The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-01
PROTOCOL TO.
GERMAN TREATY.
Fun Text Presented to Senate
A by Vice President
Marshall.
PROTECTS TRADE SECRETS
Provides for Commission to
Supervise Destruction
of Fortifications.

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Wilson this afternoon submitted to
the senate a protocol to the treaty
with Germany. The president sent
the following message with the pro-
tocol:
ITO the Senate: / have the honor
to transmit to the senate herewith,
accompanied by a letter from the
secretary of state, brief protocol to
the treaty of peace with Germany.
The certified copy which transmit
has just been received by the de-
partment of state. and l am trans
mitting without delay.
'The protocol originated in a writ
ten Interchange of views between the
representatives of the allied and as
sociated powers and the representa-
tives of Germany, as a result of
which representatives of Germany
requested that certain legislations of
methods and facilities which it pro-
posed should be accorded the Ger
man government in the execution of
the treaty should be reduced to writ
ing and signed by the powers sigma
tory to the treaty. so as to form a
definite and binding memorandum.
WOODROW. WILSON,"
Washington. Aug. 1.-The protocol to
the German peace treaty, defining ex-
plantations of the treaty agreed to in
memorandums exchanged between the
German and sallied plenipotentiaries,
was laid before the senate today by
Vice President Marshall. The docu-
ments were transmitted yesterday by
President Wilson but too late for sub
mission before today.
The protocol was accompanied by
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son and Secretary Lansing. The pro-
toool and the correspondence were re-
ferred to the foreign relations COM
mittee.
Washington, Aug. 1.-The resignation
OF f. w, Tausig, as chairman of the
United Stutes Tariff commission was
accepted today by President Wilson.
Among the provisions in the protocol
is one requiring the German govern
ment TO transmit to the allied and as
sociated governments within one month
after the treaty becomes effective a
list OF persons who are accused of
having committed acts in violation of
the laws end customs OF war,
Another paragraph provides for the
wise the destruction of the German for
tifications on Hehgoland In accordance
with the German treaty.
Great Britain and Germany already
have ratified the treaty and as soon
as 1t shall have been approved by
two others of the associated nations
II will take effect as far as those
four countries are concerned, per-
the immediate resumption of
full diplomatic and trade relations,
The protocol reached the senate
yesterday too late to be laid before
that body. 1t may be taken up to-
day In executive session and later
made public.
The text of the protocol follows
With view to indicating pre-
cisely the conditions In which GER
tain provisions of the treaty OF
even date are to be carried out, it
is agreed by the high contracting
parties that:
i. A commission will be ap-
pointed by the principal allied and
associated powers to supervise the
destruction of the Notifications of
Helgoland in accordance with the
treaty. This commission will be
authorized to decide what portion
OF the works protecting the coast l
from sea erosion are to be main
tanned and what portion must be
destroyed.
2. Sums reimbursed by Germany
them in respect OF the interests
which they may be found to pos
sess in the railways and mines re-
ferred to in the sums due by way
of article 156. shall be credited to
Germany against the sums due by
way of reparation tthe paragraph
referred to related to the Using
Tao-Tsinanfu railway and mines
in China acquired by Japan under
the peace treaty..
8. The list of persons to be
handed over to the allied and asso-
ciated governments by Germany
under the second paragraph of ar
ticle 22S, shall be communicated to
the German government within a
month from the coming into force
of the treaty.
4. The reparation commission
referred to in article 24O and para
graphs 2, 8 and of annex four.
cannot require trade secrets or
other confidential information to be
divulged. A
s. From the signature of the
treaty and within the ensuing four
months. Germany will be entitled
to submit for examination by the
allied and associated powers docu-
ments and proposals in order to ex-
pedite the work connected with rep
aration. and thus to shorten the in
vestigation apd accelerate the de-
cisions. l.
6. Proceedings will be taken
against persons who have commit
ted punishable offenses In the H.
quidation of German property and
the allied and associated powers
will welcome any information
which the German government can
furnish on this subject.
Done at Versailles the twenty
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