The Springdale news., 1919-05-09
rx.tTY GERMANY
 WILL HAVE TO PAY
Terms of Peace Treaty Ger
 Is Shorn of Power to do UT ther Harm.

E# Versailles, 4ue
 of treaty which Germany IS '. ..,.d 10 accept, according to agree
 reaebed with her former Allies Gsrmany GsrIr restores Alsace Lorraine to France; .a,-,o+;onal;zation Cor basin as temporarily pro
 ol ,,.stsd ,rs by the League of Nations;
 puIs .sesnts the permanent information Y;rst;an of Danzig;
 sii.@s.s ..sss to territorial changes to
 .5s Belgium. Denmark, afd East
 Prussia; 5. sifzs=a
 to Poland; .,..:.al
 rebts outside of Europe;
 Recognizes independence of German
 .,.,.fa Czeche- -Slovokia and Poland;
 +5. pe5.5ees her army to 100000 men in-
 eIadiag officers
 6a6sbes eonscription in all Ger
 man territories;
 pazes all German forts within et.,. kilometers of the Rhine; Stops the importation, exportation a,3 nraductlon of war materials; E The treaty further provides that Allied occupation of parts of Germany continue until full reparation as spec fed is made and that German viola tior of conditions pertaining to the Rhine zone will constitute an act of war that the German navy be reduced to SIX battleships SIX light cruisers and twelve torpedo boats and no sub marines; that the German navy per sonne consist of only l5,000; that all war vessels be destroyed or surrend- cred
 Germany is forbidden to build forts controlling the Baltic; IS to abolish all fortifieations in Hehgoland; to open ID the kiel Canal to all nations, to surrender her fourteen submarine cables; and to abolish all naval mill
 tary ar forces after October l. She IS also 10 accept full responsi- bEty for damages to Allied and as ! soclated governments and reimburse civilian damages, beginning with an utial payment of 20,0OO GOO ,G0O % Marks.
 Germans Present Written Reply. After receiving the treaty the Ger mans presented written reply. The reply admitted the wrong done Bel gum and declared Germany's will
 lngness to make reparation, but stat co that so far in the conduct of war
 Germany had been as humane as the Allies, charging that the Allies E killed Germans after the armistice
 had been signed.
 E The Germans sad that the meas
 ure of their guilt could be deter
 nned by impartial faquiry and added
 ta~. heir archives were available. The Germans reply figures that oe #ar has mt heen n vain if a real League of Nations s formed gie1nz
 al. Nations Ii equal chance. They
 oee.are3 ;hat saey would not consent
 10 =lse German war prisoners for
 EoTa of restoration and suggested
 taat 3 board at experts be allowed to
 determine the methods of restoration.
 Subsequent Payments Provided For. 5 Aaaitonal provisions prescribe that
 oe'maaE make subsequent payments
 ol feharation to be secured by bend
 Nsle approved by the reparation com
 "'SSlon; pay for shipping damages
 @yeoraIng to tonnage; devote economic
 'esodfees to rebuilding devastated re-
 s-''s ana revert to the pre-war ia
 'o'VQ nations tariffs without dis
 animation; allow freedom of transit s,'0aeh her territories to Allied na- .'o''s' a'eept highly detailed provis- esardIng prewar debts, unfair z expedition and other economies an aaaneial matters, and accept highly ','i'eo provisions for international E ~'.oh T or roads and rivers. f Tl to be Tried by High Court. eA-haiser IS to be tried by an
 International high court. Other vio- ,Is III connection with the war arc
 or o v De tried. Holland is asked to ,s '',ee the ex-kaiser, and Germany .. 4.sae responsible for the delivery
 ', u other yioiators.
 "uS' Accept League. But is Not Mem. German. Der. q many must accept the League ri,,ss Sseons principle, but is not ad, sea to membership.
 a,ad international labor body is ere. r.nss a ana international bodies ar, tsa =. :" execute the provisions ot E f,. a'y' A commission is created 8 s.blesa pieblscites for Malmedy na.sig' and East Prussia. Ca-,alls 'alls of the disposition of tn, tse An. ieet and Cables are left tc
 former ''Ca cowers. Powers. Disposition ot
 t. ,s Ierman colonies is also lef,