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after the peace. She will be allowed six small batHeships, six light cruisers, twelve destroyers, twelve torpedo boats and no submarines, either miIi- tary or commercial, with a personnel of 15,OOO men, including officers, and no reserve force of any character,
 All German vessels Of war in for eign ports, and the German High Seas Fleet interned at Scapa Flow, will be surrendered.
 Germany is required to sweep up the mines In the North Sea and the Baltic Sea as decided upon by the Allies. All German notifications in the Baltic defending the passages through the belts must be demolished. During q pericd of three months after the peace, German high-power wireless stations, at Nauen, Hanover, and Berlin will not be permitted to send any messages except for commer- cial purposes and under supervision of the Allied and Associated Govern ments, nor may any more be con- structed.
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 The armed forces of Germany must not Include any military or naval air forces except for not over 100 unarn2- ed seaplanes to be retained till Octo- 1 Der l to search for submarine mines i; no dlrigibles shall be kept. The en- i tire air personnel is to be demobiliEed within two months. except for 1000 | officers and men retained till October | No aviation grounds or dirtgibIe sheds i are to be allowed within 100 kiloue- 4 Al. Dl.a ! southern frontiers. existing instaua- l tions within these limits to be de- | stroyed.
 l Prisoners of War. l The repatriation of German prison 1 CTS and interned civilians is to be l carried out without delay and at Ger 1 many's expense by 8 commission com | posed of representatives of the allies | and Germany. Germany is to restore l all property belonging to allied pris- 1 Oners. There is to be a reciprocal eI- l change of Information as to dead pris-
 oners and their graves,
 Responsibilities. ! The Allied and Associated Powers publicly arrafgn William II. of Hohen- 1 zoIlern, formerly German Emperor,
 not for an offense against criminal law, l but for a supreme offense against in- l ternationaI morality and the sanctity 1 of treaties.
 The ex-Emperor's surrender Is to be
 requested of Holland and a special ] tribunal set up composed of one judge ] from each of the five great powers,
 with full guarantees of the right of
 defence, it is to be guided 'by the high est motives of international policy
 with a view to vindicating the solemn ! obligations of international undertak- 1 ings and the validity of international
 morality" and will fix the punishment i 1t feels should be imposed.
 Persons accused of having committed
 acts in violation of the laws and GUS toms of war are to be tried and pun
 ished by military tribunals under mill
 tary law.
 Reparation.
 1 The Allied and Associated Govern | ments affirm, and Germany accepts on behalf of herself and her allies, the
 responsibility for causing all the loss 1 and damage to which the Allied and Associated governments and their na-
 tionals have been subjected as a con-
 sequence of the war imposed upon
 them by the aggression of the enemy states.
 The total obligation of Germany to pay, as defined in the category of ] damages, is to be determined and noti- fled to her after a fair hearing and | not later than May 1, 1921, by an inter-
 Allied reparation commission.
 As an immediate step towards res 1 toration, Germany shall pay within