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In
order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation of
the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes strictly to observe
the military, naval and air clauses which follow.
The
German military forces shall be demobilised and reduced as
prescribed hereinafter.
(1)
By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German
Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and
three divisions of cavalry.
After
that date the total number of effectives in the Army of the States
constituting Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand men,
including officers and establishments of depots. The Army shall be
devoted exclusively to the maintenance of order within the territory
and to the control of the frontiers.
The
total effective strength of officers, including the personnel of
staffs, whatever their composition, must not exceed four thousand.
(2)
Divisions and Army Corps headquarters staffs shall be organised in
accordance with Table No. 1 annexed to this Section.
The
number and strengths of the units of infantry, artillery, engineers,
technical services and troops laid down in the aforesaid Table
constitute maxima which must not be exceeded.
The
following units may each have their own depot:
An
Infantry regiment; A Cavalry regiment; A regiment of Field
Artillery; A battalion of Pioneers.
(3)
The divisions must not be grouped under more than two army corps
headquarters staffs.
The
maintenance or formation of forces differently grouped or of other
organisations for the command of troops or for preparation for war
is forbidden.
The
Great German General Staff and all similar organisations shall be
dissolved and may not be reconstituted in any form.
The
officers, or persons in the position of officers, in the Ministries
of War in the different States in Germany and in the Administrations
attached to them, must not exceed three hundred in number and are
included in the maximum strength of four thousand laid down in the
third sub-paragraph of paragraph (1) of this Article.
Army
administrative services consisting of civilian personnel not
included in the number of effectives prescribed by the present
Treaty will have such personnel reduced in each class to one-tenth
of that laid down in the Budget of 1913.
The
number of employees or officials of the German States such as
customs officers, forest guards and coastguards, shall not exceed
that of the employees or officials functioning in these capacities
in 1913.
The
number of gendarmes and employees or officials of the local or
municipal police may only be increased to an extent corresponding to
the increase of population since 1913 in the districts or
municipalities in which they are employed.
These
employees and officials may not be assembled for military training.
The
reduction of the strength of the German military forces as provided
for in Article 160 may be effected gradually in the following
manner:
Within
three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the
total number of effectives must be reduced to 200,000 and the number
of units must not exceed twice the number of those laid down in
Article 160.
At
the expiration of this period, and at the end of each subsequent
period of three months, a Conference of military experts of the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers will fix the reductions to be
made in the ensuing three months, so that by March 31, 1920, at the
latest the total number of German effectives does not exceed the
maximum number of l00,000 men laid down in Article 160. In these
successive reductions the same ratio between the number of officers
and of men, and between the various kinds of units, shall be
maintained as is laid down in that Article.
Up
till the time at which Germany is admitted as a member of the League
of Nations the German Army must not possess an armament greater than
the amounts fixed in Table No. II annexed to this Section, with the
exception of an optional increase not exceeding one-twentyfifth part
for small arms and one-fiftieth part for guns, which shall be
exclusively used to provide for such eventual replacements as may be
necessary.
Germany
agrees that after she has become a member of the League of Nations
the armaments fixed in the said Table shall remain in force until
they are modified by the Council of the League. Furthermore she
hereby agrees strictly to observe the decisions of the Council of
the League on this subject.
The
maximum number of guns, machine guns, trench-mortars, rifles and the
amount of ammunition and equipment which Germany is allowed to
maintain during the period between the coming into force of the
present Treaty and the date of March 31, 1920, referred to in
Article 160, shall bear the same proportion to the amount authorized
in Table No. III annexed to this Section as the strength of the
German Army as reduced from time to time in accordance with Article
163 bears to the strength permitted under Article 160.
At
the date of March 31, 1920, the stock of munitions which the German
Army may have at its disposal shall not exceed the amounts fixed in
Table No. III annexed to this Section.
Within
the same period the German Government will store these stocks at
points to be notified to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers. The German Government is forbidden to establish
any other stocks, depots or reserves of munitions.
The
number and calibre of the guns constituting at the date of the
coming into force of the present Treaty the armament of the
fortified works, fortresses, and any land or coast forts which
Germany is allowed to retain must be notified immediately by the
German Government to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers, and will constitute maximum amounts which may not
be exceeded.
Within
two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, the
maximum stock of ammunition for these guns will be reduced to, and
maintained at, the following uniform rates: fifteen hundred rounds
per piece for those the calibre of which is 10.5 cm. and under: five
hundred rounds per piece for those of higher calibre.
The
manufacture of arms, munitions, or any war material, shall only be
carried out in factories or works the location of which shall be
communicated to and approved by the Governments of the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers, and the number of which they retain
the right to restrict.
Within
three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, all
other establishments for the manufacture, preparation, storage or
design of arms, munitions, or any war material whatever shall be
closed down. The same applies to all arsenals except those used as
depots for the authorised stocks of munitions. Within the same
period the personnel of these arsenals will be dismissed.
Within
two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty German
arms, munitions and war material, including anti-aircraft material,
existing in Germany in excess of the quantities allowed, must be
surrendered to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers to be destroyed or rendered useless. This will
also apply to any special plant intended for the manufacture of
military material, except such as may be recognised as necessary for
equipping the authorised strength of the German army.
The
surrender in question will be effected at such points in German
territory as may be selected by the said Governments.
Within
the same period arms, munitions and war material, including
anti-aircraft material, of origin other than German, in whatever
state they may be, will be delivered to the said Governments, who
will decide as to their disposal.
Arms
and munitions which on account of the successive reductions in the
strength of the German army become in excess of the amounts
authorised by Tables II and III annexed to this Section must be
handed over in the manner laid down above within such periods as may
be decided by the Conferences referred to in Article 163.
Importation
into Germany of arms, munitions and war material of every kind shall
be strictly prohibited.
The
same applies to the manufacture for, and export to, foreign
countries of arms, munitions and war material of every kind.
The
use of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and all analogous
liquids, materials or devices being prohibited, their manufacture
and importation are strictly forbidden in Germany.
The
same applies to materials specially intended for the manufacture,
storage and use of the said products or devices.
The
manufacture and the importation into Germany of armoured cars, tanks
and all similar constructions suitable for use in war are also
prohibited.
Within
a period of three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty, the German Government will disclose to the Governments of
the Principal Allied and Associated Powers the nature and mode of
manufacture of all explosives, toxic substances or other like
chemical preparations used by them in the war or prepared by them
for the purpose of being so used.
Universal
compulsory military service shall be abolished in Germany.
The
German Army may only be constituted and recruited by means of
voluntary enlistment.
The
period of enlistment for non-commissioned officers and privates must
be twelve consecutive years.
The
number of men discharged for any reason before the expiration of
their term of enlistment must not exceed in any year five per cent.
of the total effectives fixed by the second subparagraph of
paragraph (I) of Article 160 of the present Treaty.
The
officers who are retained in the Army must undertake the obligation
to serve in it up to the age of forty-five years at least.
Officers
newly appointed must undertake to serve on the active list for
twenty-five consecutive years at least.
Officers
who have previously belonged to any formations whatever of the Army,
and who are not retained in the units allowed to be maintained, must
not take part in any military exercise whether theoretical or
practical, and will not be under any military obligations whatever.
The
number of officers discharged for any reason before the expiration
of their term of service must not exceed in any year five per cent.
of the total effectives of officers provided for in the third
sub-paragraph (I) of Article 160 of the present Treaty.
On
the expiration of two months from the coming into force of the
present Treaty there must only exist in Germany the number of
military schools which is absolutely indispensable for the
recruitment of the officers of the units allowed. These schools will
be exclusively intended for the recruitment of officers of each arm,
in the proportion of one school per arm.
The
number of students admitted to attend the courses of the said
schools will be strictly in proportion to the vacancies to be filled
in the cadres of officers. The students and the cadres will be
reckoned in the effectives fixed by the second and third
subparagraphs of paragraph (I) of Article 160 of the present Treaty.
Consequently,
and during the period fixed above, all military academies or similar
institutions in Germany, as well as the different military schools
for officers, student officers (Aspiranten), cadets,
non-commissioned officers or student non-commissioned officers (Aspiranten),
other than the schools above provided for, will be abolished.
Educational
establishments, the universities, societies of discharged soldiers,
shooting or touring clubs and, generally speaking associations of
every description, whatever be the age of their members, must not
occupy themselves with any military matters.
In
particular they will be forbidden to instruct or exercise their
members or to allow them to be instructed or exercised, in the
profession or use of arms.
These
societies, associations, educational establishments and universities
must have no connection with the Ministries of War or any other
military authority.
All
measures of mobilisation or appertaining to mobilisation are
forbidden.
In
no case must formations, administrative services or General Staffs
include supplementary cadres.
Germany
agrees, from the coming into force of the present Treaty, not to
accredit nor to send to any foreign country any military, naval or
air mission, nor to allow any such mission to leave her territory,
and Germany further agrees to take appropriate measures to prevent
German nationals from leaving her territory to become enrolled in
the Army, Navy or Air service of any foreign Power, or to be
attached to such Army, Navy or Air service for the purpose of
assisting in the military, naval or air training thereof, or
otherwise for the purpose of giving military, naval or air
instruction in any foreign country.
The
Allied and Associated Powers agree, so far as they are concerned,
from the coming into force of the present Treaty, not to enroll in
nor to attach to their armies or naval or air forces any German
national for the purpose of assisting in the military training of
such armies or naval or air forces, or otherwise to employ any such
German national as military, naval or aeronautic instructor.
The
present provision does not, however, affect the right of France to
recruit for the Foreign Legion in accordance with French military
laws and regulations.
All
fortified works, fortresses and field works situated in German
territory to the west of a line drawn fifty kilometres to the east
of the Rhine shall be disarmed and dismantled.
Within
a period of two months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty such of the above fortified works, fortresses and field works
as are situated in territory not occupied by Allied and Associated
troops shall be disarmed, and within a further period of four months
they shall be dismantled. Those which are situated in territory
occupied by Allied and Associated troops shall be disarmed and
dismantled within such periods as may be fixed by the Allied High
Command.
The
construction of any new fortification, whatever its nature and
importance, is forbidden in the zone referred to in the first
paragraph above.
The
system of fortified works of the southern and eastern frontiers of
Germany shall be maintained in its existing state.
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After
the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into force
of the present Treaty the German naval forces in commission must not
exceed:
6
battleships of the Deutschland or Lothringen type, 6 light cruisers,
12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats,
or
an equal number of ships constructed to replace them as provided in
Article l90.
No
submarines are to be included.
All
other warships, except where there is provision to the contrary in
the present Treaty, must be placed in reserve or devoted to
commercial purposes.
Until
the completion of the minesweeping prescribed by Article 193 Germany
will keep in commission such number of minesweeping vessels as may
be fixed by the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated
Powers.
After
the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into force
of the present Treaty, the total personnel of the German Navy,
including the manning of the Deet, coast defences, signal stations,
administration and other land services, must not exceed fifteen
thousand, including officers and men of all grades and corps,
The
total strength of officers and warrant officers must not exceed
fifteen hundred.
Within
two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the
personnel in excess of the above strength shall be demobilised.
No
naval or military corps or reserve force in connection with the Navy
may be organised in Germany without being included in the above
strength.
From
the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty all the
German surface warships which are not in German ports cease to
belong to Germany, who renounces all rights over them.
Vessels
which, in compliance with the Armistice of November 11, 1918, are
now interned in the ports of the Allied and Associated Powers are
declared to be finally surrendered.
Vessels
which are now interned in neutral ports will be there surrendered to
the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers. The
German Government must address a notification to that effect to the
neutral Powers on the coming into force of the present Treaty.
From
the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty, all the
German surface warships which are not in German port cease to belong
to Germany, who renounces all rights over them.
Vessels
which, in compliance with the Armistice of November 11, 1918, are
now interned in the ports of the Allied and Associated Powers are
declared to be finally surrendered.
Vessels
which are now interned in neutral ports will be there surrendered to
the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers. The
German Government must address all notification to that effect to
the neutral Powers on the coming into force of the present Treaty.
Within
a period of two months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty the German surface warships enumerated below will be
surrendered to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers in such Allied ports as the said Powers may
direct.
These
warships will have been disarmed as provided in Article XXIII of the
Armistice of November 11, 1918. Nevertheless they must have all
their guns on board.
BATTLESHIPS.
Oldenburg.
Thuringen. Ostfriesland. Helgoland. Posen. Westfalen. Rheinland.
Nassau.
LIGHT
CRUISERS.
Stettin.
Danzig. Munchen. Lubeck. Stralsund. Augsburg. Kolberg. Stuttgart.
and,
in addition, forty-two modern destroyers and fifty modern torpedo
boats, as chosen by the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers.
On
the coming into force of the present Treaty the German Government
must undertake, under the supervision of the Governments of the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers, the breaking up of all the
German surface warships now under construction.
The
German auxiliary cruisers and fleet auxiliaries enumerated below
will be disarmed and treated as merchant ships.
INTERNED
IN NEUTRAL COUNTRIES:
Berlin.
Santa Fe. Seydlitz. Yorck.
IN
GERMANY:
Ammon.
Answald. Bosnia. Cordoba. Cassel. Dania. Rio Negro. Rio Pardo. Santa
Cruz. Schwaben. Solingen. Steigerwald. Franken. Gundomar. Furst
Bulow. Gertrud. Kigoma. Rugia. Santa Elena. Schleswig. Mowe. Sierra
Ventana. Chemnitz. Emil Georg von Strauss. Habsburg. Meteor.
Waltraute. Scharnhorst.
On
the expiration of one month from the coming into force of the
present Treaty all German submarines, submarine salvage vessels and
docks for submarines, including the tubular dock, must have been
handed over to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers.
Such
of these submarines, vessels and docks as are considered by the said
Governments to be fit to proceed under their own power or to be
towed shall be taken by the German Government. into such Allied
ports as have been indicated
The
remainder, and also those in course of construction, shall be broken
up entirely by the German Government under the supervision of the
said Governments. The breaking-up must be completed within three
months at the most after the coming into force of the present
Treaty.
Articles,
machinery and material arising from the breaking-up of German
warships of all kinds, whether surface vessels or submarines, may
not be used except for purely industrial or commercial purposes.
They
may not be sold or disposed of to foreign countries.
Germany
is forbidden to construct or acquire any warships other than those
intended to replace the units in commission provided for in Article
l81 of the present Treaty
The
warships intended for replacement purposes as above shall not exceed
the following displacement:
Armoured
ships 10,000 tons
Light
cruisers 6,000 tons
Destroyers
800 tons
Torpedo
boats 200 tons
Except
where a ship has been lost, units of the different classes shall
only be replaced at the end of a period of twenty years in the case
of battleships and cruisers, and fifteen years in the case of
destroyers and torpedo boats, counting from the launching of the
ship.
The
construction or acquisition of any submarine, even for commercial
purposes, shall be forbidden in Germany.
The
warships in commission of the German fleet must have on board or in
reserve only the allowance of arms, munitions and war material fixed
by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers. Within a month from
the fixing of the quantities as above, arms, munitions and war
material of all kinds, including mines and torpedoes, now in the
hands of the German Government and in excess of the said quantities,
shall be surrendered to the Governments of the said Powers at places
to be indicated by them. Such arms, munitions and war material will
be destroyed or rendered useless.
All
other stocks, depots or reserves of arms, munitions or naval war
material of all kinds are forbidden.
The
manufacture of these articles in German territory for, and their
export to, foreign countries shall be forbidden.
On
the coming into force of the present Treaty Germany will forthwith
sweep up the mines in the following areas in the North Sea to the
eastward of longitude 4° 00', E. of Greenwich:
(1)
Between parallels of latitude 53° 00', N. and 59° 00', N.; (2) To
the northward of latitude 60° 30' N.
Germany
must keep these areas free from mines.
Germany
must also sweep and keep free from mines such areas in the Baltic as
may ultimately be notified by the Governments of the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers.
The
personnel of the German Navy shall be recruited entirely by
voluntary engagements entered into for a minimum period of
twenty-five consecutive years for officers and warrant officers;
twelve consecutive years for petty officers and men.
The
number engaged to replace those discharged for any reason before the
expiration of their term of service must not exceed five per cent.
per annum of the totals laid down in this Section (Article 183).
The
personnel discharged from the Navy must not receive any kind of
naval or military training or undertake any further service in the
Navy or Army.
Officers
belonging to the Germany Navy and not demobilised must engage to
serve till the age of forty-five, unless discharged for sufficient
reasons.
No
officer or man of the German mercantile marine shall receive any
training in the Navy.
In
order to ensure free passage into the Baltic to all nations, Germany
shall not erect any fortifications in the area comprised between
latitudes 55° 27' N. and 54° 00' N. and longitudes 9°К00'
E. and 16°К00' E. of the meridian of Greenwich, nor install
any guns commanding the maritime routes between the North Sea and
the Baltic. The fortifications now existing in this area shall be
demolished and the guns removed under the supervisions of the Allied
Governments and in periods to be fixed by them.
The
German Government shall place at the disposal of the Governments of
the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all information now in
its possession concerning the channels and adjoining waters between
the Baltic and the North Sea.
All
fortified works and fortifications, other than those mentioned in
Section XIII (Heligoland) of Part III (Political Clauses for Europe)
and in Article 195, now established within fifty kilometres of the
German coast or on German islands off that coast shall be considered
as of a defensive nature and may remain in their existing condition.
No
new fortifications shall be constructed within these limits. The
armament of these defences shall not exceed, as regards the number
and calibre of guns, those in position at the date of the coming
into force of the present Treaty. The German Government shall
communicate forthwith particulars thereof to all the European
Governments.
On
the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into force
of the present Treaty the stocks of ammunition for these guns shall
be reduced to and maintained at a maximum figure of fifteen hundred
rounds per piece for calibres of 4.1-inch and under, and five
hundred rounds per piece for higher calibres.
During
the three months following the coming into force of the present
Treaty the German high-power wireless telegraphy stations at Nauen,
Hanover and Berlin shall not be used for the transmission of
messages concerning naval, military or political questions of
interest to Germany or any State which has been allied to Germany in
the war, without the assent of the Governments of the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers. These stations may be used for
commercial purposes, but only under the supervision of the said
Governments, who will decide the wavelength to be used.
During
the same period Germany shall not build any more high-power wireless
telegraphy stations in her own territory or that of Austria,
Hungary, Bulgaria or Turkey.
The
armed forces of Germany must not include any military or naval air
forces.
Germany
may, during a period not extending beyond October 1, 1919, maintain
a maximum number of one hundred seaplanes or flying boats, which
shall be exclusively employed in searching for submarine mines,
shall be furnished with the necessary equipment for this purpose,
and shall in no case carry arms, munitions or bombs of any nature
whatever.
In
addition to the engines installed in the seaplanes or flying boats
above mentioned, one spare engine may be provided for each engine of
each of these craft.
No
dirigible shall be kept.
Within
two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the
personnel of air forces on the rolls of the German land and sea
forces shall be demobilised. Up to October 1, 1919, however, Germany
may keep and maintain a total number of one thousand men, including
officers, for the whole of the cadres and personnel, flying and
non-flying, of all formations and establishments.
Until
the complete evacuation of German territory by the Allied and
Associated troops, the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers
shall enjoy in Germany freedom of passage through the air, freedom
of transit and of landing.
During
the six months following the coming into force of the present
Treaty, the manufacture and importation of aircraft, parts of
aircraft, engines for aircraft, and parts of engines for aircraft,
shall be forbidden in all German territory.
On
the coming into force of the present Treaty, all military and naval
aeronautical material, except the machines mentioned in the second
and third paragraphs of Article 198, must be delivered to the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.
Delivery
must be effected at such places as the said Governments may select,
and must be completed within three months.
In
particular, this material will include all items under the following
heads which are or have been in use or were designed for warlike
purposes:
Complete
aeroplanes and seaplanes, as well as those being manufactured,
repaired or assembled.
Dirigibles
able to take the air, being manufactured, repaired or assembled.
Plant
for the manufacture of hydrogen.
Dirigible
sheds and shelters of every kind for aircraft.
Pending
their delivery, dirigibles will, at the expense of Germany, be
maintained inflated with hydrogen; the plant for the manufacture of
hydrogen, as well as the sheds for dirigibles may at the discretion
of the said Powers, be left to Germany until the time when the
dirigibles are handed over.
Engines
for aircraft.
Nacelles
and fuselages.
Armament
(guns, machine guns, light machine guns, bombdropping apparatus,
torpedo-dropping apparatus, synchronisation apparatus, aiming
apparatus).
Munitions
(cartridges, shells, bombs loaded or unloaded, stocks of explosives
or of material for their manufacture).
Instruments
for use on aircraft.
Wireless
apparatus and photographic or cinematograph apparatus for use on
aircraft.
Component
parts of any of the items under the preceding heads.
The
material referred to above shall not be removed without special
permission from the said Governments.
All
the military, naval and air clauses contained in the present Treaty,
for the execution of which a time-limit is prescribed, shall be
executed by Germany under the control of Inter-Allied Commissions
specially appointed for this purpose by the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers.
The
Inter-Allied Commissions of Control will be specially charged with
the duty of seeing to the complete execution of the delivery,
destruction, demolition and rendering things useless to be carried
out at the expense of the German Government in accordance with the
present Treaty.
They
will communicate to the German authorities the decisions which the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers have reserved the right to
take, or which the execution of the military, naval and air clauses
may necessitate.
The
Inter-Allied Commissions of Control may establish their
organisations at the seat of the central German Government.
They
shall be entitled as often as they think desirable to proceed to any
point whatever in German territory, or to send subcommissions, or to
authorise one or more of their members to go, to any such point.
The
German Government must give all necessary facilities for the
accomplishment of their missions to the Inter-Allied Commissions of
Control and to their members.
It
shall attach a qualified representative to each Inter-Allied
Commission of Control for the purpose of receiving the
communications which the Commission may have to address to the
German Government and of supplying or procuring for the Commission
all information or documents which may be required.
The
German Government must in all cases furnish at its own cost all
labour and material required to effect the deliveries and the works
of destruction, dismantling, demolition, and of rendering things
useless, provided for in the present Treaty.
The
upkeep and cost of the Commissions of Control and the expenses
involved by their work shall be borne by Germany.
The
Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control will represent the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in dealing
with the German Government in all matters concerning the execution
of the military clauses.
In
particular it will be its duty to receive from the German Government
the notifications relating to the location of the stocks and depots
of munitions, the armament of the fortified works, fortresses and
forts which Germany is allowed to retain, and the location of the
works or factories for the production of arms, munitions and war
material and their operations.
It
will take delivery of the arms, munitions and war material, will
select the points where such delivery is to be effected, and will
supervise the works of destruction, demolition, and of rendering
things useless, which are to be carried out in accordance with the
present Treaty.
The
German Government must furnish to the Military Inter-Allied
Commission of Control all such information and documents as the
latter may deem necessary to ensure the complete execution of the
military clauses, and in particular all legislative and
administrative documents and regulations.
The
Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control will represent the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in dealing
with the German Government in all matters concerning the execution
of the naval clauses.
In
particular it will be its duty to proceed to the building yards and
to supervise the breaking-up of the ships which are under
construction there, to take delivery of all surface ships or
submarines, salvage ships, docks and the tubular docks, and to
supervise the destruction and breaking-up provided for.
The
German Government must furnish to the Naval Inter-Allied Commission
of Control all such information and documents as the Commission may
deem necessary to ensure the complete execution of the naval
clauses, in particular the designs of the warships, the composition
of their armaments, the details and models of the guns, munitions,
torpedoes, mines, explosives, wireless telegraphic apparatus and, in
general, everything relating to naval war material, as well as all
legislative or administrative documents or regulations.
The
Aeronautical Inter-Allied Commission of Control will represent the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in dealing
with the German Government in all matters concerning the execution
of the air clauses.
In
particular it will be its duty to make an inventory of the
aeronautical material existing in German territory, to inspect
aeroplane, balloon and motor manufactories, and factories producing
arms, munitions and explosives capable of being used by aircraft, to
visit all aerodromes, sheds, landing grounds, parks and depots, to
authorise, where necessary, a removal of material and to take
delivery of such material.
The
German Government must furnish to the Aeronautical Inter-Allied
Commission of Control all such information and legislative,
administrative or other documents which the Commission may consider
necessary to ensure the complete execution of the air clauses, and
in particular a list of the personnel belonging to all the German
Air Services, and of the existing material, as well as of that in
process of manufacture or on order, and a list of all establishments
working for aviation, of their positions, and of all sheds and
landing grounds.
After
the expiration of a period of three months from the coming into
force of the present Treaty, the German laws must have been modified
and shall be maintained by the German Government in conformity with
this Part of the present Treaty.
Within
the same period all the administrative or other measures relating to
the execution of this Part of the Treaty must have been taken.
The
following portions of the Armistice of November 11, 1918 Article VI,
the first two and the sixth and seventh paragraphs of Article VII;
Article IX; Clauses I, II and V of Annex n° 2, and the Protocol,
dated April 4, 1919, supplementing the Armistice of November 11,
1918, remain in force so far as they are not inconsistent with the
above stipulations.
So
long as the present Treaty remains in force, Germany undertakes to
give every facility for any investigation which the Council of the
League of Nations, acting if need be by a majority vote, may
consider necessary.
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