ased largely upon
the principle of making good diminutions in the production of the allied
countries resulting from the war.

Germany accords option to the commission on dyestuffs and chemical
drugs, including quinine, up to 50 per cent of the total stock in
Germany at the time the treaty comes into force, and similar option
during each six months to the end of 1924 up to 25 per cent of the
previous six months' output.

DEVASTATED AREAS

[Sidenote: Machinery and animals to be replaced.]

Germany undertakes to devote her economic resources directly to the
physical restoration of the invaded areas. The Reparations Commission is
authorized to require Germany to replace the destroyed articles by the
delivery of animals, machinery, &c., existing in Germany, and to
manufacture materials required for reconstruction purposes; all with due
consideration for Germany's essential domestic requirements.

[Sidenote: French damages in coal and fuel to be made good.]

Germany is to deliver annually for ten years to France coal equivalent
to the difference between the annual pre-war output of Nord and Pas de
Calais mines and the annual production during the above ten-year period.
Germany further gives options over ten years for delivery of 7,000,000
tons of coal per year to France in addition to the above, of 8,000,000
tons to Belgium and of an amount rising from 4,500,000 tons in 1919 to
1920 to 8,500,000 in 1923 to 1924 to Italy at prices to be fixed as
prescribed in the treaty. Coke may be taken in place of coal in the
ratio of three tons to four. Provision is also made for delivery to
France over three years of benzol, coal tar, and of ammonia. The
Commission has powers to postpone or annul the above deliveries should
they interfere unduly with the industrial requirements of Germany.

[Sidenote: Koran of Caliph Othman and skull of Okwawa.]

Germany is to restore within six months the Koran of the Caliph Othman,
formerly at Medina, to the King of the Hedjaz, and the skull of the
Sultan Okwawa, formerly in German East Africa, to his Britannic
Majesty's Government.

[Sidenote: Papers taken in 1870.]

The German Government is also to restore to the French Government
certain papers taken by the German authorities in 1870, belonging then
to M. Reuher, and to restore the French flags taken during the war of
1870 and 1871.

[Sidenote: Reparations to the Louvain Library.]

As reparation for the destruction of the Library of