AMERICA, MALO
with the Prmeipal
Allied Asso-
These Powers constituting
Powers mentioned above the and
ciated Powers,
f the one part:
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And GERMANY,
of the other part:
Bearing in mind that on the request of the Imperial German Government an Armistice was granted on November 11, 1918, to Germany by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in order that a Treaty of Peace might be concluded with her, and
The Allied and Associated Powers being equally desirous that the war in which they were successively involved directly or indirectly and which originated in the declaration of war by Austria- Hungary on July 28, 1914, against Serbia, the declaration of war by Bts against Russia on August 1, 1914, and against France on August 5, 1914, en in the invasion of Belgium, oo d be replaced by a firm, just and durable Peace,
For this purpose the HIGIT CONTRACTING PARTIES represented as follows:
Les dites armées auront le droit de faire cir- Culer des wagons-poste avec tout le personnel nécessaire sur toutes les lignes postales existantes.
Le Gouvernement allemand transportera, gratuitement et sans les examiner, les lettres et les colis qui pourraient étre remis à ses bureaux de poste par ou pour les armées d'occupation ou la Haute Commission et sera responsable de la
valeur de toute lettre ou colis perdu ou volé par la poste.
Article 13.
La Haute Commission aura le pouvoir, toutes les fois qu’elle le jugera nécessaire, de déclarer l’état de siège dans une partie quelconque ou dans la totalité du territoire. Par suite de cette déclaration, les autorités militaires auront les pouvoirs prévus par la loi allemande d'Empire du 30 mai 1892.
En cas d'urgence, lorsque l’ordre public est troublé ou menacé dans un district, les autorités militaires locales pourront prendre toutes mesures temporaires nécessaires pour rétablir l'ordre. Dans ce cas, les autorités militaires rendront compte de ces faits à la Haute Commission.
Fait à Versailles, le 28 juin (919.
Arthur James Balfour.
George N. Barnes.
Chas. J. Doherty.
Arthur L. Sifton.
W. M. Hughes.
Joseph Cook.
Louis Botha.
J. C. Smuts.
Woodrow Wilson.
Robert Lansing.
Henry White.
E. M. House.
Tasker H. Bliss.
D. Lloyd George.
A. Bonar Law.
Milner.
<W.F. Massey.
The said armies shall have the right to run postal wagons with all necessary personnel on all existing postal routes.
The German Government shall transmit free of charge and without examination letters and parcels which may be entrusted to its post-offices by or for the Armies of Occupation or by or for the High Commission; and shall be responsible for the value of any letters or parcels lost.
Article 13.
The High Commission shall have the power, whenever they think it necessary, to declare a state of siege in any part of the territory or in the whole of it. Upon such declaration the mili- {ary authorities shall have the powers provided in the German Imperial Law of May 30th, 1892.
In case of emergency, where public order is disturbed or threatened in any district, the local military authorities shall have the power to take such temporary measures as may be necessary for restoring order. In such case the military authorities shall report the facts to the High Commission.
Done at Versailles, the twentyeighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
Jules Cambon.
Ed. S. Montagu. Hymans.
Ganga Singh, Maharaja J. van den Heuvel.
de Bikaner. Emile Vandervelde.
G. Clemenceau. Hermann Müller.
S. Pichon. Dr. Bell.
