Republican farmer., 1919-05-09

| S Es Ss os S E. Ss Ss S Ss p Ss g Ds % R bs g l 729 square miles, and the basin of the Saar, 73S square miles, between the western border of the Rhenish PaIa- | :inate of Bavaria and the southeast cor ner of Luxembourg. The Danzig area consists of the between the Nogat and Vistula rivers made by the addi- tion of a similar V on the west, includ- ing the city of Danzig The south eastern third of East Prussia and the nrea between East Prussia and the l Vistula north of latitude 53 degrees 3 minutes is to have it's nationality de- | termined by popular vote, 5,TS5 square i miles, as is to be the case in Dart of Sleswig, 2,7S7 square miles.
 Belgium.
 | Germany is to consent to the abro- | gation of the treaties of 1889, by which l Belgium was established as a neutral state, and to agree in advance to any l convention with which the Allied and 1 Associated Powers may determine to replace them. She Is to recognize the ! full sovereignty of Belgium over the | contested territory of Noresnet and 1 over part of Prussian Moresnet, and to medy, the inhabitants of which are to 1 ben entitled within six months to pro- i test against this change of sovereignty 1 either in whole or in part, the final de- cision to be reserved to the League of | Nations. A commission is to settle the details of the frontier, and various regulations for change of nationality are laid down.
 Luxembourg.
 Germany renounces her various treaties and conventions with the i Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, recog- i nizes that it ceased to be a part of | the German Zollverein from January i 1 last, renounces all right of exploita- tton of the railroads, adhereS to the ab- rogation of it's neutrality, and accepts 1 in advance any international agree i ment as to it, reached by the Allied i and Associated Powers.
 1 AIsace-Lorrane l After recognition of the moral ob1i- 1 gatfon to repair the wrong done in ] 1871 by Germany to France and the | people of Alsace-LOrraine, the terri i tories ceded to Germany by the treaty | of Frankfort are restored to France 1 with their frontiers as before 1871, to i date from the signing of the armistice i and to be free of all public debts. 1 The Saar.
 In compensation for the destruc- ! ton of coal mines in northern France i and as payment on account of repara- i tion, Germany cedes to France full ] ownership of the coal mines of the | Saar basin with their subsidiaries, | accessories, and facilities; their value 1 will be estimated by the Preparation i Commission and credited against that 1 account The French rights will be 1 governed by German law in force at | the armistice, excepting war Iegisla- ! tion, France replacing the present owners whom Germany undertakes to indemnify. France will continue to furnish the present proportion of coal | for local needs and contribute in just proportion to local taxes. The basin extends from the frontier of Lorraine as re-annexed to France, north as far as Stwendel, including on the west the valley of the Saar as far as Saar- ! hOlzbach and on the east the town of | Homburg.
 | German Austria. Germany recognizes the total inde- l pendence of German Austria in the boundaries traced.
 czecho-SloVakia. Germany recognizes the entire in- dependence of the CzechoSlovak state
 Poland.
 Germany cedes to Poland the great ,r part of upper Silesia. Posen, and . .i-E,o of Sio nn hc eft bank of the Vistula.
 East Prussia.
 The southern and the eastern from fer of East Prussia is to be fixed by plebiscites.
 In each case German troops and au- .horities will move out within fifteen lays of the peace and the territories De placed under an international com mission Of five members appointed by the five Allied and Associated Powers, with the particular duty of arranging sor free, fair, and secret vote.
 Danzig.
 l DanziC and the district immediate Iy about it are to be constituted into the free city of Danzig" under the guarantee of the League of Nations.
 Denmark.
 The frontier between Germany and Denmark will be fixed by the self de- termination of the population. Ten days from the peace German troops and authorities shall evacuate the re- zion. The commission shall insure free and secret vote in three zones.
 HeIieolandS
 The Notifications, military establish ments and ,harbors of the islands of lHeligoland and Dune are to be de Istroyed under the supervision of the IalIies by German labor and at Ger nany's expense They may not be re- constructed nor any similar fortifica- ions built in the future.
 Russia.
 Germany agrees to respect as per 1 nanent and inalienable the indepen- lency of all territories which were
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