Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-11
MUST REDUCE ARMY
TO 100000 MEN
Permitted 10 Retain Only ou@ieisnt
Munitions 70 Equip Feros Which
Will BE Smaller Than That Of
Switxs-iand-Army Must es Ra'ssd
by Voluntary Enlistmsnts and Con-
serlptlsn 70 pisappsar From Europe.

the result Of the adoption by ths su-
preme council tonight Of the military
terms Of German disa1znaunsnt - they
will 90 into tho peace treaty. /.
These terms provide for q swsepinG
reduction Of the German military es-
tablishment down to 10000 men. with
1000 officers. the army to be recruited
by the voluntary system for . period
of twelve years.
The effect Of this is to limit Ger
manys military strength to less than
the number Of men Switzerland has In
her army.
Other provisions in tho military
terms limit the arms and munitions
Germany may possess to quantity
sufficient for 100. 900 men. and all the
remainder must b delivered over or
destroyed.
The German force along the Rhine
also must pc Destroyed. The Iuiper.s!
German stan is abolished az result
Of reducing the force.
Foch's Figures Cut.
Discussion Of the subject was re-
sumed by the supreme council today,
the basis for the debate bsing Marshal
Foch's REPORT on Premier Lloyd
Georges proposal to reduce Germans
armed force from 100000. as had been
suggested. to 10000 men. and to sub
stitute voluntary for compulsory ser
vice.
Marshal Foch favored the change as
the conscription plan providing for
100000 men serving ope year terms
would have given Germany a trained
army Of 2,ooo. .000, 900 In ten years.
AZ against this Mr.. Lloyd-George
proposed to nx the enlistment term at
twelve years. Marshal Foch embodied
this in his report which proposed an
army Of 10000 men, but the council
finally adopted an amendment further
reducing this figure to 100000.
Spells End Of conseription.
One Of Premier Lloyd Georges main
purposes In substituting voluntary
service for the conscription system
was to pave the way for the disappear
ance Of the conscription system thru
out Europe. as It was believed tho effect
of the abolition OF the system in Ger
many would be that the other European
countries generally would follow IT..
thus ending the menace Of large stand
ing armies and their provocation to
warfare.
The council has already adopted the
naval terms Of the treaty, except for
few reserved provisions. which will
be discussed tomorrow.
Draft Ready For Wilson.
The progress that has been made Of
the work OF framing the peace treaty
insures the completion Of the task by
March 20. The first rough draft will
be in readiness when President Wilson
arrives in France Thursday, and the
revision will be concluded before the
Goth. 1t is the present purpose of the
peace conference to call the Germans
to Versailles soon after March 20, prob
ably from March % to March %. The
document will then be delivered to the
German delegates, and in case they
are not prepared to sign 1t at once they
will he given the opportunity to return
to Germany to consider 1t and return
for the formal signing at Versailles.
The plan obviates the necessity Of
holding sessions for debate at Yer
sailfes and restricts the functions to be
conducted with ti,s Germans to the
delivery OF tho document and the re-
turn for Its SIGNATURES, or such other
action N they disire to take.
Bsmstorff Not Delegate.
II is known definitely that Count
Won Befnstorff, former German am
bassador to the United States, will not
be one OF the German deiesates at
Versailles. n ~
The presence Of Premier Lloyd
George in Paris permitting daily
conferences Of the premiers of the
powers as sort Of steering committee
10 direct the course of the main work
of the conference. The session this
morning was attended by Premiers
Ciemenceau and Lloyd George and
Col. e. NJ. House, representing Presi-
dent Wilson.
Premier Arlando, Of Italy. will join
the other premiers tomorrow and
when President Wilson arrives it Is
expected these conferences OF the
government heads gradually will take
the place OF the council OF the great
powers. which experiences has shown
to give too much time to speeches.
The conferences Of the premiers on
the other hand are proving an effective
organization for the rapid discharge Of
business. The rapidity insures the
drafting of the peace within the limit
fixed, u week from next Thursday. -
Pope Urges Speedy Peace.
Il has become known that Pope Ben