New Britain herald., 1920-01-10
THE TREATY EXCHANGED.

At tour CLOCK llllS aItcIuOOh th| war with Germany was formally brought to an end by the exchange of notifications of the Treaty o1 Versailles, in which all Of the prin- ripal powers and many of tue smaller ones had signiHed their willingness to accept the provisions Of the League oC Nations pact and the actual terms imposed upon Germany for hHr miliIarism. The United States re- mains at war with the Germans, be- ing the only nation, excepting Russia, to have refused to comply with thc requirements or the document ou. lining the future policy of all na tiun5 and CiermanN
 Thu famous Clock Room n ,n3 French Foreign Office witnessed ti?- Sccno where tho envoAs of fourteen nations met and exchanged their proofs Of agreement. Am NaS.tl ,lo, Hugh Wallace, of this country.- was on hand. but only as d witness. The, wns nothing further for him to do Gl view of our attitude that parts of the Treaty were unacceptable. The final chapter Of strictly war activities has strain Of war and an attempt to or Ganizc inc nations of Europe into body of peaceful individuals will immediately be made.
 
 Peace Treaty in several ways that may he q source Of qualification , those who wished that she would pA>' dearly for her colossal sin.
 She must accept the mandates oi the League of Nations, but may not become a member until it is decided that she is worthy Of that honor,
 Her army will number 100000 men and her navy is reduced 10 d few coast defense vessels and no submarines.
 No war materials may be manu- facturcd.
 Helisoland must be dismantIcd.
 German rivers arc declared open to allied commerce.
 The trial of the kaiser, and other violators Of international law is agreed to.
 An indemnity of twenty billion marks initIai payment, with as much more as she can afford, is accepted.
 Germany must allow occupation Of Hhineland and other parts of Ge, many until the Treaty has been full filled.
 She must aid ill rebuilding regions W hich her troops devastated.
 She abrogates tle Brest-Litorsl Treaty.
 In a protocol she agrees to ma Ike up for the act Of sinking her jnterncd warships at Sea pa Flow.
 The territorial changes forced upon her, outside of colonial losses, in clude: Alsa Lorraine. cedcd back to France; Eupen and Malmedy. to Bel gium; Saar Valley, placed under French control; Danish portion of oGilCSN lS -I1OlSteln, 10 nOlQ DleD DlSG'1tC to determine allegiance; kiel Canal, intcrnationalized; Danzig, made d free city, and surrounding territory internationalized; Memel and a strip of territory on the Niemcn River, placed under control of Allies; East Prussia, subject to Polish plcbiScitc and another plebiscjtc in Upper .SileSia.
 The chronology Of the Peac, Treaty in so far as it affects eadnS powers. spreads over more than C year from the signing Of the armi- sticc. On June 2S the work of mak- ing the Treaty was over and on July Germany acted when President Fbe.t signed the bill to ratify. Great Brit ain ratified upon July 31, as did Poland: Belgium accepted August .G: Italy, October :. On October 10. !iv" British dominions having accepted. ratilica ton for the entire British Empire was completed. On Octo- bcr II the French ratified, and Japan completed her ratification on Dcccm- ber 26.