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Army Expected
To Quit Rhine
By x4ugust 31
Officials Say Withdrawal
of American Soldiers in
Germany Is Provided for
in Terms of the Treaty
WASHINGTON. May 7. ? Prompt
withdrawal of the American army of
occupation from Germany has been
provided for in the Paris treaty, in
the opinion of army officials who
scanned the official summary of the
document to-day. In the drastic mili?
tary and naval terms imposed on Ger?
many, coupled with the pledge of Presi?
dent Wilson and Premier Lloyd George
to ask that Congress and Parliament
guarantee the protection of France
against assault, they read a definite in?
tention to turn the task of garrisoning
occupied Germany over to France at an
early date.
The treaty terms -were studied closely )
tq determine just what thev meant for !
the United States. Officers felt that I
the whole subject of future American ;
military policy was closely interwoven !
in these provisions. It is upon obliga?
tions incurred under the treaty, if it is
ratified here, that the policy must be .
framed. In all probability, it was said, <
Mr. Wilson will desire to outline a com- ?
p?ete military programme to Congress !
when he carries out his pledge.
No Gorman Armed Force
Military and naval experts declared ,
that under the terms of the treaty ?
Germany would cease to exist, even as
k potential military power, on land, '
?ea or in the air.
There will be no German army or ?
navy in any modern sense, they said, |
for what remains after the treaty pro?
visions are carried out will be no more
than a national police force, lacking
everv ess?.-ntial for international con?
flict:
The terms are taken here as indio
ative of what Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey may expect. To open the door
for world-wide reduction of armaments
the treaty framers appear to have
grappled with militarism, intent upon
tearing it out by the roots, it was said.
President Wilson
Wanted These
League of
"A steadfast concert for peace can
never be maintained except by a
partnership of democratic nations.
It must be a league of honor, a part?
nership of opinion."?War message
to Congress, April 2, 1917.
"A general association of nations
must bo formed under specific cove?
nants for the purpose of affording
mutual guarantees of political inde?
pendence and territorial integrity to
great and small states alike."?Four?
teenth of the ..fourteen points, Jan?
uary 8, 1918.
"There can bo no league or alli?
ances or special covenants and un?
derstandings within the league of
nations."?Liberty Loan speech in
New York , September 27, 1918.
Western Boundi
["'The peace must deliver Belgium
and Northern France from the Prus?
sian concraest and menace."?An?
nual message to Congress, Decem?
ber 4, 1917.
"Belgium, the whole -world will
agree, must be evacuated and r?3
stored, without any attempt to limit
the sovereignty she enjoys. With?
out this healing act the whole struc?
ture and validity of international
law ia foreTer impaired."?Seventh
of the fourteen point?, January 8,
L?L8.
**A11 French territory should be
freed and the invaded portion? re?
stored, and the wrong done to
France by Prussia in 1871 in the
matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has
unsettled the peace of the world for
u ?early fifty years, should be righted,
in order that peace may once more
b? made secure in the interest of
all."?Eighth of the fourteen points,
Reparation an
"We seek no indemnities for our?
selves, no material compensation for
tine sacrifices we shall freely make."
?War message to Congress, April 2,
1'JlT.
"America seeks no material profit
or aggrandisement of any kind. No
indemnities must be insisted on except
tifosa that constitute payments for
manifest wrongs don?-"?Message to
Lassia, May 28, 1917.
"Punitivo damages we deem in?
expedient,"?fteply to the Pope,
August 27, 1917.
Pol
"There should be a united, Inde
jiimdent and autonomous Po?and."?
Address to the Senate, January 22,
5 317.
"An independent Polieh state
' ..-: be erected, which should in?
clude the territories inhabited by in
ably Polish populations, which
Id be assured a freo and secure
a ce.*-* to the sea, and whose political
--onomic independence and tcr
j.torial integrity should be guaran
t-td by international covenant."?
lb rteenth of the Fourteen Points,
ry 8, 1913.
Access to
"K-ery people should be assured of
a llTCct outlet to the sea. Where this
tir.r.ot te done b7 the cession of ter?
ritory, it can, no doubt, be dono by
th? neutrahzati'jn of rights of way."
Address to the Henato, January
22,1217.
e? I said . . . the nations were
<v3tti'.K"l to assured arid unmolested
ItHtrrn to the sea, I was thinking of
/?stria, as well as of Serbia and of
|'???, "i."?Fifth annual message to
I - ;;re?j3, December 4, 1017,
German Cob
Blindad and abso
? impartial adjustment of all
f(h of the Four
Points, January Z, 1918.
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As military men see it, there will he
left in central Europe, where this
menace to world peace was reared,
hardly a siprn that it ever existed.
In view of the extraordinary nature
of the terms imposed upon Germany,
officers regarded the agreement of
President Wilson to seek from Con?
gress formal assurances that American
military power will rush to France's
aid if that nation again is attacked as
arising from other causes than any
doubt that Germany would be power?
less when those terms had been carried
out.
All Home by September
This led to the belief that a plan
to withdraw without delay the Ameri
ican army of occupation in Germany
was what prompted the insertion of
the agreement clause.
Secretary of War Baker, who was
back in his office to-day from his third
trip to Europe, said the American army
in France would all be home by Au- j
gust, but that the homeward movement j
of the army of occupation in Germany
would depend upon the agreement
reached by the Associated Powers at
Paris. ? It has been stated officially,
however, that the War Department's
plans, as now framed, do not contem- ?
plate the stay of any American troops
in Europe beyond September. About a |
mouth would be required for the with- !
drawal of the 300,000 men in the army 1
of occupation.
If Congress agrees to guarantee the
protection of France, as the President
will ask, it was suggested that there
must be concrete ?vidences of the inten?
tion and means to carry out the pledge
in the shape of an organized expedi- |
tionary force within easy reach of em- :
barkation points, and the maintenance |
of transports to be made ready quickly.
President Wilson
Received These
Nations
The covenant of the league of na?
tions which will include the Allied
signers of the treaty and their as?
sociates, but exclude the Central
Powers, constitutes Section 1 of the
treaty.
It provides for a permanent secre?
tariat in Geneva, a council of nine
and an assembly. The executive
council will plan a reduction of ar?
maments and a permanent court of
international justice, settle interna?
tional disputes, attempt to prevent |
wars, validate treaties, arrange man- \
datories over parts of Africa and I
Turkey, supervise international com?
merce, and take charge of all exist?
ing international bureaus and com?
missions. An international labor or?
ganization is provided.
crry of Germany
January 8, 1918.
Germany cedes to Belgium two
small districts with a total area of
382 square miles. She agrees to pay
damages for personal injuries to
civilians, for maltreatment of pris?
oners, for property loss, for forced
civilian labor, and to offset fines
imposed on invaded areas, and she
undertakes to devote her economic
resources to the physical restoration
of invaded areas.
Germany cedes Alsace-Lorraine to
France, granting concessions in
property, citizenship and customs,
turning over to France the Rhine
bridges and agreeing to reduce for?
tifications at Kehl and Strassburg.
Germany cede3 ownership of the
Saar basin coal wines to France as ?
the price of destruction of the mines !
of Northern France, and loses sov- |
ereignty in an area of 738 square I
miles in the Saar Valley.
A Indemnities
Germany agrees to pay damages I
for all losses and injuries incurred I
by the Allied and associated gov?
ernments on account of the war, with
an initial payment of 55,000,000,000.
In addition, Germany surrenders all
claim to ships seized during the war
by other powers and will build new
merchant ships for the Entente.
To pay for works of art stolen or
destroyed in Northern France and
Belgium, Germany will replace or
give full valuo in similar articles.
2W?fi
Germany cedes to Poland the
greater part of upper SUesia and
Posen and that part of the province
of West Prussia lying west of tho
Vistula and extending north to the
Baltic. In East Prussia plebiscites
will bo taken to fix the frontier on
the south and east. Dantzig is made j
a free city under guarantees from
the league of nations, tho rights and
property of Polish nationals there to
be protected. Traffic across Poland
and on th? Vistula la arranged.
i the Sea
Poland is given direct access to the
nea by tho cession to her by Ger?
many of most of tho provinco of
West Prussia lying west of the Vis?
tula R.vei-, and the opening of Dan?
zig to both Germans and Poles by
Its establishment a:? a free city.
Austria and Serbia are unincluded
In this treaty, which concerns only
the relations between the German
Empiro and the Allied and associated
governments.
jniol Claims
Germany surrenders her overseas
possessions, with all rigts and titles.
Diplomatie protection to their in?
habitants is ta bo given by the gov?
ernments exercising authority.
President Wilson
Wanted These
Economi
"The removal, so far as possible,
of all economic barriers and the es?
tablishment of an equality of trade
conditions among all the nations con?
senting to the peace and associating
themselves for its maintenance."?
Third of the Fourteen Points, Jan?
uarys, 1918.
"There can be no leagues or al?
liances or special covenants and un?
derstandings within the league of
nations. . . . There can be no special,
selfish, economic combinations within
the league, and no employment of
any form of economic boycott or ex?
clusion except as the power of eco?
nomic penalty by exclusion from the
markets of the world may be vested
in the league of nations itself as ?i
means of discipline and control."?
Liberty Loan speech, New York, Sep?
tember 27,1918.
"The establishment of selfish and
exclusive economic leagues we deem
inexpedient."
Ru
"The evacuation of all Russian
territory and such settlement of all
questions affecting Russia as will
secure the best and freest coopera?
tion of the other nations of the
world in obtaining for her an un?
hampered and unembarrassed oppor?
tunity for the independent deter?
mination of her own political devel?
opment and national, policy and as?
sure her of a sincere welcome into
the society of free nations under in?
stitutions of her own choosing."?
, Sixth of the fourteen points, Jan?
uary 8, 1918.
"I intend to stand by Russia as
well as France."?Speech at the
Metropolitan Opera House, May IS,
1?1S.
Monroe
"I am proposing that the nations
should with one accord adopt the
doctrine of President Monroe as the
doctrine of the world."?Address to
the Senate, January 22, 1917.
Limitation o,
"Armaments should be limited to
the necessities of national order and
domestic safety."?Second inaugural
address, March 5, 1017.
"Adequate guarantees that na?
tional armaments will be reduced to
the lowest points consistent with do?
mestic safety."?Fourth of the four?
teen points, January 8, 1919.
Responsibility
"The war was started by Ger?
many."?Address at A. F. of L. con?
vention, Buffalo, November 12, 1917.
"The war was begun by the mili?
tary masters of Germany."?Flag
Day address, June 14, 1917.
Freedom c
"Absolut? freedom of navigation
upon tha seaB, outside territorial
waters, alike in peace and in war,
except as ttoe seas may be closed in
whole or in part by international
action for the enforcement of inter
: national covenants."?Second of the
fourteen points, made in address to
Congress, January 8, 1919.
Open Di
"It will be our wish and purpose
that the processes of peace shall be
absolutely open.
"Open covenants of peace, openly
arrived at, after which there shall
be no private international under?
standings of any kind, but diplomacy
shall proceed always rrankly and in
the public view."?First of the four?
teen points, January 8, 1918.
"All international agreements and
treaties of every kind must bo made
known in their entirety to the rest
of the world."?Liberty Loan speech,
New York, September 27, 1918.
Irish Alumni Pledge
Failh to "Republic" |
Tho Maynooth Alumni Association
held its annual banquet at the Hotel
Antor last night. Amorig the guests
were Archbishop Hayes, Chaplain Duffy, ;
Dr. P. McCarten, envoy of the Irish I
Republic; Diarmid Lynch, national sec- j
rotary of the Friends of Irish Freedom; \
the Rev. Richard Tierney, S. J., and the
Rev. Father Chidwick.
At a business meeting, which pre?
ceded the banquet, the unwavering
support of the alumni was pledged in
a cable sent to Enmonn De Valera,
president of the Irish Republic. One I
thousand dollars was also cabled to Dc
Valera a? a personal gift from the
alumni in recognition of his stand for
Irish freedom.
The congratulations of the organisa?
tion were cabled to the Irish envoys j
from the United States? ex-Governor !
Dunne, of Illinois; Frank P. Walsh, of
New York, and M. J. Ryan, of Philadel?
phia. An invitation was extended to
Rev. Dr. Munix, Archbishop of Mel?
bourne, to vlilt this country.
Rev. Dnniel J. Lavery, D. D., acted as ?'
toantmaster at the bnnquet. The speak- .
ers included the Right Rev. Mgr. Smith,
?he Rev. Peter Donohoe, the Rev. Fran?
cia P. Duffy, the Rev. Jams? H. Mc
(?innis and tho Rev. William Living
otono, P. R. i
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Joffe Is Reported Shot
Poles Said t? Have Executed
Former Bolshevik Envoy
COPENHAGEN, May 7.?When Polish
forces captured Vilna recently they
3cized and shot Adolph Joffe, the for?
mer Russian Bolshevik Ambassador at
Berlin, according to Polish newspapers
received here.
Adolph Joffe was first chairman of
the Russian peace delegation at Brest
Litovsk, and after the signing of the
treaty was appointed Bolshevik Ambas?
sador to Germany. He was received in
Berlin by the German imperial govern?
ment last. May and was in Berlin when
the revolution occurred. The new Ger?
man government expelled Joffe late in
November. He returned to Berlin in
December and was said to have brought
money to aid the Spartaci?es in their
activities against the government.
Joffe finally was expelled from the Ger?
man capital in January, and since then
had been in Russia.
President Wilson
Received These
c Barriers
The members of the league will
make provision to secure and main?
tain equitable treatment for the com?
merce of all members of the league.
All treaties or international engage?
ments will be registered with the see
retariat, and obligations inconsistent
with the covenant's terms are thereby
abrogated.
Germany must expedite Allied
goods in transit, may not discrimin?
ate against the ports of Allied or as?
sociated nations, and must grant the
latter's seaports all factors and re?
duced tariffs granted her own or
other nationals, and afford the Allied
and associated powers equal rights
with those of her own nationals in
her ports and waterways.
"The measures which the Allied and
associated powers shall have the
right to take, in case of voluntary
default by Germany, may include eco?
nomic an?T financial prohibitions and
reprisals."
ssia
Germany agrees to respect the in
dependency ?if all territories which
were part of the former Russian
Empire, to accept the abrogation of
the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and
other treaties entered into with the
Maximalist government, and to recog?
nize the new frontiers.
All German troop?,,, ut present in
territories to the east of the new
German - Polish - Russian frontier
shall return as soon as the Allied
and associated governments deem
w iso. They are to abstain from
requisitions and are in no way 10
interfere with me a sure s for national
defence. Questions regarding occu?
pation not provided for in the pres?
ent treaty will be covered in a sub?
sequent convention.
Doctrine
"Nothing in this covenant shall be
deemed to affect the validity of in?
ternational engagements, such as
treaties of arbitration or regional un?
derstandings like the Monroe Doc?
trine."
/ Armaments
The council of the league, "taking
nccount of the geographical situa?
tion and circumstances of each
r.tatc," f? hall formulate plans for the
reduction of national armaments to
the lowest point, consistent with na?
tional safety and enforcement by
common action of international ob?
ligations.
y for the War
Germany accepts the responsibil?
ity for starting the war of aggres?
sion. The Allied and associated gov?
ernments affirm this responsibility
and publicly arraign William II of
Hohenzollern for a supreme offence
against international morality and
the Fanctity of treaties.
>f the Seas
Five great rivers in German ter?
ritory are internationalized. The
Kiel Canal is made open and free
to all ships of all nations at peace
with Germany. j
(Traffic on the. high seas is not
mentioned in either the league cove?
nant text or the treaty summary.)
iplomacy
"Every convention or international
engagement entered into hencefor?
ward by any member of the league
shall be registered with the secre?
tariat and shall, as soon as possible,
be published by it. No such treaty
or interternational engagement shall
be binding until so registered."
"The league assembly may from
time to time advise members to re?
consider treaties which have become
inapplicable or involve danger to
peace. The covenant abrogates all
obligations between members incon?
sistent, with its terms."
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Many Killed as German
Ammunition Blows Up
BRUSSELS, May R (By The Asso
[ ciated I*ress). ? A depot of German
| ammunition containing shells and
bombs of every calibre and many gas
shells has been exploding since yes
| terday morning at the railway station
! at Groenendael, six miies south of
Brussels, where Canadian troops were
inspected by King Albert eight days
ago. The depot has i>een under guard
of 150 Belgian soldiers, and 600 Ger?
man prisoners have been at work near
it. It is believed there are many
killed and wounded, but the number of
victims will not be known for several
days.
Many houses in the neighborhood
have collapsed and windows and roofs
for two miles around have been shat?
tered. This is especially the case at
Hoeylaert and neighboring towns,
where there are thousands of hot?
houses. The movement of trains over
the Namur-Luxemburg line has been |
interrupted.
It is reported that while workmen j
were unloading a wagon filled with !
shell3 a detonator exploded in the ]
hands of a German prisoner, setting
fire to the ammunition boxes. After j
the explosion the German prisoners !
broke the barbed wire cordon sur?
rounding the camp and fled in all di?
rections through the woods. Only 150
have been arrested since. The Bel?
gian guards at the depot succeeded
in escaping safety. The explosions
are clearly heard in Brussels and' may
continue for days.
England-to-Spain Flight
is Halted at Biarritz
BAYONNE, France, May 7.?Major
Darley, of the British army, who
started from Margate. England, yester?
day to fly to Madrid, landed on the
French coast near the Biarritz light?
house yesterday afternoon. Low clouds
prevented the aviator from seeing the
peaks of the Pyrennese.
The flight will be resumed when the
weather clears.
Half of Swiss War Debt
To Be Paid by Income Tax
BERNE, May 7.?It is announced that
the citizens of Switzerland by 800,000
votes to 163,000 have approved a meas?
ure imposing a war tax on incomes, the
tax to be levied until one-half of the
country's debt due to the war is paid
off.
The only cantons which returned a
majority against the scheme were
Geneva and Neufchatel.
The tax is to be applied to incomes
exceeding 4,000 francs, with a progres?
sive increase in taxation on the larger
incomes.
Pan-American Congress
Is Planned by Women
I BUENOS AYRES, May 6.?A Pan
I American Woman's Congress, to be
i held in this city in July, 1921, is be?
ing planned.
Women's organizations of the United
States are expected to cooperate with
j the woman's party which has been
j formed here in arranging for the meet
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