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but by an arbitrator appointed by the |
United States. The tugs and vessels so |
taken must have with them their fittings
and gear, shall be in a good state of re-
pair to carry on traffic and shall be Sc
lected from among those most recently |
built.
Similarly and under like conditions |
| tugs and vessels to an unnamed amount |
must be transferred to the allied and as
ISOLATED Powers from those used on the /
| river systems of the Elbe, the Oder, the |
| Niemen and the Danube; and In addition |
Germany must cede material of all kinds |
necessary for the utilization Of these |
! river systems by the allied and associated |
Powers concerned.
| France also gets all installations |
berthing and anchorage accommoda TONS !
platforms docks, warehouses, plants, I
&c. which German subjects or German |
companies owned on August /, 1914, In |
Rotterdam. and the shares or interests |
possessed by such nationals or companies |
therein. |
! Thus seemingly under a theory of re- |
placement the treaty likewise strips Ger |
many of much of her inland shipping.
What Restoration Means.
THE effect OF all this upon Germany's !
future and upon her ability to meet the |
other requirements of this treaty are |
/ Va NNcp anu HldluEe TcHtC-
| tion.
But drastic and possibly ruinous as
all this is It yet is but the beginning.
| me next inroad on the doctrine of
restitution Is made under the name of
physical restoration. Germany under
taxes TO devote her economic resources
/ directly to the physical restoration of
the invaded areas of the allied and as
ISOLATED Powers to the extent that these
Powers may determine. Under this pro-
vision the allied and associated Govern
ments may list the animals, machinery.
equipment, tools and like articles of a
commercial character which have been
seized, consumed or destroyed by Ger
many or destroyed in direct consequence
iof military operations-this would in
clude military operations by the allied
and associated Powers themselves -
which such Powers urgently and imme-
diately need and which they desire to
have replaced by animals and articles of
the same nature in being IN Germany
at the coming into force of this treaty.
AS an immediate advance of animals
on this account, Germany must within
three months deliver to France $4,000
horses, $4,000 cattle, 100000 sheep and
10000 goats. and to Belgium 10000
horses, $4,000 cattle, 10000 sheep and
$4,000 sows. AS to such animals.
machinery. equipment tools and like
articles of a commercial character, the
PREPARATION Commission in deciding the
amount which shall ultimately be given
by Germany must take into considera-
ton Germany's needs. having in mind
the maintenance Of Germany's social
and economic life and the general in
terest of the allied and associated
Powers that the Industrial life of Ger
many shall not be so impaired as ad-
versely to affect Gerr1any's ability 10
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called for. 1t Is. However, provided that
Of machinery, TOOLS equipment and like
commercial articles a maximum Of 80
per cent may be taken OF the quantity
actually in use IN any one establish
ment
"Similsr lists, subject to the same
regulations, may be made by the allied
ana associated Powers of reconstruction
materials (stones. bricks, refractory
bricks, tiles, wood. window glass, steel.
lime. cement &c), machinery. heating
apparatus and like commercial articles
which the Powers may desire to have
produced in Germany
I'm addition to the foregoing and of
Ike character is the obligation of Ger
MANY 7" f"-n'sN cc"l - France =.
81 Frances option, UP to a maximum Of
i 10000. 900 tons. for each of the first Ave
years and 5000, 900 tons for any one OF
the succeeding five years: to Belgium.
at her option, 100000 tons per wear
for ten years; to Italy. at her option.
amounts beginning at $500, 900 tons for
the first year and increasing to $500, 900
tons FOR the last six years. and to
Luxembourg her annual pre-war sup
ply II the Reparaion Commission SO
directs; possible total of $4,000 900
to S5'ooO,Oo0 of tons for the first hve
years and of % 900 900 tons for the next
five years At the option of the
vendees. metallurgical coke instead of
coal must be delivered at fixed ratios
In this category also is to be placed
the German obligation to deliver to
, France for the next three successive
, years some $4,000 tons of coal distilla-
ton products and to the PREPARATION
Commission 80 per cent of the total
dyestuffs and chemical drugs in Ger
many or under German control at the
date OF the coming into force of the
: present treaty
I'm considering the question OF sup
plying coal we must not lose sight of
the cession OF the Saar Basin coal mines
to France.
But we come now to an item which
, "a not to be accounted for as restitution.
as replacement, or physical restoration.
refer to the cession by Germany on
her own behalf and behalf of her ma
, tionals of her submarine cables. BY this
ACT lne treaty taxes from GERMANY all
: direct telegraph relations with overseas
l countries
AS a final entry under this general
head i wish to observe that speaking
generally Germany also cedes to the
, States which secure portions OF her ter
! ritory all railways situated therein and
find In the treaty no positive provision
for the payment therefor by any one
AfuRt nutI. n.sr--z
This cession carries with II the works
3 and installations; the rolling stock. COM
= plete where a ceded road has its own
Q stock. in a normal state of upkeep, and
n where coded road has no rolling stock
D of its own, then rolling stock from Ger
y man lines with which the ceded portion
: forms system and stocks of stores.
Q fittings and plants And while on this
s point I may add that Germany must
o build for Czecho-Sovakia a designated
h railroad II that State so elects, at the
Q latter's cost, and must build for Belgium
r the German portion OF a deep draught
Q Rhine Mouse navigable waterway at her
own cost (seemingly) II Belgium decides
: the canal should be built.
= Now as to the bill against Germany.
i Germany is made to admit as a basis
9 OF her liability the responsibility for
y herself and for all her allies for caus-
i ing all the loss and damage to which
p the allied and associated Governments
o and their nationals have been subjected
e as n consequence of the war.