Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-05-15
OFFICIAL SUMMARY
OF PEACE TREATY
HUNS ARE TO SIGN
COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS is FIRST SECTION
OF THE GREAT DOCUMENT.
iALsAcE-LoRRAlNE RESTORED
saar Valley and Danzis International
lied - Germany's Military and
Naval Power Made Nominal
Total Reparation to Be
Determined Later.

Naval Power Made Nominal
Total Reparation to Be
Determined Later.
The official summary Of the peace
treaty submitted to the German repre-
peace conference delegates is as fol-
lows:
The preamble n-mes as parties of
the one part the United States, the
British empire France, Italy and ia
pan described as the five allied and
associated powers.s and Belgium Boz
a syaa, B G';a1a China GYba Eenador
Honduras, Liberia Nicaragua, Panama
Peru. Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Ser
bias Siam, echo-slovakia and Uru-
g scriId who with the the. I'VE above are de.
powers; and on the other part, Ger
many.
Section One-League of Nations.
The covenant Of the league of ma
lions constitutes Section i Of the peace
treaty, which places upon the league
many specific in addition to its general
duties. It may question Germany at
any time for violation of the neutral-
against the worlds peace. 1t will APP
point three of the five members of the
saar COM commission oversee Its TeAme
appoint the high commissioner Of Dan
GIG, guarantee the independence of the
free city and arrange for treaties be-
tween Danzig and Germany and Po-
land. It will work out the mandatory
system to be. applied to the former
German colonies, and act as final
court In part of the nlebiscites of the
putes as to the Kiel canal and decide
certain Of the economic and financial
problems. An international conference
on labor is to be held in October under
Il ifg S0trncfjnn an 40 nj
national control of ports, waterways
and railways is foreshadowed.
Section TWo-Boundaries Of Germany.
Germany cedes to France Alsace-Lor-
southwest, and to Belgium two small dis lis
tricts between Luxembourg and Holland
totalling 9S9 square miles. She also cedes
and nsudeg Up Of ses
Posen and West Prussia. 27,6S6 square
miles, East Prussia being isolated from
many loses sovereignty over the north
miles north Of the river Memei. g and adu the
noaara end areas fe ABOUT paapsg 3
16 square miles, between the western bor-
der Of the Rhenish palatinate of Bavaria
me in en south aga corner Of Luxemburg
into W b. the addition Of .s similar lre y
II %he the rd the city Ct
=
and the area between East Prussia and
the Vistula north Of latitude S. degrees
dsTee MINUTES s Is to have Its nationality
shes. rs is 7a to be the case in part Of
Section Three-European Political
Glasses.
BELGIUM Germany is to consent to
the abrogatton Of the treaties Of 1899 by
Wnicn Belgium was established as neu-
s1aie and e IN to
eoclated powers may determine to replace
them. She is to recognize the full sover-
eighty EIGHTY OF Belgium over the contested ter
RUSSIAN Moresnet,. and to renounce in
favor of Belgium all rights over the cities
q q E EIpI pen and Malmedy, the inhabitants
months to protest against this change Of
soyereignty either in whole or in part the
ma aeclslon to be reserved to the league
q nations a commission is to settle the
Details Of the frontier. and various regu-
!auons Tor change of nationality are laid
LUXEMBOURG- Germany reno,,nces
her various treaties and conventions with
me grand duchy of Luxembourg. recog-
G LIES, tnal II ceased to be a part of the
Serman zolverein from January / last,
!enounces all right of exploitation Of the
Iallroads, adheres to the abrogation Of its
; nstutraiity. and accepts in advance any
tnternatlonal agreement as to it, reached
by the allied and associated powers :
LEFT BANK OF THE RHINE A.
provided In the military clauses, Ger
lions OF armed forces less than ffffy
kiiometers to the east of the Rhine.
E ao.G any man 9,, nor maintain any
In case Of violation, "she shall he re-
saraed as committing a hostile act
against the powers who sign the pres
t ens treaty treaty and as intending to disturb
virtue Of the present treaty
Germany shall be bound to respond to
any request for an explanation which
may think 1t necessary to address to
xLsAcE,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
Lorraine. the territories ceded to
G era any. by the treaty of Frankfort
frontiers as before 1871. to date from
me signing OF the armistice, and to be
1res Of all public debts. n
provisions distinguishing those who
are Immediately restored to full French
ccitizenship. those who have to make
Formal for mbo application therefor and those
three years The last-named class in
ciudes German residents in Alsace-
L asha na,, as distinguished from those
Lorraine as defined in the treaty. All
public property and all private proper
ty 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 tramways.
The Rhine bridges pass to France with
the obligation for their upkeep
THE SAAR.-In compensation for
the destruction Of coal mines in north
ern France and as payment on ,ac-
count of PREPARATION, 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
reparation commission and credited
against that account The French
rights Will 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
furnish the present proportion Of coal
for local needs and contribute in lust
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 of
,Homburg.
In order to secure the rights and
welfare of the population and guaran-
tee to France. entire freedom in work.