The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-09
WILL SON BRINGS
OUR DRAFT Of
GERMAN TREATY
Five Year Assurance of Favored
Treatment
SPECIALISTS ARE BACK
President Will Present Treaty Draft
to Senate Tomorrow About
45 Printed Pages

new OIh, july Or ISslueHl w ~
son on his return to the United States
today brought with him the American
draft of the German peace treaty and
several protocals which he will pre-
sent to the Senate Thursday. The
German treaty makes 45 printed
pages with French and English texts
side by side. 1t differs in many re-
spects from the original draft of the
treaty which was published in the
United States. but in essentials it fol-
lows the original draft.
The President also has with him
the treaty by which the United States
promises to assist France if she is at
tackled by Germany which he may
present with the treaty, and the mess
age which the will read to Congress.
The message which the President
wrote on the George Washington con-
tains about 5000 words and deals
mainly with the broad general phase
of the war and peace.
The President, who left for Europe
on December 4, nearly seven months
ago, was accompanied on the George
Washington by number of economic
and financial specialists, including
Bernard Barouch, Vance Mccormick,
Norman Davis. Thomas w. Lamont
and Professor Taussig of Harvard.
The supreme economic council at
Paris has virtually ended its activi-
ties, although Herbert C. Hoover will
remain there until final decision is
reached. The American members
felt that the council should dissolve,
but the British and the French men,
bers favored continuance of its work
The returning economists and ex
perts bring much material and infor-
nation showing the economic phases
of regenerated Europe growing out Of
tbe~ peaea6atreaties on the United
States, a memorandum by Professor
Taussig says concerning customs,
duties and navigation:
The United States gets no special
advantages. We become assured for
the next five years of most favored
nation treatment as regards import
dutiea
We become assured also OF com
pletely equal treatment, on the same
footing as German ships or any 9th
ers, for our shipping German ports.
A treaty will have to be concluded,
for permanent arrangement to take
effect when the flve-year period is
ove..
One of the summaries made from
Mr.. Barouch review how the German
treaty affects citizens of the United
States in their industrial property
rights, such as patents and trade
marks. Americans who were prevent
ed during the war from patenting
their inventions or registering trade
marks in Germany or other sigma
tory countries may do so now. The
treaty provides that applications for
patents in Germany may be made
within six months after the treaty be-
comes effective. Patents may be re-
newed in Germany or any other sig
natory countries by fulfilling the re-
quirements of the war period begin.
ming August l, 1914.
Measures taken during the war by
the United States to license or liqui-
date German patents are recognized
as valid and remain effective. Ger
many waived liability of the United
States for infringement of patents in
cident to the prosecution of the war,
but the right of Americans to sue for
infringement during the war by the
German government or German indi
viduals is not waived.
A memorandum by Mr.. Baruch
I,n nc Enr -.
on the treatment of citizens of the
United States. These include the
usual rights under commercial treat
les for the citizens of each country to
enter and do business or practice pro-
fessions in the other country. At the
instance of the American delegation
it is pointed out, the right of citizens
of the allied and associated powers to
enter Germany and own land there
was avoided.
The treaty also puts American and
other allied citizens ON terms of
equality with German citizens in mat
ters of taxation. The provisions as
to citizenship takes the place of for
mer treaty provisions with the seve-
raj German states, so that Germans
who become naturalized in the United
States ceases to have a dual nationali-
IS.