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Germany desired. Germany must
give them complete facilities, pay
their expenses and also the expenses
Of execution of the treaty. including
the labor and material necessary in
demolition, destruction or surrender
OF war equipment.
Allowed No Subs.
| Naval: The German navy must be
demobilized within a period of two
months after the peace. She will
be allowed six small battleships, six
light cruisers, II destroyers, II tor
pedo boats, and no submarines.
either military or commercial. With
a personnel of $4,000 men, including
officers, and no reserve force of any
character. CONSUMPTION is abol-
ished, only voluntary service being
permitted, with minimum period
of Is years service for officers and
II for men. No members of the
German mercantile marine will be
permitted any naval training.
All German vessels of war in for
eign ports, and the German high sea
fleet informed at Scapa Flow, will
be surrendered, the final disposition
of these ships to be decided upon
by the allied and associated powers.
Germany must surrender AZ mod
ern destroyers, so modern torpedo
boats, and all submarines, with their
salvage vessels, all war vessels under
construction, including submarines,
must be broken up.
| Use Others for Commerce.
War vessels not otherwise pro-
vlded for, are to be placed in reserve
or used for commercial purposes.
Replacement of ships except those
lost can take place only at the end
of 20 years for battleships and Is
years for destroyers. The largest
armored ship Germany will be per-
mitted will be 10000 tons.
Germany is required to sweep up
! the mines in the North sea and the
Baltic sea as decided upon by the
allies. All German Notifications in
the Baltic defending the passages
through the belts must be demol-
ished. Other coast defense are per-
mitted but the number and calibre
of the guns must not be increased.
Censor Wireless Stations.
During a period OF three months
after peace German high power
wireless stations at Nauen, Han
over and Berlin will not be per-
mitted to send any messages except
for commercial purposes and under
supervision of the allied associated
governments, nor may any more be
constructed.
Germany will be allowed to repair
German submarine cables which
have been cut, but are not being
utilized by the allied powers, and
also portions of cables which after
having been cut have been removed,
or at any rate not being utilized by
any one of the allied and associated
powers. In such cases, the cables
Tor portions of cables removed or
utilized remain the property of al
lied and associated powers and &C
cordingly Ia cables or parts of ca
bles are specified. which will not be
restored to Germany. .....
End Air Armed Forces.
Air: The armed forces of Ger
many must not include any military
or naval air forces except for not
over 100 unarmed seaplanes to be
retained till October to search
for submarine mines. No dirigibles
shall be kept
No dirigible shall be kept. The
entire air personnel is to be de-
modified within two months, ex-
cept for 1000 officers and men re-
tanned till October. No aviation
grounds or dirigible sheds are to
be allowed within $50 kilometers of
the Rhine or the eastern OF southern
frontiers, existing installation within
these limits to be destroyed. The
manufacture of aircraft and parts of
aircraft is forbidden for six months.
All military and naval aeronautical
materials under a most exhaustive
i definition must be surrendered with
in three months, except for the hun
dred seaplanes already specified.
Retain German Officers.
Prisoners of war: The repatria-
ton of German prisoners and intern
ed civilians is to be carried out with
out delay and at Germany's expense
by commission composed of rep
resentatives of the allies and Ger
many. Those under sentence for Of
lenses against discipline are to be
repatriated without regard to the
completing of their sentence. I'm
| til Germany has surrendered per-
sons guilty of offenses against the
laws and customs of war, the allies
have the right to realm selected Ger
man officers.
The allies may deal at their own
discretion with German nationals
who do not desire to be repatriated,
all repatriation being conditional on
the immediate release of any allied
subjects still in Germany. Germany
is to accord facilities to commits
sions of inquiry in collecting in
formation in regard to missing pris-
oners of war and of imposing pen
altAs on German officials who have
concealed allied nationals. Ger
many is to restore all property be-
longing to allied prisoners. There
is to be a reciprocal exchange of
information as to dead prisoners and
their graves.
To Expedite Repatriation.
Both parties will respect and main
tain the graves of soldiers and sail
ors buried on their territories. agree
to recognize and assist any commits
sion by any allied or associate gov
eminent with identifying, register
ing, maintaining or erecting suitable |
monuments over the graves. and to
afford to each other all facilities for |
the repatriation of the remains of |
their soldiers