The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-13

any naval training.
po an G and she Gems asrnsn e s,s Tas SEA + n tess' IN
dered. the dna1 aisposition Of these .hips
to be decided upon blythe allied and as
sociated powers.
AIR-The armed forces ~ Germany
must not inclade .ny Military or ..sal
.ared unarmed seaPlanes 70 be retaineA
It'll October I to search for
n't1f.. No dir'xiAls .a.l = ns,t.
civilians is to be carried out Without de-
mission composed of representatives of
the allies and Germany. Those under
sentence for onenass against discipline
the completion of their sentence. Until
Germany has surre,,.tered persons guilty
of war, the allies have the right to re-
tain selected German officers.
m GiRAniEssh;. s.. Bso4.ah,p parties s. ! s, AL respect and
:orst buried on their. territories. agree to
recognize and assist any commission
:ernmen: with Identifying. registering.
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
. .eaeh ot 9vsr a the ,s gIaTss. and ito to AFFORD 1no. r, to
ton of the remains nf their soldiers
Observation-Disclosures allied and
William II. Of householder. formeri1
.xain.t srininsi law. but Tor . ~.
III ksG O1CM9C NJ AAH0t
morality and the sanetty Of treati@..
The ex~-elnpeIor 5 surrender is To .e
b saaiSs set u 21 a111anes e oe one 5 jppass from esnn
each of the five great powers with full
guarantees of the right of defense. 1t ie
;international policy with a view of vim
.dicating the solemn obligations of in
lily of international morality and VIII
-nx the punishment 1T feels should be
> Persons acr,,aad ~ having o,,n,,t,.d
,ac.s in violation Of the laws and customs
of war are to be tried and punished by
the charges affect nationals of only one
state they will be tried before q tribunal
Of hat state: II they va; affect = nationals Of
Joint tribunals of the states concerned.
Germany shall hand over to the assoc
ciated governments either jointly or sew,
documents and Information necessary to
insure; ms > ct fun TX kn9Mledss of the inerimiaat-
.sibility.
Section STANDARDIZATION.
The allied and associated govern
mentn affirm. nnd accepts on
behalf Of herself md her allies, the re-
and damage to which the allied and
associated ~vernnen and their ma
=:. ..s"",s e"s " S the ;"S,ef ,mso: =. a . se..
then by the "xRre""i@ee of the enemy
The total obligation OF Germany to
pay. as defined in the category of dam
ages. is to be determined and notified
to her after a fair hearing and not
;aIlied r]eparation commission. At the
same time a hedule Of payments to
-discharEe the oblisation within thirty
ments are subject to postponement in
certain contingencies. Germany irrev-
ocably recognizes the full authority Of
this 0mnn1CHfnn n0ra0R tn a1fnn1C ~
with all the necessary information and
to pass legislation to efectuate its
findings: She further agrees to restore
which can be identihed.
A. an immediate step toward resto-
years 20. 600. 900. 900 marks in either
gold: goods. ships. or other specific
s sts ndine o. th pfs eestniin rI1n sns s unhe r.
those of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw materials.
may be deducted at the discretion Of
While the grand total of damages
assessed against may exceed
max compensation for all damages
caused to civilians under seven marin
c%a:egories: tal Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts OF
war. directly or Indirectly; CD damage
caused to civilians by acts OF cruelty
in the occupied territory; tc) damages
caused by maltreatment of prisoners:
(dl damages to the allied peoples pre-
lowances capitalized at the signature
of this treaty; te) damages to prop
erty other than naval or military ma
t~erials; % damages to civilians by be-
ing forced to labor: 60 damages in the
form of levies or hnes imposed by the
In periodically estimating Germany's
mission shall examine the German sys-
tenn Of taxation. first to the end that
the sums for reparation which Ger
many is required to pay shall becoms
t to G that for pP }Se a ssrv hsr oe ps'o OF
any domestic loan, and, secondly. so as
to satisfy itself that In general the
heavy proportionate1y as that of any
of the powers represented on the COM
mission.
to give from time to time, by way of
guaranty. issues of bonds or other obiga-
lions to cover suH' claims as are not
and on account OF the total amount Of
claims. bond issues are presently to be
required OF erman in acknowledgment
not later than May l. 1871. without in
terest; forsy billion, marks, gold, ,d bearins
1926 and thereafter 5 per cent. with a 1
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1925: and an undertaking to de-
ing interest at 5 per cent, unde terms to
be f1s1 X the commission.
recognizes the right Of the allies Il the
1spsacement; ton for ton and class for
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships of 1900 tons gross
l,6ao and 1000 tons gross and %one-quarter
boats These ships are te be delivered
committee. together with Documents OF