Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-07
PEACE PRICE
ALLIES EXACT
FROM TEUT0NS
Germany Loses Much and
Gains Nothing in Treaty
Presented.
ARMY AND NAVY
MADE IMPOTENT
Must Surrender All Colonies, Give Up
AIsaee- the Saar Valley and
Danzia, and Pay Damages For Ruth
Iessness-Germany Must Recognize
League Of Nations But 10 Barred
From Membership Therein.

Paris, May THE treaty Of peace
between the twenty-seven allied ana
associated powers on the one hand anc
Germany on the other was handed to
the German plenipotentiaries at YER
sailIes today.
II is the longest treaty ever drawn.
1t totals about $4,000 words. divided
into fifteen main sections, and repre-
sents the combined product OF over a
thousand experts working continually
thru a series Of commissions for the
three and half months since Jan. lS
The treaty is printed on parallel
pages of English and French, which
are recognized as having equal valid
ity.
1t does not deal with questions af-
fecting Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey
except insofar as binding Germany to
accept any agreement reached with
those former allies.
League Covenant First Section.
Following the preamble and DISPOSE
ton of powers comes the covenant of
the league of nations as the first sec
ton Of the treaty. The frontiers OF
Germany in Europe are defined in the
second section; European political
classes given in the third and fourth.
- Next ere the military, naval and air
terms as the fifth section, followed by
a section on prisoners of war and mill
tary graves, and seventh on respons
sibilities.
Preparations. financial terms and eco
nomic terms are covered in sections
eight to ten. Then comes the aero
nautlc section, ports. waterways and
railways section, the labor covenant,
the section on guarantees. and the final
clauses.
Germany Loses Colonies.
Germany. by the terms Of the treaty,
restores Alsace-Lorraine to France,
accepts the Decentralization of the
Saar basin temporarily and of Danzig
permanently. agrees to territorial
changes toward Belgium and Denmark
and in east Prussia, cedes most of up
per Silesia to Poland, and renounces
all territories. and especially to Nor
roco. Egypt, Siam, Liberia and Shan
tung. She also recognizes the total
independence of the German Austria,
Czecho- -Slovakia and Poland.
Army Made lmpotent
Her army Is reduced to 100000 men,
including officers: conscription within
her territories is abolished: all forts
fifty Eilometers east Of the Rhine razed
and all importation, expectation and
nearly all production Of war material
stopped
Allied occupation Of parts of Ger
many will continue till reparation is
made, but will be reduced at the, end
Of each three five-year period il Ger
many IS fulfilling her obligations. ANY
violation by Germany of the conditions
as to the zone fifty kilometers east of
the Rhine will be regarded as an act
Of War.
Navy Also Reduced.
The German navy is reduced to six
battleships. six light cruisers and
twelve torpedo boats. without sub
marines and a personnel Of not over
$4,000. All other vessels must be sur
rendered or destroyed.
Germany is forbidden to build forts
controlling the Baltic, must demolish
Helgoland, open the keII canal to all.
nations, and surrender her fourteen
submarine cables. She may have no
military or naval air forces except 100
unarmed seaplanes until Oct l to de-
tect mines and may manufacture avia-
ton material for six months.
Must Pay Full Damages.
Germany accepts full responsibility
for all damages caused to allied and
associated governments and nationals,
civilian damages beginning with an in
itial payment Of 10000. 100000 marks.
subsequent payments to be secured by
bonds to be issued at the direction Of
the reparation committee.
Germany ID to pay shipping damage
on ton for-ton basis by cession Of a
large part Of her merchant, coasting
and river fleets and by new construc-
ton; and to devote her economic re-
sources to the building OF the devasta-
ted regions.
Must Surrender Kaiser.
She agrees to return to the 1914 most
favored nation tariffs. without dis
elimination OF any sort; to allow allied
and associated nationals freedom Of
transit thru her territories. and to ac-
cept highly detailed provisions as to
pre-war debts. unfair competition, In
Of roads and rivers,
and other economic and financial
clauses
She also agrees to the trial OF the