The herald., 1919-05-15
rniLsary or commercial, with q person.
mel of $4,000 men, Including Ofhcers'

Conservation is abolished, only voluntary
service being permitted, with mlil tt,nars
period of Is years service for ot1Cers
and u for men. No member OF the Cer,
man mercantile marine will be permitted
any naval training.
ports and the German high sea fleet IN
termed at Scapa Flow Will be sur[tn-
dered. the final disposition of these shlps
to be decided upon by the allied anu dS-
ISOLATED powers.
u AIR.-Tbe armed forces Of Germany
must not includs any military or hn.nI
dred unarmed teapIanes TO be retained
till October 1 TO search for submarine
mnes No dirisible shall rb be Kept ls,I',ira-
ton of German prisoners and lnterhed
civilians is to be carried out without de-
lay and at Gerrnanys expense oy Coille
omission composed of representatives. oI
the allies and Germany. Those under
SsentenCe for offenses against discipline
are to be repatriated without regard to
,the completion of their sentence Untll
IGermauy has surrendered persons guilty
,of offenses against the laws and fustoms
;of war, the allies have the right 10 re
tain selected German officers.
|. GRAVES Both parties Will respect ana
maintain the graves of soldiers and san
'Ors buried on thes territories agree TO
recognize and assist any commission
charged by any allied or associate gov
iernmeut with Identifying. registering
maintaining or erecting suitable nonu-
ments over the graves. and TO afford TO
each other all facilities for the repStria-
! WON of the remains OF their soldiers
| RESPONSIBILITIES allied and
associated powers publicly arraign
William III. of HOhenzOllern, formerly
German emperor, not for an onense
against criminal law, but for su,
preme Offense against international
! morality aud the sanctity OF treaties
The eX-emperors surrender IS 10 DE
requested of Holland, and special tri-
4 fbunal set up composed of one Judge IRON
each of the five great powers, with nun
guarantees of the right of defense III Is
to be guided by the highest motives OF
international policy with view or VIM
diCatng the solemn obligations or m
/ ternational undertakings and the valid
! ity of international morality and vii!
| fix the punishment il feels should be
imposed.
/, Persons accused of having committed
acts in violation OF the laws and customs
! OF Are to be tried and punished BY
military tribunals under military law. II
/ the charges affect nationals of only one
| state they will be tried before tribunal
| of that state: if they affect nationals OF
! several states they will be tried before
| Joint tribunals Sf ethe states concerned.
| Germany shall hand over to the asso-
ciated governments either jointly or sew
! orally all persons so accused and all
| documents and information necessary to
! Insure full knowledge of the incrlminat-
| ing acts. the discovery OF the offenders
and the just appreciation OF the respon-
! sibility.
Section STANDARDIZATION.
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
/ tiOnn1s have been subjected a con-
sequence OF the war imposed upon
| them by the aggression of the enemy
| 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 !. 1921 by an inter-
allied reparation 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
ocab bly, recognizes the full authority OF
: this commission, agrees to supply II
| with all the necessary information and
| findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and certain articles
Which can be identified.
l. AS an Immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 20. 900. 900 900 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 damag es
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay. she undertakes to
make compensation for all DANA ges
caused to civilians under seven main
categories: (a) Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts OF
war, directly or Indirectly; (b) dana ge
caused to civilians by acts of cruelty
ordered, by the enemy and to civilians
in the occupied territory; tc) damages
caused by maltreatment of prisoners;
Cd damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
io fal do To
! eSty other than naval or military ma
terials; 90 damages to civilians by be-
ing forced to labor; go damages in the
form of levies or fines imposed by the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the reparation COM
mission shall examine the German sys-
TEN of taxation. first to the end that
the sums for reparation 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 obliga-
tons 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
of its debt as follows:
II Twenty billion marks, gold, payable
, not later than May !, 19z6 without In
terest; forty billion marks, gold, bearing
2h Der cent interest between 1921 and
1926 Ind thereafter per cent, with ]
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1925; and an undertaking to de-
, liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
) | ing interest at per cent, under terms 10
, be fixed by the commission.
SHIPPING-The German government
, recognizes the right of the allies to the
/, replacement, ton for ton and class fol-
! 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
, of her steam trawlers and other fishins
boats. These ships are to be delivered
s within two months to the PREPARATION
committee, together with documents o.
Y | title evidencing the transfer of the ship
free from encumbrance
= II AS an additional part of reparation
\ / the German government further agree:
4 to build merchant ships for the accOun
|! of the allies to the amount of not eX
z ceeding 10000 tons gross annually dur
ing the next five years. All ships useC
. for inland navigation taken by German,
from the allies are to be restored within
two months. the amount of loss not GOV
cred by such restitution to be made III
. by the cession of the German river flee
up to 20 per cent thereof.
: In order to effect payment by deliv
cries in kind. Germany is required. for
limited number OF years. varying in TIT