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  4. Section I .—Commercial relations

Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume XIII

Section I.—Commercial relations


Contents

    • Chapter I.—Customs regulations, duties and restrictions (Art. 264 to 270)
    • Chapter II.—Shipping (Art. 271 to 273)
    • Chapter III.—Unfair competition (Art. 274 à 275)
    • Chapter IV.—Treatment of nationals of Allied and Associated Powers (Art. 276 à 279)
    • Chapter V.—General articles (Art. 280 and 281)

Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
    • The Paris Peace Conference, 1919
    • The United States and the Settlement
    • Peace between the United States and Germany
      • Treaty between the United States and Germany restoring friendly relations, signed at Berlin August 25, 1921
    • Germany and the Treaty of Peace
  • Annex
    • Status of the Treaties of the Conference
    • Table of Corresponding Articles of the Treaties of Peace
    • German Observations on the Conditions of Peace (Document 1)
    • Reply of the Allied and Associated Powers to the Observations of the German Delegation on the Conditions of Peace, and Ultimatum (Document 2)
  • I: The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, signed at Versailles, June 28, 1919
    • Preamble
    • Part I.—The Covenant of the League of Nations
      • The Covenant of the League of Nations (Art. 1 to 26)
        • Annex
    • Part II.—Boundaries of Germany
      • Boundaries of Germany (Art. 27 to 30)
    • Part III.—Political Clauses for Europe
      • Section I.—Belgium (Art. 31 to 39)
      • Section II.—Luxemburg (Art. 40 to 41)
      • Section III.—Left bank of the Rhine (Art. 42 to 44)
      • Section IV.—Saar Basin (Art. 45 to 50)
        • Annex
          • Chapter I.—Cession and exploitation of mining property (1 to 15)
          • Chapter II.—Government of the territory of the Saar Basin (16 to 33)
          • Chapter III.—Plebiscite (34 to 40)
      • Section V.—Alsace-Lorraine (Art. 51 to 79)
        • Annex (1 to 4)
      • Section VI.—Austria (Art. 80)
      • Section VII.—Czecho-Slovak State (Art. 81 to 86)
      • Section VIII.—Poland (Art. 87 to 93)
      • Section IX.—East Prussia (Art. 94 to 98)
      • Section X.—Memel (Art. 99)
      • Section XI.—Free City of Danzig (Art. 100 to 108)
      • Section XII.—Schleswig (Art. 109 to 114)
      • Section XIII.—Heligoland (Art. 115)
      • Section XIV.—Russia and Russian States (Art. 116 and 117)
    • Part IV.—German Rights and Interests Outside Germany
      • Section I.—German Colonies (Art. 119 to 127)
      • Section II.—China (Art. 128 to 134)
      • Section III.—Siam (Art. 135 to 137)
      • Section IV.—Liberia (Art. 138 to 140)
      • Section V.—Morocco (Art. 141 to 146)
      • Section VI.—Egypt (Art. 147 to 154)
      • Section VII.—Turkey and Bulgaria (Art. 155)
      • Section VIII.—Shantung (Art. 156 to 158)
    • Part V.—Military, Naval and Air Clauses
      • Section I.—Military clauses
        • Chapter I.—Effectives and cadres of the German Army (Art. 159 to 163)
        • Chapter II.—Armament, munitions and material (Art. 164 to 172)
        • Chapter III.—Recruiting and military training (Art. 173 to 179)
        • Chapter IV.—Fortifications (Art. 180)
          • Table No. 1.—State and establishment of Army Corps Headquarters Staffs and of Infantry and Cavalry Divisions
          • Table No. 2.—Tabular statement of Armament establishment for a maximum of 7 Infantry Divisions, 3 Cavalry Divisions and 2 Army corps Headquarters Staffs
          • Table No. 3.—Maximum stocks authorised
      • Section II.—Naval clauses (Art. 181 to 197)
      • Section III.—Air clauses (Art. 198 to 202)
      • Section IV.—Inter-Allied Commissions of Control (Art. 203 to 210)
      • Section V.—General articles (Art. 211 to 213)
    • Part VI.—Prisoners of War and Graves
      • Section I.—Prisoners of war (Art. 214 to 224)
      • Section II.—Graves (Art. 225 and 226)
    • Part VII—Penalties
      • Penalties (Art. 227 to 230)
    • Part VIII—Reparation
      • Section I.—General Provisions (Art. 231 to 244)
        • Annex I
        • Annex II (1 to 23)
        • Annex III (1 to 9)
        • Annex IV (1 to 7)
        • Annex V (1 to 10)
        • Annex VI (1 to 5)
        • Annex VII
      • Section II.—Special provisions (Art. 245 to 247)
    • Part IX—Financial Clauses
      • Financial clauses (Art. 248 to 263)
    • Part X.—Economic Clauses
      • Section I.—Commercial relations
        • Chapter I.—Customs regulations, duties and restrictions (Art. 264 to 270)
        • Chapter II.—Shipping (Art. 271 to 273)
        • Chapter III.—Unfair competition (Art. 274 à 275)
        • Chapter IV.—Treatment of nationals of Allied and Associated Powers (Art. 276 à 279)
        • Chapter V.—General articles (Art. 280 and 281)
      • Section II.—Treaties (Art. 282 à 295)
      • Section III.—Debts (Art. 296)
        • Annex (1 to 25)
      • Section IV.—Property, rights and interests (Art. 297 and 298)
        • Annex (1 to 15)
      • Section V.—Contracts, prescriptions, judgments (Art. 299 to 303)
        • Annex:
          • I.—General provisions (1 to 3)
          • II.—Provisions relating to certain classes of contracts (4 to 7)
          • III.—Contracts of insurance (8 to 24)
      • Section VI.—Mixed arbitral tribunal (Art. 304 and 305)
        • Annex (1 to 9)
      • Section VII.—Industrial property (Art. 306 to 311)
      • Section VIII.—Social and State insurance in ceded territory (Art. 312)
    • Part XI.—Aerial Navigation
      • Aerial navigation (Art. 313 to 320)
    • Part XII.—Ports, Waterways and Railways
      • Section I.—General provisions (Art. 321 to 326)
      • Section II.—Navigation
        • Chapter I.—Freedom of navigation (Art. 327)
        • Chapter II.—Free zones in ports (Art. 328 to 330)
        • Chapter III.—Clauses relating to the Elbe, the Oder, the Niemen (Russstrom-Memel-Niemen) and the Danube
          • 1° Géneral clauses (Art. 331 to 339)
          • 2° Special clauses relating to the Elbe, the Oder and the Niemen (Art. 340 to 345)
          • 3° Special clauses relating to the Danube (Art. 346 to 353)
        • Chapter IV.—Clauses relating to the Rhine and the Moselle (Art. 354 to 362)
        • Chapter V.—Clauses giving to the Czecho-Slovak State the use of northern ports (Art. 363 and 364)
      • Section III.—Railways
        • Chapter I.—Clauses relating to international transport (Art. 365 to 369)
        • Chapter II.—Rolling stock (Art. 370)
        • Chapter III.—Cessions of railway lines (Art. 371)
        • Chapter IV.—Provisions relating to certain railway lines (Art. 372 to 374)
        • Chapter V.—Transitory provisions (Art. 375)
      • Section IV.—Disputes and revision of permanent clauses (Art. 376 to 378)
      • Section V.—Special provision (Art. 379)
      • Section VI.—Clauses relating to the Kiel Canal (Art. 380 to 386)
    • Part XIII.—Labour
      • Section I.—Organisation of labour
        • Chapter I.—Organisation (Art. 387 to 399)
        • Chapter II.—Procedure (Art. 400 to 420)
        • Chapter III.—General (Art. 421 to 423)
        • Chapter IV.—Transitory provisions (Art. 424 to 426)
          • Annex
      • Section II.—General principles (Art. 427)
    • Part XIV.—Guarantees
      • Section I.—Western Europe (Art. 428 to 432)
      • Section II.—Eastern Europe (Art. 433)
    • Part XV.—Miscellaneous Provisions
      • Miscellaneous provisions (Art. 434 to 440)
    • 1. Protocol to the Treaty of Peace, signed at Versailles, June 28, 1919
    • 2. Protocol signed by Germany at Paris, January 10, 1920
  • II: Other Treaties related to the Treaty of Peace with Germany
    • 1. Assistance to France in the event of unprovoked aggression by Germany.—Agreement between the United States and France, signed at Versailles, June 28, 1919
    • 2. Agreement with regard to the military occupation of the territories of the Rhine, signed at Versailles, June 28, 1919
    • 3. Treaty between the Principal Allied and Associated Powers and Poland, signed at Versailles, June 28, 1919
    • 4. Treaty between the Principal Allied and Associated Powers and Czechoslovakia, signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, September 10, 1919
    • 5. Agreement between the Allied and Associated Powers with regard to the contributions to the cost of liberation of the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, September 10, 1919
      • 5a. Declaration modifying the preceding agreement, signed at Paris, December 8, 1919
    • 6. Agreement between the Allied and Associated Powers with regard to the Italian reparation payments, signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, September 10, 1919
      • 6a. Declaration modifying the preceding agreement, signed at Paris, December 8, 1919
  • Appendix: Certain Treaties for execution or modification of the treaty of peace with Germany
    • Relating to Part II, Section III
      • 1. Treaty of mutual guaranty between Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Italy, done at Locarno, October 16, 1925
    • Relating to Part VIII
      • 2. “Wilson - Lloyd George agreement” concerning German tonnage, signed at Paris, May 8, 1919
      • 3. Agreement regarding priority in reparation payments to Belgium, approved by the Council of Principal Allied and Associated Powers, June 24, 1919
        • 3a. Notification to the Government of Belgium, approved June 24, 1919
      • 4. Agreement between Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan and Portugal for the settlement of certain questions as to the application of the treaties of peace and complementary agreements with Germany, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria, signed at Spa, July 16, 1920
        • 4a. Informal reservation by the unofficial representative of the United States on the Reparation Commission, presented August 27, 1920
        • 4b. Resolution of the Reparation Commission, September 11, 1920
      • 5. Schedule of payments, May 5, 1921, prescribing the time and manner for securing and discharging the entire obligation of Germany for reparation under Articles 231, 232 and 233 of the Treaty of Versailles
        • 5a. Final text of the A Bond provided for by the Schedule of Payments
      • 6. Agreement between Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy and Japan respecting the distribution of German reparation payments, signed at Paris, March 11, 1922
      • 7. Agreement between the United States of America and Great Britain, France, Italy and Belgium in regard to the reimbursement of the costs of the American Army of Occupation, signed at Paris, May 25, 1923
    • Relating to Committee of Experts’ (Dawes) Plan
      • 8. Agreement between the Reparation Commission and the German Government, signed at London, August 9, 1924
      • 9. Agreement between the Allied Governments and the German Government concerning the agreement of August 9, 1924, between the German Government and the Reparation Commission, signed at London, August 30, 1924
      • 10. Inter-Allied Agreement, signed at London, August 30, 1924
      • 11. Agreement regarding the distribution of the Dawes annuities, signed at Paris, January 14, 1925
        • 11a. Agreement regulating the amounts to be allocated out of the second Dawes annuity for the Armies of Occupation in the Rhineland, the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, and the Inter-Allied Military Commission of Control in Germany, signed at Paris, September 21, 1925
        • 11b. Arrangement between the Government of the United States of America and the German Government, effected by an exchange of notes, Berlin, December 8, 1926
        • 11c. Agreement by the Allied and Associated Powers regulating amounts to be allocated for certain purposes from the Dawes annuities, done at Paris, January 13, 1927
    • Relating to New (Young) Plan
      • 12. Agreement between Germany, Belgium, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, India, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, regarding the complete and final settlement of the question of reparations, signed at The Hague, January 20, 1930
      • 13. Agreement between Germany and the United States providing for the final discharge of obligations of Germany to the United States in respect of the awards of the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, and the costs of the United States Army of Occupation, signed at Washington, June 23, 1930
        • 13a. Notes exchanged, June 23, 1930, between Germany and the United States simultaneously with the execution of the agreement for the complete and final discharge of the obligations of Germany to the United States with respect to the awards made by the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, and for the costs of this Government’s army of occupation
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