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<h2><b>Treaty of Peace Between the Allied and Associated Powers and Bulgaria, and Protocol and Declaration signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine,<br> 27 November 1919</b></h2><br><br>
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<b> TREATY OF NEUILLY, AND PROTOCOL THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY and JAPAN.</b><br>
These Powers being described in the present Treaty as the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers;<br>
<b>BELGIUM, CHINA, CUBA, GREECE, THE HEDJAZ,
POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROUMANIA, THE SERB-CROAT-SLOVENE STATE, SIAM and CZECHO-SLOVAKIA,</b><br>
These Powers constituting, with the Principal Powers mentioned above, the Allied and Associated Powers,<br><br>
of the one part;<br><br>
                     
And <b>BULGARIA</b>,<br><br>
of the other part;<br><br>
                   
Whereas on the request of the Royal Government of Bulgaria an Armistice was granted to Bulgaria on September 29, 1918, by
the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in order that a
Treaty of Peace might be concluded, and<br><br>
Whereas the Allied and Associated Powers are equally desirous
that the war in which certain among them were successively
involved, directly or indirectly, against Bulgaria, and which
originated in the declaration of war against Serbia on July 28,
1914, by Austria-Hungary, and in the hostilities opened by
Bulgaria against Serbia on October 11, 1915, and conducted by
Germany in alliance with Austria-Hungary, with Turkey and
with Bulgaria, should be replaced by a firm, just and durable
Peace,<br><br>
For this purpose the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES
have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:<br><br>
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:<br>
The Honourable Frank Lyon POLK, Under-Secretary of State;<br>
The Honourable Henry WHITE, formerly Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States
at Rome and Paris;<br>
General Tasker H. BLISS, Military Representative of
the United States on the Supreme War Council;<br><br>
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS, EMPEROR
OF INDIA:<br>
Mr. Cecil HARMSWORTH, M.P., Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;<br>
   
Sir Eyre CROWE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;<br>
<br>
And<br>
for the DOMINION of CANADA:<br>
The Honourable Sir George Halsey PERLEY, K.C.M.G.,
High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom;<br>
<br>   
for the COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA:<br>
The Right Honourable Andrew FISHER, High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom;<br>
<br>
   
for the UNION of SOUTH AFRICA:<br>
Mr. Reginald Andrew BLANKENBERG, O.B.E., Acting
High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in
the United Kingdom;<br>
<br>   
for the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND:<br>
The Honourable Sir Thomas MACKENZIE, K.C.M.G.,
High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United
Kingdom;<br>
<br>   
for INDIA:<br>
Sir Eyre CROWE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.<br><br>
 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC:<br>
Mr. Georges CLEMENCEAU, President of the Council,
Minister of War;<br>
   
Mr. Stephen PICHON, Minister for Foreign Affairs;<br>
Mr. Louis-Lucien KLOTZ, Minister of Finance;<br>
                                           
Mr. Andre TARDIEU, Commissary General for Franco-American Military Affairs;<br>
                                           
Mr. Jules CAMBON, Ambassador of France;<br><br>
                                           
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY:<br>
                                       
The Honourable Maggiorino FERRARIS, Senator of the
Kingdom;<br>
                                           
The Honourable Guglielmo MARCONI, Senator of the
Kingdom;<br>
Sir Giacomo de MARTINO, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary;<br><br>
                                           
HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN:<br>
                                       
Mr. K. MATSUI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H.M. the Emperor of Japan at Paris;<br><br>
                                           
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS:<br>
                                       
Mr. Jules van den HEUVEL, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary, Minister of State;<br>
                                           
Mr. ROLIN-JAEQUEMYNS, Member of the Institute of
Private International Law, Secretary-General of the
Belgian Delegation;<br><br>
                                           
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC:<br>
                                       
Mr. Vikyuin Wellington Koo;<br>
                                           
Mr. Sao-ke Alfred SZE;<br><br>
                                           
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN REPUBLIC:<br>
                                       
Dr. Rafael Martinez ORTIZ, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Cuban Republic at
Paris;<br><br>
                                           
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HELLENES;<br>
                                       
Mr. Elefth&eacute;rios VENIS&Eacute;LOS, President of the Council of
Ministers;<br>
                                           
Mr. Nicolas POLITIS, Minister for Foreign Affairs;<br><br>
                                           
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HEDJAZ:<br>
                                       
Mr. Rustem HAIDAR;<br>
                                           
Mr. Abdul Hadi AOUNI;<br><br>
                                           
THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLISH REPUBLIC:<br>
                                       
Mr. Ladislas GRABSKI;<br>
                                           
Mr. Stanislas PATEK, Minister Plenipotentiary;<br><br>
THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC:<br>
Dr. Affonso DA COSTA, formerly President of the Council
of Ministers;<br>
   
Mr. Jayme BATALHA REIS, Minister Plenipotentiary,<br><br>
 
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ROUMANIA:<br>
Mr. Victor ANTONESCO, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of H.M. the King of Roumania
at Paris;<br>
   
General Constantin COANDA, Corps Commander, A.D.C.
to the King, formerly President of the Council of
Ministers;<br><br>
   
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE SERBS, THE CROATS, AND THE SLOVENES:<br>
Mr. Nicolas P. PACHITCH, formerly President of the
Council of Ministers;<br>
   
Mr. Ante TRUMBI&Cacute;, Minister for Foreign Affairs;<br>
 
Mr. IVAN ZOLGER, Doctor of Law;<br><br>
 
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SIAM:<br>
His Highness Prince CHAROON, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of H.M. the King of
Siam at Paris;<br><br>
 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECHO-SLOVAK REPUBLIC:<br>
Mr. Eduard BENES, Minister for Foreign Affairs;<br>
 
Mr. Stephen OSUSKY, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the Czecho-Slovak Republic at
London;<br><br>
   
BULGARIA:<br>
Mr. Alexander STAMABOLISKI, President of the Council
of Ministers, Minister of War;<br><br>
 
WHO, having communicated their full powers, found in good
and due form, have AGREED AS FOLLOWS:<br><br>
From the coming into force of the present Treaty the state of
war will terminate.<br><br>
From that moment, and subject to the provisions of the
present Treaty, official relations will exist between the Allied
and Associated Powers and Bulgaria.<br><br>
<b> PART I.</b><br><br>
THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.<br>
ARTICLES 1 TO 26 AND ANNEX<br>
(See Part 1, Treaty of Versailless, Pages 10-23.)<br><br>
<b>PART II.</b><br><br>
         
FRONTIERS OF BULGARIA.<br><br>
   
ARTICLE 27.<br><br>
The frontiers of Bulgaria shall be fixed as follows:<br><br>
I. With the Serb-Croat-Slovene State:<br><br>
Fom the confluence of the Timok and the Danube, which is
the point common to the three frontiers of Bulgaria, Roumania
and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, southwards to a point to be
selected on the course of the Timok near point 38 west of Bregovo,<br><br>
the course of the Timok upstream;<br>
thence south-westwards to the point east of Vk. Izvor, where
the old frontier between Serbia and Bulgaria meets the river
Bezdanica,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground passing through points 274 and
367, following generally the watershed between the basins of the
Timok on the north-west and the Delejna and Topolovitsa on
the south-east, leaving to the Serb-Croat-Slovene State Kojilovo,
Sipikovo and Halovo with the road connecting the two latter
places, and to Bulgaria Bregovo, Rakitnica and Kosovo;<br><br>
thence southwards to point 1720, about 12 kilometres west-
south-west of Berkovitsa,<br><br>
the old frontier between Bulgaria and Serbia;<br><br>
thence south-eastwards for about 134 kilometres to point 1929
(Srebrena gl.),<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the crest of the Kom Balkan;<br><br>
thence south-south-westwards to point l109, on the Vidlic
Gora south of Vlkovija,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground passing through points 1602
and 1344, passing east of Grn. Krivodol and crossing the river
Komstica about 1 1/2 kilometres above Dl. Krivodol;<br><br>
thence to a point on the Tsaribrod-Sofiya road immediately
west of its junction with the road to Kalotina,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground passing east of Mozgos, west
of Staninci, east of Brebevnica and through point 738 north-east
of Lipinci; <br><br>
thence west-south-westwards to a point to be selected on the
course of the river Lukavica about l,l00 metres north-east of
Slivnica,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground;<br><br>
thence southwards to the confluence, west of Visan, of the
Lukavica with the stream on which Dl. Nevlja is situated,<br><br>
the course of the Lukavica upstream;<br><br>
thence south-westwards to the confluence of a stream with the
Jablanica, west of Vrabca,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground passing through point 879 and
cutting the road from Trn to Tsaribrod immediately south of the
junction of this road with the direct road from Trn to Pirot;<br><br>
thence northwards to the confluence of the Jablanica and the
Jerma (Trnska),<br><br>
the course of the Jablanica;<br><br>
thence westwards to a point to be selected on the old frontier
at the salient near Descani Kladenac,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground following the crest of the Ruj
Planina and passing through points 1199,1466, and 1706;<br><br>
thence south-westwards to point 1516 (Golema Rudina) about
17 kilometres west of Trn,<br><br>
the old Serb-Bulgarian frontier;<br><br>
thence southwards to a point to be selected on the river Jerma
(Trnska) east of Strezimirovci,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground;<br><br>
thence southwards to the river Dragovishtitsa immediately
below the confluence of rivers near point 672,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground passing west of Dzincovci,
through points 1112 and 1329, following the watershed between
the basins of the rivers Bozicka and Meljanska and passing
through points 1731, 1671, 1730 and 1058;<br><br>
thence south-westwards to the old Serb-Bulgarian frontier at
point 1333, about l0 kilometres north-west of the point where
the road from Kriva (Egri)-Palanka to Kyustendil cuts this
frontier,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground following the watershed between
the Dragovishtitsa on the north-west and the Lomnica and Sovolstica on the south-east;<br><br>
thence south-eastwards to point 1445 on the Males Planina
south-west of Dobrilaka,<br><br>
the old Serb-Bulgarian frontier;<br><br>
thence south-south-westwards to Tumba (point 1253) on the
Belashitza Planina, the point of junction of the three frontiers
of Greece, Bulgaria and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State,
a line to be fixed on the ground passing through point 1600 on
the Ograjden Planina, passing east of Stinek and Badilen, west
of Bajkovo, cutting the Strumitsa about 3 kilometres east of
point 177, and passing east of Gabrinovo.<br><br>
2. With Greece:<br><br>
From the point defined above eastwards to the point where it
leaves the watershed between the basins of the Mesta-Karasu
on the south and the Maritsa (Marica) on the north near point
1587 (Dibikli),<br><br>
the frontier of 1913 between Bulgaria and Greece,<br><br>
3. On the South, with territories which shall be subsequently
attributed by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers:<br><br>
Thence eastwards to point 1295 situated about 18 kilometres
west of Kuchuk-Derbend<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground following the watershed between
the basin of the Maritsa on the north, and the basins of the
Mesta-Karasu and the other rivers which flow directly into the
&AElig;gean Sea on the south;<br><br>
thence eastwards to a point to be chosen on the frontier of
1913 between Bulgaria and Turkey about 4 kilometres north of
Kuchuk-Derbend,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground following as nearly as possible
the crest line forming the southern limit of the basin of the
Akcehisar (Dzuma) Suju;<br><br>
thence northwards to the point where it meets the river
Maritsa,<br><br>
the frontier of 1913;<br><br>
thence to a point to be chosen about 3 kilometres below the
railway station of Hadi-K. (Kadiko;),<br><br>
the principal course of the Maritsa downstream;<br><br>
thence northwards to a point to be chosen on the apex of the
salient formed by the frontier of the Treaty of Sofia, 1915, about
10 kilometres east-south-east of Jisr Mustafa Pasha,<br><br>
a line to be fixed on the ground;<br><br>
thence eastwards to the Black Sea,<br><br>
the frontierof the Treaty of Sofia, 1915, then the frontier of 1913.<br><br>
4 The Black Sea.<br><br>
                                         
5. With Roumania:<br><br>
                                         
From the Black Sea to the Danube,<br><br>
                                         
the frontier existing on August 1, 1914;<br><br>
                                         
thence to the confluence of the Timok and the Danube,<br><br>
                                         
the principal channel of navigation of the Danube upstream.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 28.<br><br>
                                                     
The frontiers described by the present Treaty are traced, for
such parts as are defined, on the one-in-a-million map attached
to the present Treaty. In case of differences between the text
and the map, the text will prevail. [See Introduction ]<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 29.<br><br>
Boundary Commissions, whose composition is or will be fixed
in the present Treaty or any other Treaty between the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers and the, or any, interested Powers,
will have to trace these frontiers on the ground.<br><br>
                                       
They shall have the power, not only of fixing those portions
which are defined as "a line to be fixed on the ground," but also,
where a request to that effect is made by one of the Powers concerned, and the Commission is satisfied that it is desirable to do
so, of revising portions defined by administrative boundaries;
this shall not, however, apply in the case of international frontiers existing in August, 1914, where the task of the Commission
will confine itself to the re-establishment of sign-posts and
boundary-marks. They shall endeavour in both cases to follow
as nearly as possible the descriptions given in the Treaties, taking
into account as far as possible administrative boundaries and
local economic interests.<br><br>
                                       
The decisions of the Commissions will be taken by a majority,
and shall be binding on the parties concerned.<br><br>
                                       
The expenses of the Boundary Commissions shall be borne in
equal shares by the two States concerned.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 30.<br><br>
                                                     
In so far as frontiers defined by a waterway are concerned, the
phrases "course" or "channel" used in the descriptions of the
present Treaty signify, as regards non-navigable rivers, the
median line of the waterway or of its principal branch, and, as
regards navigable rivers, the median line of the principal channel
of navigation It will rest with the Boundary Commissions
provided for by the present Treaty to specify whether the frontier
line shall follow any changes of the course or channel which may
take place, or whether it shall be definitely fixed by the position
of the course or channel at the time when the present Treaty
comes into force.<br><br>
ARTICLE 31.<br><br>
           
The various Powers interested undertake to furnish to the
Commissions all documents necessary for their tasks, especially
authentic copies of agreements fixing existing or old frontiers,
all large scale maps in existence, geodetic data, surveys completed but unpublished, and information concerning the changes
of frontier watercourses.<br><br>
They also undertake to instruct the local authorities to communicate to the Commissions all documents, especially plans,
cadastral and land books, and to furnish on demand all details
regarding property, existing economic conditions, and other
necessary information.<br><br>
ARTICLE 32.<br><br>
           
The various Powers interested undertake to give every assistance to the Boundary Commissions, whether directly or through
local authorities, in everything that concerns transport, accommodation, labour, material (signposts, boundary pillars) necessary for the accomplishment of their mission.<br><br>
ARTICLE 33.<br><br>
           
The various Powers interested undertake to safeguard the
trigonometrical points, signals, posts or frontier marks erected
by the Commissions.<br><br>
ARTICLE 34.<br><br>
           
The pillars will be placed so as to be intervisible; they will be
numbered, and their position and their number will be noted on a
cartographic document.<br><br>
ARTICLE 35.<br><br>
           
The protocols defining the boundary and the maps and documents attached thereto will be made out in triplicate, of which
two copies will be forwarded to the Governments of the limitrophe
Powers and the third to the Government of the French Republic,
which will deliver authentic copies to the Powers who sign the
present Treaty.<br><br>
<b>PART III.<br>
POLITICAL CLAUSES.<br><br>
                                                 
SECTION I.<br>
                                                     
SERB-CROAT-SLOVENE STATE.</b><br>
ARTICLE 36.<br><br>
                                               
Bulgaria, in conformity with the action already taken by the
Allied and Associated Powers, recognises the Serb-Croat-Slovene
State.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 37.
                                                     
Bulgaria renounces in favour of the Serb-Croat-Slovene State
all rights and title over the territories of the Bulgarian Monarchy
situated outside the frontiers of Bulgaria as laid down in Article
27, Part II (Frontiers of Bulgaria), and recognised by the present
Treaty, or by any Treaties concluded for the purpose of completing the present settlement, as forming part of the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 38.<br><br>
                                                     
A Commission consisting of seven members, five nominated
by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, one by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, and one by Bulgaria, shall be constituted
within fifteen days from the coming into force of the present
Treaty to trace on the spot the frontier line described in Article
27 (1), Part II (Frontiers of Bulgaria).<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 39.<br><br>
                                                     
Bulgarian nationals habitually resident in the territories
assigned to the Serb-Croat-Slovene State will acquire Serb-Croat-Slovene nationality<i> ipso facto</i> and will lose their Bulgarian
nationality.<br><br>
                                       
Bulgarian nationals, however, who became resident in these
territories after January 1, 1913, will not acquire Serb-Croat-Slovene nationality without a permit from the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.<br><br>
ARTICLE 40.<br><br>
           
Within a period of two years from the coming into force of the
present Treaty, Bulgarian nationals over 18 years of age and
habitually resident in the territories which are assigned to the
Serb-Croat-Slovene State in accordance with the present Treaty
will be entitled to opt for their former nationality. Serb-Croat-Slovenes over 18 years of age who are Bulgarian nationals and
habitually resident in Bulgaria will have a similar right to opt
for Serb-Croat-Slovene nationality.<br><br>
Option by a husband will cover his wife and option by parents
will cover their children under 18 years of age.<br><br>
Persons who have exercised the above right to opt must within
the succeeding twelve months transfer their place of residence to
the State for which they have opted.<br><br>
They will be entitled to retain their immovable property in the
territory of the other State where they had their place of residence
before exercising their right to opt. They may carry with them
their movable property of every description. No export or import
duties may be imposed upon them in connection with the removal
of such property.<br><br>
Within the same period Serb-Croat-Slovenes who are Bulgarian nationals and are in a foreign country will be entitled, in
the absence of any provisions to the contrary in the foreign law,
and if they have not acquired the foreign nationality, to obtain
Serb-Croat-Slovene nationality and lose their Bulgarian nationality by complying with the requirements laid down by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.<br><br>
ARTICLE 41.<br><br>
           
The proportion and nature of the financial obligations of
Bulgaria which the Serb-Croat-Slovene State will have to assume
on account of the territory placed under its sovereignty will be
determined in accordance with Article 141, Part VIII (Financial
Clauses), of the present Treaty.<br><br>
Subsequent agreements will decide all questions which are not
decided by the present Treaty and which may arise in consequence of the cession of the said territory.<br><br>
SECTION II.<br>
GREECE.<br><br>
ARTICLE 42.<br><br>
                                                     
Bulgaria renounces in favour of Greece all rights and title over
the territories of the Bulgarian Monarchy situated outside the
frontiers of Bulgaria as laid down in Article 27, Part 11 (Frontiers
of Bulgaria), and recognised by the present Treaty, or by any
Treaties concluded for the purpose of completing the present
settlement, as forming part of Greece.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 43.<br><br>
                                                       
A Commission consisting of seven members, five nominated
by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, one by Greece,
and one by Bulgaria, will be appointed fifteen days after the
coming into force of the present Treaty to trace on the spot the
frontier line described in Article 27 (2), Part II (Frontiers of
Bulgaria), of the present Treaty.<br><br>
ARTICLE 44.<br><br>
                                                       
Bulgarian nationals habitually resident in the territories
assigned to Greece will obtain Greek nationality <i>ipso facto</i> and
will lose their Bulgarian nationality.<br><br>
                                         
Bulgarian nationals, however, who became resident in these
territories after January 1, 1913, will not acquire Greek nationality without a permit from Greece.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 45.<br><br>
                                                       
Within a period of two years from the coming into force of the
present Treaty, Bulgarian nationals over 18 years of age and
habitually resident in the territories assigned to Greece in accordance with the present Treaty will be entitled to opt for Bulgarian nationality.<br><br>
                                         
Option by a husband will cover his wife and option by parents
will cover their children under 18 years of age.<br><br>
                                         
Persons who have exercised the above right to opt must within
the succeeding twelve months transfer their place of residence to
the State for which they have opted.<br><br>
                                         
They will be entitled to retain their immovable property in
the territory of the other State where they had their place of
residence before exercising their right to opt. They may carry
with them their movable property of every description. No
export or import duties may be imposed upon them in connection
with the removal of such property.<br><br>
ARTICLE 46.<br><br>
           
Greece accepts and agrees to embody in a Treaty with the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers such provisions as may
be deemed necessary by these Powers to protect the interests of
inhabitants of that State who differ from the majority of the
population in race, language or religion.<br><br>
Greece further accepts and agrees to embody in a Treaty with
the Principal Allied and Associated Powers such provisions as
these Powers may deem necessary to protect freedom of transit
and equitable treatment for the commerce of other nations.<br><br>
ARTICLE 47.<br><br>
           
The proportion and nature of the financial obligations of
Bulgaria which Greece will have to assume on account of the
territory placed under her sovereignty will be determined in
accordance with Article 141, Part Vlll (Financial Clauses), of
the present Treaty.<br><br>
Subsequent agreements will decide all questions which are not
decided by the present Treaty and which may arise in consequence of the cession of the said territory.<br><br>
SECTION III.<br>
THRACE.<br><br>
ARTICLE 48.<br><br>
           
Bulgaria renounces in favour of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all rights and title over the territories in Thrace
which belonged to the Bulgarian Monarchy and which, being
situated outside the new frontiers of Bulgaria as described in
Article 27 (3), Part II (Frontiers of Bulgaria), have not been at
present assigned to any State.<br><br>
Bulgaria undertakes to accept the settlement made by the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers in regard to these territories, particularly in so far as concerns the nationality of the inhabitants.<br><br>
                                       
The Principal Allied and Associated Powers undertake to
ensure the economic outlets of Bulgaria to the &AElig;gean Sea.<br><br>
                                       
The conditions of this guarantee will be fixed at a later date.<br><br>
                                         
SECTION IV.<br>
PROTECTION OF MINORITIES.<br><br>
ARTICLE 49.<br><br>
                                               
Bulgaria undertakes that the stipulations contained in this
Section 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.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 50.<br><br>
                                                     
Bulgaria undertakes to assure full and complete protection of
life and liberty to all inhabitants of Bulgaria without distinction
of birth, nationality, language, race or religion.<br><br>
                                         
All inhabitants of Bulgaria shall be entitled to the free exercise,
whether public or private of any creed, religion or belief, whose
practices are not inconsistent with public order or public morals.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 51.<br><br>
                                                     
Bulgaria admits and declares to be Bulgarian nationals <i>ipso facto</i> and without the requirement of any formality all persons
who are habitually resident within Bulgarian territory at the
date of the coming into force of the present Treaty and who are
not nationals of any other State.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 52.<br><br>
                                                     
All persons born in Bulgarian territory who are not born
nationals of another State shall <i>ipso facto</i> become Bulgarian
nationals.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 53.<br><br>
                                                     
All Bulgarian nationals shall be equal before the law and shall
enjoy the same civil and political rights without distinction as to
race, language or religion.<br><br>
Difference of religion, creed or profession shall not prejudice
any Bulgarian national in matters relating to the enjoyment of
civil or political rights, as for instance admission to public employments, functions and honours, or the exercise of professions and industries.<br><br>
No restriction shall be imposed on the free use by any Bulgarian
national of any language in private intercourse, in commerce, in
religion, in the press or in publications of any kind, or at public
meetings.<br><br>
Notwithstanding any establishment by the Bulgarian Government of an offficial language, adequate facilities shall be given to
Bulgarian nationals of non-Bulgarian speech for the use of their
language, either orally or in writing, before the Courts.<br><br>
ARTICLE 54.<br><br>
           
Bulgarian nationals who belong to racial, religious or linguistic
minorities shall enjoy the same treatment and security in law
and in fact as the other Bulgarian nationals. In particular they
shall have an equal right to establish, manage and control at
their own expense charitable, religious and social institutions
schools and other educational establishments, with the right to
use their own language and to exercise their religion freely therein.<br><br>
ARTICLE 55<br><br>
           
Bulgaria will provide in the public educational system in towns
and districts in which a considerable proportion of Bulgarian
nationals of other than Bulgarian speech are resident adequate
facilities for ensuring that in the primary schools the instruction shall be given to the children of such Bulgarian nationals
through the medium of their own language. This provision shall
not prevent the Bulgarian Government from making the teaching of the Bulgarian language obligatory in the said schools.<br><br>
In towns and districts where there is a considerable proportion
of Bulgarian nationals belonging to racial, religious or linguistic
minorities, these minorities shall be assured an equitable share
in the enjoyment and application of sums which may be provided
out of public funds under the State, municipal or other budgets,
for educational, religious or charitable purposes.<br><br>
ARTICLE 56.<br><br>
                                                       
Bulgaria undertakes to place no obstacles in the way of the
exercise of the right which persons may have under the present
Treaty, or under the treaties concluded by the Allied and Associated Powers with Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia or
Turkey, or with any of the Allied and Associated Powers themselves, to choose whether or not they will recover Bulgarian
nationality.<br><br>
                                         
Bulgaria undertakes to recognise such provisions as the Principal Allied and Associated Powers may consider opportune with
respect to the reciprocal and voluntary emigration of persons
belonging to racial minorities.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 57.<br><br>
                                                       
Bulgaria agrees that the stipulations in the foregoing Articles
of this Section, so far as they affect persons belonging to racial,
religious or linguistic minorities, constitute obligations of international concern and shall be placed under the guarantee of the League of Nations. They shall not be modified without the assent
of a majority of the Council of the League of Nations. The Allied
and Associated Powers represented on the Council severally
agree not to withhold their assent from any modification in these
Articles which is in due form assented to by a majority of the
Council of the League of Nations.<br><br>
                                         
Bulgaria agrees that any Member of the Council of the League
of Nations shall have the right to bring to the attention of the
Council any infraction, or any danger of infraction, of any of
these obligations, and that the Council may thereupon take such
action and give such direction as it may deem proper and effective in the circumstances.<br><br>
                                         
Bulgaria further agrees that any difference of opinion as to
questions of law or fact arising out of these Articles between the
Bulgarian Government and any one of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers, or any other Power, a Member of the Council of the League of Nations, shall be held to be a dispute of an
international character under Article 14 of the Covenant of the
League of Nations. The Bulgarian Government hereby consents
that any such dispute shall, if the other party thereto demands,
be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice.
The decision of the Permanent Court shall be final and shall
have the same force and effect as an award under Article 13 of
the Covenant.<br><br>
SECTION V.<br>
GENERAL PROVISIONS.<br><br>
ARTICLE 58.<br><br>
       
Bulgaria undertakes to recognise the full force of all treaties
or agreements which may be entered into by the Allied and
Associated Powers with States now existing or coming into
existence in future in the whole or part of the former Empire of
Russia as it existed on August 1, 1914, and to recognise the
frontiers of any such States as determined therein.<br><br>
Bulgaria acknowledges and agrees to respect as permanent and
inalienable the independence of the said States.<br><br>
In accordance with the provisions of Article 143, Part Vlll
(Financial Clauses), and Article 171, Part IX (Economic Clauses)
of the present Treaty, Bulgaria accepts definitely the abrogation
of the Brest-Litovsk Treaties and of all treaties, conventions
and agreements entered into by her with the Maximalist Government in Russia.<br><br>
The Allied and Associated Powers formally reserve the rights
ot Russia to obtain from Bulgaria restitution and reparation
based on the principles of the present Treaty.<br><br>
ARTICLE 59.<br><br>
           
Bulgaria hereby recognises and accepts the frontiers of Austria
Greece, Hungary, Poland, Roumania, the Serb-Croat-Slovene
State and the Czecho-Slovak State as these frontiers may be
determined by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.<br><br>
ARTICLE 60.<br><br>
           
Bulgaria undertakes to recognise the full force of the Treaties
of Peace and additional conventions which have been or may be
concluded by the Allied and Associated Powers with the Powers
who fought on the side of Bulgaria, and to recognise whatever
dispositions have been or may be made concerning the territories
of the former German Empire, of Austria, of Hungary, and of
the Ottoman Empire, and to recognise the new States within
their frontiers as there laid down.<br><br>
ARTICLE 61.<br><br>
                                                       
No inhabitant of territory ceded by Bulgaria under the present
Treaty shall be disturbed or molested on account of his political
attitude after July 28, 1914, or of the determination of his nationality effected in accordance with the present Treaty.<br><br>
                                           
ARTICLE 62.<br><br>
                                                       
Bulgaria declares that she recognises the French Protectorate
in Morocco, and that she will make no claim on behalf of herself
or her nationals to the benefits or immunities derived from the
regime of the capitulations in Morocco. All treaties, agreements,
arrangements and contracts concluded by Bulgaria with Morocco
are regarded as abrogated as from October 1l, 1915.<br><br>
                                           
Moroccan goods entering Bulgaria shall enjoy the treatment
accorded to French goods.<br><br>
ARTICLE 63.<br><br>
                                                       
Bulgaria declares that she recognises the Protectorate proclaimed over Egypt by Great Britain on December 18, 1914, and
that she will make no claim on behalf of herself or her nationals
to the benefits or immunities derived from the regime of the
capitulations in Egypt. All treaties, agreements, arrangements
and contracts concluded by Bulgaria with Egypt are regarded as
abrogated as from October 1l, 1915.<br><br>
                                           
Egyptian goods entering Bulgaria shall enjoy the treatment
accorded to British goods.<br><br>
PART IV.<br>
MILITARY, NAVAL AND AIR CLAUSES.<br><br>
   
In order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation
of the armaments of all nations, Bulgaria undertakes strictly to
observe the military, naval and air clauses which follow.<br><br>
SECTION 1.<br>
MILITARY CLAUSES.<br>
CHAPTER I.<br>
GENERAL.<br>
ARTICLE 64.<br><br>
         
Within three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty, the military forces of Bulgaria shall be demobilized to
the extent prescribed hereinafter.<br><br>
ARTICLE 65.<br><br>
           
Universal compulsory military service shall be abolished in
Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Army shall in future only be constituted
and recruited by means of voluntary enlistment.<br><br>
CHAPTER I I .<br>
EFFECTIVES AND CADRES OF THE BULGARIAN ARMY.<br>
ARTICLE 66.<br><br>
 
The total number of military forces in the Bulgarian Army
shall not exceed 20,000 men, including officers and depot troops.<br><br>
The formations composing the Bulgarian Army shall be fixed
in accordance with the wishes of Bulgaria, subject to the following reservations:<br><br>
(1) The effectives of units shall be compulsorily fixed between
the maximum and minimum figures shown in Table IV annexed
to the present Section.<br><br>
(2) The proportion of officers, including the personnel of staffs
and special services, shall not exceed one-twentieth of the total
effectives with the colours, and that of non-commissioned offficers
shall not exceed one-fifteenth of the total effectives with the
colours.<br><br> 
(3) The number of machine guns, guns and howitzers shall
not exceed those fixed in Table V annexed to the present Section
per thousand men of the total effectives with the colours.<br><br>
                                         
The Bulgarian Army shall be exclusively employed for the
maintenance of order within Bulgarian territory and for the
control of the frontiers.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 67.<br><br>
                                                       
In no case shall units be formed of greater size than a division,
the latter being in accordance with Tables I, II, and IV annexed
to the present Section. The maximum size of the staffs and of
all formations are given in the Tables annexed to the present
Section; these figures need not be exactly followed, but they must
not in any case be exceeded.<br><br>
                                         
The maintenance or formation of any other group of forces, as
well as any other organisation concerned with military command
or war preparation, is forbidden.<br><br>
                                         
Each of the following units may have a depot:<br>
                                           
A regiment of Infantry;<br>
                                           
A regiment of Cavalry;<br>
                                           
A regiment of Field Artillery;<br>
                                           
A battalion of Pioneers.<br>
                                           
ARTICLE 68<br><br>
                                                       
All measures of mobilisation or appertaining to mobilisation
are forbidden.<br><br>
                                         
Formations, administrative services and staffs must not in
any case include supplementary cadres.<br><br>
                                           
It is forbidden to carry out any preparatory measures for the
requisition of animals or any other means of military transport.<br><br>
                                           
ARTICLE 69.<br><br>
                                                       
The number of gendarmes, customs offficials, forest guards, local
or municipal police or other like offficials shall be fixed by the
Inter-Allied Military Commission of Control referred to in
Article 98, and shall not exceed the number of men employed in a
similar capacity in 19ll within the territorial limits of Bulgaria
as fixed in accordance with the present Treaty. In no case shall
the number of these officials who are armed with rifles exceed 10,000.<br><br>
The number of these officials may only be increased in the
future in proportion to the increase of population in the localities
or municipalities which employ them.<br><br>
These officials, as well as those employed in the railway service,
must not be assembled for the purpose of taking part in any
military exercises.<br><br>
In addition, Bulgaria may establish a special corps of frontier
guards, which must be recruited by means of voluntary enlistment and must not exceed 3,000 men, so that the total number of rifles in use in Bulgaria shall not exceed 33,000.<br><br>
ARTICLE 70.<br><br>
           
Any military formation not dealt with in the above Articles
is forbidden. Such other formations as may exist in excess of the
effectives authorised shall be suppressed within the period laid
down in Article 64.<br><br>
CHAPTER I I I .<br>
RECRUITING AND MILITARY TRAINING.<br><br>
ARTICLE 71.<br><br>
     
All officers, including the gendarmerie, customs, forest and
other services must be regulars (<i>officers de carriere</i>). Officers at
present serving who are retained in the army, gendarmerie or the
above-mentioned services must undertake to serve at least up
to the age of 40. Officers at present serving who do not join the
new army, gendarmerie or the above-mentioned services shall be
free from any military obligations. They must not take part in
any military exercises, theoretical or practical.<br><br>
Officers newly appointed must undertake to serve on the active
list of the army, gendarmerie or the above-mentioned services for
at least 20 consecutive years.<br><br>
The proportion of officers leaving the service for any cause
before the expiration of their term of engagement must not exceed
in any year one-twentieth of the total effectives of officers provided by Article 66. If this percentage is unavoidably exceeded, the resulting deficit in the cadres shall not be filled up by new appointments.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 72.<br><br>
                                                       
The total length of engagement of non-commissioned officers
and men shall not be less than 12 years consecutive service
with the colours.<br><br>
                                         
The proportion of men dismissed before the expiration of their
term of service for reasons of health or discipline or for any other
cause must not exceed in any year one-twentieth of the total
effectives fixed by Article 66. If this number is unavoidably
exceeded, the resulting deficit shall not be filled by fresh enlistments.<br><br>
                                         
CHAPTER IV.<br>
SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISMENTS, MILITARY CLUBS AND SOCIETIES.<br><br>
ARTICLE 73.<br><br>
                                           
On the expiration of three months from the coming into force
of the present Treaty there must only exist in Bulgaria one
military school, strictly set apart for the recruitment of officers
for the authorised units.<br><br>
                                         
The number of students admitted to instruction in the said
school shall be strictly in proportion to the vacancies to be filled
in the officer cadres. The students and the cadres shall be
reckoned as part of the effectives fixed by Article 66.<br><br>
                                         
Consequently, within the time fixed above, all military colleges
or similar institutions in Bulgaria, as well as the various schools
for officers, student officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers or
student non-commissioned officers, other than the school above
provided for, shall be abolished.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 74<br><br>
                                                       
Educational establishments, other than those referred to in
Article 73 above, universities, societies of discharged soldiers,
touring clubs, boy scouts' societies, and associations or clubs
of every description, must not occupy themselves with any military matters. They will on no account be allowed to instruct
or exercise their pupils or members in the use of arms.<br><br>
These educational establishments, societies, clubs or other
associations must have no connection with the Ministry of War
or any other military authority.<br><br>
ARTICLE 75.<br><br>
           
In schools and educational establishments of every description,
whether under State control or private management, the teaching
of gymnastics shall not include any instruction or drill in the use
of arms or training for war.<br><br>
CHAPTER V.<BR>
ARMAMENT, MUNITIONS AND MATERIAL, FORTIFICATIONS.<br><br>
ARTICLE 76.<br><br>
 
On the expiration of three months from the coming into force
of the present Treaty the armament of the Bulgarian Army shall
not exceed the figures fixed per thousand men in Table V annexed
to the present Section.<br><br>
Any excess in relation to effectives shall only be used for such
replacements as may eventually be necessary.<br><br>
ARTICLE 77.<br><br>
           
The stock of munitions at the disposal of the Bulgarian Army
shall not exceed the amounts fixed in Table V annexed to the
present Section,<br><br>
Within three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty the Bulgarian Government shall deposit any existing
surplus of armament and munitions in such places as shall be
notified to it by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.<br><br>
No other stock, depot or reserve of munitions shall be formed.<br><br>
ARTICLE 78.<br><br>
           
The number and calibre of guns constituting the fixed normal
armament of fortified places existing at the present moment in
Bulgaria shall be immediately notified to the Principal Allied
and Associated Powers, and will constitute maximum amounts
which may not be exceeded.<br><br>
Within three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty the maximum stock of ammunition for these guns will be
reduced to and maintained at the following uniform rates:<br><br>
1,500 rounds per gun for those the calibre of which is 105 mm.
and under;<br><br>
                                         
500 rounds per gun for those of higher calibre.<br><br>
                                         
No new fortifications or fortified places shall be constructed in
Bulgaria.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 79.<br><br>
                                                       
The manufacture of arms, munitions and of war material shall
only be carried on in one single factory, which shall be controlled
by and belong to the State, and whose output shall be strictly
limited to the manufacture of such arms, munitions and war
material as is necessary for the military forces and armaments
referred to in Articles 66, 69, 77 and 78 above.<br><br>
                                         
Within three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty all other establishments for the manufacture, preparation, storage or design of arms, munitions or any other war material
shall be abolished or converted to purely commercial uses.<br><br>
                                         
Within the same length of time all arsenals shall also be suppressed, except those to be used as depots for the authorised
stocks of munitions, and their staffs discharged.<br><br>
                                         
The plant of any establishments or arsenals existing in excess
of the needs of the authorised manufacture shall be rendered useless or converted to purely commercial uses, in accordance with
the decisions of the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control
referred to in Article 98.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 80.<br><br>
                                                       
Within three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty all arms, munitions and war material, including any kind
of anti-aircraft material, of whatever origin, existing in Bulgaria
in excess of the authorised quantity shall be handed over to the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers.<br><br>
                                         
This delivery shall take place at such points in Bulgarian
territory as may be appointed by the said Powers, who shall also
decide on the disposal of such material.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 81.<br><br>
                                                       
The importation into Bulgaria of arms, munitions and war
material of all kinds is forbidden.<br><br>
                                         
The manufacture for foreign countries and the exportation of
arms, munitions and war material shall also be forbidden.<br><br>
ARTICLE 82.<br><br>
           
The use of flame throwers, asphyxiating, poisonous or other
gases, and all similar liquids, materials or processes being prohibited, their manufacture and importation are strictly forbidden in Bulgaria.<br><br>
Material specially intended for the manufacture, storage or use of the said products or processes is equally forbidden.<br><br>
The manufacture and importation into Bulgaria of armoured
cars, tanks, or any similar machines suitable for use in war are
equally forbidden.<br><br>
TABLE 1.<br>
COMPOSITION AND MAXIMUM EFFECTIVES OF AN INFANTRY DIVISION<br><br>
   
<div align=left><u>Maximum Effective of each unit.</u></div><br>
<u>Units.</u><br>
<div align=right>                            <u>Officers.........................Men.</u></div><br><br>
                 
Headquarters of an infantry division     
<div align=right>......25......................70</div>
          Headquarters of divisional infantry          <div align=right>.......5......................50</div>
          Headquarters of divisional artillery          <div align=right>.......4......................30</div>
3 regiments of infantry* (on the basis of 65 officers and 2,000 men per regiment)
                                                                      <div align=right>.....195.................6,000</div>
          1 squadron                                        <div align=right>..........6....................160</div>
          1 battalion of trench artillery (3 companies)<div align=right>..14....................500</div>
          1 battalion of pioneers**                    <div align=right>........14....................500</div>
          Regiment field artillery***                  <div align=right>.........80.................1,200</div>
          1 battalion cyclists (comprising 3 companies)<div align=right>18....................450</div>
          1 signal detachment****                    <div align=right>..........11....................330</div>
          Divisional medical corps                    <div align=right>..........28....................550</div>
          Divisional parks and trains                  <div align=right>............4....................940</div>
      <div align=right>        Total for an infantry division .................. 414...............10,780</div><br><br>
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<h5> *Each regiment comprises 3 battalions of infantry. Each battalion comprises 3 companies of infantry and 1 machine gun company.<br>
**Each battalion comprises 1 headquarters, 2 pioneer companies, 1 bridging section, 1 searchlight section.<br>
***Each regiment comprises 1 headquarters, 3 groups of field or mountain
artillery, comprising 8 batteries, each battery comprising 4 guns or howitzers (field or mountain).<br>
****This detachment comprises: telegraph and telephone detachment. 1 listening sectlon, 1 carrier pigeon section.<br><br></h5>
                                                     
TABLE II.<br>
COMPOSITION AND MAXIMUM EFFECTIVES FOR A
CAVALRY DIVISION<br><br>
<u>Units</u><br>                                             
<div align=left><u>Maximum Number Authorised........Maximum effectives of each unit</u></div>
                                                                <div align=left><u>........Officers.............Men.</u></div>
Headquarters of a cavalry division <div align=right>...........................l...............................15.................50</d v>
Regiment of cavalry*                    <div align=right>..........................6...............................30...............720</div>
Group of field artillery (3 batteries)<div align=right>..........................1...............................30...............430</div>
Group of motor machine-guns and armoured cars** <div align=right>
                  ...........................l.................................4.................80</div>
Miscellaneous services                <div align=right>............................................................30..............500
<div align=right> Total for a cavalry division of six regiments............................................259...........5,380</div><br>
<HR>
                                       
*Each regiment comprises 4 squadrons.<br>
**Each group comprises 9 fighting cars, each carrying 1 gun, 1 machine gun and 1 spare machine gun, 4 communication cars, 2 small lorrles for stores, 7 lorries, induding 1 repair lorry, 4 motor cycles.<br>
Note.-The large cavalry units may include a variable number of regiments and be divided into independent brigades within the limit of the effectives laid down above.<br><br>
                                       
           
TABLE III<br>
                                                       
COMPOSITION AND MAXIMUM EFFECTIVES FOR A MIXED BRIGADE.<br><br>
                                         
<u>Units</u><br>
<div align=right>              <u>Maximum effectives of each unit.</u></div>
<div align=right>                                                        <u> Officers........................ Men.</u></div>
<br>                                                                   
Headquarters of a brigade <div align=right>        .....................10..............................50</div>
2 regiments of infantry*<div align=right>              ..................130.........................4,000</div>
1 cyclist battalion (3 companies)<div align=right> ....................18............................450</div>
1 cavalry squadron<div align=right>                    ......................5............................100</div>
1 group field or mountain artillery (3 batteries)<div align=right>.20...........................400</div>
1 trench mortar company<div align=right>            ......................5...........................150</div>
Miscellaneous services<div align=right>                ....................10.......................... 200</div>
<br>
<div align=right>Total for mixed brigade              ..................198........................5,350</div>
<br>
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<h5>*Each regiment comprises 3 battalions of Infantry. Each battallon comprises 3 companies of infantry and 1 machine gun company.<br><br>
</h5>
TABLE IV.<br>
MINIMUM EFFECTIVES OF UNITS WHATEVER ORGANISATION IS
ADOPTED IN THE ARMY.<BR>
(Divisions, Mixed Brigades, etc.)<br><br>
Units<br><br>
<div align=right>          <u>Maximum effectives (for reference)..........Minimum effectives.</u></div>
<div align=right>                                    <u>Officers.....Men.................Officers....Men</u></div>
Infantry division                                <div align=right>414........l0,780........300..........8,000</div>
Cavalry division                                <div align=right>259.........5,380.......180........3,650</div>
Mixed brigade                                  <div align=right>198.........5,350.......140........4,250</div>
Regiment of infantry                          <div align=right> 65..........2,000.........52........1,600</div>
Battalion of infantry                          <div align=right> 16.............650.........12...........500</div>
Company of infantry or machine guns<div align=right>  3.............160...........2............120</div>
Cyclist group                                    <div align=right> 18.............450.........12............300</div>
Regiment of cavalry                          <div align=right> 30.............720..........20............450</div>
Squadron of cavalry                        <div align=right>  6..............160............3............100</div>
Regiment of artillery                          <div align=right> 80..........1,200..........60........1,000</div>
Battery of field artillery                      <div align=right>  4.............150............2...........120</div>
Company of trench mortars              <div align=right>  3.............150............2...........100</div>
Battalion of pioneers                        <div align=right> 14.............500............8...........300</div>
Battery of mountain artillery              <div align=right>  5.............320............3............200</div>
<br><br>
<br><br>
TABLE V.<br>
             
MAXIMUM AUTHORISED ARMAMENTS AND MUNITION SUPPLIES<br><br>
<u>Materiel</u>.  <div align=right><u>Quantity for 1,000 Men.</u>...<u>Amount of Muitions per Arm (rifles, guns, etc.)</u></div>
<br>
Rifles or carbines*              <div align=right>      1,150......................... 500 rounds</div>
Machine guns, heavy or light <div align=right>          15...................... l0,000 rounds</div>
Trench mortars, light            <div align=right>            2...........................500 rounds</div>
Trench mortars, medium      <div align=right>            2.......................... 500 rounds</div>
Guns or howitzers (field or mountain).<div align=right>3........................1,000 rounds</div>
<br><br>
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*Automatic rifles or carbines are counted as light machine guns.<br><br>
<h5>Note.-No heavy gun, i. e., of a calibre greater than 105 mm., is authorised,
wlth the exception of the normal armament of fortified places.
</h5>
<br><br>
SECTION II.<br>
NAVAL CLAUSES.<br>
ARTICLE 83.<br><br>
                                                     
From the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty
all Bulgarian warships, submarines included, are declared to be
finally surrendered to the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.<br><br>
                                         
Bulgaria will, however, have the right to maintain on the
Danube and along her coasts for police and fishery duties not
more than four torpedo boats and six motor boats, all without
torpedoes and torpedo apparatus, to be selected by the Commission referred to in Article 99.<br><br>
                                         
The personnel of the above vessels shall be organised on a
purely civilian basis.<br><br>
                                         
The vessels allowed to Bulgaria must only be replaced by
lightly-armed patrol craft not exceeding l00 tons displacement
and of non-military character.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 84.<br><br>
                                                       
All warships, including submarines, now under construction in
Bulgaria shall be broken up. The work of breaking up these
vessels shall be commenced as soon as possible after the coming
into force of the present Treaty.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 85.<br><br>
                                                       
Articles, machinery and material arising from the breaking up
of Bulgarian warships of all kinds, whether surface vessels or
submarines, may not be used except for purely industrial or
commercial purposes.<br><br>
                                         
They may not be sold or disposed of to foreign countries.<br><br>
                                           
ARTICLE 86.<br><br>
                                                       
The construction or acquisition of any submarine, even for
commercial purposes, shall be forbidden in Bulgaria.<br><br>
                                         
ARTICLE 87.<br><br>
                                                       
All arms, ammunition and other naval war material, including
mines and torpedoes, which belonged to Bulgaria at the date of
the signature of the Armistice of September 29, 1918, are declared
to be finally surrendered to the Principal Allied and Associated
Powers.<br><br>
ARTICLE 88.<br><br>
           
During the three months following the coming into force of the
present Treaty the high-power wireless telegraphy station at
Sofia shall not be used for the transmission of messages concerning naval, military or political questions of interest to Bulgaria,
or any State which has been allied to Bulgaria in the war, without
the assent of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers. This
station may be used for commercial purposes, but only under the
supervision of the said Powers, who will decide the wave-length
to be used.<br><br>
During the same period Bulgaria shall not build any more high-power wireless telegraphy stations in her own territory or that of
Germany, Austria, Hungary or Turkey.<br><br>
SECTION III.<br>
AIR CLAUSES.<br>
ARTICLE 89.<br><br>
         
The armed forces of Bulgaria must not include any military
or naval air forces. No dirigible shall be kept.<br><br>
ARTICLE 90.<br><br>
           
Within two months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty the personnel of the air forces on the rolls of the Bulgarian
land and sea forces shall be demobilised.<br><br>
ARTICLE 91.<br><br>
           
Until the complete evacuation of Bulgarian territory by the
Allied and Associated troops the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers shall enjoy in Bulgaria freedom of passage through
the air, freedom of transit and of landing.<br><br>
ARTICLE 92.<br><br>
           
During the six months following the coming into force of the
present Treaty the manufacture, importation and exportation
of aircraft, parts of aircraft, engines for aircraft, and parts of
engines for aircraft shall be forbidden in all Bulgarian territory.<br><br>
ARTICLE 93.<br><br>
On the coming into force of the present Treaty all military and
naval aeronautical material must be delivered by Bulgaria and
at her expense to the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.<br><br>
                                         
Delivery must be effected at such places as the Governments
of the said Powers may select, and must be completed within
three months.<br><br>
                                         
In particular, this material will include all items under the
following heads which are or have been in use or were designed
for warlike purposes:<br><br>
                                         
Complete aeroplanes and seaplanes, as well as those being
manufactured, repaired or assembled.<br><br>
                                         
Dirigibles able to take the air, being manufactured, repaired or assembled.<br><br>
                                         
Plant for the manufacture of hydrogen.<br><br>
Dirigible sheds and shelters of every kind for aircraft.
                                           
Pending their delivery, dirigibles will, at the expense of Bulgaria, be maintained inflated with hydrogen; the plant for the
manufacture of hydrogen, as well as the sheds for dirigibles, may,
at the discretion of the said Powers, be left to Bulgaria until the
time when the dirigibles are handed over.<br><br>
                                         
Engines for aircraft.<br><br>
                                           
Nacelles and fuselages.<br><br>
                                           
Armament (guns, machine guns, light machine guns, bomb-dropping apparatus, torpedo-dropping apparatus, synchronization apparatus, aiming apparatus).<br><br>
                                         
Munitions (cartridges, shells, bombs loaded or unloaded, stocks
of explosives or of material for their manufacture).<br><br>
                                         
Instruments for use on aircraft.<br><br>
                                           
Wireless apparatus and photographic or cinematograph
apparatus for use on aircraft.<br><br>
                                         
Component parts of any of the items under the preceding heads.<br><br>
                                           
The material referred to above shall not be removed without
special permission from the said Governments.<br><br>
                                         
SECTION IV.<br>
INTER-ALLIED COMMISSIONS OF CONTROL.<br>
ARTICLE 94.<br><br>
                                             
All military, naval and air ciauses contained in the present
Treaty for the execution of which a time limit is prescribed shall
be executed by Bulgaria under the control of Inter-Allied Commissions appointed for this purpose by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.<br><br>
The above-mentioned Commissions will represent the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers in dealing with the Bulgarian
Government in all matters concerning the execution of the military, naval and air clauses. They will communicate to the Bulgarian authorities the decisions which the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers have reserved the right to take or which the
execution of the said clauses may necessitate.<br><br>
ARTICLE 95.<br><br>
           
The Inter-Allied Commissions of Control may establish their
organisations at Sofia, and shall be entitled as often as they think
fit to proceed to any point whatever in Bulgarian territory, or to
send sub-commissions or to authorise one or more of their members to go to any such point.<br><br>
ARTICLE 96.<br><br>
           
The Bulgarian Government must furnish to the Inter-Allied
Commissions of Control all such information and documents
as the latter may think necessary to ensure the execution of their
mission, and all means (both in personnel and in material) which
the said Commissions may need to ensure the complete execution
of the military, naval or air clauses.<br><br>
The Bulgarian Government must attach a qualified representative to each Inter-Allied Commission of Control, with the
duty of receiving the communications which the Commission
may have to address to the Bulgarian Government, and of
furnishing it with or procuring all information or documents
demanded.<br><br>
ARTICLE 97.<br><br>
           
The upkeep and cost of the Commissions of Control and the
expenses involved by their work shall be borne by Bulgaria.<br><br>
ARTICLE 98.<br><br>
           
It will be the special duty of the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control:<br><br>
(1) to fix the number of gendarmes, customs officials, forest
guards, local or municipal police, or other like officials, which
Bulgaria shall be authorised to maintain in accordance with
Article 69;<br><br>
                                       
(2) to receive from the Bulgarian Government any information relating to the location of the stocks and depots of munitions,
the armament of the fortified works, fortresses and forts, and the
location of the works or factories for the production of arms,
munitions and war material and their operations.<br><br>
                                       
It will take delivery of the arms, munitions, war material and
plant intended for war construction, will select the points where such delivery is to be effected, and will supervise the works of destruction and of rendering things useless or the transformation
of material which are to be carried out in accordance with the
present Treaty.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 99.<br><br>
                                                     
It will be the special duty of the Naval Inter-Allied Commission
of Control to take delivery of arms, munitions, and other naval
war material, and to supervise the destruction and breaking up
provided for in Article 84.<br><br>
                                       
The Bulgarian Government must furnish to the Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control all such information and documents as the Commission may deem necessary to ensure the
complete execution of the naval clauses, in particular the designs
of the warships, the composition of their armaments, the details
and models of the guns, munitions, torpedoes, mines, explosives,
wireless telegraphic apparatus, and in general everything relating
to naval war material, as well as all legislative or administrative
documents or regulations.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE l00.<br><br>
                                                     
It will be the special duty of the Aeronautical Inter-Allied
Commission of Control to make an inventory of the aeronautical
material which is actually in possession of the Bulgarian Government, to inspect aeroplane, balloon and motor manufactories
and factories producing arms, munitions and explosives capable
of being used by aircraft, to visit all aerodromes, sheds, landing
grounds, parks and depots situated in Bulgarian territory, and to
authorise where necessary the removal of material and to take
delivery of such material.<br><br>
                                       
The Bulgarian Government must furnish to the Aeronautical
Inter Allied Commission of Control all such information and
legislative, administrative or other documents which the Commission may think necessary to ensure the complete execution of
the air clauses, and in particu1ar a list of the personnel belonging
to all Bulgarian air services and of the existing material, as well
as of that in process of manufacture or on order, and a complete
list of all establishments working for aviation, of their positions
and of all sheds and landing grounds.<br><br>
SECTION V.<br>
GENERAL ARTICLES.<br>
ARTICLE 101.<br><br>
       
After the expiration of a period of three months from the
coming into force of the present Treaty the Bulgarian laws must
have been modified and shall be maintained by the Bulgarian
Government in conformity with this Part of the present Treaty.<br><br>
Within the same period all the administrative or other measures relating to the execution of this Part of the present Treaty must have been taken by the Bulgarian Government.<br><br>
ARTICLE 102.<br><br>
           
The following portions of the Armistice of September 29, 1918
paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 6, remain in force in so far as they are not inconsistent with the stipulations of the present Treaty.<br><br>
ARTICLE 103.<br><br>
           
Bulgaria undertakes from the coming into force of the present
Treaty not to accredit to any foreign country any military, navy or air mission, and not to send or allow the departure of any such
mission; she undertakes moreover to take the necessary steps in order to prevent Bulgarian nationals from leaving her territory in order to enlist in the army, fleet or air service of any foreign Power, or
to be attached to any such Power with the purpose of helping in its training, or generally to give any assistance to the military, naval or air instruction in a foreign country.<br><br>
The Allied and Associated Powers undertake on their part that from the coming into force of the present Treaty they will neither enlist in their armies, fleets or air services nor attach to
them any Bulgarian national with the object of helping in military
training, or in general employ any Bulgarian national as a  military, naval or air instructor.<br><br>
                                       
The present arrangement, however, in no way hinders the
right of France to recruit for the Foreign Legion in accordance
with French military laws and regulations.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 104.<br><br>
                                                   
So long as the present Treaty remains in force Bulgaria undertakes to submit to any investigation which the Council of the
League of Nations by a majority vote may consider necessary.<br><br>
PART V.<br>
PRISONERS OF WAR AND GRAVES.<br>
SECTION I.<br>
PRISONERS OF WAR.<br>
ARTICLE 105.<br><br>
   
The repatriation of prisoners of war and interned civilians who
are Bulgarian nationals shall take place as soon as possible after
the coming into force of the present Treaty, and shall be carried
out with the greatest rapidity.<br><br>
ARTICLE 106.<br><br>
           
The repatriation of Bulgarian prisoners of war and interned
civilians shall, in accordance with Article 105, be carried out by
a Commission composed of representatives of the Interested
Associated Powers on the one part, and of the Bulgarian Government on the other part.<br><br>
For each of the Allied and Associated Powers a sub-commission, composed exclusively of representatives of the interested
Power and of delegates of the Bulgarian Government, shall
regulate the details of carrying into effect the repatriation of
prisoners of war.<br><br>
ARTICLE 107.<br><br>
           
From the time of their delivery into the hands of the Bulgarian
aulhorities the prisoners of war and interned civilians are to be
returned without delay to their homes by the said authorities.<br><br>
Those amongst them who before the war were habitually
reE;ident in territory occupied by the troops of the Allied and
Associated Powers are likewise to be sent to their homes, subject
to 1:he consent and control of the military authorities of the Allied
and Associated armies of occupation.<br><br>
ARTICLE 108.<br><br>
           
The whole cost of repatriation from the moment of starting
shall be borne by the Bulgarian Government, who shall also  provide the means of transport and working personnel consldered necessary by the Commission referred to in Article 106.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 109.<br><br>
                                                   
Prisoners of war and interned civilians awaiting disposal or
undergoing sentence for offences against discipline shall be
repatriated irrespective of the completion of their sentence or
of the proceedings pending against them.<br><br>
                                       
This stipulation shall not apply to prisoners of war and interned
civilians punished for offences committed subsequent to October
5, 1919<br><br>
                                       
During the period pending their repatriation all prisoners of
war and interned civilians shall remain subject to the existing
regulations, more especially as regards work and discipline.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 110.<br><br>
                                                   
Prisoners of war and interned civilians who are awaiting trial
or undergoing sentence for offences other than those against
discipline may be detained.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 111.<br><br>
                                                   
The Bulgarian Government undertakes to admit to its territory
without distinction all persons liable to repatriation.<br><br>
                                       
Prisoners of war or Bulgarian nationals who do not desire to be
repatriated may be excluded from repatriation; but the Allied
and Associated Governments reserve to themselves the right
either to repatriate them or to take them to a neutral country
or to allow them to reside in their own territories.<br><br>
                                       
The Bulgarian Government undertakes not to institute any
exceptional proceedings against these persons or their families
nor to take any repressive or vexatious measures of any kind
whatsoever against them on this account.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 112.<br><br>
                                                   
The Allied and Associated Governments reserve the right to
make the repatriation of Bulgarian prisoners of war and Bulgarian
nationals in their hands conditional upon the immediate notification and release by the Bulgarian Government of any prisoners of war and other nationals of the Allied and Associated Powers
who may be still retained in Bulgaria against their will.<br><br>
ARTICLE 113.<br><br>
           
An Inter-Allied Commission for enquiry and control shall be
formed for the purpose of:<br><br>
(1) Searching for non-repatriated Allied and Associated
nationals;<br><br>
(2) Identifying those who have expressed their desire to remain
within Bulgarian territory;<br><br>
(3) Establishing criminal acts punishable by the penalties
referred to in Part Vl (Penalties) of the present Treaty, committed by Bulgarians against the persons of prisoners of war or
Allied and Associated nationals during their captivity.<br><br>
This Commission shall consist of a representative of each of
the following Powers, viz.: the British Empire, France, Italy,
Greece, Roumania and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.<br><br>
The result of the enquiries made by this Commission shall be
transmitted to each of the Governments concerned.<br><br>
The Bulgarian Government undertakes:<br><br>
(1) To give every facility to this Commission, to furnish it
with all necessary means of transport; to allow it free access to
camps, prisons, hospitals and all other places; and to place at its
disposal all documents, whether public or private, which would
facilitate its enquiries;<br><br>
(2) To impose penalties upon any Bulgarian officials or private
persons who have concealed the presence of any nationals of any
of the Allied or Associated Powers, or have neglected to reveal
the presence of any such after it had come to their knowledge.<br><br>
ARTICLE 114.<br><br>
           
The Bulgarian Government undertakes, from the coming into
force of the present Treaty, to restore without delay all articles,
money, securities and documents which have belonged to nationals of the Allied and Associated Powers and which have been
retained by the Bulgarian authorities.<br><br>
ARTICLE 115.<br><br>
           
The High Contracting Parties waive reciprocally all repayment of sums due for the maintenance of prisoners of war in
their respective territories.<br><br>
SECTION II.<br>
GRAVES.<br>
ARTICLE 116.<br><br>
                                               
The Allied and Associated Governments and the Bulgarian
Govenment will cause to be respected and maintained the graves
of the soldiers and sailors buried in their respective territories.<br><br>
                                       
They agree to recognise any Commission appointed by any
one of these Governments for the purpose of identifying, registering, caring for, or erecting suitable memorials over the said
graves, and to facilitate the discharge of its duties.<br><br>
Furthermore they reciprocally agree to afford, so far as the
provisions of their laws and the requirements of public health
allow, every facility for giving effect to requests that the bodies
of their soldiers and sailors may be transferred to their own
country.<br><br>
                                       
ARTICLE 117.<br><br>
                                                     
The graves of prisoners of war and interned civilians who are
nationals of the different belligerent States and have died in
captivity shall be properly maintained in accordance with Article 6 of the present Treaty.<br><br>
                                         
The Allied and Associated Governments on the one part and
the Bulgarian Government on the other part reciprocally undertake also to furnish to each other:<br><br>
                                       
(1) A complete list of those who have died, together with all
information useful for identification;<br><br>
                                       
(2) All information as to the number and position of the graves
of all those who have been buried without identification.<br><br>
PART VI.<br>
PENALTIES.<br>
ARTICLE 118.<br><br>
           
The Bulgarian Government recognises the right of the Allied
and Associated Powers to bring before military tribunals persons
accused of having committed acts in violation of the laws and
customs of war. Such persons shall, if found guilty, be sentenced
to punishments laid down by law. This provision will apply
notwithstanding any proceedings or prosecution before a tribunal
in Bulgaria or in the territory of her allies.<br><br>
The Bulgarian Government shall hand over to the Allied and
Associated Powers or to such one of them as shall so request, all
persons accused of having committed an act in violation of the
laws and customs of war, who are specified either by name or
by the rank, office, or employment which they held under the
Bulgarian authorities.<br><br>
ARTICLE 119.<br><br>
           
Persons guilty of criminal acts against the nationals of one of
the Allied and Associated Powers will be brought before the
military tribunals of that Power.<br><br>
Persons guilty of criminal acts against the nationals of more
than one of the Allied and Associated Powers will be brought
before military tribunals composed of members of the military
tribunals of the Powers concerned.<br><br>
In every case the accused will be entitled to name his own
counsel.<br><br>
ARTICLE 120.<br><br>
           
The Bulgarian Government undertakes to furnish all documents and information of every kind, the production of which
may be considered necessary to ensure the full knowledge of the
incriminating acts, the discovery of offenders and the just appreciation of responsibility.<br><br>
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