St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-17

Is 2oOilSHeO, only voluntary
service being permitted, with a minimum
period of rs years service for officers
and 12 for men. No member Of the Ger
man mercantile marine will be permitted
All German vessels of war In foreign
ports, and the German high sea feet in
termed at Scapa Flow will be surren-;
dered, the final disposition of these ships
to be decided upon by the allied and as
ISOLATED powers.
AIR.-The armed forces of Germany,
must mot include any military or nRval
air forces except for not over ONE hum
dred unarmed seaplanes to be retained
till October 1 to search for submarine
mines No diriglble shall be kept.
PRISONERS OF Wharf.-The repatria-
tion of German prisoners and interned
civilians is to be carried out without. de-
lay and at Germany's expense by a COM
mission, composed of representatives Of
the allies and Germany. Those under
sentence for offenses against discipline
are to be repatriated without regard to
the completion of their sentence. Until
Germany has surrendered persons guilty
Of offenses against the laws and customs
of war, the allies have the right to re-
tain selected German officers
! ANES.-Both parties will respect and
maintain the graves of soldiers and sail
ors buried on their territories. agree to
recognize and assist any commission
charged by any allied or associate gov
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
snents over the graves, and to afford to
each other all facilities for the ,repatria-
RESPONSIBILITIES allied and
associated powers publicly arraign
William III. of HohenzOllern, formerly
German emperor, not for an offense
.preme offense against international
morality and the sanctity of treaties.
The ex-emperor's surrender Is to be
,bunal set up. composed of one judge from
each of the five great powers. with full
guarantees Of the right OF defense; It is
,international policy 1'v with view of Vim
'dicating the solemn obligations Of in
ternational undertakings and the valid,
,ity of international morality" and will
AK the punishment it feels should be
Imposed.
Persons accused of having committed
acts in violation of the laws and customs
military tribunals under military law. If
the charges affect nationals Of only one
state they will be tried before a tribunal
several states they will be tried before
joint tribunals of the states concerned
Germany shall hand over to the asso-
sated governments either Jointly or sew
orally all persons So accused and all
documents and information necessary to
ensure full knowledge of the incriminat-
ing. acts, the discovery of the offenders
end the just appreciation of the respon-
sbility.
SSSAt~'i NsiShs
The allied and associated govern
behalf of herself and her allies, the re-
Ep0nsibility for causing all the loss
and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
tiOnals have been subjected as o con-
sequence of the war imposed upon
them by the aggression of the enemy
states.
The total obligation Of Germany to
a 6efiOa6 the Of dQ M
ages, Is to be determined and notified
40 her after a fair hearing and not
dater. than May l. 1921, by an inter
same time a schedule of payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented. These pay
ments are subject to postponement in
certain ontingencies. Germany irrev..
tocably recognizes the full authority Of
this commission, agrees to supply 1t
with all the necessary information and
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and certain articles
which can be Identified.
AS an immediate step toward resto-
years 10000, 900, 900 marks in either
gold, goods ships, or other specific
forms of payment, with the under
standing that certain expenses such az
those of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw materials,
may be deducted at the discretion OF
the allies.
While the grand total of damages
her ability to pay, she undertakes to
make compensation for all damages
caused to civilians under seven main
categories: (a) Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts Of
war, directly or indirectly; (b) damage
caused to civilians by acts Of cruelty
ordered by the enemy ana TO saylllans
caused by maltreatment Of prisoners;
Cd damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
of this treaty; (e) damages to prop
erty other than naval or military ma
terials; CO damages to civilians by be-
Ing forced to labor; CD damages In the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the reparatfon COM
m am sha as the to the end sEs
the sums for reparation which Ger
many is required to Ray shall become
a charge upon all her revenues, prior
to that for the service or discharge OF
any domestic loan, and. secondly. so as
to satisfy itself that in general the
German scheme OF taxation Is FULLY as
heavy proportfonately as that OF any
of the powers represented on the COM
mission.
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time, by way OF
guaranty issues of bonds or other oolga.
lions to cover such claims as are not
otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and on account Of the total amount OF
claims, bond issues ara presently TO De
required of Germany In acknowledgment
of it's debt as follows:
Twenty billion marks, gold, payable
noA later than May l. aa2l, without IN
terest; forty billion marks, gold. bearing
az per cent interest between lsM ana
nar cant sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1925; and an undertaking TO de-
liver forty billion marks ssld bonds pear
ing interest at 5 per cent, under terms 10
be fixed by the commission
recognizes the right OF the ailes 10 tne
replacement, ton for ton and class iof
class, Of all merchant ships and hsnlns
boats lost or damaged owing to the var
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships of 1,6O0 tons gross
and upward; one-haf of her ships between
Of her steam trawiers and other fishing
boats These ships t. the be reparseen
together with o phe ah,Os
free from encumbrance.
AS an additional part Of ,reparation,
the, German government further the agrees
of the allies to the amount OF NOT Ok
ceeding 100000 tons gross annually dur,
ing the next FIVE years All ships used
from the allies are to be restored within
two months, the amount Of loss not COW
cred by such restitution to be made up
by the eessqn cent OF the German river
In order to effect payment by deliv-
cries in kind, Germany is required for
limited number Of JsTsr varying soa IN the
products, dyestuffs and chemical drugs In
specific amounts to the reparations COM
mission. The commission may SO modi-