Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-05-15
military or commercial, with a person.
mel of $4,000 men, including officers,
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Conscrlpt1on is abolished, only voluntary
service being permitted, with q minimum
period ID Of Is years service for officers
and II for men No member of the Ger
man mercantile marine will be permitted
All German vessels of war in foreign
ports, and the German high sea fleet in
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
air forces except for not over one hun
dred unnrmed senplnnes to be retained
till October to search for submarine
Is Rar 81 Ms sfa be rsRs
ton of German prisoners and interned
civilians ts to be carried out without de-
sson ct os BY
the allies and Germany Those under
sentence en- IN for offenses against discipline
the completion of their sentence Until
Germany has surrendered persons guilty
OF onenses against the laws and customs
or war, the allies have the right to re-
tain selected German officers.
GRAVES-Both parties will respect and
maintain ma TIA the graves Of soldiers and sail
recognize and assist any Commission
charged by any allied or associate gov
eminent with Identifying, registering,
ments over the graves and to AFFORD to
each other all facilities for the repatria-
ton of the remains Of their soldiers
REsPONSIBILITIEs.-The allied and
William III. of HohenzolIern, formerly
German emperor, not for an Offense
against criminal law, but for SUI
morality and the sanctity OF 1reaties.
Inc ex-emperor's surrender is to be
requested ,e Of Holland, and special tri-.
each Of the five great powers, with full
gun qua ranties of the right of defense. 1t is
to be guided by the highest motives of
dicating the solemn obligations of in
ternational undertakings and tthe valid
lIy Of international morality'l and will
imposed
Persons accused Of having committed
acts In violation of the laws and customs
military tribunals under military law Ii
the charges affect nationals of only ona
state ST t they will be tried before a tribunal
several states they will be tried before
Joint tribunals of the states concerned
Geffm nd shall HANG over to the asso-
orally all persons so accused and all
documents and information necessary to
insure fun knowledge Of the incriminat-
sibility. - si'oti
Section seven-Reparation.
AG uhheU auu d88OCI8IG0 govern.
ments affirm, md 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
t1onals have been subjected as COM
sequence of the war imposed upon
them by the aggression of the enemy
The total obligation of Germany to
pay, as defined in the category of dam
ages, Is to be determined and notified
e 70 IN ner th after fair bearing and not
allied PREPARATION commission. At the
same time schedule Of payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
ments are subject to postponement in
certain contingencies. Germany irrev-
ocably recognizes the full authority Of
with all the necessary information and
TO pass legislation to effectuate Its
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and certain articles
AS an Immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 20,oo0.o0ooo0 marks in either
e znDs With 9ta she s umsal
standing that certain expenses, such as
those Of the armies of occupation and
may be deducted at the discretion Of
the allies
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
make Compensation for ali damages
caused to civilians under seven main
ic "a la) Damages by persona!
war, directly or Indirectly; (b) damage
caused to civilians by acts Of cruelty
ordered by the enemy and to civilians
IN IN the, the occupied territory; Co damages
CD damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
lowancss capitalized at the signature
erty other than naval or military ma
terials; % damages to civilians by be-
Ing forced to labor; (g) damages in the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the reparation COM
mission shall examine the German sys-
the sums for reparation which Ger
many Is required to pay shall become
charge upon all her revenues, prior
any domestic loan. and, secondly. SO as
to satisfy itself that in general the
German scheme of taxation is fully as
heavy proportionately as that of any
or the powers represented on the COM
mission. ~ 4
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time, by way Of
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 Germany In acknowledgment
OF its debt as follows:
Twenty billion marks, gold. payable
not later than May /. 1921, without in
terest: forty billion marks, gold, bearing
~ per cent interest between 1921 and
1925 and thereafter per cent, with L
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1925; and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
Ing interest at per cent under terms to
be fixed by the commission.
sHIPPING.-The German government
recognizes the right Of the allies to the
replacement, ton for ton and class for
class, of all merchant ships and fishing
boats lost or damaged owing to the war,
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships Of 1000 tons gross
and upward; one-half OF her ships between
l,soo and 1000 tons gross and one-quarter
Of her steam trawlers and other fishing
boats. These ships are to be delivered
within two months to the repatriation
committee. together with documents Of
title evidencing the transfer OF the ships
free from remembrance. I
AS an additional part Of PREPARATION,
the German government further agrees
to build merchant ships for the account
Of the allies to the amount of not ex-
ceeding 100000 tons gross annually dur
Ing the next five years. All ships used