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The President of the French Republic:

Mr. Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council, Minister of War:

Mr. Stephen Pichon, Minister of Foreign Affairs;

who having communicated their full powers found in good and due form have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE I.

In case the following stipulations relating to the Left Bank of the Rhine contained in the Treaty of Peace with Germany signed at Versailles the 28th day of June, 1919, by the British Empire, the French Republic and the United States of America among other Powers:

"ARTICLE 42. Germany is forbidden to maintain or construct
any fortifications either on the left bank of the Rhine or on
the right bank to the west of a line drawn 50 kilometres to
the East of the Rhine.
"ARTICLE 43. In the area defined above the maintenance and
assembly of armed forces, either permanently or temporarily,
and military manoeuvres of any kind, as well as the upkeep
of all permanent works for mobilization are in the same way
forbidden.

"ARTICLE 44. In case Germany violates in any manner whatever
the provisions of Articles 42 and 43, she shall be regarded as
committing a hostile act against the Powers signatory of the
present Treaty and as calculated to disturb the peace of the
world."

may not at first provide adequate security and protection to France, Great Britain agrees to come immediately to her assistance in the event of any unprovoked movement of aggression against her being made by Germany.

ARTICLE II..

The present Treaty, in similar terms with the Treaty of even date for the same purpose concluded between the French Republic and the United States of America, a copy of which Treaty is annexed hereto, will only come into force when the latter is ratified.

ARTICLE III.

The present Treaty must be submitted to the Council of the League of Nations and must be recognized by the Council, acting if need be by a majority, as an engagement which is consistent with the Covenant of the League; it will continue in force until on the application of one of the Parties to it the Council, acting if need be by a majority, agrees that the League itself affords sufficient protection.

ARTICLE IV.

The present treaty shall before ratification by His Majesty be submitted to Parliament for approval.

It shall before ratification by the President of the French Republic be submitted to the French Chambers for approval.

ARTICLE V.

The present Treaty shall impose no obligation upon any of the Dominions of the British Empire unless and until it is approved by the Parliament of the Dominion concerned.

The present Treaty shall be ratified, and shall, subject to Articles II and IV, come into force at the same time as the Treaty of Peace with Germany of even date comes into force for the British Empire and the French Republic.

In faith whereof the above named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty, drawn up in the English and French languages. Done in duplicate at Versailles, on the twenty-eighth day of June,

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POLAND.
1919.

TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY, AND JAPAN, AND POLAND.

Chapter I.

Signed at Versailles June 28, 1919.1

(66th Cong., 1st sess., S. Doc. No. 65, pp. 7–16.)

ARTICLES.

1. Establishes articles 2-8 as fun-
damental laws of Poland.

2. Full protection without dis-
tinction of birth, nation-
ality, language, race, or re-
ligion; free exercise of re-
ligion.

3. Resident German, Austrian,
Hungarian, or Russion na-
tionals ipso facto Polish na-
tionals; right of option.

4. Nationality of persons born in
Polish territory.

5. Option of nationality.

6. Nationality of persons born in
Poland.

7. Equality of Polish nationals
before law.

8. Treatment of minorities.

9. Language instruction in edu-
cational system.

10. Jewish educational committee.

Chapter I-Continued.

11. Jewish Sabbath; no Saturday elections.

12. Guaranty of League of Nations.

Chapter II.

13. Diplomatic and consular rep-
resentation.

14. Applies rates of German,
Austro-Hungarian, or Rus-
sian customs tariff.
15. Equitable commercial treat-
ment.

16. Treatment of foreign vessels.
17. Communications and transit
provisions.

18. Vistula river system.

19. Adhesion to international con

ventions.

20. Extension to League of Nations members.

21. Assumption of Russian publicdebt proportion; ratification.

The United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, the Principal Allied and Associated Powers,

and Poland

on the one hand;

on the other hand;

Whereas the Allied and Associated Powers have by the success of their arms restored to the Polish nation the independence of which it had been unjustly deprived; and

Whereas by the proclamation of March 30, 1917, the Government of Russia assented to the re-establishment of an independent Polish State; and

Whereas the Polish State, which now in fact exercises sovereignty over those portions of the former Russian Empire which are inhabited by a majority of Poles, has already been recognised as a sovereign and independent State by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers; and

1 Ratifications have been deposited by the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, and Poland.

Whereas under the Treaty of Peace concluded with Germany by the Allied and Associated Powers, a Treaty of which Poland is a signatory, certain portions of the former German Empire will be incorporated in the territory of Poland; and

Whereas under the terms of the said Treaty of Peace, the boundaries of Poland not already laid down are to be subsequently determined by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers;

The United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, on the one hand, confirming their recognition of the Polish State, constituted within the said limits as a sovereign and independent member of the Family of Nations, and being anxious to ensure the execution of the provisions of Article 93 of the said Treaty of Peace with Germany;

Poland, on the other hand, desiring to conform her institutions to the principles of liberty and justice, and to give a sure guarantee to the inhabitants of the territory over which she has assumed sovereignty;

For this purpose the High Contracting Parties represented as follows:

The President of the United States of America, by:

The Honourable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, acting in his own name and by his own proper authority;

The Honourable Robert Lansing, Secretary of State;

The Honourable Henry White, formerly Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States at Rome and Paris;

The Honourable Edward M. House;

General Tasker H. Bliss, Military Representative of the United
States on the Supreme War Council;

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, by:

The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, M.P., First Lord
of His Treasury and Prime Minister;

The Right Honourable Andrew Bonar Law, M.P., His Lord
Privy Seal;

The Right Honourable Viscount Milner, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., His
Secretary of State for the Colonies;

The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, O.M., M.P., His
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;

The Right Honourable George Nicoll Barnes, M.P., Minister
without portfolio;

And

For the Dominion of Canada, by:

The Honourable Charles Joseph Doherty, Minister of Justice; The Honourable Arthur Lewis Sifton, Minister of Customs; For the Commonwealth of Australia, by:

The Right Honourable William Morris Hughes, Attorney General and Prime Minister;

The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Cook, G.C.M.G., Minister for the Navy;

For the Union of South Africa, by:

General the Right Honourable Louis Botha, Minister of Native
Affairs and Prime Minister;

Surable

Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Jan Christiaan Smuts,
K.C., Minister of Defence;

For the Dominion of New Zealand, by:

The Right Honourable William Ferguson Massey, Minister of
Labour and Prime Minister;

For India, by:

The Right Honourable Edwin Samuel Montagu, M.P., His
Secretary of State for India;

Major-General His Highness Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh Ba-
hadur, Maharaja of Bikaner, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.Č.V.O.,
K.C.B., A.D.C.;

The President of the French Republic, by:

Mr. Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council, Minister of
War;

Mr. Stephen Pichon, Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Mr. Louis Lucien Klotz, Minister of Finance;

Mr. André Tardieu, Commissary General for Franco-American
Military Affairs;

Mr. Jules Cambon, Ambassador of France;

His Majesty the King of Italy, by:

Baron S. Sonnino, Deputy;

Marquis G. Imperiali, Senator, Ambassador, of His Majesty the
King of Italy at London;

Mr. S. Crespi, Deputy;

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, by:

Marquis Saïonji, formerly President of the Council of Ministers:

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Baron Makino, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Diplomatic Council;

Viscount Chinda, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H.M. the Emperor of Japan at London;

Mr. K. Matsui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H.M. the Emperor of Japan at Paris;

Mr. H. Ijuin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H.M. the Emperor of Japan at Rome;

The President of the Polish Republic, by:

Mr. Ignace J. Paderewski, President of the Council of Ministers,
Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Mr. Roman Dmowski, President of the Polish National Com-
mittee;

After having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

CHAPTER I.

ARTICLE 1.

Poland undertakes that the stipulations contained in Articles 2 to 8 of this Chapter shall be recognised as fundamental laws, and that no law, regulation or official action shall conflict or interfere with these stipulations, nor shall any law, regulation or official action prevail over them.

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