The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-17
Although No Official Announce
ment Can Be Made in Advance
of Senate Decision on Treaty
Program Is Arranged.
OTHER POWERS ARE
DELAYING EXCHANGE
Hesitate to Complete Treaty
Ratification Because League
of Nations Comes Into Being
Within Is Days Thereafter

Washington, Oct. 16.-While no Of
ficial declaration can be made in ad-
vance of action sof the Senate on the
treaty of Versailles. it was learned un-
officially today that plans are being
laid for bringing the league of nations
into existence almost immediately
upon publication of the treaty by
Great Britain, France. Italy and Ger
many.
Officials in Washington professed
to have no information as to the rea-
sons for postponing the exchange at
Paris for ratification of the treaty of
Versailles by Great Britain, France.
Italy and Germany which would bring g
the treaty into immediate force.
There was a suggestion that ratifi-
cation had been postponed because
the League of Nations would have to
assemble within fifteen days after the
treaty went into effect, but State De-
partment Officials would not express
an opinion on the point
Those asserting the League must
meet within fifteen days after the
treaty takes effect pointed to Arti-
Gle 4S of the document. which provides
for the appointment of a commission
within that time to fix the limitation
line of the Saare basin which is to be
administered by commission repre-
senting the League. The boundary
commission is to be composed of five
members, three to be appointed by
the council of the League and one
each representing France and Ger
many.
The league covenant provides the
league council shall consist of repre-
sentatives of the five great powers.
the United States, Great Britain.
France. Italy. Japan, and of Bel
gium, Brazil, Greece and Spain. on
ly three of these nations have ratified
the treaty.
While protesting to have no official
information on the subject, officials
said they assumed if the treaty were
put into force with only three of the
allied and associated powers COM
pleting ratification, those powers
would proceed with the organization
of the league.
Directly the treaty comes into force
through exchange of ratification ny
three of the allied and associated
powers and Germany. many of its
clauses will become effective. Chief
among these is that requiring Germa
ny to issue 100000, 900 marks for bonds
for the reparation of devastated terri
tories.
Other provisions of the treaty which
will become effective Immediately re-
quire:
Destruction of unfinished German
war ships
Dihmantling of auxiliary ships Of
war. Tour of which are in neutral
ports and twenty in German ports.
Formal surrender of German surface
warships interned in allied and neu-
trail ports and now in charge of Ger
man caretakers.
Delivery of all German military
and naval aviation material, including
except 100 armed seaplanes
to be retained as part of the Ger
man mine sweeping force
Destruction of the armament of alll
forces situated within fifty
kilometres from the German coast.
Notification of the number. calibre
and types of guns forming the ar
of the land and sea fortresses
which Germany is allowed to keep.
Immediate dissolution of military
and quasi-military organizations, as
sociations. or stubs in upper Silesia
and the establishment of an interna-
tional committee. in upper Silesia and
an inter-allied military occupation oil
the country.
That no armed forces be main
tanned or collected and no fortifica
tions constructed on the left bank of
the Rhine within a distance of fifty
east of the river
The handing over by the Gerr1a d |
government of the archives, regis |
tered plans of the properties ceded to
Belgium by the treaty. and the resti-
tuition of the documents of which the
Germans took possession during their
occupation.