Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-07

her obligations. Any violation BY Ger
many of the conditions as 10 the zone
fifty kilOmeters east Of the Rhine viii
be regarded as an act Of war.
Naval Force Cut.
The German navy is reduced to six
battleships, six light cruisers and twelve
torpedo boats, without submarines, and
a personnel Of not over $4,000. All 9th.
er vessels must. be surrendered or de-
stroyed. Germany is forbidden to build
forts controlling the Baltic, must de-
molish Heligoland, open the Kiel canal
to kll nations, and surrender her four
teen submarine cables. She may have
no military Or naval air forces except
one hundred nnarmed seaplanes until
October l, to detect mines anu l...y
manufacture aviation material for six
months.
Germany accept full responsibility for
all damages caused to allied and assO-
eiated governments and nationals
sgrees specifically to rcmsurse all eli.
william damages, beginning with an ini-
tial payment of twenty billion marks,
subsequent payments to be secured by
bonds to be issued at the discretion of
the reparation commission. Germany is
to pay shipping damage on a ton for
ton basis, by eeSsion of q large part of
her merchant eoasting and river fleets
and by new construction and to devote
her economic forces to the rebuilding
of the devastated regions.
Old Tariffs to Hold
She agrees to return to the 1914 most
favored-nation tariffs, without diserim-
inati0n of any sort. To allow allied
and associated nationals freedom of
transit through her territories, and to
accept highly detailed provisions as to
pre-war debts, nf air competition, in.
Standardization of roads and rivers,
and other economic and financial
clauses. She also agrees to the trial of
the ex-kaiser by an international high
court for a supreme Offense against in.
ternational morality and, of other ma
tiOns for violations of the laws and Gus
toms of war, Holland to be asked to ex-
tradite the former kaiser and Germany
being responsible for delivering the lat
ter.
The league of nations is accepted by
the allied and associated powers as
operative and by Germany in prinei-
pie, but without membership.
Labor Body Created
Similarly an international labor
body is brought into being with a per-
manent office and an annual conven-
ton. A great number Of International
bodies Of different kinds and for diff
ferent purposes are created, some un-
der the league Of nations, some to exc
cute the peace treaty; among the for
mer is the commission to govern the
Saar basin till a plebescite is held 10
years hence; the high commission of
Danzig, which is created into a free
city under the league, and various
commissions for plebeseites in Nal
medy, Echleswig and East Prussia.
Among those to carry out the peace
treaty are the reparations, military,
naval, air, financial and economic
commissions, the international high
court and military tribunals to fix re-
sponsibilities, and series of bodies
for the control of international rivers.
Certain problems are left for solu-
/ tion between the allied and associated
powers, notably details of the disposi-
tion of the German fleet and cables,
the former German colonies, and the
values paid in reparation. Certain
other problems. such as the laws of the
air and the opium, arms and liquor
traffic are either agreed to in detail
or set for early international action.
Preamble
The preamble names as parties of
the one part, the United States, the
British empire, France, Italy and ia.
pan, described as the five allied and
associated powers, and Belgium, Bo-
livia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador,
Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, the Hedjas,