Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-21

captured. seized or detained during the war as war measure and prior to Nov. Il, 1918, and will own the same free from any claim of any of the allied or associated government.
 Tn all cases where the ships and boats SC to be retained by any allied or associated government are in ex- cess of the claims of such governments respectively for war losses in mer- chant ships such government shall not make any claim for a share in. other ships and boats ceded under the treaty of peace.
 "'S. In all cases where the ships and boats so to be retained by any such government are insufficient to satiSfp in full the claims of such gov ernmentS respectively for war losses in merchant ships the enemy ships which remain and which are to be ceded under the treaty of peace will be divided into three classes, viz: liners, other merchant ships, and fish ing boats, and will be distributed to such governments, on the basis of ton for ton and class for class of the ships and boats lost and not replaced by the ships and boats retained, but in proportion to the balance due on the claims of such governments re- spectively.
 "'4. As the ships and boats so to be retained will in the case of Bra gil, China, Cuba. Siam and the Unit ed States, exceed the total amount of tonnage which would be allotted to those countries was the total enemy tonnage captured seized, detained or still in existence shared in propor- tion to losses of ships and boats dur ing the war, in each such case a req = sonab1e value on the excess of ships and boats over the amount which result from such a division will be determined.
 '''The amount of the value so fix ed will be paid oyer by each such state to the reparation commission for the credit of Germany towards the sums due from her for reparation. in respect to war losses of merchant ships
 5. As soon as the reparation commission has collected the neces- sary information. and is in a position so to do, they will give public notice that after an interval of two months they will proceed to divide the yes sels except those captured, seized or or detained by the allied and associat- ed governments which are to be re- tained by them respectively as here inbefore provided If within one month of the publication of the no- tice, any allied. associated or neutral government person or corporation, a national of such government and act ing through such government, notifies the commission that they have an equitable claim against any vessel which has not been, or is not being satisfied by the enemy government that claim will be considered on it's merits by the commission which may adopt any procedure it thinks fit pro- vided it is expeditions and is caIcu- lated to do substantial justice as be- tween the allied and associated gov ernments on the one hand and the claimant on the other.
 The commission will have power to determine claims so presented. and such determination will be conclusive and the commission will also have have power to enforce it's findings. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON,
 Subject to the explanation con- tained in the attached memorandum.
 ID. Lloyd-George, May, 1919.
 T deem it my duty to state, in signing this document, that while I feel confident that the congress of the United States will make the dis posal of the funds mentioned in Clause 4 which is there agreed upon have no authority to bind it to that act, but must depend upon it's taking the same view of the mater that is taken by the joint signatories of this agreement"