Ai VeuJUes Germany Is Receiving Peace Terms of the Allies; Buy Bonds to Help Finish the Job V HARRISBURG lfli§f2|l TELEGRAPH V ®lic otac-3n&cpeii&ei4. I. XXXVIII—NO. 107 20 PAGES Du % a K er P AT s t u h n e d Po,T^FFLCE C at A HA S R e r uSur Iaaa HARRISBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1919. SING°E C & N P T IIS HOME EDITION GREAT THRONGS READY TO GREET OLD BTH; ALLIED DEMANDS GIVEN ENEMY AND WORLD GERMAN EMPIRE IS BROKEN AND IMPOVERISHED BY THE DRASTIC TERMS OF PEACE Foe Must Pay All I .osses Suffered FOE TO LOSE POSSESSIONS First Instalment of $5,000,000,000 Is Demand ISii Associated Press. PARIS, May 7. The German delegates to the Peace Confer ence declare that they will sign the peace treaty, but that Ger many will not pay an indemnity. Versailles, May 7. —Ger- many to-day was told the terms upon which the Al lied and associated powers will make peace with her. These terms were contained in a treaty some 80.000 words in length which was handed to the German plenipotentiaries at a memorable assemblage here, at tended by the delegates* of the twenty-seven nations which are parties to the peace pact. Document Notable I bis notable document, on which the leading statesmen of the various nations, together with a swarm of experts from the principal countries involved, have been working since the convening of the I'eace Confer ence on January 18, is introduc ed bv an extensive preamble, embodying the assertion of au thority upon which the treaty is based. Immediately following is the first chapter, the Covenant oi the l.eague of Nations, I lie !".\t of which already has been printed, of the fourteen principal sections, one contains stip ulations with regard to frontiers which materially change the map of Europe. Military, naval and air terms sire dealt with in another sec tion. while still another is devoted to the subject of reparations. Po litical stipulations for Europe, on the one hand, and outside of it, on the other, are dealt with in separate divisions of the document. Not in German The treaty, it is noted, has to do , With Germany alone, except insofar i i• it is required that she accept | agreements made by the Allies with the other central powers. The document, long as it is, is [ shorter than was indicated by sonto j of the forecasts, which estimated itß | length tit 100,000 words. The treaty Is not printed in Ger- j man. The text is in French and | English. on opposite pages. To Kml linn Militarism The terms of the treaty spell the j end of Germany as a military power. ] She is deprived of virtually all her fleet, her army is cut down to nomin al dimensions, and she is sharply restricted along lines through which she might seek to work militarily to rehabilitate herself. Economically, also, ttie future course of Germany is hedged about with stipulations . intended to insure iter ability to pay J0 the indemnity demanded by the Al lies, but to prevent her from exploit ing her old-time resources as a [Continued on I'ngo lib] ITHE WEATHER] For llnrrldbiiru nnd vicinityi Un settled, probably dhowcm thin afternoon: cloudy nnd wurmer to-niKlit, ultb louffit tempera ture ii bo II t 55 degreed; Thumdny fair. I'or KiiMtern Pcnnnylvanln i Show ers thid afternoon; cloudy nnd warmer to-nlftht, probably howerd In extreme ent por tion; Tliurddny fair; fresh south and douthwent wind*. Hirer The main river will probably con tinue to fall dlowfy. The prin cipal branched will ride dllffhtly or remain nearly atatlonury. A dfnKc of about 4.8 feet Id indi cated for tlurridburg Thursday | morning. i Summary of Demands Made on Germany • By Associated Press• j New York, May 7. —An official summary of the Peace Treaty, j delivered to the German delegates at Versailles by the represen- I tatives of the associated powers, was made public here to-day by the committee on public information. It follows: Pledge Help to France ' t "In addition to the securities afforded in the Treaty of Peace, the President of the United States has pledged himself to propose to the Senate of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain has pledged himself to propose to the parliament of Great Britain an engagement, subject to the approval of the Council of the League of Nations, to come immediately to the assistance of France in case of unprovoked attack by Germany." Summary of Treaty Following is summary of Treaty of Peace prepared for use of the press: Paris, May 7.—The Treaty of Peace between the twenty-seven allied and associated powers on the one hand and Germany on the other was handed to the German plenipotentiaries at Versailles ito-day. 80,000 Words in Pact It is the longest treaty ever drawn. It totals about 80.000 words, j divided into fifteen main sections, and represents the combined product of over a thousand experts working continually through a series of commissions for the three and a half months since January 18. 'I he treaty is printed in parallel pages of English i and trench, which are recognized as having equal validity. It does not deal with questions affecting Austria. Bulgaria and Tur key except insofar as binding Germany to accept any agreement reached with those former allies. League Creed at Front hollowing the preamble and deposition of powers comes the | (Covenant of the League of Nations as the first section of the treaty. The frontiers of Germany in Europe as defined in the sec ond section; European political classes given in the third and | extra-European political classes in the fourth. Next are the military, naval and air terms as the fifth section, 1 followed by a section on prisoners of war and military graves land a seventh on responsibilities. Reparations, financial terms, and economic terms are covered in sections eight to ten. Then ; comes the aeronautic section, ports, waterways and railways sec tion. the labor covenant, the section on guarantees, and the final j clauses. ! Germany by the terms of the treaty restores Alsace-Lorraine to France, accepts the internationalization of the Saar basin teni i porarily and of Danzig permanently, agrees to territorial changes j towards Belgium and Denmark and in East Prussia, cedes most of I Upper .Silesia to Poland and renounces all territorial and political rights outside Europe, as to her own or her allies' territories, and ] especially to Morocco, Egypt. Siatn, Liberia and Shantung. She also recognizes the total independence of German-Austria, J Czecho-Slovakia and Poland. Army Reduced to 100,000 lier army is reduced to a hundred thousand men including of j ficers; conscription within her territories is abolished; all forts I fifty kilometers east of the Rhine razed, and all importation, ex ; portation and nearly all production of war material stopped. Al lied occupation of parts of Germany will continue till reparation is made, but will be reduced at the "end of each of three five-vcar periods if Germany is fulfilling her obligations. Violation Will Be Act of War , Any violation by Germany of the conditions as to the zone fifty-kilometers east of the Rhine will be regarded as an act of i war - i l Has But Small Navy The German navy is reduced to six battleships, six light cruis | ers. and twelve torpedoboats, without submarines, and a person | nel of not over fifteen thousand. All other vessels must be sur ; rendered or destroyed. Germany is forbidden to build forts con | trolling the Baltic, must demolish Heligoland, open the Kiel canal to all nations, and surrender her fourteen submarine cables. She ma} have no military or naval air forces except one hundred un | armed seaplanes until October first to detect mines, and may manufacture aviation material for six months. Gets Full Responsibility Germany accepts full responsibility for all damages caused to allied and associated governments and nationals, agrees specifical ly to reimbuse all civilian damages beginning with an initial pay ment of twenty billion marks subsequent payments to be secured by bonds to be issued at the discretion of the reparation commis sion. Germany is to pay shipping damage on a ton-for-ton basis by cession of a large part of her merchant, coasting and river fleets and by new construction; and to devote her economic resources to the rebuilding of the devastated regions. She agrees to return to the Nineteen Fourteen most-favored-na tion tariffs, without discrimination of sort; to allow allied and as sociated nationals freedom of transit through her territories, and to accept highly detailed provisions as to pre-war debts, unfair competition, internationalization of roads and rivers, and other economic and financial clauses. She also agrees to the trial of the ex-kaiser by an international high court for a supreme offense against international morality, and of other nationals for violation of the laws and customs of war, Holland to be asked to extradite the former and Germany being responsible for delivering the latter. 1 he League of Nations is accepted by the allied and associated powers as operative and by Germany in principle but without membership. Sijnilarly an international labor body is brought into being with a permanent office and an annual convention. A iContinued on Page 2) Welcome Home \ " v <* } / , J New York World PILLS KILL AGED MAN THREE WEEKS! AFTER WIFE DIES William Hauck, Aged 74,! Worried Over Loss of Life Partner William Hauck, 74 years old, of 537 South Fifteenth street, died at the Har risburg Hospital last night, as the re sult of taking an overdose of pills, i Physicians cannot say to-day exactly what was contained in the medicine I which caused his death. Hauck resided with his son, Miles D. | Hauck, 537 South Fifteenth street, and ! he was rushed from his home to the | Harrisburg Hospital as soon as it was j learned that he had taken the medicine. ; j Mr. Hauck's wife died about three weeks j i ago and since then he has been quite I ! despondent. The remains may be viewed on Friday); evening at the Hoover & Son undertak- j ing parlors, 1413 North Second street.; The body will be taken to Danville on i i Saturday afternoon, where services will I be held. Red Cross Nurse Takes Ride in Army Plane at Berrysburg' Hcrry.slHirg, Pa., Muy 7. The Rcr- ' Tysburg IJbcrty Roan District comes! forward with the second woman of! Dauphin county to enjoy a tup in un airplane as a reward for selling Lib erty Bonds. She Is Miss Pearl Gaupp, daughter of O. Fred Gaupp, of Fli/.a- ] bethville, a Red Cross nurse, whol spent fifteen months in France nurs ing wounded soldiers. "It certainly is odd that after seeing so manv j . planes in France I should have to! come back to the old home town to get my first ride." she said as the 1 aviator buckled the belt around her and gave her a warm aviator's cap to wear. She was up more than fifteen minutes, and enjoyed every minute of 1 the ride. George Werner, a well-known > blacksmith, went up with Aviator Nelson on the first trip, leaving a iiig field on the farm of Daniel Rov'der I south of Berrysburg, shortly after 2 o'clock. H. G. Foster, chairman of the district, was pleased with the , turnout, and said that while the dis trict has gone over the top, the com mittee will not stop until every house has been canvassed. Stores Asked to Close When Old Bth Arrives Chairman J. S. Rowengard, of the Merchants' Council of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, has requested all stores to close one-half hour af ter the whistles announce the arrival at Lancaster of the home-coming members of the Twenty-eighth Divi sion, and as a mark of honor and re spect to them, remain closed for the rest of the day. WILSON FLASHES i CONGRESS TO SIT MONDAY, MAY 19 ; President Sends Cull From Paris bv Cable For Snc- j i . end Session /■';/ Associated Press. Washington, Muy 7. —President, j Wilson issued a call by cable to-day for a special session of Congress to; meet Monday, May lit. Secretary' | Tumulty, in-making the announce ment suid it would be impossible, ofi I course, for the President to he here | ion the opening day. The date fixed j | for the special session was much i | earlier than Democratic leaders had j 1 expected. White House officials said that in • | naming an early date for the ses-1 : sion, President Wilson was guided) I largely by the advice of Secretary | Glass as to the necessity of passing I annual appropriation measures j [Continued on Page 2.] I —— i When Johnny Comes Marching Home When Johnny comes marching homej again, Hur-rah, Hur-rah! We'll give him a hearty welcome] then, Hur-rah, Hur-rah! The men will cheer, the boys will) shout. The ladies they will all turn out. CHORUS And we'll all feel gay When Johnny conies marching home. | The old church hell will peal with' joy Hur-rah, Hur-rah! To welcome home our darling boy, j' Hur-rah, Hur-rah! The village lads and lassies say With roses they will strew the way. | And we'll all, etc. Get ready for the jubilee, j Hur-rah, Hur-rah! We'll give the heroes three times: 1 throe. | 1 Hur-rah, Hur-rah! The laurel wreath is ready now ' To place upon his royal brow. And we'll all, etc. Let love and friendship on that day, ' Hur-rah, Hur-rah! Their choicest treasures then dls-! play. Hur-rah, Hur-rah! And let each one perform some part i To fill with joy the warrior's heart And we'll, etc. | ROTARIANS TO ADORN BRIDGE WITHFLOWERS Place Boxes on Mulberry Street Viaduct For Me morial Day | The Rotary Club at a meeting in Roshon's Studio last evening, voted to erect flower boxes at the eastern | and western approaches of the Mul berry street bridge and at the top of the approach from Cameron street, In the center of the structure, in honor I of Harrisburg Soldiers, Sailors and I Marines who died during the war. The boxes will be built around the i electric light standards and will j be 12 or Iti in number. The Park De j partment has agreed to keep them, ; watered during the summer. The I i tub will dedicate them on the eve of ■ Memorial Day with fitting ceremony. I Next year the club hopes to have I every light standard except those di- I rcctly over the railroad tracks dec- I orated and to make the Memorial Day i eve observance an annual event. For Free Bridge The club went on record last eve ning in favor of a free bridge over the river at this point and on mo tion of Andrew Redmond, president 1011 N. Hershey, was instructed to ap point a committee of five to investi gate and start a movement looking toward the freeing of one of the bridges. The bridge discussion came about through the refusal of the Harris burg Bridge Company to permit the club to place on the island a sign welcoming people to Harrisburg. "I don't believe we want a welcoming sign there at all events," said Mr. Redmond. "It comes with small grace for lis to welcome an uutomo liilist to Harrisburg has reached down in his pocket and taken from i him his money before permitting him (Continued on Pago 1) Carranza Orders Army to Drive Against Villa; Castro In to Command liy Associated Press. Juarez, Mex., May 7.—Alarmed at Krancirco Villa's recent show of strength in Northern Mexico, Presi-! dent Carramsa has ordered General I Jesus Agustin Castro subsceretary of! war in command of the northeast ern zone to begin his campaign against Villa's forces immediately, according to reports brought to the border by passengers from Chihua hua City. VICTORY LOAN GROWS / • * f :*S 4 At, i A* I