GRAVES

[Sidenote:  Graves to be respected and maintained.]

Both parties will respect and maintain the graves of soldiers and sailors buried on their territories, agree to recognize and assist any commission charged by any allied or associate Government with identifying, registering, maintaining or erecting suitable monuments over the graves, and to afford to each other all facilities for the repatriation of the remains of their soldiers.

SECTION VII

RESPONSIBILITIES

[Sidenote:  William II charged with responsibility for war.]

“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 against international morality and the sanctity of treaties.”

The ex-Emperor’s surrender is to be requested of Holland and a special tribunal set up, composed of one judge from each of the five great powers, with full guarantees of the right of defense.  It is to be guided “by the highest motives of international policy with a view of vindicating the solemn obligations of international undertakings and the validity of international morality,” and will fix the punishment it feels should be imposed.

[Sidenote:  Persons who violated laws of war to be tried.]

Persons accused of having committed acts in violation of the laws and customs of war are to be tried and punished by military tribunals under military law.  If the charges affect nationals of only one State, they will be tried before a tribunal of that State; if they affect nationals of several States, they will be tried before joint tribunals of the States concerned.  Germany shall hand over to the associated Governments, either jointly or severally, all persons so accused and all documents and information necessary to insure full knowledge of the incriminating acts, the discovery of the offenders, and the just appreciation of the responsibility.  The Judge [garbled in cabling] will be entitled to name his own counsel.

SECTION VIII

REPARATION AND RESTITUTION

[Sidenote:  Germany’s responsibility for loss and damage.]

“The allied and associated Governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility of herself and her allies, for causing all the loss and damage to which the allied and associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.”

The total obligation of Germany to pay as defined in the category of damages is to be determined and notified to her after a fair hearing, and not later than May 1, 1921, by an interallied Reparation Commission.

At the same time a schedule of payments to discharge the obligation within thirty years shall be presented.  These payments are subject to postponement in certain contingencies.  Germany irrevocably recognizes the full authority of this commission, agrees to supply it with all the necessary information and to pass legislation to effectuate its findings.  She further agrees to restore to the Allies cash and certain articles which can be identified.