ears for battleships and 15 years for
destroyers. The largest armored ship Germany will be permitted will be
10,000 tons.
CANNOT HAVE FIGHTING AIR CRAFT
For temporary purposes Germany may retain a small force of airplanes and
a small force to operate them, but otherwise the entire air force is to
be demobilized within two months. No aviation grounds or dirigible sheds
are to be allowed within 150 kilometers of the Rhine or the eastern or
southern frontiers, existing installations within these limits to be
destroyed. The manufacture of aircraft and parts of aircraft is
forbidden for six months. All military and naval aeronautical material
under a most exhaustive definition must be surrendered within three
months except for the 100 seaplanes already specified.
COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE ABANDONED
Conscription is abolished in Germany. The enlisted personnel must be
maintained by voluntary enlistments for terms of 12 consecutive years,
the number of discharges before the expiration of that term not in any
year to exceed 5 per cent of the total effectives. Officers remaining in
the service must agree to serve to the age of 45 years, and newly
appointed officers must agree to serve actively for 25 years.
No military schools except those absolutely indispensable for the units
allowed shall exist in Germany two months after the peace. No
associations such as societies of discharged soldiers, shooting or
touring clubs, educational establishments, or universities may occupy
themselves with military matters. All measures of mobilization are
forbidden.
MANUFACTURE OF GUNS AND AMMUNITION FORBIDDEN
All establishments for the manufacturing, preparation, storage, or
design of arms and munitions of war, except those specifically
excepted, must be closed within three months of the peace and their
personnel dismissed. The exact amount of armament and munitions allowed
Germany is laid down in detail by tables, all in excess to be
surrendered or rendered useless. The manufacture or importation of
asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and all analogous liquids is
forbidden, as well as the importation of arms, munitions and war
material. Germany may not manufacture such material for foreign
governments.
WILLIAM II INDICTED AND HIS TRIAL SOUGHT
"The allied and associated powers publicly arraign William II of
Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor, not for an offense against
criminal law, but for a supreme offense
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