Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-05-14

les under their control. they Will
entrust the league with the general
supervision over the execution OF
agreements for the suppression of
traffic in women and children, etc..
and the control OF the trade in arms
and ammunition with countries in
which control is necessary; they will
make provision for freedom Of COM
munications and transit, and equita-
bic treatment for commerce Of all
members Of the league, with special
reference to the necessities Of re-
gionS devastated during the war; and
they will cndeavor to take steps for
interna tional prevention and contro>
Of disease. International bureaus
and commissions already established
will be placed under the league, as
well as those to be established in the
future.
amendments to the covenant will
take effect when ratified by the coun-
Gil and Il majority of the assembly.
Boundaries of Germany.
Section 2. Germany cedes to
! France Alsace-Lorraine,5, 600 square
miles, it being southwest, and to
Belgium two small districts between
Luxembourg and Holland, totaling
! $50 square miles. She also cedes to
Poland the southeastern tip of ST.
lesia beyond and including Oppeln,
most of Posen and West Prussia,
| t27,6S6 square mileS,) Fest Prussia
being isolated from the main body
! by part of Poland. She loses SOW
ereignty over the northeasternmost
! tip Of East Prussia, 40 square miles,
north Of the river Memel and the in
ternationalized areas about Danzig,
729 square miles, an the basin Of
the Saar. 73S square miles, between
the western border of the Rhenish
Palestine of Bavaria and the south
! east corner Of Luxembourg. The Dan
zig area consists Of the V between
the Nogat and Vistula rivers, made
by Y. but the addition Of a similar
! Y OH the west. including the city Of
| DanZig. The southeastern third of
East Prussia and the area between
East Prussia and the Vistula, north
CT latitude 80 degrees minutes, is
| TO have its nationality determined by
popular vote. i,7S5 square miles. as
is to be the case in part Of Schleswig
-2,7S7 square miles.
Rcparation to Belgium.
Section , Germany is to consent
to the abrogation Of the treaties Of
lS39, by which Belgium was estab-
lished as a neutral State, and to agree
| in advance to any convention with
which the Allied and associated pow
ers may determine to replace them.
ohe is to recognize the full sover-
eighty Of Belgium over the contested
territory of Moresnet and over part
| Of PruSSian MOresnet, and to re-
nounce, in favor Of Belgium. all the
rights over the circles of Eupen and
Malmedy, the inhabitants of which
are to be entitled, within six mon tbs,
to protest against this change Of SOW
ereigney, either in whole or in part,
the final decision to be reserved to
the League Of Nations. A commits
sion is to settle the details of the
frontier, and various regulations for
change Of nationality are laid down.
Relations with Luxembourg.
''Germany renounces her various
treaties and conventions with the
Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg, recOg-
niZcS that it ceased TO be part OF
German IOllvcrcign from January
lSt. last: renounccs all right Of cX-
| plOitatiOn Of the railroads. adhercS
/ to the abrogatiOn of its neutrality,
and accepts, in advance. any inter
| national agreement as to it. reached
! by the Allied and associated powers.
AS provided i'm the military
! clauses, Germany will not maintain
! any fOrtilicatiOnS or armed forces
| less than fifty kilomctcrs to the east
OF the Rhine, hold any manoeuvres.
nor maintain any works to facilitate
! mobilization. In case Of violation,
she shall he regarded as committing
hostile act against the powers that
| sign the present treaty, and as in
| tending to disturb the peace Of the
| world
| by virtue Of the present treaty,
Germany shall be bound to respond
| to any request for an explanation
which the council OF the League Of
| Nations may think it necessary to
| address to her.
AlSncc-L Lorraine.
After recognition Of the moral
| obligations to repair the wrong done
in 1871 by Germany to France and
the people of Alsace- Lorraine, the
territories ceded to Germany by the
treaty Of Frankfort are restored to
France, with their frontiers as be-
fore 1871, to date from the signing
Of the armistice, and to be free of
all public debts.''
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