The sun., 1919-05-30
VICTORS WILL .
RULE GERMANY
FOR 80 YEARS
Secret Clauses in Treaty
Provide for Absolute
Political Control.
ARBITER OF CITIZENS
Output of Every Factory or
Other Industry Subject
to Allies.
CLAUSES ARE STRINGENT
Government Compellei to
Enact Any Legislation
Deemed Necessary.
CLAUSES ARE STRINGENT
By LAURENCE HILLS.
Sto1 Correspondent Of The Suy


Copyright. 1919: all rights reserved
PARIS, May 3O.-Comparison of the
omclal summary with the ac
tual text Of the peace treaty now sell
ing In Germany for 10 cents reveals
the creation by the Allies and the
United States Of financial and politi-
cal organization for the enforcement
OF the terms on Germany, whose COM
plexlty and pervaslreness are but
faintiy Indicated in the summary.
Because of their dlstrust of the
Germans the Big Four show in the
treaty that they are determined to
create under the name of reparat,ons
commission a machine which unques.
tionably, II II can exercise its allotted
function, will regulate the future of
Germany, both economically and DO.
litically, for thirty years II not longer.
The text shows such complexity in
this plan as to explain the sceptlcism
in some quarters that in practice 1t
ever can be carried out.
1t sets up the commission as the
virtual arbiter of the comings and
goings Of each individual German citi.
zen until all the terms have been COM
piled with. To do so would seem TO
require thousands of inspectors and
agents watching every factory door,
every bank and every official. During
this period the German Government
Is virtually subservient, as 1t is
pledged in the treaty to enact any
legislation demanded by the rep0ra.
tions commission to carry out its
course.
Features of the Treaty.
The SCN herewith presents some of
the features of the actual text of the
treaty not brought out heretofore:
After providing that the commits
sion must notify the Germans of the
total amount TO be exacted within
two years, the text OF this article
says that the commission shall con-
currently draw up a schedule of pay
ments, prescribing the time and man.
ner OF securing and dlscharging OBJ
legations within a period Of thirty
years from May /. 1921.
The next article says: THE Re
paration Commission shall after Nav
l, 1921, from time to time consider
the resources and the capacity of
Germany to pay, and after giving the
German representatives just oppor-
tunity to he heard shall have discre-
tion to extend the date or modify the
form OF payment, but shall not cancel
any part except on the specific au-
thority OF the several governments
represented on the commission"
In another article Germany, after
agreeing to the initial payment and
bond Issues mentioned in the sum.
mary. further agrees to make a di.
rect application Of her economic re-
sources to reparatiOn as specified in
"nnexes 3, 4, 3 and 6. relating re-
spectlvely to merchant shipping,
physical restoration. coal derivatives,
coal, dyestuffs and other chemical
products. provided always that the
value of the property transferred and
the services rendered by her under
these annexes shall he credited to her
toward the liquidation of her obli-
CATION under the above articles"
Many Omissions Noted.
These annexes show many omis-
sions from the summary. The first
annex says the commission must no.
Con uttnued on Hecond Doo.