Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-03-21
ALLIES Limit
GERMAN ARMY
Adopt Military Terms Providing
Enlistment of 100000
Men for Twelve Years.
WILL MAKE FOE HELPLESS.
Minimum Air Force and Destruction OF
Armament Included in Stipulations
Finally Adopted-What Treaty
viii Cost Germany.
Territory.


Germany will stop at the Rhine and
at the old western frontier of Poland
preceding the partition of 1772.
She will acquire the purely German
regions of Austria.
Rhenish republic to be created on
west bank of the Rhine may be ulti-
mately returned to her, but even with
this she will have territory smaller
than that Of Spain.
She will lose, roughly speaking, 3d.
900 square miles of territory.
Population.
Germany will lose between 13,OOO,-
BOO and 100000 in population in the
east and in the west The acquisition
Of the German speaking regions OF
Austria will reduce this to 100000.
Navy.
Germany will have to abandon claim
to her fleet will give up certain other
ships, destroy warships under con-
struction and all submarine plants.
Army.
Germanys standing army to be re-
duced from 100000 to 100000.
Industry.
All plants to be under strict allied
supervision to prevent manufacture OF
war material.
Paris. is.-Defnite steps to put Ger
many forever beyond all hope of OBJ
tanning military domination over the
world were taken by the Supreme War
Council, with Premier Clemenceau pre-
siding, Premier Lloyd George present,
and Secretary Lansing and Colonel
House representing the United States.
The former great armies of the
Kaiser are to be reduced to a mere
police force and other terms, severer
than had been contemplated before,
were provided for the German govern
ment, which must accept them or take
the consequences.
In connection with this action, 1t
has been agreed that the German plen-
lpotentiaries shall be called to Versail-
les, possibly as early as March 20, to
reiceve the draft of the preliminary
peace treaty, including the military
conditions.
An interesting sidelight on these i'm
portant proceedings is that Count Won
Bernstein will not be one Of the Ger
man delegates. Positive hints have
been conveyed to Berlin that he would
be the worst possible selection of all
men. The American, British and French
peace commissions are behind these
hints, and no doubt is felt here that
they will be needed.
Premier Lloyd George asked that
the German army strength should be
fixed at 100000 men. AS result OF
discussion it was agreed to fix the
army strength at 100000, or less than
half the original maximum recon-
mended under the terms laid down by
the allies.
Germany must raise this force by
voluntary enlistment. In order to pre-
vent an army of this size being trained
every year, 1t was provided that the
enlistments should be for a period OF
12 years. The number Of German Off
GERS is fixed at 1000, instead of 5000,
as originally contemplated.
All artillery and other equipment in
excess of the requirements of the re-
duced army must be surrendered, and
the imperial general staff must be
abolished.
Other military provisions require
the destruction of the Rhine forts and
the reductions of the munitions out
put to the needs Of the reduced army.