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LEFT TREATY 480 TREATY German fortifications in the Baltic, de- fending the passages through the belts, must be demolished. Other coast de- fenses are permitted, but the number and caliber of the guns must not be increased. WIRELESS During a period of three months after the peace German high power wireless stations at Nauen, Hanover, and Berlin will not be permitted to send any mes- sages except for commercial purposes, and under supervision of the allied and associated governments, nor may any more be constructed. CABLES Germany renounces all title to specified cables, the value of such as were private- ly owned being credited to her against reparation indebtedness. Germany will be allowed to repair Ger- man submarine cables which have been cut but are not being utilized by the allied powers, and also portions of cables which, after having been cut, have been removed, or are at any rate not being utilized by any one of the allied and as- sociated powers. In such cases the ca- bles, or portions of cables, removed or utilized, remain the property of the allied and associated powers, and accordingly fourteen cables or parts of cables are specified which will not be restored to Germany. AIR The armed forces of Germany must not include any military or naval air forces, except for not over 100 unarmed seaplanes to be retained till Oct. 1 to search for submarine mines. No dirigible shall be kept. The entire air personnel is to be demobilized within two months, except for 1,000 officers and men retained till October. No aviation grounds or dirigible sheds are to be allowed within 150 kilometers of the Rhine, or the east- ern or southern frontiers, existing in- stallations within these limits to be de- stroyed. The manufacture of aircraft and parts of aircraft is forbidden for six months. All military and naval aero- nautical material under a most exhaus- tive definition must be surrendered within three months, except for the 100 sea- planes already specified. PRISONERS OF WAR The repatriation of German prisoners and interned civilians is to be carried out without delay and at Germany's ex- pense by a commission composed of rep- resentatives of the allies and Germany. Those under sentence for offenses against discipline are to be repatriated without regard to the completion of their sen- tences. Until Germany has surrendered persons guilty of offenses against the laws and customs of war, the allies have the right to retain selected German of- ficers. The allies may deal at their own discretion with Grerman nationals who do not desire to be repatriated, all repatria- tion being conditional on the immediate release of any allied subjects still in Ger- many. Germany is to accord facilities to commissions of inquiry in collecting information in regard to missing prison- ers of war and of imposing penalties on German officials who have concealed al- lied nationals. Germany is to restore all property belonging to allied prisoners. There is to be a reciprocal exchange of information as to dead prisoners and their graves. GRAVES Both parties will respect and maintaiii 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 re- mains of their soldiers. SECTION VII. RESPONSIBILITIES The allied and associated powers pub- licly arraign William II. of Hohenzollern, formerly German emperor, not for an of- fense 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 tribu- nal 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 to vin- dicating the solemn obligations of inter- national undertakings and the validity of international morality," and will fix the punishment it feels should be imposed. 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 na- tionals of several states, they will be tried before joint tribunals of the states concerned. Germany shall hand over to the associated governments, either joint- ly or severally, all persons so accused and all documents and information neces- sary to insure full knowledge of the in- criminating acts, the discovery of the of- fenders, and the just appreciation of the responsibility.