Until redemption, the notes of the Banca Generate shall be
recognized as legal tender. After the ratification of the peace
treaty such notes shall no longer be issued.
Another article, under the same clause, provides that Rumania
shall indemnify the Germans for all damages suffered by them on
Rumanian territory as the result of the military measures of
one of the belligerent powers. This stipulation also applies to
the losses which the Germans have suffered as participants, and
especially as shareholders, of undertakings situated in Rumanian
territory. Immediately after the ratification of the treaty a
commission shall meet in Bucharest to fix the amount of such
losses. The contracting parties will each appoint a third of the
members, and the President of the Swiss Federal Council will be
asked to designate neutral personages to make up the other third,
which is to include the Chairman.
Rumania will also indemnify neutral nations for damage which has
been caused them on Rumanian territory as a result of German
military measures, and which must be made good according to the
principles of international law.
CLAUSE III.--This clause stipulates for the restoration of
treaties and agreements between the contracting parties which were
in force before the war, except for those cases in which the peace
treaty provides otherwise, and in cases where such instruments are
undenouncable for a certain period. This period is prolonged by
the period of the duration of the war.
The contracting parties reserve until after the conclusion of a
general peace the fixing of their attitude toward separate and
collective treaties of a political character.
CLAUSE IV.--This contains prescriptions governing the restoration
of ordinary relations between debtor and creditor. It says,
too, that each contracting party will, immediately after the
ratification of the treaty, resume the payment of its obligations,
particularly the public debt service, to subjects of the other
party.
Restoration and compensation for concessions and privileges in
land and other rights are also dealt with.
CLAUSE V.--This deals with compensation for damage suffered during
or immediately before the outbreak of war by civilian subjects of
the respective parties in life, health, liberties, or property
through acts contrary to international law.
Germans who were in the Rumanian public service before the war,
and who were dismissed as enemy foreigners, shall, on their
request, be restored to equal rank and equal salary, or, if this
is impracticable, they shall be given fair compensation.
CLAUSE VI.--This clause says that the respective prisoners of war
shall be sent home in so far as they, with the assent of the State
concerned, do not desire to remain in its territory or to proceed
to another country. The exchange of prisoners is to follow as soon
as possible, at definite times to be further agreed upon.
The expenditure of each party for prisoners of war belonging to
the other party up to April 1, 1918, will be calculated on the
basis of an average rate of 2,000 marks (£100) for each officer
in Germany, and 1,000 for all other prisoners in Germany, and
2,500 (£100) and 1,250 lei respectively for prisoners in Rumania.
Immediately on the ratification of the treaty a commission
composed of three members of each party is to meet in Bucharest to
arrange details and to supervise the carrying out of the agreement.
Interned civilians will also be gratuitously sent home as soon as
possible, in so far as they do not wish to remain in the country
of their internment or go elsewhere.
CLAUSE VII.--This relates to the right of subjects of the
contracting parties to return to the country of their origin
without suffering prejudice.
CLAUSE VIII.--This stipulates an amnesty for offenses committed
by prisoners of war, interned men, and certain others. It
incidentally stipulates that Rumania shall grant an amnesty to its
subjects for their political conduct or military conduct based
upon political grounds during the war.
CLAUSE IX.--This provides that captured river craft, merchant
ships, and cargoes shall be returned, or, if no longer in
existence, be paid for, and compensation shall also be paid for
the period they were in the captor's possession. Here, too, a
commission will be appointed.
CLAUSE X.--This stipulates that various rights shall be accorded
to German churches and schools in Rumania.
CLAUSE XI.--This says: "Rumania, after having obtained the assent
of the Rumanian National Bank, agrees that the balances and
deposits of the National Bank now at the German Reichsbank shall
remain in the Reichsbank's charge for five years (and if Rumania
falls behind with an installment, for ten years) as a security for
Rumania's Public Debt Service, as regards the subjects of Germany;
and may also, if necessary, be drawn on to pay interest and redeem
drawn bonds."
The representatives of the contracting parties will meet in
Berlin within four weeks after the signature of the treaty to
make further arrangements regarding the fulfillment and further
guaranteeing of Rumania's financial obligations.
CLAUSE XII.--This provides that the respective representatives
shall meet in Berlin within four months after the ratification of
this treaty, further to supplement it.