The Tomahawk., 1919-05-15

period of 25 years service for officers
man mercantile marine will be permitted
any naval training.
> An German vessels of war in foreign
termed at Scapa Flow will be surren-
dered. the final disposition Of these ships
to be decided upon by the allied and as
sociated powers.
AIR.-The armed forces of Germany
must not include any military or naval
air forces except for not over one hum
dred unnrmed seaplanes to be retained
till October 1 to search for submarine
mines I.:s:o No dirisible shall be kept:
:tion of German prisoners and interned
civilians is to be carried out without de-
lay and at Germany's expense by 4 COM
the allies of hoae
sentence for offenses against discipline
are to be. repatriated without regard to
Germany has surrendered persons guilty
of offenses against the laws and customs
Of war; the allies have the right to re-
tain selected German officers.
GRAVES.-Both parties will respect and
maintain the graves of soldiers and sail
'ors buried on their territories. agree to
charged by any allied or associate gov
,ernment with identifying. registering,
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
each other all facilities for the repxtria-
ton Of the remains Of their soldiers.
ONsIDILITlEs.-The allied and
William III. Of Hohcnzollern, formerly
German emperor, not for I'm cffense
against criminal law. but for .u:
morality and the sanctity. Of treaties.
/ The eX-emperor's surrender is to be
requested of Holland. and a special tr-
bunal set up composed Of one judge from
zach Of the five great powers. with full
guarantees of the right of defense: 1t is
International policy with a view of vim
dicating the solemn obligations of in
ternational undertakings and the valid
ity Of international morality" and will
fix the punishment it feels should be
imposed.
Persons accused Of having committed
Of war are. to be tried and punished by
military tribunals under military law. If
the charges affect nationals of only one
of that state: If they affect nationals Of
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
documents and information necessary to
insure full knowledge Of the incriminat-
ing acts, the discovery of the offenders
and the just appreciation of the respon-
sibility.
+ Section Seven-Reparation.
The allied and associated 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
as"ocinted governments and their ma
tionnls have been subjected n. !" com
them by the aggression Of the enemy
stateS.
The total obligation OF Germany to
ages, is to be determined and notified
to her after a fair hearing and not
later, than May 1. 1921, by an inter
same time a schedule of payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented. These pay
certain contingencies. Germany irrev-
ocably recognizes the full authority Of
this commission. agrees to supply 1t
with all the necessary information and
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and certain articles
which can be identified.
AS an immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 2O,OOO.O00,OO0 marks in either
gold goods ships or ,tS other tns specific
standing that certain expenses, such as
those Of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw materials.
may be deducted at the discretion Of
the allies.
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
make compensation for all damages
caused TO civilians under seven main
ca:egories: .(a2 DAMAGES by personal
war. directly or Indirectly; 90 damage
caused to civilians by acts Of cruelty
ordered by the enemy and to civilians
in the occupied territory: Co damages
caused by maltreatment OF prisoners;
(b damages to the allied peoples pre-
sented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
erty other than naval or military ma
terials: 60 damages to civilians by be-
ing forced to labor: co damages In the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the reparation COM
mission shall examine the German sys-
tenn of taxation. first to the end that
the sums for reparation which Ger
many is required to pay shall become
to that for the service or discharge Of
any domestic loan, and. secondly, so as
to satisfy itself that in general the
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 not
otherwise satisfied In this connection On
claims. bond issues are presently to be
required Of Germany in acknowledgment
of its debt as follows: $500.
twenty DlllOH HldIHS, Soiu, phJho
not later than May !. 1921. without in
terest; forty billion marks, gold. bearing
On Der cent interest between 1921 and
1926 and thereafter S per cent. with l
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1926; and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing interest at S 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 1900 tons gross
and upward; one-half Of her ships between
1900 and 900 tons gross and one-quarter
of her steam trawlers and other fishing
boats. These ships are to be delivered
within two months to the reparation
committee together with documents OF
title evidencing the transfer of the ships
free from encumbrance
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
for inland navigation taken by Germany
from the allies are to be restored within
two months, the amount OF loss not COW
cred by such restitution to be made up
by the cession of the German river fleet
up to 20 per cent thereof.