Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-08
By A ssocidted Press,

BY Associated Press.
| WASHINGTON, May S.-The ewes
OF the world today are focused on the
treaty of Versailles.
Statesmen and diplomats every
where are turning over the pages of
the official published summary of its
terms to form their opinion.
In the United States the questions
being asked are: How does it effect
America? VIII the senate ratify 1t ?
WIZ Germany accept it7 Official
washington, with the President and
the Secretary of State in Paris, con-
gress adjourned and many leaders oil
fDoth sides absent was rather devoid
| or authoritative expression upon the
first two questions. For the third the
generally accepted opinion seemed to
| be that the Gemans would accept the
convention but that 1t might require
economic pressure to bring about full
6illment of some of it's terms.
One point seemingly generally ac-
cepted at first glance was that Presi-
dent Wilson has successfully carried
out his determination that the league
of nations covenant should be insep-
| arabic part of the peace treaty and
that the whole document must stand
intact as IL comes up for ratification
or rejection. OF course, the senate
might easily in the resolution express
ing It's action, make reservations on
any portions which it does not ap-
prove.
President Wilson's call for the ex-
traordinary session of congress to as
semble on May 10, already is bringing
the national legislators toward Wash
ington. 1t is being pointed out that
whether the senate ratifies the treaty
or not Congress can declare the war
with Germany at an end, if 1t chooses
hNT a.cetFa txNA
effect. That action would return the
country to a peace basis and leave the
treaty-questions to be fought out.
When President Wilson returns to
the United States possibly by the first
of June, he will begin what may prove
to be the greatest ofcontests between
the executive and the senate.
Extended study today of the mill
tary terms of the peace treaty con-
vinces army officials here that the
points at which it is proposed to start
on limitation of armament Is the alb
solute extirpation of militarism in
Germany, Not vestige of the vast
military framework built up in forty
years OF preparation for worlds con-
quest by Germany is to be left.
Measures have been formulated
even to stamp out the military spirit
bred so carefully inJhe people. Under
the treaty any enterprise aiming at n
military propaganda Is forbidden and
military education cannot be carried
on except in the ranks of the army
of 100000. Such an army cannot
perpetuate itself In any way or ex-
pand through training men back to
civil life as an unorganixed reserve,
Another point which seems evident
to those who studied the summary
was that the rejection of the treaty
by any single nation would only have
the effect OF delaying the restoration
of relations between that nation and
Germany, while nations which do ac-
cept the treaty will enjoy the advan-
tages OF opening up trade and COM
meree with the remnant OF the great
central European power, Some obser-
vers wero inclined to regard this feat
ure as a formidable agency In the
hands OF the president when he urges
the acceptance OF the treaty by the
United States,
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