Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-08
Allies Retain Right to Occupy
Whole of Germany, lnClud-
ing Berlin, in Order to En-
force the Treaty.
ECONOMIC WAR TO BE
USED AS BLUDGE0N
Former Kaiser Must Be Sur
rendered to Be Tried for His
Crimes; Only Toy Navy to
Be Permitted VanquiShed.
tsr MORNING youssAl sseelAL AEAstp wlstl


Paris, May THE treaty OF peace
between the twenty-seven allied and
associated powers on the one mana
and Germany cI the other. was hand e
&C to the German plen potenparles az
Versailles today.
1t is the longest treaty ever drawn.
l. totals about eighty thousand words
divided into fifteen main sections and
represents the combined product Of
over a thousand experts working con-
tinually through a series of commits
sions for the three and a half months
since January eighteenth, the treaty
printed in parallel pages of English
and French which are recognized as
having equal validity 1t does not deal
with questions affecting Austria, Bui-
Faria and Turkey except in so far as
binding Germany to accept any agree
ment reached with those former allies.
League of Nations First.
Following the preamble ard depos'-
ton of powers comes the covenant ot
the league of nations rs the first sec
ton of, the treaty. The frontiers "
Germany in Europe are defined in the
second section: European political
classes given in the third; European
political classes in the fourth. Next
"
as the fifth section. followed, by n sec
tion on prisoners of war and military
graves and a seventh on responsible
tics Reparations, fipancial terms and
economic terms are covered in SOC
tions eight to ten. Then comes the
aeronantic section, ports, waterways
and railways section, the labor cove
nant the section on guarantees, and
the final clauses.
Restores AISacc-L Lorraine.
GERMANY. by the terms of tho treaty
restores Alsace- Lorraine to France,
accepts the Observation-Disclosures Of the
Saar basin temporarily and of Danzig
permanently. agrees to territorial
changes toward Belgium and Den
mark and in East Prussia, cedes most
Of upper Si!esia to Poland, and re-
nounces all territorial and political
rights outside Europe. as to her own
or her allies territories, and especially
to Morocco, Egypt, Siam, Liberia and
Shantung, She also recognizes the to-
tal Independence of German-Austria,
ho-Slovakia and Poland
Her. army is reduced to one hund-
red thousand men including officers;
coneCription within her territories is
abolished; all forts fifty kilometers
east of the Rhine razed: and al i'm
portation, expectation and nearly all
production of war material stopred.
Allied occupation of parts of Ger
many will continue till reparation is
made but will be reduced at the end
of each of three five-year periods if
Germany is fulfilling her obligations.
Anv violation by Germany of the con-
Gitions as to the zone fifty kiIometers
east of the Rhine will be regarded as
an act of war.
Reduces Naval Power.
The German navy is reduced to six
battleships, six light cruisers and
twelve torpedo boats. without subma-
rines, and a personnel of not over fiji.
teen thousand. All other vessels must
be surrendered or DESTROYED. Ger
many is forbidden to build forts con-
trolling the Baltic, must demolish
Heligoland, open the Eiel canal to all
nations, and surrender her IA sub
marine cables. She may have no mill
tary or naval air forces except one
one hundred unarmed seaplanes until
October, first. to detect mines and
may manufacture aviation material
for six months.
Fixes Responsibilities.
Germany accepts full responsibility
for all damages caused to allied and
associated governments and nationals,
agrees specifically to reimburse all
civilian damages beginning with an
initial payment of twenty billion
marks subsequent payments to be Sc
cured by bonds to he issued at the dis
erection Of the reparation commiss on
Germany is to pay shipping damage
on a ton-for-ton basis by cession of 0