Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-26
WORLD TRADE WITH
AMERICA CRIPPLED
England and France Will Go
Ahead Under Treaty.
WAR LAWS ARE STILL ALIVE
U. S. Has No Consular Agents in Ger.
many and Business Will Have to
Depend on Facilities of the
Spanish Agents.

Spanish Agents.
Washington, Nov. 21.-Although not
changing technically the existing
status of relations between the United
States and Germany, the senate's fail
ure to ratify the peace treaty at it's
special session is expected by admin
istration officials and diplomats to
have an indirect result of some impor-
lance on the steps now being taken
to restore the world to a peace basis.
One of the first consequences, ac-
likely to be the Fastening of the nego-
tiations in Paris, including promulga-
ton of the process verbale, which will
restore full commercial and diplomatic
relations between Germany and the
powers which have ratified the treaty.
Paris dispatches have said this step
was waiting for one thing-on the ac-
ton of the senate-but it is thought
there will be no further delay now for
that reason.
cember 1, but not even the most ar
dent supporters of the treaty believe
it would be possible to take is up
again at the outset of the session. The
Christmas recess was expected to in
tervene before much could be accom-
plished, with the result that a clear
field for treaty consideration would
not be opened before January at the
earliest.
Once the other great powers have
of full trade and diplomatic relations
with Germany, officials say new ar
rangements will have to be made by
the United States to fit into the COM
mercial scheme thus created whatever
trade the United States has with the
central powers.
America Without Representation. .
At present the war arrangement by
which Spain is taking care of Ameri-
can interests in Germany continues in
force, and that is not expected to be
disturbed. The rationing of supplies
of various sorts to Germany must be-
gin under the treaty terms, however,
and the powerful PREPARATIONS commits
sion will be set up to determine all
the details of Germany's commercial
intercourse with other nations.
On this commission the United
States will have no representation
though it is hoped to work out a plan
by which this country can keep in
close touch with the body's work in
order to protect American interests.
The state department is emphatic in
it's stand that no American consuls can
be sent into Germany until peace has
been definitely established between
the United States and that country,
and they declare only an imperfect
trade relation can be built up without
the consular officers who are in charge
of the legal end of international trade.
A contrary view is held, however, By
some of the senators who oppose ratf-
ficatiOn of the treaty. Notable in that
connection is the stand taken by Sena-
TOT hIlOA (hcD.I VI iFdHlds
former secretary of state, who holds
that by the language of the treaty full
commercial and diplomatic intercourse
can be resumed with Germany by all
of her late enemies as soon as the
process verbale is exchanged
Various other senators have taken a
similar view, and Senator Fall (Rep),
New Mexico, has declared repeatedly
in the senate that the United States
already is trading with Germany in
the full sense of the term and that
American consular agents could be in
stalled without overstepping interna-
tional law.
Must Depend on Spain.
There seems little prospect, how
ever. that the state department will
accept such a construction and Off
Gals there say American trade will
have to accommodate itself to the
facilities of the Spanish agents in Ger
many until a state of peace has been
1iyoof1u hofrnpn that country