New-York tribune., 1919-06-10
H/ ASHINGTON, June 9.-The
~ published tent of the treatv |
of r1e0co no c,,ho,,st+,J b. IL

HZ ASHINGTON, June 9.-Thx
~ published tert of the treatu
OF peace, as submitted to the
German delegates, discloses little
information that aUas not ovaizabze
IN the summary of the treaty made
public on May 2. CURIOSITY 1vas
a0hetted by the aulthhozding of the
eroct language of the convention.
The covenomt of the league of no.
tao7as, part of the treaty, a0as pub
hshed twice-omce IN the form orig
lmatly approved by the conference
and once IN an amended form. The
tert Is free to the German and
other continental publics. No1o the
people Of the United States can
read 1t. They aoiU probab1y be mom-
plussed that 1t yields no k1zowledqe
Vhach 1t aOas thought better that
they should get along avithout.
Beloau are noted the main va,ia-
taoms betaoeen the official su7,,n,a1,al
and the noa0 unoficiaUy released
teat.
The Variations
In the summary it was announced
that from the coming into force of
the present treaty the state of war will
terminate" 1t was also explained that
the treaty was to "become effective in
all respects for each power on the date
OF deposition of its ratification"
The text reads:
"A first proces-verbal of the de-
poslt Of ratification, will be drawn up
as soon as the treaty has been rati-
fed by Germany on the one hand
and by three of the principal Allies
and associated powers on the other
hand.
"From the date of this first process
verbal the treaty will come into force
between the high contracting parties
who have ratified it, For the determi
nation of all periods of time pro-
vlded for in the present treaty this
date will be the date of the coming
into force of the treaty In all other
respects the treaty will enter into
force for each power at the date of
the deposit of its ratification"
Mine Rights Defined
The boundaries of Germany. as
changed by the cessions and plebiscite
arrangements of the treaty, were de-
scribed in a special summary issued
last May They remain as noted. In
the boundaries section the abstract
omitted any direct reference to that
part of the annex dealing with the
right of France to work the mines of
the Saar Basin. The salient features
of this annex are:
II. From the date of the COMING
into force Of the present treaty all
the deposits of coal situated within
the Sarre Basin, as defined in Article
48 of the said treaty, become the
complete and absolute property of
the French State. The French State
Will have the right of working or
not working the said mines, or of
transferring to a third party the
right of working them, without hav-
ing TO obtain any previous authori-
zation or to fulfill any formalities.
The French State may always re-
quire that the German mining laws
and regulations referred to below
shall be applied in order to insure
the determination of its rights. !
French State will apply not only to
the deposits which are free and for
which concessions have not yet been
granted, but also to the deposits for
which concessions have already been
granted, whoever may be the present
proprietors, irrespective of whether
they belong to the Prussan State, to
the Bavarian State, to other States.
or bodies, to companies or to indi-
vlduals, whether they have been
worked or not or whether right of
exploitation distinct from the right
of the owners of the surface of the
soil has or has not been recognized,
Accessories Transferred
). AS far as concerns the mines
which are being worked, the transfer
of the ownership to the French State
will apply to all the accessories and
subsidiaries of the said mines. in
particular to their plant and equip
ment, both on and below the surface.
to their extracting machinery, their
plants for transforming coal into
electric power, coke and by-products.
their workshops, means Of communi
cation, electric lines, plants fo.