Americus times-recorder., 1919-05-07
TREATY TERMS ARE OUT
ALLIES YIELD FIUA4E. TO ITALY AFTER 8 YEARS
HUNS TO SIGN, But BALk AT INDEMNITY
HUNS GET
SENTENCE
OF ALLIES

Press THE treaty of peace be-
tween 27 Allied and Associated
Powers on the one hand, and Ger
many on the other, was handed to
the German plenipotentiaries at
Versailles today. 1t is the longest
treaty ever drawn and totals eigh-
ty thousand words, divided into fif-
teen main sections, and represents
the combined product of over
thousand experts working since
January IS. The treaty does not
deal with the questions affecting
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey.
Following the preamble and dis
position Of the Powers comes the
covenant of the League of Nations
as the first section; the frontiers
Of Germany in Europe are defined
in the second section; European
political classes are given in the
third; military, naval and air
terms; prisoners of war and mill
tary graves; responsibilities, rep
arations, financial terms and eco
nomic terms are covered in Sec
tions four to ten. Then comes the
aeronautie section, the ports, wa
terways and railways section, the
labor covenant, the section on
guarantees and financial clauses.
Restores Alsace-L Lorraine.
Germany by the terms restores
Alsace-Lorraine to France, ac-
cepts internationalization of the
Saar basin temporarily, and Dan
zig permanently; agrees to terri
torial changes toward Belgium,
Denmark and East Prussia; cedes
most of Upper Silesia to Poland;
renounces all territorial and polit-
ical rights outside of Europe as to
her own or Allies territories, es-
pecially to Morocco, Egypt, Siam,
Liberia and the Shantung penin-
sula, and also recognizes the total
independence of German Austria,
Czecho- -Slovakia and Poland.
Her army is reduced to 100000
and conscription is abolished.
All German forts for fifty kilo-
meters east of the Rhine will be
razed. The German navy will be
reduced to six battleships, six
light cruisers and twelve torpedo
boats. without submarines. and
personnel of not over fifteen thou
sand. Germany is forbidden to
build forts controlling the Baltic
and must demolish Heligoland,
open the Kiel canal to all nations
and surrender fourteen submarine
cables.
Germany accepts full response
bility for all damages caused the
Allied and Associated Govern
ments and nationals and agrees to
an initial payment of twenty bill
lion marks, and subsequent pay
ments secured by bonds.
Pay 20 Billions.
Germany is to pay for shipping
damage done on a ton-for-ton ba-
sis by cession of shipping and
new construction. She agrees to
return of the 1914 most favored
nation tariffs without discrimina-
tion of any sort and to accept
highly detailed provisions as to
pre-war debts and other economic
and financial clauses.
Germany agrees to the trial of
the ex-kaiser by an international
high court for his supreme Of
Tense against international moral
ity. Holland is to be asked to
extradite the kaiser, Germany be-
ing responsible for the delivery of
others who will be put on trial in
connection with the war.
The League of Nations is accept
ed by this Allied and Associated
Powers as operative and by Ger
many in principle, but without
membership.
Similarly an international la
Dor body is brought into being
with a permanent Office and an
nual convention. A great num-
ber of international bodies of diff
ferent kinds for different purposes
are created,
Certain problems are left for So
luton between Allied and Asso-
ciated Powers, notably the details
Of the disposition OF the German