The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-05-14

| and no reserve force Of any character
Conscription lie abolished, only voluntary
service being permitted. with minimum
| period of Is years service FOR ohncers
| and II for men. No member of the Ger
man mercantile marine will be permitted
All German vessels of war in foreign
ports, and the German high sea fleet In
termed Al Seapa FdoW WIN u, t p ships
| to be decided upon by the allied ana as
| ISOLATED powers.
AIR.--The armed forces of Germany
must not include any military or naval
| air forces except for not over one hum
dred unarmed seapIanes 10 be retained
till October 1 TO search for submarine
mines. NO dIrigibIe shall be kept.
! PRISON ERS Or WAR-The repatria,
! ton of German prisoners and informed
| civilians is to be carried out without de-
! lay and at Germany's expense by com
| mission composed of representatives of
/ the allies and Germany. Those under
! sentence for offenses against discipline
/ are to be repatriated without regard to
the completion of their sentence. Until
| Germany has surrendered persons guilty
| of Offenses against the laws and customs
| of war, the allies have the right to re-
! tain selected German officers.
| GRAVES.-Both parties Will respect and
! maintain the graves of soldiers ana SAT-
ors buried on their territories, agree 10
! recognize and assist any commission
| charged by any allied or associate gov
| eminent with Identifying, registering,
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
each other all facilities for the repatria-
ton of the remains of their soldiers.
RESPONSIBILITIES allied and
associated powers publicly arrnign
William ii. of HOhenEOIIern, formerly
German emperor, not for an Offense
3 against criminal law, but for a SUI
morality and the Sanctity of treaties
The eX-emperor's surrender is TO ne
requested of Holland and a special trt-
bunal set up, composed of one judge from
nQ Rh of AHra w
guarantees of the right of defense. 1t is
to be guided "by the highest motives of
international policy with view of vim
dicating the solemn obligations of in
ternational undertakings and the valid,
ity of international morality and will
FIX the. punishment it feels should be
Persons accused of having committed
acts in violation of the laws and customs
of war are to be tried and punished by
military tribunals under military law. If
the charges affect nationals of only one
state they will be tried before q tribunal
of that state: II they affect nationals of
several states they will be tried before
Joint tribunals of the states concerned
Germany shall hand over to the asso-
ciated governments either Jointly or sew
orally all persons so accused and all
documents and Information necessary to
insure full knowledge of the incriminat-
ing acts, the discovery OF the offenders
and the just appreciation of the respon-
sibility,
oeCtion SeNcH-HcpdTdtIoH.
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Germany accepts ON
behalf of herself and her allies, the re-
spOnsibility for causing all the loss
and damage TO which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
tiOnals have been subjected as IA con-
sequence of the war imposed upon
them by the aggression of the enemy
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
Il EYNfA1 10 faCr of Il am
ages, is to be determined and notified
to her after a fair hearing and not
later than May l, 1921, by an inter-
allied reparation commission. At the
same time a schedule of payments to
discharge the obligation within thirty
years shall be presented. These pay
ments are subject to postponement in
certain contingencies. Germany irrev-
ocably recognizes the full authority of
this commission, agrees to supply it
with all the necessary information and
findings. She further agrees to restore
to the allies cash and certain articles
which can be Identified
As an immediate step toward resto-
ration Germany shall pay within two
years 10000 100000 marks in either
gold. goods, ships, or other specific
forms of payment, with the under
standing that certain expenses, such as
those of the armies of occupation and
payments for food and raw materials.
may be deducted at the discretion of
the allleS.
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay, she undertakes to
make compensation for all damages
categories: (a) Damages by personal
injury to civilians caused by acts of
war, directly or indirectly; (b) damage
caused to civilians by acts of cruelty
ordered by the enemy and to civilians
In the occupied territory; Co damages
caused by maltreatment of prisoners;
Cd damages to the allied peoples pre-
sented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
of this treaty; (e) damages to prop
erty other than naval or military ma
terials; % damages to civilians by be
ing forced to labor; (g) damages in the
form of levies or fines imposed by the
enemy.
In periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay the reparation COM
mission shall examine the German sys-
tenn of taxation, first to the end that
the sums for reparation which Ger
many Is required to pay shall become
a charge upon all her revenues, prior
to that for the service or discharge of
any domestic loan, and secondly. so as
to satisfy itself that in general the
German scheme of taxation is fully as
heavy proportionately as that of any
of the powers represented on the com
mission.
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time, by way OF
guaranty, issues of bonds or other obliga-
tons to cover such claims as are not
otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and on account of the total amount OF
claims, bond issues are presently to be
required of Germany in acknowledgment
of its debt as follows:
Twenty billion marks, gold, payable
not later than May /, 1921, witho 1t In
terest; forty billion marks, gold, bearing
21h per cent interest between 1921 and
1926 and thereafter per cent, with
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ming in 1926; and an undertaking to de-
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bear
ing interest at per cent, under terms TO
be fixed by the commission.
SHIPPING.-The German government
recognizes the right of the allies to the
replacement ton for ton and class for
class, of all merchant ships ana nshlng
boats lost or damaged owing to the war,
and agrees to cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships of 1900 tons gross
and upward; half of her ships between
1000 and 1000 tons gross and one-quarter
of her steam traWlers and other fishing
boats These ships are to be delivered
within two months to the reparation
committee, together with documents of
title evidencing the transfer of the ships
free from encumbrance.
AS an additional part of reparation,
the German government further agrees
to build merchant ships for the account
of the allies to the amount of not eX-
Ceeding 200 600 tons gross annually dur
ing the next five years. All ships used
for inland navigation taken by Germany
from the allies are to be restored within
two months, the amount of loss not COW
by the cession of the German river fleet
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