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with RECONSIDERATION traffic. She may moi
establish bast. any tag discrimination agains'
must grant the latter's seaports all fac.
tors. and reduced tefiffs granted her
own or other nationals, and afford the
allied and associated towers equal rights
with those of her own nationals i'll her
ports and waterways, save that she y
free to open or close her, maritime coast.
FREE ZONES IN PORTS Free zones
existing In German ports Oh August !,
1914, must be maintained with due faciii-
ties as TO warehouse and packing, without
DISCRIMINATION. and without charges ex-
'cept for expenses OF administration AMI
use. Goods leaving the free zones for
consumption in Germany ans good .
brought into the flee zones from Ger
many shall be subject to the ordinary tn-
port ana export taxes. ~
INTERNATIONAL RIVERS-The Elbe
from the junction of the Vitava~ the Va
tava from Prague, the Oder from Oppa'
the Niemen from GrOdnO and the Danube
from Utm are declared international. to-
gether with their connections. The RI
!parian states must ensure good conditions
of navigation within their territories us-
less a special organization exists therefor.
,Otherwise appeal may be had to special
Tribunal of the league of nations, which
also may arrange for general interna :
tional waterways convention.
The Ebe and Oder are to be- placed
under International commissions to meet
within three monthS.
THE DANUBE-The- Europeasl Danube
commission reassumed its preEar pow
ers. but for the time being with repre-
,eentatives Of only Great Britx In. France.
Italy and Roumania. The upper Danube
tis to be administered by a new interna-
ttonal commission until definite statue
be drawn up at a conference of the po"
,ers nominated by the allied and asso-
iciated governments withir one year a1ter
THE rhine AND THE MOsELLE.-
IThe Rhine ia nlacad under central
commission to meet at Strassbourg WITHIN
six months after the peace and t0 be COM
which shall in addition select the presi..
Great Britain Italy, Belgium, Switxer-
rland, and the Netherlands.
Section Twelve.
AILWAYS--Germany in addition
to most favored nation treatment on
her railways, agrees to cooperate in
!the establishment Of through ticket
services for passengers and baggage;
ito insure communication by rail be
tween the allied, associated and other
States; to allow construction or i'm
,provement within twenty-five years of
tsuch lines as necessary and to con-
form her rolling stock to enable it's In
corporation in trains of the allied or
,associate\ powers. She also agrees TO
iaccept the denunciation Of the Gothard
convention if Switzerland and Italy
request and temporarily to execute
instructions as to the transport OF
Troops and supplies and the establish
tment Of postal and telegraphic service,
a. provided.
-SLOVAKIA - To assure
Czecho- Slovakia access to the sea- spe-
cial rights are "iven her both north
and south. Toward the Adriatic she
is permitted to run her own through
trains to Fiume and Trieste. To the
north Germany is to lease her for 30
years spaces in Hamburg and Stettin.
the details to be worked out by com
mission OF three representing Czecho-
Slovakia. Germany and Great Britain
THE KEEL CANAL-The Kiel canal
Is to remain free and open to war ana
merchant ships of all nations, at peace
with Germany subject. goods and ships
of all states are to be treated on terms
of absolute equality. and no taxes to
be imposed beyond those necessary for
upkeep and. Improvement for which
Germany is 10 be responsible. In case
of violation of or disagreement as to
those provisions. any state may appeal
to the league % nations. and may de-
mand the app0i ntment Of an ipterna-
tiOnal comm SIS on. For preliminary
hea ring OF CON plants Germany shall
establish a local authority at Kiel.
Section Thirteen.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR QRGANI-
,ZATION-M Members of the league Of ma
tons agree to establish permanent or
ganiZa ton to promote international ad-
justment Of labor conditions, to consist
Of an annual internat onal labor confer
enee and an interna tional labor office.
The former is composed OF four rep
sesentatiVes of each state. two from the
government and one each from the en-
ployers and the employed; each of them
may vote individually. 1t will be de-
Lucrative legisatiV body, its measures
taking the form OF draft conventlonS or
recommendations for legislation, which
II pa ssed by two-thrds vote must be sub
mitted TO the lawmaking authority in
every state participating. Each govern
ment may enact the terms into law; ap-
prove the principle, bus modify them to
local needs; leave the actual legislation
in case OF federal state to local legis-
latures, or reject the convention altogeth-
err without further obligation.
The international labor office is es-
tablished at the seat of the league Of
nations and part of its organization 1t
is to collect and distribute Information On
labor throughout the world and prepare
agenda for the conference.
1t Will publish periodical In French
and English and possibly other Ian
guages. Each state a&rees to make to 1t
for presentation to tho conference an an
nual report of measures taken to execute
accepted conventions
The first meeting of the conference
will take place in october, 1919 at
WASHINGTON 10 discuss the eight-hour
dav or 4S-hour week; prevention of
unemployment; extension and Rp-
plcation Of the International conven-
tons adopted at Berne in 1906 Srohib-
ting night work for women and the
use of white phosphorus In the man
uf&cture of matches; and the employ
ment of women and children at night
or in unhealthy work. of women before
and after childbirth including mater
nifty benefit and Of children as regards
minimum age.
Section Fourteen.
GUARANTEES. a guarantee for the
execution Of the treaty German territory
o The west of the Raipe, together with
The bridge leads. viii be occupied by allied
and associated troops for 10 years period
# the conditions are faithfully carried out
rs Germany. certain districts, including
he BRIT @ehead OF Cologne, will be evAe-
liked at the expiration of five years; GER
tain other districts, including the bridge
lead of Coblenz, and the territory nearest
the Belgian frontier. will be evacuated
after ten years and the remainder, in
eli, ding the bridgehead of Mainz, will be
v.cuated after Is years. In case the
!nterallied reparation commission finds
Nat Germany has failed to observe the
Whole or part of her obliga tions, either
during the occupation or after the 16
years have expired, the whole or part
Of the areas specified will be reoccupied
immediately If before the expiration of
he is years Germany complies with all
III" treaty undertakings, the occupying
f1rces will be withdrawn Immediately.
rCops at present in territories to the east
5 The allied and associated governments
EN- wise. They are to abstain from
III req,ssitpns and are in no way to in
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