The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-08

ep,,iv.ere- vessels All war vessels under
I construction, including submarines, must
! provided for are TO be placed IN reserve
/ or used for commercially purposes tie
placement OF shlps e1eepI tl4ss t.f, rs,r.
/ take place only at the END OF tVeNe years
| for battleships aud fifteen Years Tor De
/ strcyers. The largest arm0reu snip '.r SIeE
! many will be permitted Will pc ten lhnu-
sand tons Germany is required to sweep
! up the mines in the North Sea anu the
/ BaItfc Sea as decided upon by the aIlies-
All German fortiffcatiens in the Baltic de-
/ Tending the passage thru the belts must
! he demolished. Other coast defenses are
! nerIuftted but the number and eallber OF
I the guns must not be increased
During a period OF three months after
/ the Dsace German high power wireless
( stations 1t Nauen. Hanover and Berlin,
I viii not be permitted to send any mes
! ,arps eNcept for commercial purposes anu
uuder supervision of the allied ana asso-
| ciated government nor may any more De
e'll515 ill9;FRWSNY WILL BE ALLOWED
/ Germany viii be allowed. 10 repair Ger
( man submarine cables which nave oeen
! noN,ers and also portions of cables which
after having been cut have been removed
| or gt anv rate not being utilized by any
/ one Of fhe allied and associated powers.
I In such cases the cables or portions OF
I cables removed or utilized remain the pFop,,
| srtv Of allied and associated powers ana
/ accordingly fourteen cables or parts OF
( cables are specified which will not be
restored to Germany
AboIishes Hun Aerial Forces
GAIR-IlG armed ibENGe u
rouSr not include any military or naval
air forces except for not over one hunaret st
unarmed seapianes 70 De Feladneo ~ IneIi
0ctober I. to search for submarine mines
No dirigfble shall be kept. The entire ar
nsrsonneI is to be denobilfzed within two
months except for one thousand oh1cers
and men retained till October No avta-
tiou grounds or dirigibie shedS arr 70 pc
allowed within one hundred anu III Illly hAlo
meters of the Rhine the eastern or
southern frontiers, existing tnstai aiiatlons
within these limits to be Nestroyed- me
monufacture of aircraft and parts or AR
H-a1t iS Forbidden for six months. All
military and naval aeronautieal material
under a most exhaustive aeIinlLon must ne
surrendered within three months except
for the hundred senpIanes already specI-
fled
Return Prisoners without Delay
PRISONERS OF WAR-The repatria-
ton Of German prisoners and 1nterned
civilians is to be carried out without de-
Law and at Germanys expense Dy com
mission composed of representan7es OF tne
for sffenses against discipline are to be
reua trfated without regard TO the compile
tieu of their sentence nm germany ny mas 1as
surrendered persons guilty OF offenses
against the laws and customs OF war, the
/ allies have the right to retain selected
German officers The allies may zeal at
their own discretion with German Nationals
who do not desire to be repatriated. all re-
natriation being conditional on the I'M
mediate release Of any allied subjects still
I in Germany Germany is to accord facili-
| ties to commissions of inquiry in collecting
Information IN reEAEu 10 HlisSlHE pEAsOASES
Of war and OF imposing penalties on Ger
man officials who have concealed allied
nationals. Germany is 70 restore all
property belonging to allied prisoners.
There is to be a reciprocal exchange of
Information as to dead prisoners and their
graves. III, -.. -,
maintain the graves Of soldiers and sailors
buried on their territories, agree to recog-
nize and assist any commission charged
by any allied ar associate government with
identifying. registering, maintaining or
erecting suitable monuments over the graves
and to afford to each other all faeilIties
for the repatriation of the remains of their
soldiers
SECTION 7-REPARATTON - eThe
allied and associated governments affirm
and Germany accepts the responsibility of
herself and her allies for causing all the
loss and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their nationals
the war imposed upon them by the ag
gression of Germany and her allies
Germany further binds herself to re-
| pay all sums borrowed by Belgium from
/ her allies as a result Of tiermanys viola
| non Of the treaty OF 1890. up to Novem-
! Der IL, 1918, and for this purpose will
! issue at once and hand over to the repara-
| tiou commission five per cent gold bonds
! falling due in 1926.
| 'sWhiIe the allied and associated gov
| eruments recognize that the resources of
| Germany are not adequate, after taking
| into account permanent diminution of
such resources which will result from other
/ treaty claims to make complete repara-
/ tton for all such loss and damage. they
/ require her to make compensation for all
| damages caused to civilians under seven
main categOries;
Damages Listed.
"(aJ Damages by personal injury to
| civilians caused by acts of war directly
or indirectly including bombardment from
| the air.
! cluding exposure at sea. resulting from
| acts of cruelty ordered by the enemy and
to civilians in the occupied territory.
.tcl Damages caused by maltreatment
''(d) Damages to the allied peoples rep
! resented by pensions and separation allow
anees capitalized at the signature of this
! treaty.
"(e) Damages to property other than
naval or military materials.
! "(gl Damages in the form of levies or
! fines imposed by the enemy
~ Damage to civilians by being forced
I Repay BeIgium's Debts. Too.
Germany further binds herself to repav
all sums borrowed by Belgium from her
allies as result Of Germany's violation
! IBIS, and for this purpose will issue at
once and hand over to the reparation COM
| mission . per cent gold bonds falling due
IN l926. The total obligations of Germany
| today as defined in the category of dam
! ages Is to be determined and notice sent
/ TO her after fair hearing and not later
than May / 1871, by an inter allied repara-
ton commission
At the same time, a schedule of pay
AlltutS 10 IAStuslFEH the Obligation within
thirty years shall be presented These
payments are subject to postpOnement in
certain contingencies Germany irreyoca-
bly, recognizes the full authority of this
/ commission. agrees to supply it with all
the necessary information and to pass leg
Islation to effectuate its findings She
I further agrees to restore to the allies
cash and Certaln articles which can be
identified As an immediate step towards
restoration, Germany shall paw within
two years E1OO0. 100000 seerIfn- in either
g9Id, goods ships or other specific forms
or payment This sum being included in
and not additional to first fl 0O0. 0aQ. Geo.
bond issue referred TO below with the
understanding that certain expenses. such
as those OF the armies OF occupation and
| payments for food and raw materials may
be deducted at the direction of the allies
In periodically estimating Germany's $
capacity to pay, the reparation coRmis-
sion viii examine the German system of
taxation to the end that the sums for
fepara1on, which Germany, is required to
pay shall become a charge uDou all her