, 1919-05-15

military or commercial, with a person.
mel of $4,000 men. Including. Officers,
and NO reserve force of any character.
service being permitted, with a minimum
period of Is years service for officers
man meTeantIie ma1,ne Vii be permitted
n naval training.
All German vessels of war in foreign
termed at scapa Flow will be surren-
dered, the final disposition of these ships
to be decided upon by the allied and as
ISOLATED powers.
AIR.-The armed forces of Germany
must not include any military or naval
air forces except for not over one hum
dred unarmed seapInne- to he retained
TIL October 1 to search for submarine
mines; No dirigibls shall be kept.
ton of German prisoners and informed
civilians is to be carried out without de-
lay and at Germany's expense by a eom,
the allies and Germany. Those under
sentence for offenses against discipline
the completion of their sentence. Until
Germany has SURRENDERED persons guilty
Of Of 9 Msr sSs against s q the avs MS and rISnf customs 81 nas
GRAvEs.-Both parties viii respect and
ors buried me on their S territories az to
and assist any commission
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
ments over the graves. and to afford to
ton of the remains of their soldiers.
REsPoNsIBILITIEs.-The allied and
associated powers publicly arraign
German emperor, not for an ofrense
against criminal law, but for a SUI.
preme ohense against international
The ex-emperor's surrender is to be
requested of Holland. and a special. tri-
each of the Ave great powers. with full
ss= e be snide d . i've f liz h, Of aefe mesive IS s sf
dicating the solemn Obligations of in
ternational undertakings and the valid
x n The 'h pSnisS@snt n It fssfs should aad w Be
Persons accused of having committed
military tribunals under military law. II
state they will be tried before a tribunal
OF That state: Il they affect nationals OF
3 3eina tri siases they 6s thy win .ts Ss tried sonc before
Germany shall hand over to the asso-
clated governments either Jointly or lew
documents and Information necessary to
insure fun knowledge of the inor1minat-
ing acts. the discovery OF the Offenders
sibility.
Section Seven-Reparatlon.
~ uAnOclaIGu AOVSEn.
ments nfnrm, and Germany accepts on
BEHALF of herself and her allies, the re-
sponsibility for causing all the loss
and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
tionals have beer subjected as n CON-
sequence Of the war imposed upon
them by the aggregation of the enemy
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
ages. is to be determined and notiaed
to. her after a fair hearing and not
later than May /. 1921, by an inter
same time a schedule OF payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented. These pay
certain contingencies. YGermany irrev-
ocably recognizes the full authority of
this commission, agrees to supply 1t
to pass legislation to efectuate It's
findings. She further agrees to restore
which can Be identiaed. certain ar''ieS
As an immediate step toward resto-
ration m shall pay within two
gold, goods. ships. or other specific
forms of payment, with the under
standing that'certain expenses. such as
payments Tor food and raw materi ais
may be deducted at the discretion of
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay. she undertakes to
caused to eiviiians under seven main
categories: .(al Damages by personal
injury to civilians oaused by acts OF
caused to civilians by acts OF cruelty
ordersd by the enemy and to civilians
in the occupied territory; (c) damages
(d) damages to- the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
erty other han naval or military ma
terials; ~ damages to civilians by be-
ing fo re to labor be g damages In the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
m naiss s shall 20 Pay saam ahs = tspa def3an c sga-
tenn of taxation. first to the end that
the sums for reparation which Ger
a charge upon all her revenues prior
any domestic loan. and. secondly. SO as
German scheme OF taxation is fully as
heavy proportionately as that of any
OF the powers represented on the COM
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to lime. by way OF
guaranty. issues OF bonds or other obliga-
tons to cover such claims as are not
otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and on account Of the total amount of
claims. bond issues are presently. to be
required OF In acknowledgment
OF its debt as follows:
Twenty billion marks. gold. payable
not later than May /. is2i. without In
terest: forty billion marks. gold. bearing
IA per cent interest between 1921 and
1926 and thereafter 8 per cent, with a 1
per cent sinking fund payment Begin
ming in 1896; and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing interest at 8 per cent under terms to
be fixed By the commission.
recognizes the right of the allies to the
replacement, ton for ton and class for
class, of ali merchant ships and fishing
boats lost OF damaged owing to the war,
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships of 1000 tons gross
and upwardi one-half of her ships between
1.6O0 and 1000 tons gross and o~ne-quarter
Of her steam trawlers and other fishing
boats. These ships are to be delivered
within two months to the r~eparation
committee. together with documents of
title evidencing the transfer OF the ships
free from encumbrance
AS an additional part OF reparation,
the German government further agrees
to build merchant, ships for the account
of the allies to the amount OF not ex-
ceeding 10000 tons gross annually dur
ing the next five years. All ships used
for fn1Qn nd mn ufUa fton Italian ht 6nex.o.