Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-05-17
or commercial. with q person
mel OF $4,000 men, including officers,
and no reserve force of any character.


service being permitted, with y minimum
period OF Is years service for officers
and 12 for men. No member of the Ger
any naval training
All German vessels of war in foreign
ports. and the German high sea fleet In
dered the final disposition OF these ships
70 be decided upon by the allied and as
sociated powers.
AIR.-The armed forces of Germany
must not include my military or naval
air FORCES except for not over one hun
ured unarmed seaplaues to be retained
uii october 1 to search for submarine
mines. No dfrigible shall be kept.
PRISONERS OF ~ R-The repatria-
uon OF German prisoners and informed
SNlllans Is to be carried out without de
MISSION composed of representatives OF
ne allies and Germany. Those under
sentence for offenses against discipline
are to be repatriated without regard 10
the completion of their sentence Unit
Germany has surrendered persons guilty
OF ohenses against the laws and customs
OF war, The allies have the right to re-
tam selected German officers.
GRANES.-Both parties will respect and
maintain the graves of soldiers aad sail
ors buried on, their territories, agree to
charged by any allied or associate gov
eminent with Identifying, registering,
maintaining or erecting suitable monu-
ments oven the graves. and to afford to
each other all facilities for the repatria-
ton of the remains OF their soldiers.
Observation-Disclosures allied and
William IL. OF HohenxolIern, formerly
Germnn emperor, not for an offensc
agninst criminal law. but for su-
preme offeEse against International
morality and the sanctity of treaties.
The ex emperor's surrender Is to pe
requested Of Holland. and a special trl-
bunal set up, composed of one judge from
each of the five great powers. with full
guarantees of the right of defense. 1t is
to be guided by the highest motives OF
International policy with view of vim
ulcating the solemn obligations OF In
ternational undertakings and the valid
lty of international morality" and will
hN the punishment II 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. II
the charges affect nationals of only one
state they will be tried before n tribunal
OF that state; IL 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 incrimnat-
Ing acts, the discovery OF the offenders
and the just appreciation of the respon-
sibility.
Section seven-Reparation
The allied and associated govern
ments affirm, and Germany accepts on
sponsibility for causing all the loss
and damage to which the allied and
associated governments and their ma
uonnIs have been subjected as con-
sequence Of the war Imposed upOn
them by the aggression of the enemy
states.
The total obligation of Germany to
pay as dein ed In the category of dam
q n ha dat or NJ
to her after fair hearing and not
later. than May /, 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 1t
with all the necessary information and
to pass legislation to effectuate Its
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 20,O00,000,000 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 allies.
While the grand total of damages
assessed against Germany may exceed
her ability to pay. she undertakes to
make compensation for all damages
caused 10 civilians under seven main
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; (c) damages
caused by maltreatment of prisoners;
cd damages to the allied peoples pre-
scented by pensions and separation al
lowances capitalized at the signature
erty other than naval or military ma
terials; 90 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
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 taxa ton 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 without in
terest. forty billion marks, gold. bearing
2h per cent interest between 1921 and
1926 and thereafter per cent. with
per cent sinking fund payment begin
ing In 1926: and an undertaking TO de
liver forty billion marks gold bonds bcsr
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
repiaC ement, ton for ton and class 70
class. of all merchant ships and fishing
boats lost or damaged owing 10 the war.
and agrees to Cede to the allies all Ger
man merchant ships of 1000 tons gross
and upward: one-half of her ships between
1000 and 1000 tons gross and one-quarter
of her steam trawers 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 PREPARATION
the German government further agrees
to build merchant ships for the account
of the allies to the amount of not ex-
ceeding 200 900 tons gross annually dur
ing the next i've years. All ships used
for inland navigation taken by Germany
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