Damage to injured persons and to surviving dependents by personal
injury to or death of civilians caused by acts of war, including
bombardments or other attacks on land, on sea, or from the air, and all
the direct consequences thereof, and of all operations of war by the two
groups of belligerents wherever arising.
Damage caused by Germany or her allies to civilian victims of acts of
cruelty, violence, or maltreatment, (including injuries to life or
health as a consequence of imprisonment, deportation, internment, or
evacuation, of exposure at sea, or of being forced to labor by Germany
or her allies,) wherever arising, and to the surviving dependents of
such victims.
Damage caused by Germany or her allies in their own territory or in
occupied or invaded territory to civilian victims of all acts injurious
to health or capacity to work, or to honor, as well as to the surviving
dependents of such victims.
Damage caused by any kind of maltreatment of prisoners of war.
As damage caused to the peoples of the Allied and Associated Powers,
all pensions and compensations in the nature of pensions to naval and
military victims of war, (including members of the air forces,) whether
mutilated, wounded, sick or invalided, and to the dependents of such
victims, the amount due to the Allied and Associated Governments being
calculated for each of them as being the capitalized costs of such
pensions and compensations at the date of the coming into force of the
present treaty, on the basis of the scales in force in France at such
date.
The cost of assistance by the Governments of the Allied and
Associated Powers to prisoners of war and to their families and
dependents.
Allowances by the Governments of the Allied and Associated Powers to
the families and dependents of mobilized persons or persons serving with
the forces, the amount due to them for each calendar year in which
hostilities occurred being calculated for each Government on the basis
of the average scale for such payments in force in France during that
year.
Damage caused to civilians by being forced by Germany or her allies
to labor without just remuneration.
Damage in respect of all property, wherever situated, belonging to
any of the Allied or Associated States or their nationals, with the
exception of naval and military works or materials, which have been
carried off, seized, injured, or destroyed by the acts of Germany or her
allies on land, on sea, or from the air, or damage directly in
consequence of hostilities or of any operations of war.
Damage in the form of levies, fines and other similar exactions
imposed by Germany or her allies upon the civilian population.
ANNEX II.
The commission referred to in Article 233 shall be called "The
Reparation Commission," and is hereinafter referred to as "the
commission."
Delegates to the commission shall be nominated by the United States
of America, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, and the
Serb-Croat-Slovene State. Each of these powers will appoint one delegate
and also one assistant delegate, who will take his place in case of
illness or necessary absence, but at other times will only have the
right to be present at proceedings without taking any part therein. On
no occasion shall the delegates of more than five of the above powers
have the right to take part in the proceedings of the commission and to
record their votes. The delegates of the United States, Great Britain,
France, and Italy shall have this right on all occasions. The delegates
of Belgium shall have this right on all occasions other than those
referred to below. The delegate of Japan shall have this right on
occasions when questions relating to damage at sea and questions arising
under Article 260 of Part IX. (financial clauses) in which Japanese
interests are concerned are under consideration. The delegate of the
Serb-Croat-Slovene State shall have this right when questions relating
to Austria, Hungary, or Bulgaria are under consideration.
Each Government represented on the commission shall have the right to
withdraw therefrom upon twelve months' notice, filed with the commission
and confirmed in the course of the sixth month after the date of the
original notice.
Such of the other Allied and Associated Powers as may be interested
shall have the right to appoint a delegate to be present and act as
assessor only while their respective claims and interests are under
examination or discussion, but without the right to vote.
In case of the death, resignation or recall of any delegate,
assistant delegate, or assessor, a successor to him shall be nominated
as soon as possible.
The commission will have its principal permanent bureau in Paris and
will hold its first meeting in Paris as soon as practicable after the
coming into force of the present treaty, and thereafter will meet in
such place or places and at such time as it may deem convenient and as
may be necessary for the most expeditious discharge of its duties.
At its first meeting the commission shall elect from among the
delegates referred to above a Chairman and a Vice Chairman, who shall
hold office for one year and shall be eligible for re-election. If a
vacancy in the Chairmanship or Vice Chairmanship should occur during the
annual period the commission shall proceed to a new election for the
remainder of the said period.
Copyright Underwood & Underwood
German Press Representatives in Versailles
These men who are shown in their work room in the Hotel Des Reservoirs,
Versailles, sent the news of the progress of the Peace Treaty throughout
Germany
The commission is authorized to appoint all necessary officers,
agents, and employees who may be required for the execution of its
functions, and to fix their remuneration; to constitute committees,
whose members need not necessarily be members of the commission, and to
take all executive steps necessary for the purpose of discharging its
duties, and to delegate authority and discretion to officers, agents,
and committees.
Whatever part of the full amount of the proved claims is not paid in
gold, or in ships, securities, and commodities or otherwise, Germany
shall be required, under such conditions as the commission may
determine, to cover by way of guarantee by an equivalent issue of bonds,
obligations, or otherwise, in order to constitute an acknowledgment of
the said part of the debt;
In periodically estimating Germany's capacity to pay, the commission
shall examine the German system of taxation, first to the end that the
sums for reparation which Germany is required to pay shall become a
charge upon all her revenues prior to that for the service or discharge
of any domestic loan, and, secondly, so as to satisfy itself that, in
general, the German scheme of taxation is fully as heavy proportionately
as that of any of the powers represented on the commission.
In order to facilitate and continue the immediate restoration of the
economic life of the Allied and Associated countries, the commission
will, as provided in Article 235, take from Germany by way of security
for and acknowledgment of her debt a first installment of gold bearer
bonds free of all taxes or charges of every description established or
to be established by the Government of the German Empire or of the
German States, or by any authority subject to them; these bonds will be
delivered on account and in three portions, the marks gold being payable
in conformity with Article 262 of Part IX. (financial clauses) of the
present treaty, as follows:
First. To be issued forthwith, 20,000,000,000 marks gold bearer bonds,
payable not later than May 1, 1921, without interest. There shall be
specially applied toward the amortization of these bonds the payments
which Germany is pledged to make in conformity with Article 235, after
deduction of the sums used for the reimbursement of expenses of the
armies of occupation and for payment of foodstuffs and raw materials.
Such bonds as have not been redeemed by May 1, 1921, shall then be
exchanged for new bonds of the same type as those provided for below,
(Paragraph 12, c. second.)
Second. To be issued forthwith, further 40,000,000,000 marks gold bearer
bonds, bearing interest at 2½ per cent. per annum between 1921
and 1926, and thereafter at 5 per cent. per annum, with an additional 1
per cent for amortization beginning in 1926 on the whole amount of the
issue.
Third. To be delivered forthwith a covering undertaking in writing, to
issue when, but not until, the commission is satisfied that Germany can
meet such interest and sinking fund obligations, a further installment
of 40,000,000,000 marks gold 5 per cent. bearer bonds, the time and mode
of payment of principal and interest to be determined by the commission.
The dates for payment of interest, the manner of applying the
amortization fund, and all other questions relating to the issue,
management, and regulation of the bond issue shall be determined by the
commission from time to time.
Further issues by way of acknowledgment and security may be required as
the commission subsequently determines from time to time.
In the event of bonds, obligations, or other evidence of
indebtedness issued by Germany by way of security for or acknowledgment
of her reparation debt being disposed of outright, not by way of pledge,
to persons other than the several Governments in whose favor Germany's
original reparation indebtedness was created, an amount of such
reparation indebtedness shall be deemed to be extinguished
corresponding to the nominal value of the bonds, &c., so disposed of
outright, and the obligation of Germany in respect for such bonds shall
be confined to her liabilities to the holders of the bonds, as expressed
upon their face.
The damage for repairing, reconstructing, and rebuilding property in
the invaded and devastated districts, including reinstallation of
furniture, machinery and other equipment, will be calculated according
to the cost at the dates when the work is done.
Decisions of the commission relating to the total or partial
cancellation of the capital or interest of any verified debt of Germany
must be accompanied by a statement of its reasons.
All proceedings of the commission shall be private unless, on
particular occasions, the commission shall otherwise determine for
special reasons.
Questions involving the sovereignty of any of the Allied and
Associated Powers, or the cancellation of the whole or any part of the
debt or obligations of Germany.
Questions of determining the amount and conditions of bonds or other
obligations to be issued by the German Government and of fixing the time
and manner for selling, negotiating, or distributing such bonds.
Any postponement, total or partial, beyond the end of 1930, of the
payment of installments falling due between the 1st May, 1921, and the
end of 1926 inclusive.
Any postponement, total or partial, of any installment falling due
after 1926 for a period exceeding three years.
Questions of applying in anypatricularparticular case a method of measuring
damages different from that which has been previously applied in a
similar case.
Questions of the interpretation of the provisions of this part of
the present treaty.
The commission shall be required, if the German Government so desire,
to hear, within a period which it will fix from time to time, evidence
and arguments on the part of Germany on any question connected with her
capacity to pay.
The commission shall consider the claims and give to the German
Government a just opportunity to be heard, but not to take any part
whatever in the decisions of the commission. The commission shall afford
a similar opportunity to the allies of Germany when it shall consider
that their interests are in question.
First. A certificate stating that it holds for the account of the said
power bonds of the issues mentioned above, the said certificate, on the
demand of the power concerned, being divisible in a number of parts not
exceeding five;
Second. From time to time certificates stating the goods delivered by
Germany on account of her reparation debt which it holds for the account
of the said power.
The said certificates shall be registered, and, upon notice to the
commission, may be transferred by indorsement.
When bonds are issued for sale or negotiation, and when goods are
delivered by the commission, certificates to an equivalent value must be
withdrawn.
The commission shall not be bound by any particular code or rules of
law or by any particular rule of evidence or of procedure, but shall be
guided by justice, equity, and good faith. Its decisions must follow the
same principles and rules in all cases where they are applicable. It
will establish rules relating to methods of proof of claims. It may act
on any trustworthy modes of computation.
The commission shall have all the powers conferred upon it, and
shall exercise all the functions assigned to it by the present treaty.
The commission shall in general have wide latitude as to its control and
handling of the whole reparation problem as dealt with in this part of
the present treaty, and shall have authority to interpret its
provisions. Subject to the provisions of the present treaty, the
commission is constituted by the several Allied and Associated
Governments referred to in Paragraphs 2 and 3 above as the exclusive
agency of the said Governments respectively for receiving, selling,
holding, and distributing the reparation payments to be made by Germany
under this part of the present treaty. The commission must comply with
the following conditions and provisions:
As to voting, the commission will observe the following rules:
When a decision of the commission is taken, the votes of all the
delegates entitled to vote, or in the absence of any of them, of their
assistant delegates, shall be recorded. Abstention from voting is to be
treated as a vote against the proposal under discussion. Assessors have
no vote.
On the following questions unanimity is necessary:
All other questions shall be decided by the vote of a majority.
In case of any difference of opinion among the delegates, which cannot
be solved by reference to their Governments, upon the question whether a
given case is one which requires a unanimous vote for its decision or
not, such difference shall be referred to the immediate arbitration of
some impartial person to be agreed upon by the Governments, whose award
the Allied and Associated Governments agree to accept.
Decisions of the commission, in accordance with the powers conferred
upon it, shall forthwith become binding and may be put into immediate
execution without further proceedings.
The commission will issue to each of the interested powers, in such
form as the commission shall fix:
Interest shall be debited to Germany as from 1st May, 1921, in
respect of her debt as determined by the commission, after allowing for
sums already covered by cash payments or their equivalent, or by bonds
issued to the commission, or under Article 243. The rate of interest
shall be 5 per cent., unless the commission shall determine at some
future time that circumstances justify a variation of this rate.
The commission, in fixing on 1st May, 1921, the total amount of the debt
of Germany, may take account of interest due on sums arising out of the
reparation of material damage, as from 11th November, 1918, up to 1st
May, 1921.
In case of default by Germany in the performance of any obligation
under this part of the present treaty, the commission will forthwith
give notice of such default to each of the interested powers and may
make such recommendations as to the action to be taken in consequence of
such default as it may think necessary.
The measures which the Allied and Associated Powers shall have the
right to take, in case of voluntary default by Germany, and which
Germany agrees not to regard as acts of war, may include economic and
financial prohibitions and reprisals and in general such other measures
as the respective Governments may determine to be necessary in the
circumstances.
Payments required to be made in gold or its equivalent on account of
the proved claims of the Allied and Associated Powers may at any time be
accepted by the commission in the form of chattels, properties,
commodities, businesses, rights, concessions, within or without German
territory, ships, bonds, shares, or securities of any kind, or
currencies of Germany or other States, the value of such substitutes for
gold being fixed at a fair and just amount by the commission itself.
The commission, in fixing or accepting payment in specified
properties or rights, shall have due regard for any legal or equitable
interests of the Allied and Associated Powers or of neutral powers or of
their nationals therein.
No member of the commission shall be responsible, except to the
Government appointing him, for any action or omission as such member. No
one of the Allied or Associated Governments assumes any responsibility
in respect of any other Government.
Subject to the provisions of the present treaty this annex may be
amended by the unanimous decision of the Governments represented from
time to time upon the commission.
When all the amounts due from Germany and her allies under the
present treaty or the decisions of the commission have been discharged
and all sums received, or their equivalents, shall have been distributed
to the powers interested, the commission shall be dissolved.
ANNEX III.
Germany recognizes the right of the Allied and Associated Powers to
the replacement, ton for ton (gross tonnage) and class for class, of all
merchant ships and fishing boats lost or damaged owing to the war.
Nevertheless, and in spite of the fact that the tonnage of German
shipping at present in existence is much less than that lost by the
Allied and Associated Powers, in consequence of the German aggression,
the right thus recognized will be enforced on German ships and boats
under the following conditions:
The German Government on behalf of themselves and so as to bind all
other persons interested, cede to the Allied and Associated Governments
the property in all the German merchant ships which are of 1,600 tons
gross and upward; in one-half, reckoned in tonnage, of the ships which
are between 1,000 tons and 1,600 tons gross; in one-quarter, reckoned in
tonnage, of the steam trawlers, and in one-quarter, reckoned in tonnage,
of the other fishing boats.
The German Government will, within two months of the coming into
force of the present treaty, deliver to the Reparation Commission all
the ships and boats mentioned in Paragraph 1.
Deliver to the Reparation Commission in respect of each vessel a
bill of sale or other document of title evidencing the transfer to the
commission of the entire property in the vessel free from all
incumbrances, charges, and liens of all kinds, as the commission may
require:
Take all measures that may be indicated by the Reparation Commission
for insuring that the ships themselves shall be placed at its disposal.
The ships and boats mentioned in Paragraph 1 include all ships and
boats which (a) fly, or may be entitled to fly, the German merchant
flag; or (b) are owned by any German national, company, or corporation
or by any company or corporation belonging to a country other than an
Allied or Associated country and under the control or direction of
German nationals; or (c) which are now under construction (1) in
Germany, (2) in other than Allied or Associated countries for the
account of any German national, company, or corporation.
Within three months of the coming into force of the present treaty,
the Reparation Commission will notify to the German Government the
amount of tonnage to be laid down in German shipyards in each of the two
years next succeeding the three months mentioned above:
Within twenty-four months of the coming into force of the present
treaty, the Reparation Commission will notify to the German Government
the amount of tonnage to be laid down in each of the three years
following the two years mentioned above;
The amount of tonnage to be laid down in each year shall not exceed
200,000 tons, gross tonnage;
The specifications of the ships to be built, the conditions under
which they are to be built and delivered, the price per ton at which
they are to be accounted for by the Reparation Commission, and all other
questions relating to the accounting, ordering, building and delivery of
the ships, shall be determined by the commission.
For the purpose of providing documents of title for the ships and
boats to be handed over as above mentioned, the German Government will:
As an additional part of reparation, Germany agrees to cause merchant
ships to be built in German yards for the account of the Allied and
Associated Governments as follows:
Germany undertakes to restore in kind and in normal condition of
upkeep to the Allied and Associated Powers, within two months of the
coming into force of the present treaty, in accordance with procedure to
be laid down by the Reparation Commission, any boats and other movable
appliances belonging to inland navigation which since the 1st August,
1914, have by any means whatever come into her possession or into the
possession of her nationals, and which can be identified.
With a view to make good the loss in inland navigation tonnage, from
whatever cause arising, which has been incurred during the war by the
Allied and Associated Powers, and which cannot be made good by means of
the restitution prescribed above, Germany agrees to cede to the
Reparation Commission a portion of the German river fleet up to the
amount of the loss mentioned above, provided that such cession shall not
exceed 20 per cent. of the river fleet as it existed on the 11th
November, 1918.
The condition of this session shall be settled by the arbitrators
referred to in Article 339 of Part XII. (ports, waterways and railways)
of the present treaty, who are charged with the settlement of
difficulties relating to the apportionment of river tonnage resulting
from the new international régime applicable to certain river
systems or from the territorial changes affecting those systems.
Germany agrees to take any measures that may be indicated to her by
the Reparation Commission for obtaining the full title to the property
in all ships which have been during the war transferred, or are in
process of transfer, to neutral flags, without the consent of the Allied
and Associated Governments.
Germany waives all claims of any description against the Allied and
Associated Governments and their nationals in respect of the detention,
employment, loss or damage of any German ships or boats, except when
being made of payments due in respect of the employment of ships in
conformity with the armistice agreement of the 13th January, 1919, and
subsequent agreements.
The handing over of the ships of the German mercantile marine must be
continued without interruption in accordance with the said agreement.
Germany waives all claims to vessels or cargoes sunk by or in
consequence of naval action and subsequently salved, in which any of the
Allied or Associated Governments or their nationals may have any
interest, either as owners, charterers, insurers or otherwise,
notwithstanding any decree of condemnation which may have been made by a
prize court of Germany or of her allies.
ANNEX IV.
The Allied and Associated Powers require, and Germany undertakes,
that, in part satisfaction of her obligations expressed in this part of
the present treaty, she will, as hereinafter provided, devote her
economic resources directly to the physical restoration of the invaded
areas of the Allied and Associated Powers, to the extent that these
powers may determine.
The Allied and Associated Governments may file with the Reparation
Commission lists showing:
Animals, machinery, equipment, tools, and like articles of
commercial character, which have been seized, consumed, or destroyed by
Germany or destroyed in direct consequence of military operations, and
which such Governments, for the purpose of meeting immediate and urgent
needs, desire to have replaced by animals and articles of the same
nature which are being in German territory at the date of the coming
into force of the present treaty;
Reconstruction materials, (stones, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles,
wood, window glass, steel, lime, cement, &c.,) machinery, heating
apparatus, furniture, and like articles of a commercial character which
the said Governments desire to have produced and manufactured in Germany
and delivered to them to permit of the restoration of the invaded areas.
The lists relating to the articles mentioned in 2 (a), above, shall
be filed within sixty days after the date of the coming into force of
the present treaty. The lists relating to the articles in 2 (b), above,
shall be filed on or before Dec. 31, 1919. The lists shall contain all
such details as are customary in commercial contracts dealing with the
subject matter, including specifications, dates of delivery, (but not
extending over more than four years,) and places of delivery, but not
price or value, which shall be fixed as hereinafter provided by the
commission.
Immediately upon the filing of such lists with the commission, the
commission shall consider the amount and number of the materials and
animals mentioned in the lists provided for above which are to be
required of Germany. In reaching a decision on this matter the
commission shall take into account such domestic requirements of Germany
as it deems essential for the maintenance of Germany's social and
economic life, and the prices and dates at which similar articles can be
obtained in the Allied and Associated countries as compared with those
to be fixed for German articles, and the general interest of the Allied
and Associated Governments that the industrial life of Germany be not so
disorganized as to affect adversely the ability of Germany to perform
the other acts of reparation stipulated for. Machinery, equipment,
tools, and like articles of a commercial character in actual industrial
use are not, however, to be demanded of Germany unless there is no free
stock of such articles respectively which is not in use and is
available, and then not in excess of 30 per cent. of the quantity of
such articles in use in any one establishment or undertaking.
The commission shall give representatives of the German Government an
opportunity and a time to be heard as to their capacity to furnish the
said materials, articles, and animals. The decision of the commission
shall thereupon and at the earliest possible moment be communicated to
the German Government and to the several interested Allied and
Associated Governments. The German Government undertakes to deliver the
materials, articles, and animals as specified in the said communication,
and the interested Allied and Associated Governments severally agree to
accept the same, provided they conform to the specification given, or
are not, in the judgment of the commission, unfit to be utilized in the
work of reparation.
The commission shall determine the value to be attributed to the
materials, articles, and animals to be delivered in accordance with the
foregoing, and the Allied or Associated Power receiving the same agrees
to be charged with such value, and the amount thereof shall be treated
as a payment by Germany to be divided in accordance with Article 237 of
this part of the present treaty.
First. To the French Government, 500 stallions, (3 to 7 years,) 30,000
fillies and mares, (18 months to 7 years,) type: Ardennais, Boulonnais,
or Belgian; 2,000 bulls, (18 months to 3 years); 90,000 milch cows, (2
to 6 years); 1,000 rams, 100,000 sheep, 10,000 goats.
Second. To the Belgian Government, 200 stallions, (3 to 7 years) large
Belgian type; 5,000 mares, (3 to 7 years) large Belgian type; 5,000
fillies, (18 months to 3 years); large Belgian type; 2,000 bulls, (18
months to 3 years) 50,000 milch cows, (2 to 6 years) 40,000 heifers, 200
rams, 20,000 sheep, 15,000 sows.
The animals delivered shall be of average health and condition. To the
extent that animals so delivered cannot be identified as animals taken
away or seized, the value of such animals shall be credited against the
reparation obligations of Germany in accordance with Paragraph 5 of this
annex.
In cases where the right to require physical restoration as above
provided is exercised the commission shall insure that the amount to be
credited against the reparation obligation of Germany shall be the fair
value of work done or materials supplied by Germany and that the claim
made by the interested power in respect of the damage so repaired by
physical restoration
shall be discharged to the extent of the proportion which the damage
thus repaired bears to the whole of the damage thus claimed for.
As an immediate advance on account of the animals referred to in
Paragraph 2 (a) above, Germany undertakes to deliver in equal monthly
installments in the three months following the coming into force of the
present treaty the following quantities of live stock:
Without waiting for the decisions of the commission, referred to in
Paragraph 4 of this annex, to be taken, Germany must continue the
delivery to France of the agricultural material referred to in Article 3
of the renewal of the armistice of 16th January, 1919.
ANNEX V.
Germany accords the following options for the delivery of coal and
derivatives of coal to the under-mentioned signatories of the present
treaty.
Germany undertakes to deliver to France 7,000,000 tons of coal per
year for ten years. In addition, Germany undertakes to deliver to France
annually for a period not exceeding ten years an amount of coal equal to
the difference between the annual production before the war of the coal
mines of the Nord and Pas de Calais, destroyed as a result of the war,
and the production of the mines of the same area during the years in
question; such delivery not to exceed 20,000,000 tons in any one year of
the first five years, and 8,000,000 tons in any one year of the
succeeding five years.
It is understood due diligence will be exercised in the restoration of
the destroyed mines in the Nord and Pas de Calais.
Germany undertakes to deliver to Belgium 8,000,000 tons of coal
annually for ten years.
July, 1919, to June, 1920, 4,500,000 tons.
July, 1920, to June, 1921, 6,000,000 tons.
July, 1921, to June, 1922, 7,500,000 tons.
July, 1922, to June, 1923, 8,000,000 tons.
July, 1923, to June, 1924, 8,500,000 tons.
Germany undertakes to deliver to Italy up to the following quantities
of coal:
and each of the following five years, 8,500,000 tons.
For overland delivery, including delivery by barge, the German
pithead price to German nationals, plus the freight to French, Belgian,
Italian, or Luxemburg frontiers, provided the pithead price does not
exceed the pithead price of British coal for export. In case of Belgian
bunker coal, the price shall not exceed the Dutch bunker price. Railroad
and barge tariffs shall not be higher than the lowest similar rates paid
in Germany.
For sea delivery, the German export price f. o. b. the German ports,
or the British export price f. o. b. British ports, whichever may be
lower.
At least two-thirds of the actual deliveries to be land borne.
Germany further undertakes to deliver annually to Luxemburg, if
directed by the Reparation Commission, a quantity of coal equal to the
pre-war annual consumption of German coal in Luxemburg.
Benzol—35,000 tons.
Coal tar—50,000 tons.
Sulphate of ammonia—30,000 tons.
The prices to be paid for coal delivered under these options shall be
as follows:
The Allied and Associated Governments interested may demand the
delivery in place of coal of metallurgical coke in the proportion of
three tons of coke to four tons of coal.
Germany undertakes to deliver to France and to transport to the
French frontier by rail or by water the following products during each
of the three years following the coming into force of this treaty:
All or part of the coal tar may, at the option of the French Government,
be replaced by corresponding quantities of products of distillation,
such as light oils, heavy oils, anthracine, naphthaline, or pitch.
The price paid for coke and for the articles referred to in the
preceding paragraphs shall be the same as the price paid by German
nationals under the same conditions of shipment to the French frontier
or to the German ports, and shall be subject to any advantages which may
be accorded similar products furnished to German nationals.
The foregoing options shall be exercised through the intervention of
the Reparation Commission, which, subject to the specific provisions
hereof, shall have power to determine all questions relative to
procedure and the qualities and quantities of products, the quantity of
coke which may be substituted for coal, and the times and modes of
delivery and payment. In giving notice to the German Government of the
foregoing options the commission shall give at least 120 days' notice of
deliveries to be made after 1st January, 1920, and at least thirty days'
notice of deliveries to be made between the coming into force of this
treaty and the 1st January, 1920. Until Germany has received the demands
referred to in this paragraph the provisions of the protocol of the 25th
December, 1918, (execution of Article 6 of the armistice of the 11th
November, 1918,) remain in force.
The notice to be given to the German Government of the exercise of the
right of substitution accorded by Paragraphs 7 and 8 shall be such as
the Reparation Commission may consider sufficient.
If the commission shall determine that the full exercise of the
foregoing options would interfere unduly with the industrial
requirements of Germany, the commission is authorized to postpone or to
cancel deliveries, and in so doing to settle all questions of priority,
but the coal to replace coal from destroyed mines shall receive priority
over other deliveries.
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