The treaty of peace with Germany; official summary of terms presented to German delegates at Versailles and special articles, League of Nations and covenant for world labor . ign would im-mediately entail. She will not risk thepermanent occupation of her territoryby the armed forces of France andEngland. She will seek the opening ofher idle factories, the rebuilding of hershattered trade. Only in this way canshe satisfy the living needs of her ownpeople; in this way only can she payher just debts. It is a fairly safe pre-diction that she will sign within th«period prescribed for her signature.


The treaty of peace with Germany; official summary of terms presented to German delegates at Versailles and special articles, League of Nations and covenant for world labor . ign would im-mediately entail. She will not risk thepermanent occupation of her territoryby the armed forces of France andEngland. She will seek the opening ofher idle factories, the rebuilding of hershattered trade. Only in this way canshe satisfy the living needs of her ownpeople; in this way only can she payher just debts. It is a fairly safe pre-diction that she will sign within th«period prescribed for her signature. How Germany Is ShornOf Her Military StrengthBy Peace Treaty Terms ARMY BEFORE THE WAR Standing army.^»» 790,000Reserves »..^...*»m~_ 3,0&0,000 Total . ?..-.•..,.-?..„ 3,840,000 Fature .^„.„.— 100,000 NAVY BEFORE THE WAR Dreadnoughts ^.^w**-.—- 21 Torpedo boats. >..— ..: 160 Submarines .... „..«,_ 30 Ships of other classes.^.. 110 Total force. „_-»»-.^^i Futore Foroe. Battleships ...... »,-,._; Light cruisers «.Torpedo boats.^ 301 6 6 12 Total ^^..-. 24 THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH S t 0 V A K 1 A V^,, G E R //B»r Geesr. Sec ef for Oomm on Puif. InfermJ . iCttled- iy .Germany IniernaJienalizetl Sevef^ignfy fo 6fdetetminfd iypopfi/ar vofe Rantzaii Admits Defeat;Denies Germanys Sole Guilt After Premier Clemenceau had de-livered his speech, Paul Dutasta, Sec-retary General of the Conference, de-livered a copy of the Treaty to Countvon Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of theGerman delegation, T\ho, accepting thedocument, spoke as follows: Gentlemen—We are deeply im-pressed -nith the sublime task whichhas brought us hither to give a dura-ble peace to the world. We are underno illusion as to the extent of ourdefeat and the degree of our want ofpower. We know that the power ofthe German army is broken. We knowthe power of the hatred which weencounter here, and we have heardthe passionate demand that the van-q


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