New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-05-14

lncludlEg Ofnoers, and no reserve <forco
abolished, only voluntary service being
permitted with q minimum period of 20
years service for officers and II for
men, No member Of the German mer-
camille marine will be permitted any
naval training.
All German vessels of war in foreign
ports, and the German high sea feet
interned at Scapa Flow, will be sur
rendered, the fina1 disposition of these
SHIPS to be decided upon by the Allied
and Associated Powers. Germany must
surrender AZ modern destroyers. so
modern torpedoboats, and all subsna.
rines. with their salvage vessels AL
war vessels under construction, includ-
ing submarines, must be broken up.
War vessels not otherwise provided
for. are to be placed in reserve or
used for commercial purposes. Re-
placement of ships, except those lost,
can take place only at the end Of ~
years for bat tile and IL years ., for
Germany Will be permitted will be
10000 tons.
Permit Only Coast Defenses.
the mines in s the heaS North Sea- s1 and the
Baltic Sea, as decided upon by the
Allies. Al German fortifications in the
the belts must be demolished. Other
coast defences are permitted by the
number and calibre of the guns must
During period of three months
after peace German high power wire
less. stations at Nauen, Hanover and
Berlin will not be permitted to send
ANY messages except for commercial
purposes and under supervision OF thu
Allied and Associated governments, nor
may any more be constructed.
al ZeEpeIins Abolished.
The armed forces Of Germany must
not lnc!ude any military or naval ar
forces except for not more than lVo
unarmed seaplanes to be retained till
oct. l to soatch for submarine mines.
No dir:2ib-e snail be kept: The en-
tire air personnel is to be demobilized
u thin two months, except for 1000
ollcers ard men retained till Octooer.
NO aviation grounds or dirigible sheds
ere to &c allowed within 80 miles OF
the Rhine or the eastern or southern
frontiers, existing installations within
the limits to be destroyed.
the OF for a za
months. All military and naval aero
! nautical material under most exhaus
tive definition. must be surrendered
within three months, except for the
100 seaplanes already specified.
German Prisoners Returned.
The repatriatio ion. OF German pr1sonG fis
out without delay ald at Germany ex-
pense by commission composed OF
representatives OF The Allies and Ger
many
Full Responsibility Fixed.
THE Allied and Associated Govern
ments affirm, and Germany accepts on
behalf of herself and her allies. the
and damage to which the Allied and
| Associated Governments and their ma
tiOnalS have bean subjected as a ccase-
quence Of the war imposed upon thein
by the aggression of the enenv states.
! says the treaty.
+ The total obliga ton Of Germany to
| pay, as defined in the category of ,dam.
ages, is to be determined and notified
to her after fair hearing and not later
r rean Mag om minis an At the same
| time a schedule of payments to dig
| charge the obligation within 80 years
shall be presented. These payments are
subject to postponement in certain con-
| tingencies. Germany irrevocablE rec
ognizes the full authority of this com,
mission, agrees TO Supply ply III WIN ~ n. 80.
] LEGISLATION to effectuate it's findings. She
| further agrees to restore to the Al les
cash and certain articles which can De
| identified.
AS an Immediate step toward restora-
ton. Germany shall pay within tWe
goods, ships, or other specific forms Of
| payment, with the understanding that
! certain expenses, such as those OF the
| armies of occupa ton and payments for
| food and raw materials may be deduct
! ed at the discretion of the. Allies
While the grand total of damages as-
( sessed against Germany may exceed ,iea
compensation for all damages to civil
ians under seven main categories:
cagsea By By scts OF war directly
or indirectly: B-Damage caused to
] civilians by acts of cruelty by the enc
my and to clyllans IN the q pc atrsst
| nlent of prisoners; Damages to the
/ Allied peoples presented by pensions ana
/ separation allowances, capitalized at the
| Signature of this treaty; Damages to
| property other than naval or military
materials; F-Damages to civilians Gy
! being forced to labor damages in
the form Of levies or fines imposed by
! the enemy.
Taxation to Be Enforced.
| In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to Pay. the reparat ton comm ms,
| of taxation. first to the end that the
sums for reparatio which Germany is
required to pay shall BECOME nor e tb ehaf fg
/ the service or discharge Of any domes-
tic loan and. secondly, so as to satisfy
scheme of taxation is fully as heavy
proportionately as that Of any OF the
powers represented on the commission.
! Associated Powers shall have the right
1 to take in case of voluntary default by
/ Germany and which Germany agrees
! clude economic and financial prohibi-
tons and reprisals and In general such
other measures as the respective GOV
I ernments may determine to be neceS-
| sary in the circumstances.
bond Issues Required.
| The commission may require Ger
| many to give from time to time, by way
/ of guaranty. issues of bonds or other
! obligations to cover such claims as are
| not otherwise satisfied In this connec-
| ton and on account Of the total amount
! of claims, bond issues are presently to
be required of Germany in acknowledge
/ ment of its debt as follows:
! Five billion dollars gold, payable mot
| later than May 1. 1921, without inter-
est. $4,000, 100000 gold bearing 2h per
/ cent interest between 1921 and 1926 and
i thereafter 5 per cent, with 1 per cent
| sinking fund payment beginning in 1926.
/ and an undertaking to deliver $4,000
100000 gold bonds bearing interest at 5
per cent under terms to be fixed by the
| commissions.
Interest on Germanys debt will be S
per cent, unless otherwise determined
by the com mission in the future, and
| payments that are not made in gold
may ..be accepted by the commission in
the form of properties, commodities.
I business rights concessions, ETC.. Ger
| tificates of beneficial interest, repre-
senting either bonds or goods delivered
! by Germany may be issued by the COM
| mission to the interest power, no power
| being entitled, however, to have its GER
tihcates divided into more, than five
/ pieces. AS bonds are distributed and
4 pass from the control Of the commits
sion, an amount of Germany's debit
/ equivalent to their par value is to bed