Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-05-22


and IL for men. No member of the Ger
man mercantile marine viii be permitted
any naval training.
All German vessels of war in foreign
ports, and the German high sea fleet in
termed at Scapa Flow will be surren-
dered, the final disposition of these chips
to be decided upon by the allied and as
ISOLATED powers
AIR.-The armed forces of Germany
must not include any military or naval
air forces except for not over one hum
dred unarmed seaplanes to be retained
til October 1 to search for submarine
mines. No dirisibie shall be kept.
ton of German prisoners and interned
IclVilianS is to be carried out without de-
lay and Ut Germany's expense by a COM
mission. composed of representatives of
the allies and Germany. Those under
sentence for offenses against discipline
are to be repatriated without regard to
the completion of their sentence. Until
Germany has surrendered persons guilty
OF orenses against the laws and customs
OF war, the allies have the right to re-
tain selected German officers.
GRAVES.-Both parties will respect and
MAINTAIN the graves of soldiers and sail
ors buried on their territories, agree to
recognize and assist any commission
charged by any allied or associate gov
eminent with Identifying registering,
Ements over the graves, and to afford to
each other all facilities for the repNtria-
ton of the remains Of their soldiers.
REPRESENTATIVES. allied and
associated powers publicly arrafgn
William III. of HOhenzOllern, formerly
German emperor, not for an Offense
against criminal law, but for a SUI
preme Offense against international
morality and the sanctity of treaties.
The ex -emperor's surrender is to be
requested of Holland, and a special trl-
bunal set up composed Of one judge from
each Of the five great powers, with full
guarantees of the right of defense 1t is
to be guided by the highest motives of
international policy with view Of vim
dicating the solemn obligations of in
ternational undertakings and the valid
lty Of international morality" and will
TX the punishment it feels should be
imposed
Persons accused of having committed
acts in violation Of the laws and customs
of war are to be tried and punished by
military tribunals under military law If
the charges affect nationals Of only one
state they will be tried before a tribunal
of that state; if they affect nationals OF
several states they will be tried before
joint tribunals of the states concerned.
ciated governments either jointly or sew
orally all persons SO accused and all
documents and information necessary to
insure full knowledge of the incriminat-
ing acts, the discovery of the offenders
and the just appreciation of the respon-
sibility.
Section Seven-Reparation.
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Germany accepts on
behalf of herself and her allies, the re-
sponsibiiity for causing all the loss
and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
tiOnaIs have been subjected as "a con-
sequence of the war imposed upon
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
pay, as defined in the category of dam
ages, is to be determined and notified
to her after a fair hearing and not
later than May l, 1921, by an inter
allied PREPARATION commission. At the
same time a schedule of payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented These pay
ments are subject to pOStpOnement in
certain contingencies Germany irrev-
Ocably recognizes the full authority of
this commission agrees to supply it
with all the necessary informal ton and
to pass legislation to effectuate its
findings. She further agrees to restore
tO the allies cash and certain articles
which can be identified.
AS an Immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 20,90O,0OO 900 marks in either
gold. goods, ships. or other specific
forms Of payment. with the under
standing that certain expenses such as
those of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw Materials
may be deducted at the discretion of
the allies.
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay, she undertakes to
make compensation for all damages
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categories: (a) Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts of
war, directly or indirectly; CD damage
caused to civilians by acts of cruelty
ordered by the enemy and to civilians
in the occupied territory; Co DANA geS
caused by maltreatmcnt of prisoners;
(d) damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
lOWanceS capitalized at the signature
of this treaty; (e) damages to prop
erty other than naval or military ma
in lS f n mo CrD TO xvi iDT0 INV 1C-
ing forced to labor; go damages in the
form of levies or fines imposed by the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germanys
capacity to pay the reparation COM
mission shall examine the German sys-
tenn of taxation, first to the end that
the sums for reparati0n which Ger
many is required to pay shall become
a 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
German scheme of taxation is fully as
heavy proportionately as that of any
of the powers represented on the com
mission.
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 of
claims, bond issues are presently to be
required of Germany in acknowledgment
Twenty billion marks gold, payable
not later than May l, 1921, without in
terest: forty billion marks, gold. bearing
PIP yer cent interest between 1927 and
1926 and thereafter per cent, with a l
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.
SHlPPING.-The German government
recognizes the right of the allies to the
replacement ton for ton and class for
class. of all merchant ships and fishing
boats lost or damaged owing TO the war,
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships of 1900 tons gross
and upward: one-half of her ships between
1000 and 1000 tons gross and quarter
of her steam traWlerS and other fishing
boats These ships are to be delivered
within two months to the PREPARATION
committee. together with documents of
title eVidenCing the transfer of the ships
free from encumbrance.
AS an additional part of reparatiO
the German government further agrees
to build merchant ships for the account
of the allies TO the amount of not eX-
ceeding 100000 tons gross annually dur
ing the next five years. All ships used
for inland navigation taken by Germany
from the allies are to be restored within
two months the amount of loss not COW
cred by such restitution to be made up
/ by the cession of the German river fleet
up to % per cent thereof