The Snowflake herald., 1919-05-16

border of the Rhenish Palatinate Of,
Bavaria and the southeast corner OF
Luxembourg. The Danzig area consists
of the V between the Nogat and Vis-
tula rivers, made a w by the additionI
of a similar " on the west including
the city of Danzig.
The southeastern third of East Prus-I
Sla and the area between East PruSSiaI
and the Vistula north of latitude SO
degrees minutes is to have it's ma
tionality determined by popular vote,
1886 square miles, as is to be the case
in part of Schleswig, 2,787 square
miles.
Belgium-Germany is to consent to
the abrogation of the treaties of 1889
by which Belgium was established as
q neutral state, and to agree in ad-
vance to any convention with which
the allied and associated powers may
determine to replace them. She Is to
recognize the full sovereignty of Bel
gium over the contested territory of
Morenet and over part of Prussian Mo-
renet and to renOunce in favor of Bel
gium all rights of the circles of Eupen
and Malmedy the inhabitants of which
are to be entitled within six months
to protest against this change of SOW
ereignty either in whole or in part,
the final decision to be reserved to the
League of Nations.
commission is to settle the details
of the frontier, and various regula-,
tions for change of nationality are laid
down.
various treaties and conventions with
the grand duchy of Luxembourg, recog-
niZes that it ceased to be part OF the
German Zollereign from Jan. 1 last, re-
nounces all right of exploitation Of
the railroads, adhereS to the abroga-l
tion of it's neutrality and accepts in
advance any international agreement
as to it reached by the allied and as
sociated powers.
Left Bank of the Rhine-As provid-
ed in the military clauses, Germany
will not maintain any Notifications or
armed forces less than fifty kilo-
meters to the east of the Rhine,
AIsace- Lorraine - After recognition
of the moral obligation to repair the
wrong done in 1871 by Germany to
France and the people of Alsace-Lor-
raine, the territories ceded to Germany
by the treaty of Frankfort are re-
stored to France with their frontiers
as before 1871. to date from the sign
ing of the armistice and to be free or
all public debts.
/ Various clauses adjust the general
provisions of the treaty to the special
conditions. of Alsace-Lorraine. certain
matters of execution being left to con-
4 ventions to be made between France
and Germany.
The Saar-In compensation for the
destruction of coal mines of northern
France and as payment on account of
reparation, Germany cedes to France
full ownership of the coal mines of the
Saar basin with their subsidiaries. ac-
cessories and facilities. Their value
4 will be estimated by the reparation
commission and credited against that
account. The French rights will be
! governed by German law in force at
/ the armistice, excepting war legisla-
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.
1 The basin extends from the frontier
| of Lorraine, as reanneXed to france,
north as far as st. Wendel, lncludlng
on the west the valley of the Saar as
far as Saarholzbach and on the east
the town of Homburg.
Is In order to secure the rights and
welfare of the population and to guar
antee to France entire freedom In
working the mines, the territory Will
be governed by commission appointed
by the League of Nations, and consist
ing of five members, one French one
a native inhabitant of the Saar anc
three representing three different
countries other than France and Ger
many.
The local courts will continue, but
subject to the commission. Existing
German legislation will remain the ba-
sis of the law, but the commission may
make modification after consulting q
local representative assembly which II
will organize.
After fifteen years a plebiscite will
be held by communes to ascertain the
desires of the population as to contin-
uance of the existing regime under the
League of Nations union with France
or union with Germany The right tC
vote will belong to all inhabitants oY-
er 20 resident therein at the signature
German Austria-Germany recognizes
the total independence of German Aus
tria in the boundaries traced.
Tchecho- -Slovakia - Germany recog
nizes the entire independence of the
Tchecho -Slovak state, including the au
tonomous territory of the Ruthenian'
south of the Carpathians, and accepts
the frontiers of this state as to be de
termined, which in the case of thu
tier of Bohemia in 1914: The usua
stipulations as to acquisition anC
change of nationality follow:
Poland-Germany cedes to Poland thu
greater part of Upper Silesia, Poser
and the province of West Prussia OF
the left bank of the Vistula. field
boundary commission of SEVENTY,
representing the allied and associated
powers and one each representing
Poland and Germany-shall be consti
tuted within fifteen days of the peac'
to delimit this boundary.
East Prussia-The southern anC
eastern front of East Prussia as
(word obscure) Poland is to be fixe'
by plebiScites, the first in the regenc!
of Allenstein between the southern
frontier of East Prussia and the north
ern frontier of Regierungsbesirk Al
lenstein, from where it meets the boun
dary between East and West Prussi;
to it's junction with the boundary be
tween the circles of Oletsko and Au
gersburg, thence the northern boun
) dary of Oletsko to its janction with tn
) present frontier and tile second in tn
area comprising the circles Stuhm an
RoSenburg and the parts of the circle