Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-17

| .,sIstsry or commercial, with person
mel Of $4,000 men, Including omce es-
| CONSUMPTION is abolished, only voiun.a,
service being permitted, with q minimum r.
| period of rs years service LOT oit Ger
| and 70 for men No member or the Ger
nan mercantile marine will be permitted
| any naval training. <,,
Al German vessels of war In foreign
ports and the Ger man hlg ,1 sf be ', surren
| dered the final disposition Of these shlps
| to be decided upon by the allied ana as
| ISOLATED powers
| musf not include any military or navai
| mir forces except for not over one nun,
! dred unarmed seaplanes to be retained
till October 10 search for supharihe
| mines. No dirigible shall be KEPT.
| PRISONERS or WAR-The repatria11
| ton of German prisoners and lnlerii .s
| civilians is to be carried out without ue
lay and at Germany's expense by com
mission composed of representatives o.
the allies and Germany. THOSE unq I'4
sentence for offenses against ulscIlsait,io
are to be repatriated without resaIq -
the completion of their sentence. UNI
Germany has surrendered persons gullts
of offenses against the laws and customs
of war, the allies have the right 10 re-
tain selected German officers.
GRAVES.-Both parties Will respect anu
maintain the graves of soldiers and sail
ors buried on their territories. agree 10
recognize and assist any comIn's snyI
eminent with Identifying, registering
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
ments over the graves. and 70 aHoru 10
each other all facilities for the repatria-
ton of the remains of their soldiers.
RESPONSIBILITIES allied and
associated powers publicly arraign
william III. Of HOhenxollern, formerly
German emperor, not for an Offense
against criminal law. but for a su,
preme Onense against international
morality and the sanctity Of treaties.
The ex-emperors surrender is 10 Le
requested CT Holland. and special tri-
bunal set up composed of one judge from
each of the five great powers with iuil
guarantees of the right of defense; IL is
International policy with a view Of VIM
dicating. the solemn obligations OF IN
ternational undertakings and the vahd,
ity Of international morality and VIII
fix the punishment it feels should be
imposed.
Persons accused of having committed
acts in violation of the laws and customs
of war are to be tried and punished by
military tribunals under military law. If
the charges affect nationals of only one
state they will be tried before a tribunal
of that state: II they affect nationals OF
several states they will be tried before
Joint tribunals of the states concerned.
Germany shall hand over to the asso-
cated governments either Jointly or. sew,
orally all persons so accused and all
documents and information necessary to
insure full knowledge of the incriminat-
ing acts. the discovery of the offenders
and the just appreciation of the respon-
siblity.
Section STANDARDIZATION.
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Germany accepts on
behalf of herself and her allies, the re-
spOnsibility for causing all the loss
and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
tionals have been subjected as n con-
nj fuaA fsssus AAA urrnns
them by the aggression of the enemy
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
pay. as defined in the category, of dam,
to her after a fair hearing and not
later than May 1. 1921. by an inter
allied reparation commission. At the
same time a schedule of payments to
years shall be presented. These pay
ments are subject to postponement in
certain contingencies. Germany irrev-
ocably recognizes the full authority of
this commission, agrees to supply IL
with all the necessary information and
to pass legislation to effectuate its
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and, certain articles
which can be identified.
As an immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 20,000,000,000 marks in either
gold, goods. ships. or other specific
standing that certain expenses. such as
those of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw materials.
may be deducted at the discretion OF
tho allies.
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay, she undertakes to
make compensation for all damages
ca.egories: (a) Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts of
war, directly or indirectly; (b) damage
caused to civilians by acts OF cruelty
In the occupied territory; (c) damages
caused by maltreatment Of prisoners;
I'D damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
of this treaty: (e) damages to prop
erty other than naval or military ma
terials; 90 damages to civilians by be-
ing forced to labor; (g) damages in the
form of levies or fines imposed by the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the repafation com
tenn of taxation, first to the end that
the sums for repatriation which Ger
many Is required to pay shall become
charge upon all her revenues. prior
to that for the service or discharge Of
any domestic loan, and. secondly so as
to satisfy itself that In general the
German scheme OF taxation Is fully as
heaVy propOrtlonately as that OF any
OF the powers represented on the COM
mission.
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time. by way OF
guaranty. issues OF bonds or other oblga-
tons to cover such claims as are not
otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and on account OF the total amount of
claims. bond issues are presently to be
required of Germany in acknowledgment
of Its debt as follows:
Twenty billion marks, gold. payable
not later than May l. 1921. without In
terest: forty billion marks, gold. bearing
2h per cent interest between 1921 and
1925 and thereafter per cent. with /
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming In 1926: and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing Interest at per cent, under terms To
be fixed by the commission.
SHIPPING.-The German government
replacement, ton for ton and class for
class, of all merchant ships and fishing
boats lost or damaged owing to the war,
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships of 800 tons gross
and upward: one-half OF her ships between
1900 and 1900 tons gross and one quarter
OF her steam trawlers and other fishing
boats. These ships are to be delivered
within two months to the reparation
committee. together with documents OF
title evidencing the transfer of the ships
Tree from encumbrance.
AS an additional part OF reparation
| the German government further agrees
| to build merchant ships for the accouu,