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COVENANT oF TssE & LEAouG or
NATIONS "a EiR9T SGcTioN
OF THE oREAT DOCUMENT.
ALsAcE-L0 RRAlNE RESTORED

oAAT valley ana Oanxt0 international
lied - 0srmanys Military and
Naval Pewsr Made NomlnaI-
| Total Rsparation - Dc
Determined Later.
The official summary Of the peace
treaty submitted to the German repre-.
sentatives at Versailles BY the allied
peace conference delegates IL as fol!
lows: ssG5Ta-g- n l. - - J. =
tn The ens preamble can, e., = mes 2. p.rtl.. 2.
pan described a. the ave allied and
associated powers. and Belgium. Boz
1.yaacs Brazil 5,na, China; CUBA, Esnaaor.
Honduras. Liberia, Nicaragua. Panama,
Peru. Poland. Portugal Roumania, Ser
6ia; slam csecho -slovakia and Uru-
scribed as the allied, and associated
many.
Section one-Lsasus Of Nations.
The covenant Of the league of ma
treaty. which places upon the league
many specific in addition to its general
duties. It may question Germany at
any. time for violation Of the neutral
against the worlds peace. It will APP
! point three OF the ave members OF the
saar commission, oversee its regime
| appoint the high Commissioner Of Dam
zig guarantee the independence of the
free city and arrange for treaties be-
land. 1t will work out the mandatory
system to be applied to the former
German colonies. and act as final
court in part OF the plebiseites of the
putes as to the KEEL canal. and decide
certain of the economic and financial
problems An international conference
on labor Is to be held in October under
its direction, and another on the inter-
national control of ports, waterways
and railways Is foreshadowed.
Section Two-BoundarIes Of Germany.
Germany cedes to France Alsace-Lor-
southwest, and to Belgium two small dis
trcts between Luxembourg and Holland.
totallng $50 square, miles. She also cedeS
beyond and including Oppeln. most of
Posen and West Prussia. 27.6s6 square
miles. East Prussia being. isolated from
many loses sovereignty over. the north
easternmost tip Of East Prussia, 40 square
miles north Of the river Memel. and the
square miles. and the basin of the Saar. |
7ss square miles. between the western bor-
DER Of the Rhenish palatinate Of Bavaria
The, The Dannsig area consists of the be-
into w by. the addition Of a similar |
The southeastern third of East Prussia |
ana tne area between East Prussia and
the Vistula north Of latitude So degrees
determined by popular vote. 5.785 square |
giles. as y -d to be the case in part Of
sch'eswig, s.7S7 square miles.
Section Three-European Political
Glasses.
BELGIUM. Germany Is to consent to
the abrogation of the treaties Of 1889 BY
trail state and to agree in advance to any
convention with Which the allied and as
sSCc!ated powers may determine to replace
. . ,s,; Sne is to recognize the full sover-
rttory of Moresnet and over part of
russian Moresnet,. and to renounce in
Gupn asd shI Ss the stss
of which are to be entitled within six |
'nDaraa to protest against this change OF
inal decision to be reserved to the league
q nations. A commission is to settle the
ietails OF the frontier. and various regu.
as n, Tor change of nationality are laid
LUXEMBOURG. Germany renounce.
, s various treaties and conventions with
!izes that it ceased to be a part Of tbs
herman zollverein from January / last.
s s,,ous al right Of exploitation Of the
eutrality. and accepts In advance any I
agreement 90 to It. reached
y tn s.r allied al, and associated powers.
'revided In the military cIausea. Ger
saAy will not maintais any fovtiSca-
ISas or armed forces less thar atty | ,
' "a "tr -soosas east o ne Rhiss,
Jerks to facilitate mobllisation. |
In case OF violation. SHE shall be re-
ein. as az committing q hostile act
nj treaty and as intending to dfsturh |
he peace Of the world"
.r%.n y'r 1S.iI Of Of t the present treaty
ny request for An explanation which
ne council of the league Of nations .
ray think 1t necessary to address to {
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. recoe-
ttion OF the moral obligation to re. | I
ATT the wrong done in 1871 by Ger !
lce-Lorraine. the territories coded to | I
g restored 70 France with their !
,e signing Of the armistice, and to -
zee Of all public debts.
Citizenship ID regulated By detailed
g tm%ed,.e.is those
sisenship. those who have to make !
.rmai application therefor. and those h
~. .n wea = natT s T. open sftsr
u0e: German residents In Klsaco- | :
orTatne. ~ distinguished from these
1s,.; cSsn sc 49, the position os Aisace
ablic property and ali private irspsr-
o. German ex-sovefSigns passes 10 r
rs.cs Without psymsnt Of credit 3
yards owneraAip Of ths railroedS 90
III over cenceasions Of traHaWaya !
q i nh'ns nrid{ss Pa. e yralcs vft1 :
THE SAAa.-in cnapsSsstiea Tor 3
. asetruction Of coal Glnoo Ia north- y
2 yrsncs and q payment On sc- :