal. Coal tar
products. dyestuns and iS chemical , drugs % IN
mission. The commission may 30 modi-
~ the conditions Of delivery as not to
trial requirements. The deliveries of coal
are based largely upon the principle of
tion ti,,a OF OF tie allied countries resulting from
the war.
DEVASTATED AREAs.-Germany un-
% ths
IS Ia ths
the delivery OF animals. machinery. etc.
ns maserisls ~ reauired for decentralization rec pur'
poses; all with due consideration for Ger
many's essential DOMESTIC requirements;
the Koran OF the Caliph othman, former;
X at Medina, to the King OF Hedtaz; and
in German East Africa, to his Britannia
majesty's government, The German gov
ernment is also to restore to the French
German authorities in 1870, belonging then
10 NJ Renher and 70 b ar m ,ne ,sEo aea
iiaf' III. taken during the war OF i''O ana
FINANCES.-Powers to which German
tain portion OF The German prewar debt,
the amount to be hxed by the repara-
1ss s as aaa The The
enues for the three years preceding the the
circumstances s' under which Aisace-Lor-
raine was separated from France In
1871. when Germany refused to accept
any part of the French public debt.
France will not assume any part of Ger
many's prewar debt there, nor will Po-
land share in certain German debts In
Cured for the oppression OF Poland. IL
in ceded territory exceeds the amount
of debt assumed, the states to which
uon for the excess. with the exception
of Alsace-Lorraine. Mandatory powers
will not assume any German debts or
give any credit for German government
property. Germany renounces all rights
of representation on. or control of. state
banks. commission or other similar inter-
national financial and economic organiza-
tions.
Germany is required to pay the total
cost of the armies OF occupation from the
date of the armistice as long as they are
maintained In German territory, this cost
to be a first charge on her resources. The
cost of reparation Is the next charge.
after making such provisions for pay