Treaty terms reduce Germany to impotence with heavy payments
The article outlines postwar reparations including annual coal deliveries by Germany to France for ten years, optional large-scale coal and other material exports to Belgium and Italy, and provisions on dyestuffs, cables, and art and manuscripts. It covers finance, customs, shipping, unfair competition, and multilateral treaties, detailing debt handling, enemy property, and contract settlements under the peace framework.
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Germany
France
Nord
Pasé de Calais
Belgium
Italy
Commission On
Rumania
Russia
Freedom of transit under postwar terms across German territories
The document outlines unrestricted transit for people, goods, ships, carriages, and mails via mail or water for allied powers, with no customs duties or delays. It requires prompt movement of goods, prohibits discriminatory charges, and imposes international commissions to manage rivers, railways, and ports, while reserving rights for free port zones and mutual access.
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Germany
League of Nations
Poland
Luxemburg
Allied and
Elbe
Vitava
Prague
Oder
Oppa
Niemen
Grodno
Danube
Ulm
Elbes
Czecho- Slovakia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Russia
Denmark
Sweden
Niewen
Germans Face Crushing Peace Terms From Allied Powers
The proposed peace terms assign Alsace and Lorraine to France, cede the Rhine bridges to France, internationalize Danzig, and grant Poland upper Silesia and Posen. Germany loses colonies, Alsace Lorraine, Helgoland, and all overseas rights, with reparations of 20 billion marks and strict military limits. The League of Nations oversees mandates, self determination, and policing, while trials for former Emperor William and war crimes are pledged.
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Danube
European Danube Commission
Great Britain
France
Italy
Romania
International Commission
European Commission
Czecho-Slovakia
Serbia
Rumania
Alsace
Lorraine
Rhine
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Poland
Germany
Posen
West Prussia
Vistula
Sarre
Europe
League of Nations
Helgoland
Kiel Canal
William
Russia
Bucharest
German peace delegates wary of harsh terms
Dr Theodore Melchior of the German peace delegation told Tageblatt correspondent that Germany can sign only a peace with opportunity to reconstruct its economy. He warned that Allied occupation of raw material districts would be a long dying death and ruled out any indemnity. Another delegate, Herr Leinert, suggested Germans might sign if both sides make concessions.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Theodore Melchier
Versailles
Tageblatt
Germany
Melchior
Herbert Hoover
Herr Leinert
Return of U S Army in Germany Planned by Paris Treaty
Washington officials parsing the Paris treaty summary say it envisions prompt withdrawal of the American army of occupation in Germany. They note drastic terms on Germany and pledges by Wilson and Lloyd George to secure France against assault, indicating garrison duties may shift to France soon.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Lloyd George
Congress
Parliament
France
The Treaty Terms and American Military Policy
The article analyzes how the treaty would shape U S military policy, suggesting Germany’s remaining force would be a small police body and that Congress would be asked to approve a force ready to aid France, with an emphasis on rapid mobilization and postwar demilitarization. It notes expectations of a forthcoming expeditionary plan and warns of disclosures by Field Marshal French.
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United States
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Europe
France
Austrian Peace Delegation Named in Copenhagen Report
Copenhagen May 7 reports the Austrian peace delegation has been named. It includes Dr. Franz Klein as president Professor Heinrich Lammasch former Austrian premier Professor von Laun Austrian delegate to the League conference Under Secretary Pfluegel and Deputies Ludge man and Stegliger.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
Franz Klein
Heinrich Lammasch
von Laun
League of Nations’ Societies
Berne
Pfluegel
Ludgeman and
Stegliger
Chinese Delegates Not To Sign Treaty In Paris
The Chinese cabinet met and instructed its Paris delegates not to sign any peace treaty that assigns German rights in Shantung to Japan. The move comes amid contested terms and aligns with Beijing's stance on the Shantung question.
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Pekin
Associated Press
Paris
Shantung
Japan warns China over Beijing anti Japanese agitation
Tokio reports that Japan notified China the anti Japanese agitation in Peking could spark misunderstandings and urged Chinese authorities to ban the planned national disgrace meeting in Beijing today.
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Japan
China
Associated Press
Peking
Germans to present counter propositions at Versailles
Berlin dispatch says the German delegation will depart from old customs. They will not refuse or argue out conditions but will present carefully formulated counter propositions in each case. Germans have reached conclusions on certain points.
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Western
Europe
Rhine
Germany
Cologne
Coblenz
Mainz
Inter-allied
Eastern
Berlin
Associated Press
Versailles
German Zeitung
Germany seeks acceptable terms with entente allies
A correspondent notes peace proposes that delegates present expert drafted terms to the Entente. Germany plans to show utmost consideration for the enemy, seeking a method to make demands bearable. It pledges goodwill, hopes opponents accept economic concessions, but faces difficulty in delivering up German war instigators.
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Germany
Deadlock on Sunday Baseball Bill Split by 7–7 Vote
The committee on legal affairs cannot decide on reporting a bill for amateur Sunday baseball with a 14 member house and a 7 to 7 tie. They will report adversely on two similar bills. Representative Alfred C. Fairbanks of Springfield will offer a substitute drafted by Senator Leonard F. Hardy of Huntington. The substitute would legalize amateur baseball with no admission fee allowed.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
House
Alfred C. Fairbanks
Springfield
Leonard F. Hardy
Huntington
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