Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-07
(By Associated Press)


assemblage, attended by delegates
from the twenty-seven nations which
are parties to the pact, told Germany
! the terms upon which the Allied and
Associated powers would make peace
here.
The treaty is the longest ever
drawn. 1t contains SG,000 words and
fifteen main sections.
1t represents three and One-half
months of combined labor of more
than thousand experts.
1t deals with questions affecting
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey only in
so far as binding Germany to accept
any agreement with these former al
lies which the five great powers may
make.
Germany, by the terms of the treaty,
restores Alsace- Lorraine to France.
She accepts Observation-Disclosures of
the Saar basin temporarily and Of
Danzig permanently.
She agrees to territorial changes
toward Belgium, Denmark and East
Prussia.
/ She cedes most of Upper Silesia to
! Poland.
! She renOunces all territorial and pO-
litical rights outside of Europe, as
to her own or her Allies territories,
and especially as to Morocco, Egypt,
Siam, Liberia and Shantung.
She recognizes the total indepen-
dence of German Austria, CZechO-SlO-
yckia and Poland.
Her army is reduced to 1OO,0O and
German cOnscription is abolished.
All forts within forty kilometers
east of the Rhine are to be razed.
The Importation, expectation and
manufacture of nearly all war mate
rial is stopped
Allied occupation of the ports of
Germany will continue until repara-
ton is made.
German violation of the conditions
concerning the zone east of the Rhine
will be an act of war.
The German navy is reduced to SIX
battieships, six light cruisers, twelve
torpedo boats, without submarines,
and the personnel to $4,000 officers
and men. All other vessels must be
surrendered or destroyed.
Germany is forbidden to build forts
controlling the Baltic.
She must demOlish HeligOland, open
the Kiel canal, to- all nations, surren-
der her cables, and have no military
naval or air forces until October, eX-
cept leo ,unarmed seaplanes to de-
tect mines.T
She may manufacture no aviation
material fer six months.
Germany accepts full responsible
ity for damages caused to the Allied
governments and nationals and agrees
to reimburse civilian damages.
The initial payment will De 10000
coo 900 marks and bonds may be is
sued, at the discretion of the Repara-
tiCn Commission, to provide for sub
sequent payments.
Germany will pay for shipping dam
age en- a ton for ton basis by the ces-
sicn Of large part of her merchant,
cCasting and river fleets, and by new
construction.
! She is to devote her economic re-
sources to rebuilding the devastated
regions.
/ Germany agrees to return to the
| 1914 most favored nation tariffs and
to allow the Allied and Associated ma
tions freedom of transit through her
territories.
She accepts highly detailed provis-
ions regarding pre-war debts. unfair
competition, Observation-Disclosures of
roads and rivers, and other economic
and financial clauses.
/ She agrees to the trial of the eX-
Kaiser by an international court for
his supreme Offense against interna-
tional morality and also for other ma
tiOnal violations of the laws OF war.
Holland will be asked to extradite
the Kaiser and Germany will be re-
spcnsible for his delivery.
The League of Nations, accepted by
the Allied and Associated powers, is
accepted by Germany in principle, but
without membership.
Similarly, an international labor
body is established with a permanent
office and annual convention.
Great numbers of international bod
les of different kinds and purposes
are created, some under the league
and some to execute the treaty.
Among the former is commission
to govern the Saar basin till a plebi-
scite is held fifteen years hence; a
high commissioner of Danzig, which
is created free city under the league.
and various ether commissions for
plebiscites in MalmOdy, Schleswig and
East Prussia.
Among those which will eXecutethe
treaty are reparatiOns, military, ma
val, air, finance and economic commits
sicns, an international high court and
military tribunals.
Disposition of the German fleet,
cables and colonies is left for sOluu-
ton between the Allied and AssOci-
ated powers.
Problems of laws of the air, opium
arms and liquor traffic are either
agreed to in detail or set for early
international action.