The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26
Merely ''Holds" Aneri-
can Property u n de r
Government Supe r
vision.
NO DESIRE TO
KILL THE GOOSE
Faifure to Rahfy the
Treaty to IN No Way
Jeopardise the Owner
ship Of Holdings.
n. xAxu n. vor wrnGAND.

4W1,a. n4r- 36--F1nure of
Asnsr4ca 70 rattfy the treaty Of. ver-
n0l1s win b no way jeocardt1e che
- Apaar3raa property IN Germany or
gruslt h that properly being confss-
anzo4 ~ the German govnrnmsnt
That ~ss the categorical station rent
u.aAe . me today by Prfvy Councillor
HeFmann N~uAors, German custodian
-, snaEny property.
u W1s his answer 10 sfafements
pe4uted n American newspapers and
attributed tc cfnctale a. the once oi
"a American aEen property custo-
alan who was 0uotAc - saying that II
the senate failed TO rattfy the treaty
g would mean that Germany would
aoex6eoate more than 500 .0eo. 600
wurth OF Ameffcan property
Fhs attempt 10 use sueh -eAselese
|, smArtfon- ~ pressure upon the Cns'cd
Stnfea senate In not Yslished he~s.
whether the United States does o.
does not rattfv the Versailles docu-
ment n, according TO the German
|sviAwposnt. an internal AnAr q
America" declared Herr Nuedess 10
ne
NOT 10 SfEDDdE-
Germany must decline TO m~fdfe
n that, hut Germany cannot remstn
indifferent when In an American
York paper IN November cS--sae as
serbian q made that Germany WIN
cAnfscste 400 .ooo. 900 worth Of prop
Aftz - Germany II the American een-
81 doae MT .rsS1fy the treaty
III Dssptta III sta&emsnts 70 the con
E1ary puhl1xfad III sASncrtnA. 9Afmany
i nR, GSan during Tire wsx, hAs 60
I An6a1nG Or liQptAa4eA Americas ~
oT commercial undey'
1a11n9A 9 Aas hAen dcnA with Coz.
IAN property In AuaaricA.
rnArmany ala nothing more thaa
take chAr4e ~ such properfS undei
60v~Enrnens care and supervision and
tA1 property car now be at any tirnt
faturned TO It's owners. IN . nurnFseI
1$ cases this has been done already
The German custodian OF Ameri.
ean property then cited an instance o.
IL GEO: boo marks Of securities de-
p0GafAA by ar American bank IN THIS
Deuenrhe hank being -efrrned 70 III
Is3ereAdttnr hank and usothsr case y
honda and securttssss - fre amount o.
Z. 900. ato marks being, returned Is an
otker American hank
1,s. FAIR .ATTrrCrE. 80
Herr yoexae-s declared Germany had
/. he. resumption Of comm erctsl relA'
(Nkaken thar attitude because II Wal
only fair, and also in her own; interest
tito DO 30 He characterised as mad
ness and economic suicide" the tdea
~ departing from that policy whsi
the resumption of commercial rsia
tons II IN sight
sHhould the United States END tn
eetN OF war through = proclanano.
by the president. or the senate Ger
', many certainly would not think o
| holding back American property. Mo-
| would she Be legally In . position Z
DO that An agreement AZ TO how thu
property sh&li be returned would IN
| Aouhfedlv be reached without DIN
onlr and that agreement would per
haps be more simple II II were no
| hurdened and complicated by the pro
| Visions OF the Versailles treaty.
commercial relations betwsei
Germany and the United States wer'
| nearly always without friction befor'
| thu war and sec no reason whateve
Why We could not reach an aErecrnen
10 return the American property quick
" ana satisfactorily. In view of IN
yaAt increase Of American capital !,
81 countrieA and the enormous growtl
| ~. he AmerirAn' export trade. "a
| EnitAd States certainly must have q
| intarset n the iAv1olabiiity OF privst
| rrNpsrty being retained as fundA
. mental principle In international Law