The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-23

seven of the memorandum on the one hand and on pages forty-two and forty- three of the memorandum on the other far from beng contradictory, are comple- mentary.
 "The covenant of the league of na- tions states that the members of the league will make the necessary provisions to insssre and guarantee the maintenance of the frcadom of communication ana transit. as well just treatment Of the commerce of all the members of the league When Germany is admitted into the league she will share the advantages of these stipulations with the other coun- tries. But during the transition perlou stated on page forty-two of the memoran- dunn.
 "According to this sta tement, the ooll- 1 gations imposed on Germany have the character of measures of reparatlon, ana I their maintenance for a period of i've years, far from being incompatible with the purpose of just treatment IS m Vle" of insuring the application of this prin- ciple.
 ! SPIRIT OF TnE TEXT
 The power given to the league of na- tions by articles 2S0 and S7S will be exer- .lcised in accordance with the same prln- 9ciple and in conformity with the spirit Aand the text of the covenant of the league .FN.2. The memorandum states on page eleven that concerning the local Ydebt of Alsace- Lorraine and the puonc | establishments of Alsace-Lorralne, the allied and associated powers have always 1 agreed in understanding that France as l stunned them. Now, article fifty-flve, coHi- bined with article 255 of the treaty, IS | relative to the public debts of the German empire and states and there is no clause 1 jexempting France from the payment or the local debt of Alsace- Lorraine. Ihere is therefore, no divergence between the memorandum and the treaty.
 1 .3. The commission which mas lbeen provided for Upper Siesia, ana which. according to article forty-fiVe oi the treaty, is to be appointed by the prln- cipal allied and associated powers lssueu lin the memorandum a commission mae pendent and separate commission, III order to explain that it is a commission specially charged with the mission men toned in the aforesaid article ao It does not appear that there Is in this mater any divergence whatever between the treaty and the memorandum.
 A. Explanations given on page sixteen of the memorandum concernine Memel show no contradiction between tue treaty and the memorandum l .5. Concerning the destruction oi the Qualifications of Heliogland, the prlh- 7 cipal allied and associated powers lnteno as they explained on page seventeen oi the memorandum to appoint eommlssion to exercise this control in conformity "ltA the treaty This commission will nave the power to decide what part or the woIhs protecting the coast against the erosion of the sea shall be kept, and what par' , shall be destroyed.
 MUST PROVE OWNERSHIP , "6 The allied and associated power think 1t their duty to point out that they
 have never declared that the German 1 railways and mines of Shantung shal
 rot be considered as property Of tn German state, if the Germans can prov
 that they are private property "On the contrary, the allied and asso ciated powers consider them to be pubil
 property Nevertheless, if Germany cal , l grove that her nationals hold shares Il , these enterprises, they shall receive tn benefit of the general principles estab lished in the treaty for such matters.
 ..Further, as stated on page 31 or tn
 memorandum, the allied and assoclate' l powers intend to address to the German 1 government. within a month after tn
 treaty comes into force, a list of the per l sons whom, in accordance with artici l g28l line 2, Germany is to surrender L | the allied and associated powers
 .The allied and associated powers, a l stated on page 8 of the memorandum
 have no intention of giving the repara | ton commission the authority to exact
 revelation of secret of manufacture, o ! other confidential information. As to thu l exercise of executive powers in German l territory or interference in the direction ! of superintendence of German scholastic 1 establishments, the treaty contains m stipulations giving such authority to thu reparation commission.
 "On pages thirty-four and following ot ,l,vv,o a sociated powers have not provided an1 special procedure to fix and cover thu reparations expected from Germany. AMPLE TIME GIVEN
 'The allied and associated powers have lgiven Germany the responsibility of pre- l senting for the examination of the saiS powers documents and propositions at tho signing of the treaty and within the foul following months, with view to hasten ing the work on separations. thus greatly shortening the investigation and accelera' ting the decisions
 Concerning the facilities considered or Ipage thirty-six of the memorandum fol the importation of food and raw materials Unto Germany, they are mentioned only under reserve of certain conditions, ane within limits that cannot be indicated 1T advance and also under reserve of thu necessity in which the allied and associ
 
 Legitimate account of their own economi situation resulting from German aggres
 sion and from the war.
 ."This cannot be considered as promis' to depart from the terms of the treat.
 but the expression of the intention of th lallied and associated powers to facilitate
 as far as possible the resumption economic life in Germany.
 "The memorandum provided that tn lreparation commission should be 'compe | tent to grant to the reichsbank, wheneve l 1t shall see fit, the right to export gold I case it is a question of guarantees tha lthis bank has furnisred and which coul
 not be furnished by any otherameans
 This assertion is in perfect accor
 with the stipulations inserted in tn l treaty, article 24S according to which Il
 10 May 21, 1921, the German governmer
 shall be neither allowed to import gol
 nor dispose of 1t, nor to permit gold
 he exported or disposed of without tn previous authorization of the allied an
 associated powers represented by tf
 reparation commission.
 .sThe allied and associated power
 which in the memorandum declare
 themselves ready to receive any informs
 ton and proof that the German goverr
 ment may be able to furnish on the sul
 feet of interests or fraudulent acts cor
 mitted by persons charged with Il lliouidation of German property in u
 allied and associated states. will pros l cute these persons in conformity wi | their own legislation, and if necessal l will impose penalties in every way co l forming to the provisions of their n