[Sidenote: Desire for a firm, just and durable peace.]
It states that: bearing in mind that on the request of the then Imperial
German Government an armistice was granted on November 11, 1918, by the
principal allied and associated powers in order that a treaty of peace
might be concluded with her, and whereas the allied and associated
powers, being equally desirous that the war in which they were
successively involved directly or indirectly and which originated in the
declaration of war by Austria-Hungary on July 28, 1914, against Serbia,
the declaration of war by Germany against Russia on August 1, 1914, and
against France on August 3, 1914, and in the invasion of Belgium, should
be replaced by a firm, just, and durable peace, the plenipotentiaries,
(having communicated their full powers found in good and due form) have
agreed as follows:
From the coming into force of the present treaty the state of war will
terminate. From the moment and subject to the provisions of this treaty,
official relations with Germany, and with each of the German States,
will be resumed by the allied and associated Powers.
SECTION I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
[Sidenote: Specific duties of the League of Nations.]
The covenant of the League of Nations constitutes Section I of the peace
treaty, which places upon the League many specific, in addition to its
general, duties. It may question Germany at any time for a violation of
a neutralized zone east of the Rhine as a threat against the world's
peace.
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