The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
SECRET DETAILS
'0F TREATY HELD
BIG SURPRISES
Frances Grip on the ,Saar
Valley Double Riveted
Despite Plebiscite.
GENEROUS GIFT TO JAPAN
7
Reparation Commission Gets
Political Control of Ger
many for 80 Years.
GIFT TO JAPAN
Special Despdtch 10 THE sux.

w 'AohiNuiON' June o.-tHTeIul COn
Tarison Of available portions of the
text Of the German treaty with the
official summary published on May
8 and with a cable despatch from
Laurence Hills, Paris correspondent
Of THE Sun. published on May 20,
reveals that such surprises as the
entire treaty holds In store for the
public relate almost exclusively to
details. An examination of the text
with regard to the labor provisions
reveals that these were made public
In full on April %.
The text does reveal, however, that
the settlement Of the Saar Valley dis
putc gives that valuable territory TO
France In perpetulty through an ar
rangement of detail double riveted in
her favor, and In practical contraven-
tion Of the Wilsonian fat OF the pro-
visions for self-determination.
The references to the labor provi-
sions in the summary Of the entire
treaty were extremely brief and only
limited at the far reaching powers
which had been plainly indicated
when the labor section alone was
made public in full two weeks pre-
viously.
In general the relation between the
text and the official summary Is in
dicated by the respective terms used
In describing the bounda ries of Ger
many. The text of the treaty specifies
the lines by orientatlon upon definite
points by themselves so little known
MS to mean little or nothing to the
general reader unsupplled with a map
In great detail. The summary men
tions the territorial changes In the
general terms by which the territories
which change hands are relatively
better known.
some Features startling.
But the details through which the
general terms outlined in the sum-
mary are to be carried out neverthe-
less present some startling features,
among which these may be enumer-
ated:
l. Provisions with regard TO the
Saar Valley seem to make certain alb
solute French domination OF that ter
ritory and assure its eventual annexa-
tion to France when the time comes.
In fifteen years, for the Saar TO de-
eide its own fate. Almost Identical
provisions are applied to the German
territory professionally granted to Bel
GUM.
2. German infiuenee is 80 eradicated
from Egypt and the British protec-
torate so powerfully confirmed in that
country that the treaty even provides
that remaining German nationals are
subject to British consular tribunals
pending the establishment of a perma-
nent Egyptian judiciary system.
3. In granting Germanys Shantung
concessions to Japan 1t develops that
Japan not only acquires the rights in
kiao-Chau and the rest OF the penin-
sula formerly held by Germany, but
receives all OF the German investments
there. such as mines, railways, cables,
shops, rolling stock, stations, plant and
material, movable and immovable
property of the German State and all
the works and improvements for
which the expense was incurred by
Germany in the development Of her
concessions. All are to go to Japan
free OF any payment or charge.
4. Mr., Hills's despatch to THE Sun
of May 80 revealed the far reaching
control of German internal affairs
vested in the Reparation Commission,
amounting to practical Political con-
troll OF Germany for thirty years or
longer. The details now available
show that the terms rivet the peace
upon Germany with measures which
provide that she must pay the salaries
and expenses of the commission and
its stan. that among the ships to be
turned over to the Allies are not only
the entire German mercantile fleet Of
the present and much OF that of the
future, but all ships, whether flying
the German flag or not, in which any
German national has a controlling in
terest.
An interesting item OF this section re-
veals for the first time that Germany
must restore to Louvain the equivalent
in rare books. manuscripts, incunabala
H0FlinAfT sOss 2anaad paoa