Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
REVISION OF
TEXT MAKES
PACTLONGER
Important Changes in the
Treaty Are Made Pub
lie in Paris Today.

Paris, Thursday, June 19.-(By
the Associated Press. 1.-The altera-
tions and amendments Incorporated
by the council of four in the revised
treaty make it a somewhat longer
document than the draft originally
submitted to the Germans and pub
lished in the United States. 1t now
comprises PA paragraphs, and even
this is effected by closer paging.
The draft adheres as far as pos
sible to the original numbering of
the articles and contriVed to make
up for insertions or omission by
combining or splitting articles.
AS at first arranged, the new IN
strument still contains the original
IA parts and 440 articles.
Opens Mines to Foe.
The article assuring Silesian coal
and minerals to German industry,
now reads: Poland undertakes to
permit for a period of Is years the
expectation to Germany of the pro-
ducts of mines in any part of Up
per Silesia transferred to Poland,
in accordance with the present
treaty, without export duties or re-
strictions, and permit the Germans
to purchase these products on the
same terms as the Poles"
In the revised draft, "the prin-
cipaI allied and associated powers
undertake to establish DanZig as a
free city" THIS language, in which
the responsibility of the five great
powers for the creation of the new
city and state is definitely assumed,
is substituted for the original
phraseology declaring merely that
"DanZig is established as free
city"
Armament PrOViso Altered.
The new article which replaces
the original provision for the dis
armament of Germany number 165,
providing for reduction to a speci-
fed point within two months now
reads in the English version:
up to the time at which Ger
many is admitted as a member of
the league of nations, the German
army shall not possess armament
greater than that fixed in the
tables submitted in this treaty" and
continues: Germany agrees that
after she has become a member of
the league, the armaments fixed by
the table shall remain in force until
modified by the council of the
league. Furthermore she hereby
agrees strictly to observe the de-
cisions of the council in this re-
spect."
Big Change on Polish Border.
Important changes are revealed
by a comparison of the old and
new drafts relative to the new Po-
lish frontiers and the Silesian pie
biscite. The frontier changes cor
respond generally with those out
lined in recent dispatches, but
! bring the Polish frontier nearer to
Breslau, on the east, than was at
first contemplated and give Poland
new section of the Prussian
province of Pomerania in exchange
for the coast strip of the same
province returned to Germany. al
though the council of four planned
for a while to make all Pomerania
German on historic grounds. Some
of the changes in the treaty can be
indicated only by reference to
maps of the largest scale.
Hold PIebiscite in Year.
The provisions for a plebiscite in
the Silesian regions show that the
vote will be taken in virtually all
of Upper Silesia except small areas
in the southwestern and northern
corners, which were awarded un-
conditionally to CZechoS Slovakia
and Poland respectively. The Pile
biscite must be held between the
sixth and eighteenth months after
the signature of the peace treaty.
The same conditions as regards the
retirement of German armies, and
officials and the disbandment of
workmen's soviet, which were in
cluded in the Schleswig-Holste
and East Prussian plebiscite provi-
sions are found in that effecting
Silesia.
A significant article of the treaty
prohibits political prosecutions by
either the Polish or German gov
ernments for any activities during
the plebiscitie in Silesia.