The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-07
OFFICIAL
OF PEACE PACT
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marks, subsequent payments to be Sc
cured by bonds to be issued at the dis
cfetion Of the PREPARATION commission.
Germany is to pay shipping damage on
a t~on-for-ton basis, by cession of a
large part Of her merchant. coasting
and river fleets and by new construc.
ton and to devote her economic forces
tc the rebuilding OF the devastated
regions.
MISREPRESENTATION tariffs, without
discrimination of any sort. To allow
allied and associated nationals free
dom Of transit through her terri
tories, and to accept highly detailed
lprovisions as to pre-war debts, UNI
fair competition, Observation-Disclosures
of roads and rivers, and other eco
nomic and fnacial clauses. She also
agrees to the trial of the ex-kaiser
by an international high court for a
supreme offense against international
morality, and, Of other nationals for
violation Of laws and customs OF
war, Holland to be asked to extradite
the former kaiser and Germany being
responsible for delivering the latter.
The league of nations is accepted
by the allied and associated powers
as operative and by Germany in
principle but without membership.
] Similarly an international labor body
is brought into being with a perma-
nent Office and an annual convention.
A great number of international
bodies OF different kinds and for diff
ferent purposes are created, some
under the league of nations, some to
execute the peace treaty, among the
former is the commission to govern
the Saar basin till a plebiscite Is
held fifteen years hence; the high
commission of Danzig, which is Gre
ated into a free city under the league
and various commissions for plebis-
cites in Malmedy, Schleswig and
East Prussia. Among those to carry
out the peace treaty are the repara-
tions, military, naval, air, financial
economic commissions, the interna-
tional high court and military tri-
bunals to fix responsibilities and a
series of bodies for the control of
international rivers.
Certain problems are left for solu-
ton between the allied and asso-
ciated powers, notably details of the
disposition of the German fleet and
cables, the former German colonies,
and the values paid in reparation.
Certain other problems such as the
laws of the air and the opium, arms
and liquor traffic are either agreed
to in detail or set for early interna-
tional action.
Preamble.
The preamble names as parties OF
the n part, the United States, the
British empire, France, Italy and
Japan. described as the five allied
and associated powers, and Belgium,
Bolivia, China, Cuba, Ecuador.
Greece. Guatemala, Haiti, The He'd
ijaz. Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua,
| Panama, Peru, Portugal, Roumanla,
Serbia, Siam, Czecho-Slovakia and
Uruguay who with the five above are
described as the allied and asso-
ciated powers, and on the other part,
Germany.
It states that: Bearing In mind
that on the request OF the then i'm
perial German government an apfnls'
tice was Sranted on November IL,
1918, by the five allied and associated
powers in order that a treaty OF
peace might be concluded with her,
and whereas the allied and assoc1-
ated powers, being equally DESTROYS
that the war in which they were sue
cessfully involved directly or indi-
rectly. and which originated In the
declaration of war by Austria-Hun
gary on July %, 1914, against Serbia,
the declaration of war by Germany
against Russia on August l, 1914,
and against France on August s,
1914. and in the invasion of Belgium,
should be replaced by a firm, Just
and durable peace, the plenlpoten-
tiaries (having communicated their
full powers in good and due rorm)
have agreed as follows:
From the coming into force OF the
present treaty the state of war Will
terminate. From the moment and
subject to the provisions of this
treaty official relations with Ger
many, and with each of the German
! states. will be resumed by the allied
and associated powers.
Section 1. League Of nations
The covenant of the league Of ma
+! tions constitutes section M of the
DaaC6 treaty, Which, pldSco aPch "S
league many specific. in addition to
it's general, duties. 1t nay question
Germany at any time for a violation
of neutralized zone east OF the
Rhine as a threat against the world $
peace. 1t will appoint three OF five
members Of the Saar commission 10
oversee its regime and carry out the
plebiscite. 1t will appoint the high
| commissioners Of Danzig, guarantee
the independence of the free CITY
and arrange for treaties between
| Danzig and Germany and Poland. IL
will work out the mandatory system
TO be applied to the former German
colonies, and act as final court IN
part of the plebiscites OF the Belgian
German frontier and in disputes as
ia the Kiel canal, and decide certain
of the economic and financial prob
lens.
An international conference on
labor is to be held in October under
a-I another an the IN