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disclosure.
Then 173, under the heading, "Recruiting
and Military Training" deals with one
matter, the breach of which is of great
importance:
"Universal
compulsory military service shall be
abolished in Germany. The German Army
may only be constituted and recruited by
means of voluntary enlistment."
Then
the succeeding articles deal with the method of
enlistment in order to prevent a quick rush
through the army of men enlisted for a short
time.
I think that all I need do is to
draw the attention of the Tribunal to the
completeness and detail with which all these
points are covered in Articles 174 to 179.
Then,
passing to TC-10, Article 180. That contains the
prohibition of fortress works beyond a certain
limit and in the Rhineland. The first sentence
is:
"All
fortified works, fortresses, and field
works situated in German territory to
the west of a line drawn 50 kilometers
to the east of the Rhine shall be
disarmed and dismantled."
I
shall not trouble the Tribunal with the tables
which show the amounts.
Then we come
to the naval clauses. If the Tribunal will be
good enough to go on four pages, they will come
to Article 181, and I will just read that to
show the way in which the naval limitations are
imposed and refer briefly to the others.
Article
181 says:
"After
the expiration of a period of 2 months
from the coming into force of the
present treaty the German naval forces
in commission must not exceed:
"Six
battleships of the Deutschland or
Lothringen type, six light cruisers, 12
destroyers, 12 torpedo boats, or an
equal number of ships constructed to
replace them as provided in Article 190.
"No submarines are to be
included.
"All other
warships, except where there is
provision to the contrary in the present
treaty, must be placed in reserve or
devoted to commercial purposes."
Then
182 simply deals with the mine sweeping
necessary to clear up the mines, and 183 limits
the personnel to 15,000, including officers and
men of all grades and corps, and 184 deals with
surface ships not in German ports, and the
succeeding clauses deal with various details,
and I pass at once to Article 191, which says:
"The
construction or acquisition of any
submarines, even for commercial
purposes, shall be forbidden in Germany."