Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-05-08
PENALTIES LAID UPON GERMANY
BY PEACE TREATY; SUMMARY OF
10000 WORD VERSAILLES PACT

Versailles. May THE historic
meeting. today, at which the Germans
received the peace treaty from the alice
and associated powers was concluded a
Sol o'clock this afternoon. The sum
mary of the document is as follows:
The preamble names as parties of the
one part the United States. the British
Empire. France, Italy and Japan. des-
cribed as the five allied and associated
powers, and Belgium. Bolivia, Brazil
China, Cuba, Ecuador. Greece, Guate-
mala Haiti, the Hedjaz, Honduras, Ii
IBERIA. Nicaragua. Panama, Peru, Portu-
gal, Rumania. Serbia. Siam, Czecho-
Slovakia. Poland and Uruguay, who with
the five aDoye are described as the allied
and associated powers, and on the other
part, Germany.
It states that: Bearing in mind that.
on the request of the then imperial Ger
man government, an armistce was grant
ed on November IL, 1918, BY the five
allied and associated powers in order
that a treaty Of peace might be conclud
ed with her, and, whereas. the allied and
associated powers being equally desirous
that the war in which they were success
fully involved, directly or indirectly, and
which originated in the declaration of
war by Austria Hungary on July 2S.
1914 against Serbia. the declaration of
war by Germany against Russia on Au-
gust ], 1914. and against France on Au-
gust ;, 1914, and in the invasion Of Bel
GUM. should be replaced BY d firm, Just
and durable peace, the plenipotpntiaries
(having communicated their full powers
found ID good and due form> have agreed
as follows.
From tho coming into force Of the
present treaty the state of war will ter
inmate. From the moment and subject
to the provisions of this treaty official
relations with Germany. and with each
Of the German states, will be resumed by
the allied and associated powers.
Power of the League.
Section League Of nations. The
covenant Of the league of nations CON
stitntes section one of the peace treaty.
which places upon the league many spe-
cific duties in addition TO its general
duties It may question Germany Mt any
time for violation of the neutraIized
zone east of-the Rhine as n threat
against the worlds peace 1t will appoint
three of the five members of the Saar
commission, oversee its regime, and car
ry ont the plebiscite. It will appoint
the high commissioner of Danzig, guar
dHltR tie independence OF the Tree city
and arrange for treaties between Danzig
and Germany and Poland 1t will work
ont the mandatory system to be applied
to the former German colonies. and act
as final court in part Of the plehiscites
Of the BelgianGerman frontier. and in
disputes as 10 the Kiel canal, and de-
eide certain Of the economic and finan-
cial problems An international confer
ence on labor is to be held in October
under its direction, and another on the
international control Of ports, water
ways and railways is foreshadowed
Membership.
Membership-The members Of the
league will be the signatories Of the
covenant and other states invited to ac-
cede, who must lodge a declaration of
accession without reservation within two
months. A new state, dominion or col
ony may be admitted provided its ad-
mission is agreed to by two thirds of
the assembly. a state may withdraw