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and u 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
dered. the final disposition of these ships
| to be decided upon by the allied and az
| AIR.-The armed forces of Germany
must not include any military or naval
cir force: except 70. not over h on. .f.iSed
TN October 1 to search for .ubm.rine
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ton OF German prisoners and informed
civilians is to be carried out without de-
mission Composed Of Representatives of
the allies and Germany. Those under
are to be repatriated without regard to
the completion of their sentence. Until
of ofrenses against the laws and customs
of war, the allies have the right to re-
'H GRa ssfsss parties viii respect and
maintain the graves Of soldiers and n1.s sail 10
snd 'h ass.
charged by any allied or associate gov
srnmsn, with Identifying Tssis,srins.
each other all facilities for the ,r,spatria-
''I Observation-Disclosures allied ..d
associated power. DubiIcly .rralg.
German emperor, not for an oRe.se
against crisi.ai Law, but for .a,
Dre@s eae.se s.ai..t i.fsr .s;..
The ex-emperor's surrender is TO be
requested of Holland. and a special tri-
guarantee Of the right Of defense: 1t is
international policy with, a view of vim
dicating the solemn obligations of In
ity OF international morality. and will
NIX the punishment }. feels should be
Persons accused of having committed
acts In violation of the laws and customs
of war are, to be tried and punished by
military tribunals under military law. II
state they will be tried before a tribunal
several states they will be tried before
Joint tribunals OF the states concerned.
ciated governments either Jointly or sew.
orally all persons so accused and all
insure full knowledge of the incriminat-
ing acts, the discovery OF the offenders
and the Just appreciation of the respon-
Section STANDARDIZATION.
The allied and associated govern
behalf Of herself and her allies, the re-
sponsibility for causing all the loss
associated sovern.est. .sd their ma
tiosals have bee. subjected as = con-
sequence of the war Imposed upon
them by the aggression. of the enemy
The total obligation of Germany to
ages. is to be determined and notified
to her after a fair hearing and not
later than May /. 1921. by an inter
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
this commission. agrees to supply IT
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
which can be Identified.
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 2O.000.00o 900 marks in either
gold. goods. ships. or other specific
standing that certain expenses. such as
those of the armies of occupation and
may be deducted at the discretion of
While the grand total of damages
her ability to pay. she undertakes to
make compensation for all damages
ca.exories: ta) Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts OF
war. directly or indirectly: tb) damage
caused to civilians by acts of cruelty
ordered by the enemy and to civilians
In the occupied territory; (c) damages
(d) damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and. separation al
lowa s capitalized at t, the signature
erty other than naval or military ma
terials: 10 damages to civilians by be-
ing forced to labor; CD damages In the
form of ieviss or fines Imposed by the
enemy.
capacity to pay the reputation com
mission shall examine the German sys-
tenn of taxation. first to the end that
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
OF the powers represented on the COM
mission.
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time. by way of
guaranty. issues OF bonds or other obliga-
tons to cover such claims as are no,
and on account of the total amount OF
claims. bond issues are presently to be
OF its debt follows:
Twenty billion marks, gold, payable
not later than May !. 1921. without in
terest; forty billion marks. gold. bearing
2h per cent interest between 1921 and
1895 and thereafter per cent. with l
per cent sinking fund payment begin
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing interest at per cent, under terms to
0s sh fsa n the German
recognizes the right of the allies to the
class. OF ali 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-haff OF her ships between
| 1900 and loo tons gross and one-Quarter
| of her steam trawiers and other fishing
boats. These ships are to be delivered
| committee. together with documents OF
| title evidencing the transfer of the ships
| free from remembrance
| AS additional part of reparation.
| the German government further agrees
/ to build merchant ships for the account
| of the allies to the amount of not
| ceeding 100000 tons gross annually dur
| ing the next five years. All ships used
| for inland navigation taken by Germany
| from the allies to be restored within
| two months the amount of loss not COW