In territory outside her European frontiers, as fixed by the Treaty, Germany renounces all previous rights and titles. She hands over her colonies, with all Government or State property therein, unconditionally to the Allied Powers. She undertakes to pay reparation for damage suffered by French nationals in the Cameroons through the acts of Germans between 1st January 1900 and 1st August 1914. Her possessions and rights in China she restores to China except in the province of Shantung, in the British concession at Canton, and in the French concession at Shanghai; China in turn agrees to open certain restored areas to international residence and trade. In Shantung Germany hands over the territory of Kiao-Chow and all her rights and property to Japan; in Canton she renounces her State property in favour of Great Britain; she hands over the German school in Shanghai to France and China jointly. Her rights, property, privileges, etc., in Siam, Siberia, and Morocco she renounces in favour of Siam, Siberia, and Morocco respectively. She recognises the British Protectorate over Egypt declared on the 18th December 1914, and undertakes not to intervene in any negotiations in respect of Egypt between Great Britain and other powers. She undertakes to recognise and accept all arrangements which the Allied Powers may make with Turkey and Bulgaria with reference to German interests. PART V _Military, Naval, and Aerial Clauses_ 'In order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes directly to observe the military, naval, and air clauses which follow.' MILITARY The Military terms provide for the demobilisation of the German armies and the imposition of other military restrictions, within two months of the signing of the Treaty (as the first step towards international disarmament). All compulsory military service is to be abolished in German territory, and recruiting regulations on a voluntary basis are to be incorporated into the German military laws, providing for the enlistment of non-commissioned officers and men for a period of not less than twelve consecutive years, and stipulating that officers shall serve for twenty-five years, and shall not be retired until the age of forty-five. No reserve of officers with war service will be permitted. The total number of German effectives is fixed at one hundred thousand, including not more than four thousand officers, and it is provided that there shall be no other military forces raised outside this figure. Increase in the number of customs, forestry officials or police, or the military training of these services is specially prohibited.