The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-05-09

4 Pas de Calais mines and annual pro-
| duction during above ten-year period
| Germany further gives options over
ten years for delivery of 10000 600 tons
| coal per year to France in addition to
| the above of 100000 tons to Belgium
| and of an amount rising from 100000
| tons in 1919 to 1920, to S,500,O00 tons
| in 1928 to 1924 to Italy at prices to
be fixed as prescribed in the treaty.
Dyestuffs and chemical drugS-Ger-
| many accords option to the commits
sion on dyestuffs and chemical drugs,
including quinine,. up to SO per cent
| of total stock in Germany at the. time
| the treaty comes into force and similar
option during each six months TO end
OF 1924 up to 20 per cent of previous
| six months output.
Cables-Germany renounces all title
| to specified cables, value of such as
We're privately owned being credited
| 10 her against reparation Indebtedness.
| Finance-Powers to which German
| territory is ceded will assume a GER
| tain portion of the German pre-war
| debt. the amount to be fixed by the
| PREPARATIONS commission on the basis of
| the ratio between revenues of the
| coded territory and Germanys total
| revenues for the three years proceed
ing the war. In view, however, of the
special circumstances under which AL
| SAGE Lorraine was separated from
| France in 1871. when Germany refused
to accept any part OF the French pub
| lie debt, France will not assume any
part of Germanys pre-war debt there.
| nor VIII Poland share in certain Ger
man debts incurred for the oppression
| of Poland.
Germany is required to pay the total
cost of the armies of occupation from
! the date of the armistice as long as
| they are maintained in German terri
| tory, this cost to be first charge on
her resources. The cost of PREPARATION
| is the next charge, after making such
| provisions for payments for imports as
the allies may deem necessary.
commission Germany viii vii eS S
any right, rights or interests of her
nationals in public utilities in coded
territories those administered by
manufactures, and in Turkey. China,
Russia. Austria Hungary and Bulgaria,
and transfer them to the PREPARATIONS
commission, which will credit her with
their value.
Germany guarantees to repay to
Brazil the fund arising from the sale
to allow Brazil to withdraw from Ger
many.
Economic elauses-Customs: For
| ptriod of six months Germany shall
impose no tariI duties higher than
the lowest in force in 1914, and for
certain agricultural products, wines,
/ vegetable oils, artificial silk and
washed secured wool this restric-
ton obtains for two and a half years,
or for five years unless further ex-
| tended by the League of Nations.
! Shipping-Ships of the allied and as
ISOLATED powers shall for five years
and thereafter under condition of re-
ctprocity unless the League of Nations
otherwise decides, enjoy the same
| rights in German ports as German
vessels and have most favored nation
treatment in fishing, coasting trade
and towage even in territorial waters.
ships of n country having no seacoast
may be registered at some one place
d within its territory.
Unfair competition--German under
takes to give the trade of the allied
and associated powers adequate safe
, guards against unfair competition and
, in particular to suppress the use of
! false wrapping and markings and on
| condition of reciprocity to respect the
laws and judicial decisions of allied
and associate states. in respect of re-
Eional appellations of wines and
spirits.
Treatment of nationals - Germany
shall impose no exceptional taxes or
restrictions upon the nationals of the
allied and associated states for pc
Rod of five years. and, unless the
tional five years. German nationality
shall not continue to attach to per
son who has become national of an
allied or associated state
! Multilateral conventions-Some forty
! multilateral conventions are renewed
between Germany and the allied and
associated powers but special condi-
tons are attached to Germany's read
mission to several. AS to postal and
telegraph conventions Germany must
not refuse to make reciprocal agree
ments with the new states.
China-As to the Chinese customs
tariff ARRANGEMENT, the arrangement
of 9o5 regarding Whangpoo and the
Boxer indemnity of 1901; France. Por-
tugal and k4mania, as to The Hague
4 convention of 1903 relating to civil
procedure, and Great Britain and the
United States as to Article III of the
samoan treaty of 1899 are relieved of
an obligation toward Germany.
Bilateral treaties-Each allied and
associated state may renew any treaty
with Germany in so far as consistent
within six months. Treaties entered
into by Germany since Aug. /, 1914,
with other enemy states and before or
since that date with Rumania, Russia
and governments representing parts of
Russia are abrogated and any conces-
sion granted under pressure by Russia
Pre-war debts-A system of clear
| ing houses is to be created within
three months. one in Germany and one
in each allied and associated state
which adopts the plan for the payment
OF pre-war debts including those arts
ing from contracts suspended by the
war for the adjustment of the pro-
ceeds of the liquidation of enemy prop
erty and the settlement of other obli-
cations.
Enemy property-Germany shall re-
store or pay for all private enemy
property seized, or damaged by her
the amount of damages to be fixed by
the mixed arbitral tribunal. The all
lied and associated states NAV liquidate
German private property within their
territories as compensation for prop
erty of their nationals not restored or
paid for by Germany, for debts owed
to their nationals by German nationals
and for other claims against Germany
! Germany is to compensate its nationals
for such losses and to deliver within
six months all documents relating to
property held by its nationals in al
lied and associated states
I Contracts - Pre-war contracts be-
tween allied and associated nationals
| excepting the United States, Japan and
Brazil and German nationals are can
celed except for debts for accounts al
ready performed, agreements for the
transfer of property where the prop
erty has already passed, leases of land
and houses, contracts of mortgages
pledge or lien, mining concessions,
contracts with governments and insur-
ance contracts.
Industrial Properties Right-Rights
as to industrial literary and artistic
property are re-established, the spe-
cfal war measures of the allied and as
| aociated pnWers are ratifiad Ia a.