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THE PEACE- TREATY; (Continued from paga"6.)
FINANCE
Upper Silesia is not to be immediataly ceded to Poland, until after a plebiscita, under. Allied control, has been taken, Germans in territories transferred ta Poland will be expressly safeguarded
The Meme district will be transferred to the Allies as the status of Lithuanian territories has not yet been established.
Powers to which German territory is ceded will assume a certain proportion of the German pre-war debt.
France, however, will assume nane, por The Allies are willing to reduce the will Poland, nor any of the Mandatory German Army more gradually than at Powers, in respect of German colonies. first stipulated--namely, to a maximum Germany to pay iota! cost of the of 200.000 within three months. At the Armies of Occupation from the date of end of the three months, and at the end the armistices This is to be the first of every subsequent three month, Allied charge on her resources. "Cost of reparamilitary experts will fix the strength of sion to cuine next.
the German Army for the ensuing period, in order to reduce it to the stipulated; 100,000 as soon as possible-by March 31st, The reduction of 1920, at the latest. officers and guns will be similarly propor tioned.
Germany to deliver to Allies all sums deposited in Germany by Turkey and Austria-Hungary, and to transfer to the Allies all claims against these Powers and Bulgaria in connection with agreements made during the war.
ECONOMIC CLAUSES.
CUSTOMS.
The period for the demolition of forti. Acations will be modified."
The Allies welcome the German pro- рова! 10 create a Commission 10 co
the Allied Réparation operate with Commission. Germany is invited to present evidence and submit special re
the signature of the Peace Treaty.
Detailed provisions for five years areparation proposals within four months of included against direct or indirect dis erimination by tsermany against the tradə et Allied and associated countnes.
The German import tarif is not to exceed at the outset the lowest rates of IDIA
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The proposats particularly wereptable are those specifying the German offer of a lump sum in settlement of the whole or a part of her liability, or the offer to repair part or the whole of any damaged district, or the offer of the use of labour for such work. Inspection facilities will be granted in this connection. The offers must be precise, and not ambiguous, but the categories and the 'reparation clauses Allied vessels ure to recive
most fare indisputable. favoured nation treatment in Germany. for at least üve years.
She will be free tourdise it after six months, except in a few cases, as to which the restriction will be extended to two and a half years..
SHIPPING.
MISCELLANEOUS, -
Each Alled State may renew any of its treaties with Germany by giving notice within six months.
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The Allies without in any way commit-: ting themselves now, will, within two mouths, reply to any proposals.
The Allies criticise Germany's vague mention of five thousand million pounds sterling in connection with reparation. Treaties entered into by Germany with and point out that no interest and no other enemy countries since August 1st,substantial, payment is offered until 1997. 1914 and since then with Kumari, after which undefined instalments will Russia, or States representing parts of continue for half a century. The pres the old Russian Empire, are abrogated. sent value of such a prospect is small."
Clearing offices are to be established within three months in Germany and the Allied States for the settlement of pre-w debts.
No unfair competition. Germany suppress the use of false markings and indications of origin.
No special restrictions or taxes on the nationals of the Allied States.
All action of liquidation of Allied property to be stayed, and, if not com pletely liquidated, the property is to be restored.
Stipulations are made for the protes tion of returned property and businesses in Germany in the future.
Detailed stipulations are also made as to contracts of all kinds.
Rights in industrial, literary, and artistic property are reestablished. In
the
case of German-owned rights, the power of imposing conditions is reserved; in order to secure the fulfilment of Car many's obligations.
AERIAL NAVIGATION. " Allied airer to enjoy the same rights as German planes in their liberty to fly and land in Germany and as the most favoured-nation planes in the matter of internal.commercial traffic.
PORTS, WATERWATH, AND RAILWAY. The fullest protection against adverse discrimination is insisted upon in re spect of freedom of transit for persons and goods throughout Germany.
Free zones in German ports are to Eé maintained
The Elbe, Oder, Niegen, and Danube are declared international in certain im portant reaches
The Allies, recognising the mutual desirability of the resumption of German industry, are prepared to aford Germany commercial facilities for such resumption, on conditions which cannot be laid down in advance, and subject to the special econòmic situation created for the Allies by German aggression..
Germany cannot be credited with the value of captured war material, but an important concession will be the recogni- tion, a prior charge upon German asacts, of the payment for food supplies. and raw material,
Germany's pre-war debt will be divid ed in das proportion between Germany and the ceded territories, but France cannot be required to assume part of the public debt for Alsace-Lorraine,
Poland is also exempted and so are German colonies which have not paid their way, and cannot possibly assume a part of the German debt, nor can the Mandatory State be required to do so
Germany will be compelled to alienate the greater part of her foreign securities, and will no longer continue intimately involved in the Allies' or Russia's finan cial and economic life.
The Allies, accept 'a few changes regard. ing the waterways and railways-for ex ample, the free transit through Poland and between East Prusia and the rest of Germany.
PEACE TREATY LEAK EXPLAINED.
Germany is to hand over a proportion MR ELIHU ROOT ABLE.
of her river shipping, tugs and material, now in use on the Rhine and in Rotterdam harbour.
Germany is to it her rolling stock with' apparatus allowing of its being incor." porated in Allied goods trains, without interfering with the brake system.
WASHINGTON, June 11th.
r. Elihu Root to-day attended as a voluntary witness the meeting of a com mittee charged with investigating the
She is to agree to any General Conven source of the leak regarding the text of tions regarding the international régime the Peace Treaty. He declared. that of transit, ports, railways, etc., which the Allies may conclude (with the ap- proval of the League of Nations) within five years.
KIEL CANAL
To remain free and open to ships of war and merchant shipping of all nations at peace with Germany.
Equality for all patiens in the use of the canal, and canal charges to be restricts ed to those necessary for the sunal's up keep and improvement.
GUARANTEES
As guarantee for the execution of the Treaty, German territory to the west of the Rhine and the budgeheads will be occupied for £fteen years.
several weeks aga he obtained a copy of the peace treaty from a New York banker, Mr Henry P. Davison. Continuing. Mr. Root id
The diplomatic secrecy regarding the Peace Treaty ended when the text was published by Germany, and therefore I can hardly submit to the ruling that I have no right to make use of the document at any time I may think proper, although this committee meeting and tell all that I I feel I am under obligation to attend know about this affair.. I, obtained the
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If Germany observes the conditions of it to America."
On the conclusion of Mr. Root's ex- the Treaty certain districts, including Cologne, will be evacuated at the end of planation, Mr. Davison rose and said five years; others, including Coblenz, at that he had brought the text of the peace the end of ten years; and the remainder, tresty from France. but only Mr. Root including Main, at the end of biteen and be himself had read it before its
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The Allies have the right to reoccupy, in whole or in part. incase of non fulfilment pf the Treaty conditions
If Germany complies with all her undertakings before the end of fifteen years, the Armies of Occupation will be withdrawn at once.
TEXT IS PUBLIC PROPERTY NOW.
NEW YORK, June 10th The investigation into the leak of the text of the Peace Treaty is having un expected developments Councillor Park, who bas heretofore been observing scrap- alous silence about this affair, attended yesterday's sitting of the Foreign Rela tions Committee and declared that the State Department was in possession of 38 copies of the text of the Peace Treaty..
The Parcs Freaty, containing--100.000 words, was printed last night in the Con zressional Record, at an expenditure of They are prepared to accord guarantees 35,000, and all the Benators were furnish- for the protection to German minorities ed with a copy this morning, in the ceded territories.
MODIFICATIONS
In reply to the German counter-pro- posals the Allies agreed to the following modifications:-
It is expected that further discoveries
The Allies do not admit a plebiscite may be made in connection with the pre-
for Alaace-Lorraine
ranture publicity given to the uncompleted The Allies, after defending the cardinal document as the examination of the siz guiding principles as regards the eastern bankers concerned procnedi. frontiers of Germany, express readiness. The World, in lending article. states in order to eliminate any possible injp that it is significant that all the six tice. to reconsider the question.
bankers involved are Republicans and re- The historical frontier between Pomer-garded as the party's "money bars." ania and West Prussia will be respected. It further says that among the British The isolation of East Prussia has and French parliamentarians, there may existed for centuries. It was not origi- be some who have obtained norsession of nally, German territory, but was a Colony the text of the treaty, birt, it is to their Danzig is not incorporated in Paland Fredit "that they have never used it for Beense it is Gërmin:“-
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