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TREATY 486 TREATY ritories unless a special organization ex- ists therefor. Otherwise appeal may be had to a special tribunal of the League of Nations, which also may arrange for a general international waterways con- vention. The Elbe and the Oder are to be placed under international commissions to meet within three months, that for the Elbe composed of four representatives of Ger- many, two from Czecho-Slovakia, and one each from Great Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium; and that for the Oder com- posed of one each from Poland, Russia, Czecho-Slovakia, Great Britain, France, Denmark, and Sweden. If any riparian state on the Niemen should so request of the League of Nations, a similar com- mission shall be established there. These commissions shall, upon request of any riparian state, meet within three months to revise existing international agree- ment. THE DANUBE The European Danube Commission re- assumes its pre-war powers, but for the time being with representatives of only Great Britain, France, Italy, and Ru- mania. The upper Danube is to be ad- ministered by a new international com- mission until a definitive statute be drawn up at a conference of the powers nominated by the allied and associated governments within one year after the peace. The enemy governments shall make full reparations for all war damages caused to the European Commission; shall cede their river facilities in sur- rendered territory, and give Czecho Slo- vakia, Serbia, and Rumania any rights necessary on their shores for carrying on improvements in navigation. THE RHINE AND THE MOSELLE The Rhine is placed under the Central Commission to meet at Strassbourg with- in six months after the peace, and to be composed of four representatives of France, which shall in addition select the President, four of Germany, and two each of Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Ger- many must give France on the course of the Rhine included between the two extreme points of her frontiers all rights to take water to feed canals, while her- self agreeing not to make canals on the right bank opposite France. She must also hand over to France all her drafts and designs for this part of the river. RHINE-MEUSE CANAL Belgium is to be permitted to build a deep draft Rhine-Meuse canal if she so desires within twenty-five years, in which case Germany must construct the part within her territory on plana drawn by Belgium; similarly the interested allied governments may construct a Rhine- Meuse canal, both, if conslructed, to come under the competent international commission. Germany may not object if the Central Rhine Commission desires to extend its jurisdiction over the lower Mo- selle, the upper Rhine, or lateral canals. Germany must cede to the allied and associated governments certain tugs, ves- sels, and facilities for navigation on all these rivers, the specific details to be established by an arbiter named by the United States. Decision will be based on the legitimate needs of the parties con- cerned and on the shipping traffic during the five years before the war. The value will be included in the regular reparation account. In the case of the Rhine shares in the German navigation companies and property such as wharves and warehouses held by Germany in Rot- terdam at the outbreak of the war must be handed over. RAILWAYS Germany, in addition to most favored nation treatment on her railways, agrees to cooperate in the establishment of through ticket services for passengers and baggage; to ensure communication by rail between the allied, associated, and other States; to allow the construc- tion or improvement within twenty-five years of such lines as necessary; and to conform her rolling stock to enable its incorporation in trains of the allied or associated powers. She also agrees to accept the denunciation of the St. Goth- ard convention if Switzerland and Italy so request, and temporarily to execute instructions as to the transport of troops and supplies and the establishment of postal and telegraphic service, as pro- vided. CZECHO-SLOVAKLA To assure Czecho-Slovakia access to the sea, special rights are given her both north and south. Toward the Adriatic she is permitted to run her own through trains to Fiiune and Trieste. To the north, Germany is to lease her for nine- ty-nine years spaces in Hamburg and Stettin, the details to be worked out by a commission of three representing Czecho-Slovakia, Germany, and Great Britain. THE KIEL CANAL The Kiel Canal is to remain free and open to war and merchant ships of all nations at peace with Germany; subjects, goods and ships of all States are to be treated on terms of absolute equality.